The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-07-21

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an agreeable surprise TO rs to md on this
sage5rush land such fruitful results from
intelligent labor. and our surprise vas
only increased on being told that there
vas room for thousands of such homes
along the Columbia. the Okanogan. Lake
Cheian and their tributaries in North Cen
trail Washington, which in common belief
10 scarcely more than . desert. One has
only to see tina wheat fields OF the Big
Bend to find out that this country is a.
we'll adapted to cereals as il is to fruits.
4 The Okanogan from its source far up
into British Columbia to its mouth at this
place has . large number Of feeders OF
clear cold water from the SHOWS and
springs OF distant mountains. It 10
hardly more than necessary to say that
these streams TEEN with finny life and the
angler with reel and rod or bob and out
line can realize his fondest wishes. II is
not too strong a statement 20 say that this
region also furnishes grea. variety OF
game. The sixash lapool INDIAN
chickene blue grouse. p;nnated grouse,
fool hen, curlew. snipe, duck. geese,
swan, heron. crane and other Of the
in this country. The furred animals of
the smaller kind have been thinned ont
by trappers. but the huntsman who comes
with good rife. an accurate eye and
plenty Of nerve will experience no diff
Guilty in bagslng such modest game As
bear, elk, deer. mountain lion, etc.
From all one can learn this is, indeed.
poor mans country. The forests offer
him material for his house. The earth
yields vegetables and fruiis. The ranges
will give him meat. The stream will pro-
vide him with drink and his Friday diet.
When his sack is sufficiently plethoric.
provided he is not familiar with mining.
or cares not for the free lite of the mount
aims, no can purchase an interest With the
prospector who explores the rocks and
manipulates the gold pan. For nine
months in the year the climate il 20
genial that one can live comfortably in .
tent, or experience littia Inconvenience in
making his home beneath the thick
foliage OF broad spreading trees.
Col. J. 8. Mcintyre. of Seattle. an irri-
CATION engineer known In connection with
prominent irrigation schemes in Montana
and also With the successful venture at
Yakima, Is here On route to the Colvills
reservation. whore he has . surveying con-
tract with the government. He 10 much
pleased with the ease With which
this country can now be reached
via Wenatchee. His observation 10
that the Oknnogan country, ~
yet little known to the world, possesses ~
great variety Of resources ~ any equal
area Of Washington or the Northwest.
There are 1t least 200. 900 acres Of land
along the west side of the Okanogan, be-
tween here and Orovilie. yet unclaimed.
capable Of producing all the fruits Of semi
tropical regions, except citrus varieties.
not to speak of cereals and vegetables. in
the production of which this territory has
already achieved . reputation. There is
also chain Of mineral producing proper
ties extending from the Methow, along the
Okanogan. far mp into British Columbia.
Lying to the east of the Okanogan is the Coll
willie Indian reservation. The government
has concluded = treaty with the Siwash
and ColviIls tribes for the northern half of
tho reservation. tract or strip Of land
thirty-six miles wide and extending from
the Okanogan east to the Columbia. Col.
Mcintyre thinks he will have the survey
completed in October. After the expira-
ton of six months to allot tho lands in
severalty, the reservation will be declared
open to white settlement. This opening
will probably take place next spring. and
. rush of people is expected. Col. McIn-
tyre has organized a company In Seattle
to build . ditch from Salmon creek TO
water 10000 acres along the Okanogan.
and open up to settlement land capable Of
producing everything from peanuts to
peaches.
To the Eastern man a trip up the Column
bia from Wenatchee 10 not the most favor
able from the first view. Tho bold bluffs
and the bench lands covered with sage
brush, grease wood and bunch grass. with
few trees to give variety. are calculated to
strengthen preconceived ideas about the
arid and unfertiie character Of the coun-
try. A visit 10 the fruit farms and vine
yards at Wenatchee will aid materially in
changing his notions. and further investi-
cations in tho up country viii complete
his conversion. Turn water onto the land
and labor and industry will transform the
dreary looking sage grass waste into VERT
able gardens Of Eden.
A person can now leave Seattle one
morning and be here next day. direct con-
nection being made At Wenatchee with the
steamer for Orondo, Chelan. Methow and
this place, whence stages run 70 RuDy,
Conconully, Loomisson, Golden. Orc and
other points in the Okauogan country on
both sides of the international boundary.
Moses FOLSOM