Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-05-14
Clearwater NaVigable
THE STEAMER LEWISTON
REACHES MIAH
A Scenic Excursion.
Grand River, A New Thoroughfare.
Arch Country Reileved-New
Ports OF Entry.

Last Friday night j. =. Woodworth,
Assistant Receiver and wife, General
Freight Agent CanIphbcll, wife and
child superintendent Rathhone,
Master Mechanic Carsten, Captain
Charles kamm, jacob Kan,n, John
Ain~w nth, f. w. kettenhach and
wife, Mis-. W. f. Kettenbach, Miss
Grace Kettenbach, George keStcr,
+. l.. Afford. Joe Vincent aud l.. l..
Iayue, took passage on the Steamer
Lewiston for an excursion to the head
of ravigation on the Clearwater. The
spirit of the explorer possessed the
little company, and restlessness made
sleep impossible soon after two o'clock
when the great engines began to battle
against the strong current of the
stream. Day light revealed the hills
that enclose the Lewiston Valley on
[the west side, standing high before us
like barriers to block the way and the
little city recedcd behind.
The sun had risen above the hills
and come out through the clouds for
the first time and illumed in the beau
tifu valley of the I.apwai ns we passed
the Agency. All the company were
early on deck and enjoyed the lands
scape. The green hills crowd close
upon the river, and the rippIes and
mad >wirls are encountered frequently
as We proceed toward the mountains.
The energy of steam and steel and the
spirit Of the hero aroused by the suS-
picion OF danger made everybody
active and brilliant. As we ap-
preached the rapid just above the Pct
latch where the Lorelei failed to stem
the current, the engineer was asked
for every pound of steam that he could
carry. The boat trembled with the
beats of the revolving crankS. The
officers blanched with suspense as the
mastery of stream and ysteam was IL
the scale; the boat stood stll, swayed
Tor a minute aud then shot forward
Ike a prisoner released.
The old Fir Bluff landing, which
was at one time the port of entry for
The great Potlatch wheat belt, has dis
mai outlook Of abandonment. There
Is new but well-beaten thoroughfare
'la' winds along the rocky beach of
the river above the old landin" to a
Terry Just below Big Eddy which leads
ron the north to the reservation.
ana at the crossing is the little hope
lui town of Agatha. This will doubt
eSN he the most important shipping
P"o' Oh the new upper river for farm
p'o''uce as the great reservation plat
ea" extends from the rimrock above to
'F''s Mountain. Agatha is thirty
f Hes from Lewiston.
lhe Big Eddy, though the waves
'''t'" nigh, and the seething swells
'''N'o The steamer, proved to afford
Nv obstruction to navigation. The
S'"''' green hills and the rugged can
s"h walls wore the charm of nature
a"Nu"oaod, for they had never been
i! 'ie Saxon trod' in practical
SF'>e w above the Big Eddy. Trees
''o''ed the gentlcr slopes and stretches
'"'l'G prairie were seen through
,4c breaks in the hills. There are In
'"" settlements on the bars where
'N''"'ied shells and smoke-stained
M "'' sheltered the lazy aborisines.
an
native children scampered away
'"' sound of the whistle and the
-"' "' the boat. At one point "A
r'M & u white people appeared on the
WIS 'hen>and fee. above Us. They
mounted on horses which reared
plunged when the greeting
">''r aroused the echoes and the
'' came IN the loud report of
'h>wer guns.
. arrival ut Grees's Ferry was like
rom IA dream. There were
''''i0iionS of men aud the evil
~ civilization. An extensive
,fC, 'tl'endS upon the navigation
alter for the convenience and
.','' 81 trade. The future agricul-
'"' mining Interests OF the conn
!. ''' very promising with faci,itie.
Do Np"ftation. The Clearwater i.
'.T ~ immediate relief and there
great Joy at the realization of tnat
~" ''itef : Ferry to Kaniah ther.
'','h 't hazardous river. There
mute Of eight miles without =
he l., i''"ee i"r the rushing waters.
''''' steamer climbed cautiously
'''' dangerous passage. The
's Were silent in suspense and