The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-09-29
GOV. NEWELL AT LEWISTON.
Lewiston News.]

w aSnlngCOn 1erriCOVy, dTriVeu III
Lewiston from Colfax, and was re-
ceived by the mayor and city coun-
Gil. After an interval of refresh
ment and repose at the Raymond
House, Gov. Newell proceeded to
Grostein hall and addressed large
audience of our citizens. The ad-
dress was an epitome of what the
speaker had seen in bis travels since
his arrival from the Atlantic States.
He spoke of his visit to Alaska, and
dwelt upon the grandeur, the beauty
and the wealth of that far away ter
ritory; of its 1000 miles of inland
sea, of its wealth of gold, its stupen-
dous fur interests, Of the peculiar
physical character of that country,
which exceeds in beauty and grand
eur the power of the most fertile
imagination to picture. The visit of
the speaker to the glacial fields of
Alaska we're wildly portrayed, and
a lively description was given of
glacier 6 miles wide, 1000 feet In
depth, and extending to the north
ward for an unknown distance, the
whole ice region being full of gorges,
ravines and canyons. Gov. Newell
was enthusiastic over the mighty
Yukon that drains that territory, a
wonderful stream that is navigable
for 1000 miles and is 70 miles wide
at its mouth; he spoke of the great
salmon in that region and of the null
titude of fish, whose movements keep
the waters in a perpetual phospho-
retic glow of light, exceeding in
bril!iancy the consultations Of the
heavens.
Turning his attention next to
Washington Territory, Gov. Newell
dwelt lovingly upon his favorite topic
of resources of Washington Terri
tory; he spoke of trees there IA feet
through, 425 feet high and 65 feet in
circumference; he told us of a single
stick of timber from which $4,000
feet of lumber had been produced,
of the number and capacity of the
saw mills on Puget Sound, which cut
2OO,OOO,OOO feet of lumber yearly.
He told us of the entire area of Pu-
get Sound being underlaid with coal,
and of the great increase of trade in
the last six weeks that employs line
of five steamers to carry it away; of
the iron and other minerals known to
exist on the seaboard and in the in
terror, its climate unexcelled, and of
its 100000 acres of arabic land and
a balance of 22, 900, 900 acres of good
grazing land.
OF north Idaho the speaker said
that in coming from Colfax he bad
that day passed over country that
amazed him; he echoed for north
Idaho the sentiments of the late Sem
ator Morton, who said that the Walla
Walla country was the destined
home of millions. "North Idaho and
eastern Washington" said the gov
ernor, "is not excelled by the Gene
see, Miami or Mississippi valleys on
the Atlantic slope. l have never
seen such barley, oats, wheat and
fax as l have seen to-day. 1t sur
passes, in my judgment, anything
that was on exhibition at the Gen.
tennial. l know ofa 200 acre farm
in Walla Walla valley that pro-
duced $4,000 bushels of wheat.
Farmers can seed here from August
to June, and owing to the nature of
the soil that facilitates the stooling
of grain, but one-half the amount of
seed sown in other localities is need
ed here. The Almighty, in the plen-
itude of His power, has designed this
country to be self-sustsining. The
great cities of the world are situated
on the belt of Puget Sound, and Pa
get Sound itself commands the high
way to the great commerce of the
Orient" The great tide of emigra-
ton, said the speaker, that has been
setting ever westward from the time
of the landing Of the Pilgrim Fathers
on Plymouth rock has At length
fairly struck the fertile plains of tho
great Northwest, and our develop
ment will hence be much more rapid
than heretofore. There is not men,
Der Of Congress who appreciates the
magnitude and diversity of our rs-
s,rSu,na and - nh0nld pntition Con.