, 1882-06-03
pALousE AND SPOKANE.
Three Hundred and Fifty Miles OF
q Buck Board.

pALOUSE AND SFOhAnA-
Three Hundred and Fifty Niles on
q Buck Board.
Enrroe Sr,rEsNaS - In compliance
with your request, will gTe brief &C
count of journey, lately made from
your city. that took in all the region East oil
WsIla Walla 10 Lewiston, and north oi
Snake river to the n p railroad Three
hundred and fifty miles on blackboard,
in the balmy month Of May, through a
country that has as many attractions as
are found north and south of Snake rIver,
Is a stroke Of travel that comes with pc
cul;ar relish 10 one who has sumDered
and wintered for years in Portland. The
newness and freshness OF the Inland Elm
pire contrasts strongly and strangely with
city life. Every few days, here, we see
A crowd OF immigrants land from the
steamers and cannot follow them to their
destinations, but wonder how they DIS
pose Of themselves. Ny late trip was
voyage Of discovery TO the fresh helds
and pastures new 10 With new, comers
are vending their way, and revealed to
me how they managed TO live and Thrive
in their new homes. IL is pleasant to
know that they do thrive there, and are
generally contented and happy. The re-
suit Of meeting and conYersing with many
whc have made homes aud become cIu-
zens IN the eastern part Of the grand ter
ritory Of Washington, is, that they almost
unanimously pronounce the Upper Coun-
try the paradise of the poor man The
remark is often made ''This Is the best
poor mans country IN the world. OBJ
servation has confirmed this fact 10 my
own mind. Looking forward to few
years. it requires a lively Imagination
10 conceive Of the future that is in store
Tor the vide region OF Washington Terri
tory. east of the Cascades. a region equal
in extent to Pennsylvania, whose haryests
will increase and speedily astonish the
;.orld. /, would be superiiuous TO tell
yGur readers about the country east OF
Walla WaIls until after We passed Dayton.
That town and Wmtsburg have had heavy
afilictiuns from fires. and it is cheering to
see how taey are replacing the ashes with
fire. proof structures. Ii Is easy to read
the value of the surrounding country
when one observes how rapidly the burnt
districts are replaced with a snperior or
der Of structures.
In company with your townsman, W.
J. Dyer, left Walla Walla ON Friday,
Nay 19;h We drove to Dayton. through
green aud waving wheat fields, and every
where saw teams atield turning over the
sod for SOWING next fail. They prepare
new land in this WAY 10 better advantage
than ;o sow grain on the freshly turned
sod. After reaching Dayton it vas easily
perceived that the altitude of the country
causes later seasons, for crops are later as
We proceed We soon iud that farmers
are still plowipg and seeding Since my
last visit to Dayton, two years ago, con-
siderable improvement Is noticeable IN
both the Cpun,ty and the towns. Hunts
Vile, beyond Naitsburg, where the school
is located, Is commencing to be delight
iui place Tor residence We came the
next day 10 hlarengo, on the Tukanon,
where = Touring mill Is at work; mills
are IN al tie towns, III fact. As se went
dOw1 tine canyon towards Marengo We saw
a woman speeding the plOw maDfully
while the men were building fence Be
fore that We passed a man riding ON horse
back and driving a four-h horse team 10
harrow. Piows were running everywhere,
sometimes IN gangs, sometimes single,
SJth teams of from two to eight horses.
The world Will be astonished sometime or
other a. the outcome OF your country, for
It's productiyeness has only commenced.
The future VIII be literally immense.
Over the hills and farther and farther
away, We PASSED to Pomeroy, the metrop-
oils Of the Pa,aha Region, also patronized
by farmers from the Deadman country,
AlpOwai ard Asso,in If Pomeroy holds
us position rs the trade center for al this
region, it must become one Of the most
important towns in the upper country. 1t
is not necessary TO describe this region
more particularly than to say, 1T is a beau
tiful rolling country, rich and fertile, cut
INTO by streams that create deep canyons
towards Snake river and has gr5nd agri,
cultural areas nearer the mountainsi
While the land along the route We trav-
elel was generally occupied, there is still
good land waiting for settlement along
the civernorth of the Touchet and Dry
creek, ana along the lower Tukanon,
while the beautiful Assotin country, eight
and twenty miles of fertile extent, is rot
over one third settled up. This country
hes mp under the lee Of the Blue noun
tains, and Assotin creek empties into
Snake river i've miles above Lewiston.
There is also Considerable land near Snake
river, on the west, towards Lewiston. that
promises well and is NOW commencing to
he settled
The grandest view We had IN all the
journey was from Alpowai ridge, which
seemed to overlook world Of broken sur
faces, made up OF ridges clothed with
5unch-grass and destitute of forests