, 1890-03-20

Colvillc valley, Chewclah the town
Of colvillc, the Catholic mission,
Meyers Falls, Old Fort Colvllle,
historic Marcus and others.
The Colvllle valley il described rs
one of the most beautiful and pro-
ductlve valleys In the world. The
soil IL of rich bluck loan. The
ColNllle river Is "A deep, narrow
most tortuous channel. The land Is
almost entIrely suitable for the
growth of the finest quality of tim
cent bench lands produce bountiful
crops of oats, barley, wheat, fruits,
corn and vegetables. a fringe
of thick, matted brush ex-
tends along the immediate
outside of this, and between 1t and
the hillsidos, are great stretches of
level ground on which there ARE
every scar the heaviest growth of
timothy and other grasses. There
are not less than 10000 acres of this
meadow land In the Colville valley.
The average yield of timothy hay In
this valley, when properly cared for,
l. two and ouG-half tons per acre.
At this rate the product Of the 90, 900
acres would be 22j,00O tons. Ii Is
now worth Sl2 per ton In the field.
Thus the annual product represents
IA caah value of s., 100000.
The mining camps Of Eastern
Washington, Northern Idaho, Mon
tuna and British Columbia are large
consumers of hay, ailording ready
market all the season round, and
halcd hay rarely falls below Sls per
ton. Good farmers may tc safely
ndviscd to go into the Colvillo coun-
try.
OTHER PRODUCTS.
The figures quoted above are given
To show the possible capacity Of IL
valley whose latent wealth II not
yet appreciated 10y the people who
live there, or by the people of SpO-
kane Falls to which it Is essentially
and exclusively tributary. But this
is not all. The above amount rep
resents the yield Of hay alone. There
are tens Of thousands Of acres of
bcnch lands, or those that lie at tho
foot aud along tho sides of the hills
and mountains, that are suited for
wheat, oats, barley, vegetables and
fruit. 1t Is u country that
X admirably adapted To stock
growing of all kinds. Cattle,
horses and sheep find good
grazing almost the entire year
round. Hogs do exceedingly well.
Tho hny product Is, therefore, but a
part Of q possible product Of this
wonderfully rich valley. Perfectly
wntered by the river that flows
through II, as well as by the springs
that flow out of the sides of the bOr-
deriug hills at every hundred yards
or 40, abundantly supplied with
timber and wood, hcalthful, and
having n climate equal TO that of
the Spokane valley, there is nothing
TO prevent II from becoming, at an
early day, one Of the most highly
improved and prosperous areas Of
like extent on the continent.
WATER POWER.
Passing over the historical facts
and the descriptions Of the rise and
prosperity of the towns, all of which
Is exceedingly interesting, the RE
VIEW quotes again:
Two or three miles beyond the
Cath ollie mission II Meyers Ferry.
Here the Colyille river passes over "A
succession of declivitics tlll il has
dcsccnded altogether more than 100
feet, The falls are broken up some
what as they are In the Spokane
river ht tue lalls u, that n2ille' lhe
"m W., ',,', n'o T !, T. on,io io''u ~ @ ''e'o y
doscn mills The old Hudson Rov
Com pnny's flour mill was torn down
more than half II century ago, and
two have been built there since.
lhe third ana last one stands
.ncIc iiom, anu uocs ser',vs ~ 10 tne ~,
stnr.s sart 81 ~ ,,o,ar,,i,nni @ i,
and some other frnaments of thp
first mill lie scattered over the
ground. The falls are not only
capable OF great service, but they
are very picturesque, ono mignt
sl@n" ,Il, nn nou' ", Jr ,"o nerg WIN WIN
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ufncturing village about 80 fine n
watCr power. The growth and inn
proVeInent Of the surrounding
country VIII make IL a great necess.
ity here.
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well worn, but neatly constructed
and mathematicaliy arranged low,
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