The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-07-10
UP NORTH.
H. D. J. Describes Travelling
There.
NEw TAooMA, June 20. 1s83.

AUCGOfS H6TUCO.
do not feel strongly impressed
with a desire to ask for space ia
your columns to Yentilate my ideas
Of what I see in my travels, but IN
asmuch as I presume some of your
readers are DESTROYS to know some
thing about this remote corner Of
our uncle's domain, and as it is too
much trouble to write letters to
each of those to whom |
have promised information, [
will (HERALD consenting) write
an occasional letter for their peru
sal.
Presuming that you received my
Missoula letter, Iresume the theme
at the point where | closed by re-
marking that on the 18th inst,
fearing to trust myself to the ten
der mercies of the stage down,
engaged passage at Missoula on
board dead-axle wagon, filed with
emptp beer kegs, bound for the end
Of the track. which 1 found about
twenty-eight miles west of Mis-
sOula. While making the trip, l
had the pleasure of beholding some
prairie land, some timber land, i'm
mense deposits of rock, and possibly
the highest trestle work in the
world.
At Marents gulch in OKeefe's can
yon, about fourteen miles west of
Missouls, the tall structure over
which the trains Of the n. P. rail
road will shortly pass, is to be seen.
In this vicinity are several'trestles
within few miles, but the princi-
pal one consists of twelve bents
built of heavy timbers and appar-
emily Of great strength and well
put together. At the highest point
the distance from the rails to the
surface of the earth is 226 feet; the
length Of the trestle work is little
over 500 feet. It makes a fellows
hair stand on end to imagine the
fall of a train at this point, and
many traveller would prefer walk
ing around if he only had the op-
portunity.
After reaching the divide, which
occurs beyond this canyon, we ar
rive in the vicinity of the Flat
Head Indian Agency, which lies in
cozy nook near Finley creek, and
where [ presume good picking
is found by the proven biaIly honest
Christian Indian agent.
In this vicinity are to be seen
some very good farms owned and
worked by half-breed Indians of
the Flat Head tribe, and who seem
to be prosperous.
AT Finley Creek l found tenn
pOrary station, where were sundry
canvas tents, at one Of which | OBJ
tanned supper and breakfast, and in
another attempted in vain to obtain
soc. worth of sleep. Here we en-
tered car bound for the west, and
had rather a pleasant ride until
reaching Beaver Greek, at which
point break had recently occur
red and a trestle fallen down, which
rendered walk down one hill and
up another necessary, and a change
of cars.
When you descend westward
along the banks of Clark's Fork,
Thompson River and ali the other
streams coming together IN this
Tough mountain country, you
wonder whereyall the watera comes
from, and when you reach that
most beautiful sheet of water, Lake
Pend D'OrieVille, arodnd toe north
ern end of which the railroad curves,
you are struck with the beautiful
scenery and feel like stopping to
enjoy it; but if, like myself, you
have heretofore essayedJ in vain to
live on scenery and fine view, you
will ecide not to do it, at least not
until you have seen what lieth be-
You'd.
In passing along the west bank of
Lake Pend D'Orielle, we had a fine
view of the snow-capped CGur d
Alene mountains far to the south
and east. The lakes. Pend D'Ori1lle
and CGur d Alene are in
Idaho. There is town on the first
named lake where we obtain
pretty good supper, deposited a half
dollar, enter the cars and ere long
cross the line into Washington, and
not long after approach the town of
Spokane Falls, where nature has
made ample arrangements for mills,
factories, etc., which men will
doubtless improve. Near the town
OF Spokane Falls, nature has also
prepared medical lake, in whose
waters it is said, the rheumatic, neu-
ralgi3 and otherwise afflicted man
may battle and be cured. AS this
letter IS perhaps long enough for
the present, will leave the invalid
il the bath and close for the present.
H. ID. J
aUGhLEN's ARtICA NALVH.