, 1890-05-15

certainly exists somewhere In these
mountains Is discovered, IL will sur
prise the world.
The valleys all through this upper
country arc now free from SNOW.
Aiier Il long and tedious winter
vegetation Is far advanced. Tho
Wild flowers, many of which would
be luckily priced in the private gar.
dens of our Eastern cousins, are In
full bloom, and the farmer can be
seen busy, seeding or breaking the
rich, dark loan, happy ut the pros.
pects OF an enormous yield the com.
ing season; and well he may, for the
prospects never looked brighter,
stock suffered but very little In
this country the pust winter, the
percentage being very small, owing
mostly to the farmer having an
abundant supply OF hay on hand.
In fact, this is the hay country of
Washington, supplying other points
with hundreds OF tons of hay unnu.
ally. Then, again, the bunch or
table lands are covered with II
luAuriant growth of bunch grass,
that will produce from two
to three tons of wild hay to the
acre, which the stock had no
difficulty v to get at, the fall of snow
some other sections of the country.
/ The slight loss of stock can bo ut
tributcd ,o opross glivoncc by few
indolont, comc-gO-cusy set, who do
not seem to have any enterI rise
/ themselves and hate Ia sec their
neighbor prosporing-men who are
jealous of the newcomer and throw
stumbling blocks In his way ut every
opportunity. But their day is over
II Is the thrifty and enterprlsing
farmer OF family We want, and the
sooner tho Others vuCate the better,
for the day of the cowboy and
cayuso has passed. They accuse the
newspapers of entiClng the new
conner to this country TO starye,
claiming that all the good land has
been taken up, when 1t Is well
known there ARE thousands
OF acres of excellent land only
waiting for the claiming. The
truth is, they would like to absorb
all the land for themselves for stock
ranges, and have not enterprise,
stimulus, gumptlOn, or whg' ever
you may choose TO term IL, to cultl-
vatc the land or allow others TO
do 20.
Even Mt tho risk Of being scored
by these Same runchcrs | would nd
wise the newcomer to make Colville
his objective point, take look over
the country, and do not think he
would be disappointed, He will
find Il soil as productive as was
ever turned over by u plow, land
that will produce the most luscious
and iinc-ilavurcd fruits and mann
moth vegetables, as large as Were
ever grown under the sun, and
where the yield of wheat, oats and
barley, to say nothing of hay,
is enormous, and where corn
since IL has been tried d does remarka-
bly, woil-Corn, mind you, some
thing you CUn not grow in all parts
Nof Washington. True, some of these
valleys are hard to get into at pres
cnt--vallcys, that for grandeur and
produCtivencss have no equal, but at
present aro inaccessible and can only
bc made valuable and revenue nrO-
duciug by opening them up and
connecting them with markets by
means of ruadways, which will have
TO bc done, now the country Is iast
iilling up.
Thirteen miles west ofColville YOU
come 10 one of the most attractive
spots in the country, Kettle Falls,
on the Columbia river. Standing ON
the bluff overlooking the falls II
grand and imposing view is spread
out before the gaze Of the beholder,
who, at the first glance, catches his
breath, astonished, thundcntruck
ut the magnitude Of the scene be-
fore him. Hero Is presented n scene
of grandeur that would touch he
heart of the most stOical. Below
rolls the mighty Columbia, and NJ
the waters plunge over the falls,
rumbling and tumbling, dashed
against huge rocks, or whirlcd In
cddies around massive cliffs of
granite, one scethlng, boiling
mass Of foam flow ing ON and ON
toward the Pacific ocean. Did l
say grand sight? Yes; "a sou,.in-
spring picture of grandeur that one
If 10th 20 leave. II magnificent pan
Drama of natures beautiful handit
work that one would 90 miles ou-
OF his sway to see. Opposite the fallsa
huge, grizzly noun tain towers
skyward, while beyond, ranging one
above another, are snow-cnppod
mountulus, huge promontorics, that
look like mist IN the distance.
What n grand spcctaclo! What an
enchanting and lovely panorama,
with the plne-scentod winds waited
around you from the hill tops and
valleys, making the landscape re-
plete with natures grandest effects;
where tower big boulders from he
tween the crevices of which peep
out fragrant violcts and other sweet
scented wild flowers, mingling their
sweet incense with tho concert of
warbllng voices In the branches
overhead; the beautiful and noble
river gllstening in the sunlight ~ II
Winds Its way in among the ma
jestic mountains, across fertile
valleys, or laundering down
over rocks with roar
that IL deaiening; mountains that
are covered with giant trccs-the
home of the deer the bear, the
cougar and other wild beats OF the
forest; valleys that are capable of
producing tine largest variety of
crops to the known world, and
streams that are literally alive
with the gamy trout, and larger
salmon.
a glorious sight indeed II Is to
witness these fish during the months