, 1881-05-28
A Thir y nile Rice.


ant company one day last week, we
started off bright and early boand tr
DAYTON. the chjrf town of Co!unhis
County. and destined & be second only
in importance 10 WsIla Walla in the
whole Il this great interior country.
Tha morning vas col, fresh and c!ear,
and as We rode long beJwacatAc smiling,
picturesque and well cultivated farms oa
ersry side within the range It vision the
whole valley l25ked a per;cst Tie'are Of
peace and oanteHtmeHt.
Instead u taking the stage road we
drove al3ns wha. IS knoza as tts o!a or
upper rad. which. although salAeTha'
more h,lly, l. by far the best and z
thousand times more pleasant and te9u-
;iful by ? asou Of the
MANY PRETTY "ol.E,
Which line the rcai the whole distance
II vas in II when We last travelled this
route and remarkable indeed IS the
change. Then the whole country was
covered with bunch grass, except on few
bottom llnd:, aad mu.t:ialea Of sheep,
cattle and horses g:azed Cn the thousand
hills; nov there is continuous line OF
green wheat fields the entire distance,
Every farm has a fine orchard, now IN
full bearing good barns, dairies, and IN
many instances as handsome and con-
Portable homes as coaid be found in the
far distant eastern states. Such crops as
met our view could no, be excelled any
where, Tor the gram Is as thick as nature
ever intended it should be.
pEY CREEK
Is an emerald a, present, AID lovely
siaht to thos. who admire pastoral
scenes. In some places the I'D and ugly
rail fences agc discarded and hedges of
Osagc orange serve every purpose, be
sides giving more Of civilized look to
the country. Along the different local.
ties a very prosperous state Of affairs pre-
vail, if appearances are any criterion
School houses are an especial feature, Tor
we counted no less than six along the
| road between Walla Walla and Dayton,
and how many more there are back in the
country we had no means Of discovering
The Co2pei. Whiskey Creek and Hog
Eye countries are particularly beautiful,
if anything the grass is greener and the
Grain and fruit trees more luyuriant here
than elsewhere; on the ranch Of Mr..
Cornwall We were particularly struck
with the fine appearance OF the cherry
trees, which were planted years ago
among the Osa9e orange hedges. These
trees are literally
LOADED DOWN WITH FRUIT.
which Is now, in the latter part Of May,
fast getting ripe; on other farms on the
hill sides grapes have been planted, and
from appearances are thriving. The soil
here is If the blQekes; and richest nature,
and in occasional gullies, where the water
had cut the soil, 1t was found TO be over
FIVE feet in depth. Il is impossible to
exhaust such soil Many fields OF volun
tcer wheat, With last seasons old stalks
still standing, wc:e occasionally to be
seen: Willie these did not have the rich
look of the fall or spring sowed fields,
yet they viii very readily yield thirty
bushels 10 the acre.
Coppei is an Indian word which sis
nifes "a good grass country" The pro
per appeIia.ion of Whiskey Creek is
Homei. and Hog Eye derives its
title to the fact thai in early days settler
there named Davis had letter addressed
to ksm rs
HOG EYE DAVIS"
This We discovered by demonstrating to a
few settlers on such vulgar names being
bestowed on such fine country, and on
their informing us that they were not
responsible as the names were there be
fore, they were led to further inquiries
with the result As above. This Davis
was shot in 90, by man named Becbe
There is a glorio-s future before this
especial country, and We venture the pre-
dlction that ere many years land here
will command higher figure than in any
other part of our valley, OF which it is
not only the garden but likewise the
beauty spot. with pleasant company
and such scenery, the time spent in
travelling seemed very short, and we soon
approached Dayton. The ties for the
railroad are piled up everywhere, and
the depot grounds there are literally
covered with the ties and wood owned
by the company who are now doing so
much for the country in general. The
great improvements IN and around Day
ton are OF 50 much Importance that they
must necessarily become the subject Of
separate article.