The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-12

za?esrc7s scrrs over - s-osse.rs> Then.
SIS course 70 was-e the benches grow
broader and re<re.. further from the
CHAINED 20 make room fer broad ssretch
O. bottom land where s. e<rpties into she
rastessts Colunbsa- The Intervening
mountains 5s6s tAas great river 81 tia
packas, but rhe white cA1s az rs further
sack steam IA the Sun and beyond its
deep gorge the vast. level exrsnse q the
Big Bend stretches into ne fxc 6issance
even with TIE mountain whose summit
opened the prospect. Il - ecand1ess
iarsscape % green. on which the sun
shine and shadow pay n wsvsring bands.
Ire q broad. tst-coeped Duties with
r-rcicitous sides sorranE ITS highest
point To he northeast TWO great round
ei sarar-loa< peaks can be Stnay dis
earned IN the Blue haze n TIE f2r as
.ars@. Il is s1eh > scene that the eye
never wearies az 5r.1klrg n rs ever
changing beauty.
E-t now the trait begins 20 descend 20
the Lethow again ard works lis way
Acw-1 rough prec4yas ots mountain see,
where rocks are many ard dust Is mick
and where both comfort ard safety re-
cuare tire Traveller 20 lead his horse. tbs
leads 70 the narrow fat where the Fri
car carrr Is pitched ard where grease
wood ard sagebru.h dispute possession
with rocks ard the scAnsy hunchgr7ss.
which has been essan by The horses or
burnt by tha sun. Halfway 10 the roan-
tain the white outlines OF he dumps tel
where The FrSGay. Saturday ard Monitor
mines have been opened. Il - not me
sort OF spot one would choose for sum-
rer home, fer the sun beats down with
unrelentlng fury and when the cool even
ing breeze brings relief. II also lifts clouds
- ~ nj efo sAxa-7 IN So
face. ding eyes, ears and nose. coating
the Ips an6 sitting Is WAY through the
clothes 20 combine with the perspiFatton
n coas.ng .he Whole skin with mud But
the rich ore being dug from the noun tain
stones for mzuy discomforts. and Jake
Dylrr and his miners are a CHEEKY family.
From the Friday camp the way leads
down the river TO Ives landing at the
mouth. often climbing the hils TO avoid
sh-up. rocky banks and az several points
following a horse tran TO make short
cuts. Ives Is a little town which has
grown up on the bank OF The Columbia.
around a thriving orchard, planted by
the man after whom II is NAMED. The
hitherto turbulent Mefhcw IS here sub
dued into q gently flowing stream by the
baokwaser from the greater river which
gathers - It's contribution with no see-n-
ing Increase IN volume. Here one reaches
steam transportation sor tha first time IN
okanogan county. ira steamer City Of
Eiienshurg plying from wenatchee Up the
Columbla and 0kanogan 10 Johnsaa's land
ing during high water. The bridge across
the Methow IT IFS mouth having been
swept away by the food which is now
subssding and the ferry at Virginia City.
eight miles above. having gone down the
river TO Methow rapids. ferry has been
established at this point and does a thriv-
ing business
Crossing by this ferry. the traveller goes
over sandy wastes and the benches OF the
foothills. favored spots on which have
been irrigated and put under cultivation.
This brings him 20 Back canyon. where
wooded mountains shut in q narrow bed
Genseiy overgrown with watersl9e vege-
tatio1. Near the summit OF the mountain,
where the canyon broadeas out into that
of the Methow, Is the Grey Eagle camp.
Here has been great a slaughter OF rat
tesnakes since work was resumed. and
the air In the gulch below Is redolent with
the perfume OF their purifying corpses
Over this mountain the read leads with
a steep descent TO the canyon OF Sginw
creek and runs up the creek-bed, past the
deserted stamp mil and the silent arras-
tras. TO a spot where the canyon widens
out 10 make room for the town OF Net
how. Its log houses nesting al the base
OF Johnson's mountain IN the scant shade
OF the pines. To the right the mountain
rises, knob above knob. with rock-scarred
sides, 10 where the Hidden Treasure ard
Highland Light betray their location by
the white streak OF their dumps Mineral
specimens ornament every house and
store and mining gossip wherever two
men meet remind one continually that
this 10 mining camp.
L K. HODGES.