The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-06

gFass-grcwn foothills were lerf -.
Wnea the lciele canyon was ea.srs6 -
the mountains 10 right and left havs -. ~
nenulcular cliffs Of black ard crav s ssss
Tor their SUBMITS. oftea broken .nsa -
uacies ard Sawtecth. Twelve Ynilsa ~ s -
river the first View IS caught OF Ma,. -
stuart. which turns the cencava siaa 49,
crescent OF Saw,Seih towards you ~
highest point yelled ~ clouds, tho i>. -
hoiows white with SNOW. The hrusa 8
now SO thick that one is continaal.y M.
swinging il 70 one side. and large r,,s
fails 50 frequent as 20 compel ens,...
wlndiDsS. IL was slow work ana 80
had 10 he made the FIRST nlsh. a. ~
mouth Of Jack creek, where a tranrssss
cabin offered shelter,
\ Jungle Of wfnafalls.
The next morning the Journey was 80,
tinaed up the left fork OF Jacks crssl
through j Jungle Of windfasls ana ~.
cession OF hogs worthy OF the sonna ~.
leys until another ;ranreH's cabin ~.
reached. Two trees had been chnnusa !.
= height six feet from the ground 80
from them end walls had been hu,s =
loss 20 Join a rear wall Of the same -.
terial. only three fee. higher. pa.
stretched across front and hack gave 80
port 10 a slorng roof al small logs -,
In two and laid with the fat aud ro,,ss
side upward alternately. The from. -.
LETT open towards the ire. and inside ~.
a bunk huilt Of poles laid lensthviss -
covered With halsam houghs. At one III.
is a rough bench az split boards nailsa !.
stumpS. on which the trappers stresss
marten skins, and IN front WAS a tah,a !.
the same material. the boards hesug nas,ss
TO sdpnngs. At each side was 4 ronra
and ready bench. such as only woodsms,
know how 30 make.
Towards the head OF the creek tina aen..
forest is frequently broken hv smsa
meadows made swampy by streams. ans
a milo above the trapper's cabin Il a.
fully A mile long and covering nearly IL.
whole width OF the valley. The grass ana
other heritage grow here luxuriantly. wA
II wealth Of flowers. among which ~.
white and purp.e orchid is common !.
swampy ground. The mountain beaver Ma
hurrowed everywhere. and tiny streans
trickic through his tunnels. Near ~.
openings he has laid tiny sheayes a
weeds. neatly arranged with the heads
all one way. To dry in the sun for his vIn.
ter's food.
Man need never lack food here II he vim
seek with rod and gun. Tho cresk
ahoands in trout. which are an agreeah,s
change from the eternal diet Of hscon
Across the creek bear Was seen SQu1;.
ting on a rock and gazing intently al ths
strangers. and now and then grouse VA
scared up. But as mining grows acs!ye
and the silence is frequently broken ~
the fiTing OF blasts, the gsne re,irss "a
the solitudes which man has not yet h.
vaded.
The Gle Elum district has already -
made tributary TO seattle ~ ia
investment of Seattle and Halaf{
capital and the purchase Of en-
plies in this city. but at pre-
cnt the route is rather roundabout e. al
Marsh. Of Ballard. this summer made AL
exploring trip through the mountains frvm|
she Snoqualme valley. which satisfied hin
that IL could be brought stll closer I'll
this city. Leaving the Seattle 4 Inter.
national railroad a; North Bend. he wene
up the Snoqnalme and over the summit q
the head Of the Gle Eum and found n
practicable route for a wagon road thirty.
i've to forty miles long, which would n
duce the distance from Seattle to sAe|
mines further ND the river TO less fhaal
100 miles. 1t needs but the constructed
Of this road TO make the district perma-
nentlv tributary to Seattle.
r.. X. HODGEN.