, 1890-10-23

appearance as to admit OF no parallel in
the cosmography OF our possessions.
Draining the waters of tho most exten-
siye area of grazing, agricu ultural and
mineral lands on the Pacific slope, IL
embraces In Its sources, which are legion
portions Of Montana, Wyoming and
Utah, absorbs the rivers OF Idaho, and
finds atliuents that rise In the pine for
ests of Oregon's Blue mountains.
Grouped In silent majesty, grand cloud
piercing peaks watch its departure vest
ward. Dazzling ice-bound pinnacles
ipices, rolling through the gloom Of
dense forests, now skirting the rugged
mountains of the wild Teton range
gathering strength as II runs; now
coursing by grass-clad hills or through
cherries tracts where burning lava once
iiowed, making tremendous jumps, rush
ing headlong and foaming through deep,
dark, narrow canyons with upright walls
n thousand feet high, winding in its
course-tho mad stream hurls its waters
200 feet into the air in one mighty, do
spairing, awful leap over the Shoshone
falis"-equal in height and volume Of
water to Niagara, and far eNcecdin
Yosemite In beauty and grandeur The
Cuur a. Alene, as graceful as maiden
in its gentle gliding, is con-
ccption OF beauty in every curve.
Decked in its fern-covered banks, in all
the Southland, filled with crystal
streams and sylvan foliage, there me-
andors not II lovelier river.
"Cmur d Alcnc, nvmph Of beauty,
j would WOO thee in my rhyme,
Mildest, brightest. loveliest river,
| OF our sunny northern cline
Swannanoa, they should call thee,
In the mellow Indian tongue;
Beautiful thou art, most truly,
And right worthy to be sung
The kootenai. st Joseph, Salmon,
Weiscr Payette, Boise, Wood,
Blackfoot and Bear, and hun.
dreds of minor streams are swift
clear, and swarming with trout, salmon
ana other fresh water fish. The Salmon,
Clearwater kootenai and Payette are
rs picturesquely beautiful as the Juniota,
Schuylkill and SusquehGnna, recognized
as the noblest streams OF the Allcgha-
nies. The immense water power OF
Idaho, exceeding that of any other
state west of the Missouri, Is one
of its great resources, aflorling a. it
does, ample facilities for irrigating min.
ing and manufacturing purposes, Time
would fail mc to tell of the mvriads OF
crystal, sparkling springs bursting from
the plains and gurgling from the slopes
and mountain sides, that make Idaho II
land OF bright waters and green pas.
lures"
| Scattered among tho plateaus and
mountain ranges of this Switzerland OF
America are countless lakes and tarns
as beautiful and picturesque as LuCcrne.
| kootcnni holds within her borders Cmur
| d. 'Alere, Pend a. Oreille, kanisku, Coca
lnlla, and numerous smaller lakes. Pend
d'Oreille, like a broad and widened
valley among the mountains, filled to
the brim with gathered waters, is one of
the loyeliest sheets of water in all
| America.
Cmur d 'Alenc is really a widening of
the Spokane, Just as the Sea OF Galilee
Is of the red, turbii Jordan. With
waters as cool and clear and sweet, fed
by gold bearing streams and nesting
among silver lined hills, with the rabbi5,
we might declare of it as they said OF
Gennesaret: ''Jhat of the seven seas of
Canaan, II was the only one which God
had reserved for himself"
As Idaho Is the gem of the mountains,
surely Tahoma deserves to be called the
gem lake of Idaho. Gathered in de-
preston of the mountains, twenty miles
south OF Lewiston, shimmers lovely
! Waha, "the ambition of nature" "
Nothing" says u glowing but faithful
| pen sketch, I'VE have ever seen can ex-
ceed the tranquil beauty of this sylvan,
this truly idyiic scene, with its mount
ain solitudes, unbroken by discord-
ant sound, and its wealth of charming
] lhuuSCiUtH uUNl NulllNlt BOt-
tomess Payette is surrounded by
mountains and famous for It's
trout red fish and white fish.
No pen can trace in fitting lines the
solitary loveliness of Bear lake. The
task would be endless to tell of the
numberless lakes of sunny Idaho.
! Alternating with and nesting among
the mountain ranges of Idaho ure many
valleys, large and small, aiiording in the
aggregate III. coo, 600 acres OF arabic lands
not surpassed in fertility by any on the
globe. lnnumerable little wales and
cosy parks hidden among the hills invite
the settler to abide
The mineral fields of Idaho arc among
the largest in the world, and they have
produced, and are now producing, the
richest ores known to the history OF
mining Since their first discovery the
mines of Idaho have produced the
princely sum of Slj7, 100 ,062 81. The
| production of last year amounted to
| Sl7, 3ii 600. OF this there was of gold,
49, 2l4, 500; silver, 81 56i, 500; lead, s6400
coo; and OF copper ss5, 600. From the
| Dorsey accompanying tho bill admit
| ting Idaho into the Union,
1 quote as follows: Ida
| no is rapidly advancing to the front as u
/ bullion-producing state, and with the
present ratio of increase will soon he the
greatest bullion-p producing state in the
| Union.
The state has now developed several
of the largest mines on the globe the
production of which will be largely in.
creased during the year 1900, Besides
the bullion-producing mines, Idaho
| also has an abundance of
iron, salt, sulphur, marble, sand
stone, granite, limestone, and mica,
with TIN and cinnabar in limited quanti-
ties. Coal is known to exist in nearly
every county in the state. but Is not
| sufficiently developed to determine its
extent" In the Cnur d'Alencs ure
| found the largest bodies of silver and
lead ores in the world. Few people have
! the remotest conception of the immense
wealth OF ldaho's mines.
Idahos arabic belts enjoy the infiu-
ence of the warm currents ofthe Pacific,
and are of grand proportions and unex-
celled for productiyeness. The yield of
wheat, oats, barley and all kinds of
cereals and vegetables is II OF excelled even
III the great Palouse valley. The coun-
! ties of Latah, Nez Pcrce, and idaho alone
| produce grain enough to feed an empire.
| There are IL, 900, 900 To Is, 900, 900 acres in
the valleys and uplands of Id aho, which
can be cultivated and made lavishly
productive of all the cereals and veg
etables that are raised north of the cot
ton-growing line in the Atlantic states.
Even tobacco and cotton have been grown
| in the lower valleys. Furrow her bosom
with plow and the fields of Idaho
bloom with bountiful harvests.
No region east of California not even
the sunny South" can excel Idaho
valleys in the production of fruit.
Apples, peaches, pears, nectarines, april
| cots, plums, grapes, prunes and all