Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-08-05
FROM VANCOUVER
DR.. ASHRg00Eg MAKES A TRIP ACROSS TIL
CONTINENT
And Talks Interestingly Of the Scenery, The COndi'
ton of the People Hs Met, and
Personal Experiences

porter called upon him at his home,
Yesterday, and he talked interestingly
of his long journey. In answer to
questions by the reporter, the Doctor
told the story Of his trip. which was
substantially as given below.
81 was accompanied by my brother.
We were on q sightseeing expedition,
and therefore secured tickets good 10
stop at any point. After leaving Chi
cago, We took the Union Pacific to Solos
mon city, where We stopped, and went
sixty miles up the Solomon river.
| had been there ten years before, and
was astonished at the changes l noted.
Many thousand acres OF prairie land are
now under cultivation. The farmers In
this section of the Solomon Valley are
very friendly, but failure OF crops fol-
| the past two wears has caused money 10
be very scarce, but they can make
person at home here. When you go To
see them, no matter what they are do
Ing, they quit work and have q holiday
We returned to Solomon City and
started to Denver. The country was
parched for want Of rain. AT Ellis,
Kansas, we again changed to Mountain
time. As the cars run along from Ellis
TO Denver you see thousands OF acres
with no grass scarcely, and all along
the line you can see the carcasses oil
dead cattle. We counted twenty on one
acre OF ground.
From Denver we went via Cheyenne.
| Here we were detained by Coxey's army
six hours. We stopped at Green river
where the United States tropS held them
| prisoners. There were $50 industlials,
and the soldiers had them in box car:
and would let no one go to them. There
were about 175 soldiers, part OF them
being from the Indian reservation
Green river Is, as Its name would signi'
~, as green as grass. We crossed Med
icine Bow river, the Snake river also,
and arrived in Shoshone, Idaho, May q.
We here went on the Shoshone and
| Ketchem road TO Ticura, at the junction
| OF Wood river and Silver creek. Until
recently this has been great silver
mining country, but now the mines are
closed and times are very dull. There
are two Indian reservations near there.
The country from Denver to Umatilla,
| In Oregon. is covered with sage brush,
and you will get tired OF seeing sage
| brush. Farming is carried on by irri-
CATION, and where IL can De irrigated II
is very fertile. Wood river and Silver
creek are the finest streams to fish In
we found on our trip. Jay Gould's fam
ily camped there the summer OF 1913 and
men of note ana national reputation
/ from all over the country have drawn
| fish from their waters. 1t Is certainly
one OF the finest places in the United
States TO fish. l caught twenty-four
! large fish In two hours.
The gentleman We stopped with has
! caught seventy-fve pounds OF trout In
| two or three hours, and he has also Kill
ed six hundred deer in the last eleven
years. We went out deer hunting on
! the Veaut Mountains two days, but IL
was against the law 10 kill deer, so we
did not kill any. The whole country /;
of volcanic origin, and large lava rocks
as large as houses, by the thousand, are
/ found. There are deep crevices In some
rocks where you could throw house.
Near here is the American Falls on the
| Snake River.
1.-THE country surrounding Shoshont
is depopulating rapidly since the silver
mines shut down. 1t is hard blow Il
them to lose the silver mines. This IL
4 picturesque country, the Wood river
and Silver creek running through
broad valley, with Veaut Mountain anC
the town facing on the east, and the
north aud west surrounded by snow
capped mountains, and Snake river or
the south, form q picture for painter
1t resem bles the Walla-Walla Valley.
We left Silver creek in the ROCKY
Mountains on May Goth for Shoshont
Falls, where we stayed over night anc
then left this fine fishing grounds FOL
Shoshone, stopped over night, and the
following morning boarded the UnloI
Pacific 10 leave the State OF Idaho
After a long days ride and just as thu
sun was pouring its golden rays owe
the mountains and valleys, We emerged
from the almost unbroken country o
sage brush, and our eyes fell upon TIT
beautiful aud fertile valley OF Rount
Bottom. From our conductor, Z. h
Brown, learned that here was located
the city of Lagrand, and that Lsgran'
contained a population OF 1850 people
and that Round Bottom was one OF IN
most fertile valleys In the west. On
OF of our passengers was Mr.. San
Hutchison, of Lynn, Washington. II
was seven feet four inches In height
and had Just been offered 5000 pc
month 10 travel with Buffalo BIZ
Wild West show as giant cowboy o
the world, but so far had notaccepte
the offer.
On May 3OIh we arrived at Pendle
ton, Ore. The next day we ran on TIT
Pendleton and Walla Walla branch I
Milton, AZ miles, ana went out In ID
country TO see number oil relatives
While there we Travelled out 10 the Blue
Mountains about fifty miles on pacl
horses and camped out on the groun
for about two weeks fishing and hunt
ing part OF the time. We caufped wit
sheep ranchers and helped them VIII
their sheep and cattle.
This trip was a trip not TO De forgot
ten. Some DAYS we would be down /
the valley in the middle OF June with
hot sun pouring down upon Us ana be
fore night we would be On the top o
the mountain with the snow railing an
some places five feet deep in the drift:
There were plenty Of deer tracks an
many bears.
In those regions, the horses being &C
customed TO climbing high and stee
hills, would climb where | was afraid I
walk aud go over the rougest place
ever travelled.
We were fully repaid for our rouE
trip by pure air and good water. Tn
Wana WalIa and Umatilla Valley Ie