Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1879-08-22
sl'"kane Country.

relation to the Spokane country:
The Spokane RIVER. at this place
flows IN IL r'hwest direction. Hang.
man crc,k. stream VI considerable |
size. rmpt'es about a mile vest ut th,e
place. runs North, aud emotics into tn.
y skane u ml'e or two below here. The
first farm We iud. travelling wts, ia the
lrecti"" OF White Bluff pr..irie, is Mr..
Wi"dsor's. about three miles frm
H""ymsn creek. This place ,s s,nnlt
pra'r'c !" the scattetin. Zine timber.
About unle further "n we come TO the
White Bluff rra,re This continue. in
westerly d'iect,on to the Columbia
river, "a distance. | am told. If forty five
~ 6i,y miles. There is ssid to be some
good country twenty five or thirty miles
o"' here. but II Is des itute IT t,mbpr.
a"d water is scarce. The Four Lake.
r"uh'ry LIS -'u'h "f White Bluff pra,.
rie, aud trum fifteen to tw.u,, fiv,
miles southwest Of this place.
Deep creek and the Unulee are north
1T Whrc Bluff. and a'ont TWEEN aud
twe"'y--'x miles respectively northwe.
Of the tails o' Deep creek. That
sounds array doun. ct it is stream
alou large e"ongh Tor eco sized
flu"cr mil. was sad d's., pn4ut.d
WITH the Deep creek country. There
= comparatively lite g"nd land here.
II is net hilly. like til. P.lou-e, yet II
i>a hi"h. rolling nun'ry. and could
principally all be cultivated. il it wa>
arabic I"od. but the greater PORTION ci
i is "scahhy." mixed in with W itr
sa" y soil, that seems To b. non pro.
duc'ive. 1hcr. was u l.,tie store ere
ia, two cr three month, this Sumner.
but the ns'Hutlun ''ir"ze out" aud the
prnpiltt"r-Itnnvrd tn the tails.
This ror''o" OF the country has heeu
vastly "vr' rated for farming purp,se..
The C"ulee is five or SIX miles orb
IT i.eep rrek. Here | met with AZ
ether disapp"au 'mrnt. as ha head
this e'un'r. highly sr ken Of. There
arc me small b. 'dIe, of very rich land
hut The Yr- latest per 'rn OF u j. uiti'
tor agricultural purposes. Mr.. Pound
b so".c ordinary iook,hg grain. aud ii
. 'rtlon nt his garden was fair bur The
corn Was cut almost to the gronud Hy
frost ~ the night If the l3,h o: JuIy.
G. oil. ca o'ee. coolest 1t i. suln rnn.
on, to Say thi. i, n good stock colnr,,
Tor all the upper pa ,i"n ut Uncl
Sam, domain, with bur l,,t'e exception.
l. well sd ptsd t" that business. with
favorable Winters. he 4 is srlendm
nmbr, h're Tar superior To "y,h,iu
have -.en IN any "lhcr ,ornon 1t ,h,.
upper cnnn'r,. FIR. tan aruc aud piue
are i"und here OF at excellent quality
.nh IN 'le grta'cst nbu daucr.
ln ny last ! Intended /" say mo ill.
all Z ''"d,' but the type made =" e sa,
table" The Times says III III stance
"y"u exaggerated gravel will grow po
ta,o.>," etc. Very we'll, am w!l''n.
+" let pota,oes grow ia that gravel II
they can, Siuc- | pniiced a few En-s b..
low ~ the same | EN-. where the Times
says. the body oi r,cn laud is ir"n Two
THIS rorrotora'es what | said abou,
'n" nllahle land" In that paper
shJrt time AZ" one OF their uwu meu
says: Il exp c,ed to see ',he garden
-I"t If Spokane in the Deep creek
country. aud was MT disappointed"
| m,rM rei"rt by saying. y"u exa..er
a,ed. But | found the following excel.
lent advice III The Times OF later da e.
and AS he Necessity tnr Discrimination
nvar, bly, occu to my mind when ]
mk. over that PAPER. | Imagine the
EDITORS head is "level." and | wish the
advice c"pird ,uto the Oregoniaa. :"
hat it may have wider circulation
'han It could p'sslhiy obtan III the
Times lie .ays. We advise our ,ad
ers to discriminate ia regard 10 muc,
that j. n"w written iu the papers about
eastern Washington.
Chops IN old land look splendid, and
will yield brnnt,tuily, but a great deal
of gram sowu up f this Sfr'"g will
MT anuunt to much for era (" b", VIII
pro ably make hay. have seen n"
rain "r produce Of any de.cr'p'i III
ere that was equal t" our Oregon pr"
ducc. except early rose p'ta'oes. | Jaw
Them considerably larger here than I"
,he Willamette. The Oregon wheat.
which h = ~ superior Ia the world. IL
ahead OF anything ,ha, eau be produced
here. The wheat here makes good
Wholesome bread. bur all the fuur ]
have seen hss u yell win cast. We rec
~ -nuw white fIur here. rs in Oregon.
l miss the iu,t more than sDy'hing
else up here. l bsve seen no green
fruit excerpt go"seberries aud raspberrie-
aud few wild strawberries. This IS