Morning journal and courier., 1880-06-28
ing, foaming waters of Jordan Greek, one of the widest mountain scenes in Idaho.

ing, foaming waters of Jordan Greek, one of l the widest mountain scenes in Idaho. l We followed up the canyon eight miles, crossing Jordan creek twelve times on fallen 1 pines. The first object of interest was the l placer mines, worked by water power. A nugget of gold was taken out of the placers, the other day, which weighed
 ten ounces It was a beauty. The above | claims have been worked for fifteen years, and over $1 ,O00, GOO have been washed out. l Miners cabins dot the sides of the creek and | tell the story of the trials and triumphs of the 1 ownerG
 1 Next we come to a narrow gorge, where ] the mountains narrow and the canyon is not over twenty feet wide. The water makes a
 bold dash and leap over precipice fifty feet 1 high and plunges with deafening roar into l the bed of the creek below. The roar of the l water can be heard for a distance of four miles. A pathway has been blasted in the I side of the mountain, so that persons can easily walk. The scene is grand beyond de- scription-no pen or tongue can do justice to I it's magnifcence On we go, and the next 1 object of interest is a rushing torrent of water, leaping over huge boulders, coming out of side canyon. In fact, it is almost ! perpendicular. On we go, up, up, and still | going we are now two thousand feet above Bonanza City, and are standing at the foot l of Mount Estes. Casting our eyes upward, l we behold the everlasting snow-capped peaks of the grand old mountains, bathed in flood | of golden glory from the rays of the king of 1 day
 l Now commences the ascent Almost straight up we wind around in zigzag course, and, after two hours of laborious climbing, we have scaled the sides and are standing breathless and awe-inspired on the summit, l 10, GOO feet above the level of the sea. It is l Of no use for me to attempt to tell of the sensations we experienced as we gaZed Ill every direction for one hundred miles and beheld the grandest and most beautiful scenery the American continent, or on the face of the earth.
 There is more scenery there. are more mines and miners, more "bachelors," and more of everything than you have ever dreamed or heard about, or read of, in either story or song. Why just think of it, we have lake of water here which by bathing in it causes the hair to grow on ''bald heads, ," and, in fact, all our old bachelors are renew ing their youthful looks. The old settlers on the Salmon river have lived so long on sal mon trout that their bodies are covered with scales like fish, and fins are growing where we find them on the fishes
 A mountain of pure birthstone has been | found near Bonanza, springs of pure sulphur water, and the greatest curiosity of all is a floating island in a bottomless lake of water, on top of high mountain. Here great cracks in the earth caused by earthquakes, and great craters that once belched forth fire and lava. Who can imagine the chaos that reigned when the grand old mountains were heaved into their present shape and form
 But drop my pen in despair. Will give you long letter soon of other travels. =. The Depot at Worcester, Mass.-Heat- Politics.
 IN THE DEPOT AT WORCESTER, Mass, June 25. To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 This is one of the most beautiful depot-
 buildings in the United States. Its fame for
 construction is widely known, and all its in
 ternal appointments are without rival any
 where. The sitting rooms are fitted up in
 ''Eastlake,'' with nickel-plated trimmings
 By the way the thermometer stands at this
 writing there is heat enough without
 anything added, for the register to-day has
 been among the nineties all day here in Mass
 achusetts. This is by far hotter than it was
 in Baltimore or Washington the first
 of the week. While I have been
 writing this man has been brought in over
 heated, and they are now restoring him with
 cold water Incidents of this kind I see
 nearly every day on my travels. Sometimes
 man and sometimes an animal falls, and
 frequently in eithers case 1t is fatal.
 By the way, as I seldom make any allusion
 to politics, may just here say that I never
 saw more satisfied feeling than I find up
 here in the old Bay State with both candi-
 dates for the Presidency. In fact, there
 seems to be so little to choose between the
 two men, that it will be next to impossible to
 get up any great excitement over the coming
 election. This feeling I find everywhere on
 the cars, in the stores and in the streets.
 Among merchants it is always expected to
 have dull year on presidential election, but
 as there seems so little at stake this time.
 questions of business will be scarcely infu-
 enced by it. In fact the country has had pol
 itics enough and ''wants to be let alone,' and
 if it is business will improve of it's own ac-
 cord. We are bound to move on in spite of
 almost anything in the common course of
 events. So may it be. M. c. S.