Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-11-17

HiuHt nave Deeu considerable.
WAI.LA wALLA VALLEY
is famous for its wheat products and the good
quality of the grain but the crude. careless
@tvie OF preparing it for market prevents it from
taking proper rank, No preparations are made
Tor housing 1t after threshing There are no
elevators. and no pains is taken TO grade the
wheat or herp ii protected from the weather
The result is that recent shipment OF wheat to
Minneapolis from this coast was rejected by the
m-ilers As not ~ to the standard At Wa]a
Walia saw $50 900 worth Of wheat. in sacks
>nakInr m th' ran. waiting for transportation
IN market On enquiry | found this 10 be the
ordinary course. Tncy claim that wettinr the
wheat does il no harm: that il has to be wet
ifNtoV before 1t Is ground. and that even when
= sprouts from standing in the rain the ouaIity
~ the Grain Is not injured. All this is in WON
irrui contrast to the stlle of wheat cft,ture and
market mr. east OF the Rocky Mountains even in
TN" rev settled regions Of DAKOTA where every
'i-t'! al q dozen houses will have a SpacjOuS
gram elevator. and scarce as lumber is IN that
IFt''itS' territory every farmer manages to pro-
vide some shelter for his grain. The tide of emf
Grafton that will pour in here over the Northern
Pacific roaI VIII no doubt brine with il the new
methods OF dealing with era n as well a. uther
"a tern wrinkles. and then this col ntry will
TAKE tS proper rank amongst the treat wheat
producing regions of the world The area #
east "f the Cascade range has been vastly en-
tended BY the discovery made by DR.. Bauck \
Wala Wa!la phys can. that the bunch-rrass
lands. supposed rrryinuslyt0 be rood for not ming
but pasture. win produce wheat at the rate of
thirty or more bushels to the acre. This brings
INTO use u New wheat belt on the eastern border
NJ Oregon and Washington Territory. about $50
miles long ard eighty miles wide 4 consider
anle portion Of this land is already under Guilt
walton. and no doubt the whole of it will he
q fsIr Rr1ti
ably be cultivated in pretty large tracts, and
VIII never he country OF homes The bunch
"ra>s land. dry. duSty and trcelrss for the most
part IS not of Il character ever to be made in
wiling a. IA place of residence
WAYS OF THE HEATHEN CiIINEE THAT oREGoNIANs
DEsrIsE.
The Portiandcrs are gnashing their teeth. so
I" speak, over the way they have been out-,na-
neuvtred blythe thrifty Chinese. who. some years
ago, before the railroad boom fairly struck Port
land. secured y twenty or thirty year lease Of
the land On almost the whole extent of I'd
street. in what is now nearly the heart
OF the business part Of the city. The Chiuanien
have filled this street with their stores, fac
torieS, theaters and restaurants. and not cnly
cater to their own population. but are getting a
good deal oil White custom: being able to IN
derSeil the Portland dealers iii teas rice. &C.
anu IN Clothing, shoes, and cigars of their own
manufacture.
THE COMING CITY OF THE SOUND"
from Portland We made trip thrCu@h the
Puget Sonnd re@ion as far as Vancouver Island
ana the Enthusiastically Grcat-Brtainous city OF
Victoria In this round we visited a good many
OF tile innumerabie eXpectant big cities of the
Sound. every one of which is able o give abun-
danf Reason why it is certain to become the
business Hub of the world on the exact belt
line that the commerce of the globe will take
by way OF the Northern Pacific L. r., the deep
tide waters of PUGET Sound. oppn To the sea To
vessels OF all draft. AMI the favOIinM winds and
currents that make tbs northern latitude the
quickest course to Asia. The trip to the
Sound Is maue by steamer from Port and TO
ka!ama t3S miles,. on the north bank of the
Columbia; railroad from kalama to Tacoma NO5
miles, ana by steamer from Tacoma to Seattle
Olympia. Ports Gamble and Ludlow (whrre the
giant S.W-inilis OF the Sound are al WUrtl) Port
townsend (the L. ,. port OF entry) and Veto
RIA. on Vancouver Island, in British Columbia
80 miles rom Tacoma. The start for the Sound
was made under tn" Inspiration Of d fin,, dav
ne Fam hinT had let up after three DAYS
OF drenchinG- At the same time tie rainfall
had Cleared the air Of the dense smoke that has
prevailed tor months all through this coast and
inr two days thereafter. while traven! in the
SOUND district. we Wsfe treated to a series of
"r;,nd mountain views and landscape and water
scaiIe effects. such as are perhaps nowhere else
IN the world presented IN combination. The
hr>t 10 appear was Mount Tacoma or Mount
Rainier IA the old settlers insist is the real na me-
instead Of the neWianLei title OF Tacoma"
invented. they say by the railroad people.
THE MOST IMPRESSIVE MOUNTAIN IL THE WORLD.
This mountain towers so gigaAtical.y to-
wards III" zenith that at first sight one can
scarcely believe that it is not a cloud or some
optical delusion. After considerable travel in
mountainous regions. Tacoma seems to me the
grandeSt and most impressive mountain in
the "orid.-nnt shoullerng its way for position
amongst ether mountain masses tut standing
out separate aud distinct. un0hScured by inter-
Vrnn1 objects. and all its vast height of IA 800
feet seen lifted in relief against the skv from its
base. almost ut the level OF the sea to it's uit-
terlnG snowy peak. In two DAYS travel as fast
a. steam Could take US we were never out of
sight OF this grand mountain. and it never
seemed to diminish in size But Tacoma though
dominant. is only one of the panorama of noun
talnS seen IN trayrrSinT the Amer can Mpdlt-r-
ranean- Mount Baker. II. 100 feet high sim
gulary beautiful object in its robes of snow oc-
cupied the eye on the right. and on the other
side were the picturesque Olympic or coast
range mountains. many of them with Jagged
outlines and sharp spires. resembling the needle
piunaces that sentinel Mount Blanc MANY of
the guide book wonders OF this region f, to fill
the biil. but the beauty and grandeur of the
anu 'tt''tit scenery OF SOUND nave
nevcs b"en half told.
So little ~ really known Of these noble moan
talTi- o! the Cascaie rauL" that il has only lately
been established that Tacoma has group of liv-
IN" "iacicrS. iie report to that effect made bv
Mr.. Bailey Wills. ~ruosst of the Norther Trans
continental survey in the summer of 1882 has
been CnrOhOra.rd ny Senat0E Edmunds. of Yer
mont. who visited the ice fields OF Tacoma in
June OF this year and in whose opinion these
glaciers infinitely sIIrE,s> those of Switzerland
IN SIZE and grandeur. Senator Ednunds is a
man not apt to stop over in the way Of senti-
mental eXac1eration, and his endorsement of
the Tacoma glaciers will 70 a good ways with
those who know him. Still there are doubling
Thnmases who question the existence of true,
all-the- yearrOund glaciers mt Tacoma They
doubt whether they do not '.pav out
late in the summer. At Seattle, however,
met parties who have been engaged
In trail construction and other work
on and abOnt the mountain all the season until
within a few days. and they say that at no time
have the glaciers showed any signs of whiting"
ii then they have stood the 140 days sunshine
this year. undiminshed. they may be set down
as true and undoubted glaciers. At any rate
ali the arrangements are being made to afford
convenient access to the mountain next sum-
mer to enable tourists to test the glacier cues
ton The approach to Mt. Tacoma IL from Ia
coma (village) twenty-five miles by rail to
Wi keson. and thence by good bride path
tUn mil. fnr fI tot