The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-05-17

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a. well ~ hill HUNDRED feet nigh,
From tno mouth 81 the cnenelil
and the Columbia, back 70 the sum
NIT of the Cascade range. the routl
travelled by the Ice can Be traced Is ]
Il were made bat yesterday, and
IeveryWhcre its track - from thE Erfh
least 70 the southwest Il u1sve<
solidly, with it, face TO the Toe. tn
Chinook xephyr. until 1t persisted II
the strugGlc. But the zephyr did no
LcOuquer unaided. Other causes WerI
at work % aid n the struggle.
| The forces evolved, Just before TIL
glacial period, IN throwing out thos
vast sheets OF basalt In Eastern Wash
Iington, In Gaping the Cascade range
and In eIeyafing Western Washington
had spent themselves. Unable h
held MP the weight that was pressing
from the mountains and ice combined
| they began 10 settie: bat before giving
up The struggle. they made Z las
EFFORT In throwing out volcanic bas
tons 10 the westward Of the noun
tains they had raised 70 defend Ties
mountains from the tides and cur
rents Of the ocean. that was eve
seeking to tear them down. Il
those who have seen the force exerte,
by water. flowing under pressure II
hydraulic mining, il il 1EukmftteI
that nature presents force as grea
perhaps IS tht glacier. which scienc
has yet scarcely tried To measure
Twice every twenty-f0ur hours mas
OF water 600 miles wide and fiv
miles high, BY the tides ~ hurle'
against the Pacific coast Of the Unite
States. This ocean also sends cul
rent, flowing day and night, for mil
lions al wears q ume, nye miles dee
the width % the shore hne-a cui
rent ccaselessly beating upon on
shorcs. None Of this force ~ wasted
1t Is all treasured up and manifested
perhaps ages alter. IN the volcano
the earthquake. May not this fore
OF tides and ocean CURRENTS II par
account for the faults and sinking Q
the surface on both Rocky and Ca
cadc rangesg Is there not also . reis
ton between these forces, and II
fact that volcanoes are nearly AWAY
: on the ocean slope OF mountains, an
those Of the Sierra Nevada and Gas
cade ranges being. almost without u
exception, In that position. A fc,
I words more about the glacier hefor
iothGr matters are treated OF.
Right In the center Of the glacie
track. extending across the cOuntr
} from near the Carbonate 10 Seabecl
| on Hoods canal. and crossing tn
Sound In the vicinity OF the Narrow!
once existed q mountain range, whic
tried to do battle with the glacier. an
persisted in the struggle. It's reien
: / less rival ground the mountain dow
| to its base. and Il ruins doom to eve,
: lasting sterilify region Of countr
about slftv miles square around ID
) upper Sound.
When 4 river flows down . naoal
. tain side its head Is filed with coars
. rocks and bouIders. but these fiecrea,
in size as : more level country
reached. until finally nothing Is foun
in its bed hut fine sand and clay.
Y glacier acts similar 20 a river, only
; never stops to sort the particles
works upon as docs the water In
i river. When the plAcier is runnin
lover hills ana mountains. crushin
: rocks and other obstacles to its PR
lgress il leaves the ground strewn wit
n coarse gravel and bouldcrs. but th
farther Ii moves over q comparati,
- level country the finer the grav'
becomes. so that the grav'
and cement Of Pierce and Thursto
= counties become the fertile soil I
Lewis and Chehaiis: and after passiii
the Chehalis river Is mass o! fin
Iclay. extending from Muntexuma Il
wards ShoalwatcY bay. Ii y from tn
fact that one Is able 30 tell wheths