Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1880-06-25
An Excursion.

seven years last past. We visited
Moscow, Palouse Bridge, Palouse City,
Colfax, Evansville, Irene, Lietchville,
Cotton and Uniontown, all of which
have assumed the character and names
of towns since we were over the same
route in former years, and while We
have frequently been told of the
marked improvements made along the
route we travelled, still the half was
not told us. The amount of blowing,
fencing, seeding and building that has
been done has caused this whole sec
ton to assume more the appearance of
a country of forty or fifty years growth
than of half a dozen years. In
many places we found quite large or
chards of fruit trees, and some of them
fruit bearing trees, fine gardens with
shrubbery and flowers, besides garden
produce of every variety, suitable for
table use, and growing in profusion
and with luxuriance, all evincing that
the settlers had an eye to taste and
comfort in the building up of homes
for themselves and families. Now and
then bachelors cabin, with closed
door and window, and an acre or two
Under fence, which seemed to indicate
an age of two or three years, and plain
ly shown" that the owner was from
home somewhere among his neighbors,
and probably engaged i'll negotiating
for u helpmeet to dispei the loneliness
OF his home. In the matter of build
ing and fencing, considering the dis
tance, most OF the settlers are com
pelied to 90 for timber and lumber.
the different farms fully gave evidence
of the industry Of their occupants
The acreage some in wheat, oats, flax,
&C., is large, and the crops look exceed
! ingly well, and much better than we
expected to see when consider.n. the
,ateness Of the season before seeding
could he safely done. We found Mos
COW thriving place, and quite eN
tcnsively built up in the !ni'lst of Par
alise VALLEY with two good hotels and
several well stocked general merchan
disc houses, all apparently we'll pleased
with the prospects of trade, one gooc
drag store, ana several shops of arti
sans al busilY engaged. The town il
laid out with streets Of good widti
aud With much taste, and when tree
and shrubbery have proper time It
) grow, it cannot avoid hecou,iiga beau
tiiul country town No great cEan9
had taken place at PaioUse Bridge
save the building up Of homes in III
I re.;un OF country surrounding tn
place, the proprietor, 3Lr. Ewing, no
, ambitious to build up the place as
town. We did M. visit the mills II 4
improvements to the east of Tie bridge
and can only say as we were told tina
the improvements have beea quite eA
+ tensive within the three years last past
AZ Palorss city we found two SAY
{ mills and one Grist mill and severe
trading houses fer general merchal
disc, two hotels, a drug store and se'
r cral shops of the different classes {
artisans. We could not admir-
the selection Of the site for Il town, u
! a steep side OF the hill. while 50 lin
j., a location could haze liaan mat,e abou
= a uuarte: of II mile below and on iii
h roppo>;re hank nj tac RIVER, and "
:. saould not b. surprised 70 .earn tha
Cor convenience and heauty Of site ia
i town would ultimate, l." removed I
- TIE north side of ,he river jhr -,
r tlyl mills civ e,np!oyln"!it 20 laan
e u,,n, and tae farming country ;un'
, diatvlv tributary t" III" place viii h
Il iihriv to perprtuate tie existence {
, the tcwl, hcyond the present genets