The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-03

F - es~.-.s -. ! undoubtedly nowss -
- - '.'1-l0 eoalee CT The Big Hs,s aassass
80 l.as The appearance a. 80 .s ecar.'S
- -. - = ~ walls on each sss. ~ ~
: e.ley enc practicable wsv !, AKA
- ~ eng distance. Anc.Asrs y. y saess-
- 'ne ~eiaSrnoia is the Mos. -. sasa-
$3.50, s s.e... slNer has evidently s.s.ss
l ,S1a.1 rom enc channel TO anash.s s.east
$500 $500 .oi4.ne carried down an. -
o4ocAed IFS regular passage MI ass
The Fruitful r~rr....
As soon as the Columbia
boundary level terraces esr,rn's ~
continue. with the exrants-a 3. ~
PAGES. az the way on cne N.ss 'sR
otiaeF' ard often on both Tsss. = "
TanSe from go 70 sea fee. ~ ,a.. ,slss
N@Ee "a excellent soil pareses,,-s. ~
orc6ar0s. for which fhe e,I,nss. tF
well suited. The Columbia Iesns. ass
Ing rocks known rs the Lst,le n ~ sase.
receives the waters OF the Ke..ss -, 81
when drains the Whole nounfss. ~ w.
KNOWN as the Gold range. u 80, . sss
over me prectpiee at Kettle fans. ara ss-ass
tihu.0s southwark. Is Joined Nv ~ = -
kane river IN whose watershed i ~
Occur Acne and the wondersss ..sN
power AZ Spokane falls. at the sisy -. 80
- "aiae' ne sans Peel riser .-s
ties TITO ne Columbia from ira 80
some distance west OF the spokan. ~S'A
Around the Bix Hena
I The Columbia turns a1r,ost A..
and. rushing with reslstless sores 49,
the pillars 81 rock known "a Nan -.
surres over Foster creek rar,ss ,ns -
70 the northwara after ss.herIn, !. ~
( waters OF the oksnogan This s,rssr -. -
( far north IN British Columbia. sr,,r. II, -
western slope Of the Gold ranrr a ~ 4.
east and the easteriv s,cpe OF the 49,.
/ on the west. and after passing thraasS
I splendid chain 0f lakes IL sweilea - =.
/ Smilskameen and Salmon rivera yra,u \.
/ Cascades, and smaller rivers from ~ 49,
/ ern slope OF the Bonsparte ranrs .
/ the Colvilie reservation. The okanor..
/ IS now navigsh,e FOR Is miles. bu, a. ~
I pTopriation was made by the las; conr.es.
/ TO remove certain distractions TIA, M
+ extend the navigation, and this Il bat ~
beginning OF the work that viii make IA
/ river great feeder Of trafhc 10 the O.
1 lumhsa.
/ After meeting With the okanosrn a.
| Columbia trends southwark forming n.
/ Big Bend. from which the famous asr.
, cultural district takes It's name ana u.
ceives the Methow Entlat and wepalrhs.
! rivers on the west and SIN contInuss :
| a general southerlv course 10 TIA pas
/ Island rapids and the Priest rapids Ma,
/ Pasco its volume is AGAIN Increased y
the Yakima river from the eastern slaps,
| of the Cascades
The Great snake River.
The Snake river. which Joins Al As
point, is also wonderful river in iss
course. 1t rises far away. In Wyoming
gathers up much OF the drainage Of ~
eastern slope Of the Rockies, Including
large part OF Yellowstone park. ssa
breaks through the mountain range ia.e
Southern Idaho Crossing the deselAs
lava beds of that state. II swings to tie
northward, gathering tribute from many
streams as II goes, 70 form the boundary
between oregon and Idaho The Cssr.
water river. from the vast slope Of .ks
Rockies, joins 10 at Lewiston. Idaho. ard
at other points its volume Ia added to ny
a number OF streams from both slopes 3.
the Blue mountains, and then. In wind.
ing westerly course. X goes across South.
eastern Washington 10 Joint the Colan-
bia. The Snake ranks second to the CO.
lumbia itself. as II has no less than rs
miles of navigable waters.
orandcur OF Its scenery.
The Columbia Is at this point as grand
as the Rhine or the Danube or the Hnd-
son. Its wild and romantic scenery puts
those rivers, about which 80 much prcss
and poetry has been written. entirely IN
the shade. Throughout Its whole course.
with few exceptions. II runs through car
yons and through gorgcs. whose wals
rise perpendlcularly for Thousands Of fssl
and make tho Palisades, whose grxrdef
New Workers rave about. very puny "a
comparison. It's volume after receiving
the Snake river has grown immenseiy.
but 1t s,iIl takes tribute from the mount'
ain streams and rivers right and left ne
Grand Ronde. the umatila and the Jshu
Day bring their contributions from ~
western slope OF the Blue mountains, ard
the Deschuttes. with the drainage frun
the eastern slope OF the Cascades
The DaIies and Cascades
At The Dailes the Columbia suddsnly
narrows from a width Of half mile
eighty yards In making passsEs
through a narrow assure In the ros1
which lie in great hedges across the CHAR
mel II has been described AZ this POM
as IA river on edge" from the fact that
its depth Is over 800 feet. Below tn
Dailes IL again broadens out for sbef'
distance only. when II Is again cbstfae'-
ed by the rocky barrier forming the sa'.
cades. IL Is IN this part OF Its course 'sA
II bursts through the Cascade fans.
which rises to a height OF thousands
feet on either side of the river and shns
in a series OF peaks from 1900 70 hM
feet above the lesser ridges
The Great River OF 0regen.
The mighty stream Is then Joined 7an
Oregon by the Willamette. on shas
banks is the great city OF Portland. ~
which is also a great river. navigaais w
$50 miles, which drains the western vs.
OF the Cascade mountains and the easseA
slope OF the Coast range for the TnpS
breadth OF Oregon. From the Wasaint
ton side II IS Joined by the Lewis -
Cowlitz rivers, flowing from the Wess0'
slope OF the Cascades. both being nasy1.
bic for a part OF their courses. ~ 80
receives a number OF smaller saess~
from the eastern slope OF the Coass fsass
before finally emptying into the 80. =.
at Astoria forms an estuary Ten A'''-
wide. -
This wonderful river and Ito wonde.s :.
watershed has. as before staiee. -
miles OF naylgable waters 10 -
course and its tributaries. TIE aoiasa.s.
Itself has $40 miles Snake ~ W h.al
Is2. Clearwater 60, Okanogan y, cosn.
30. Yamhill II. Young's and kiaisAa'''
2, Lewis 10 and Clatskanie miies'
other Government WorAN
The other government improvement.
Washington waterways Tor when - -
priations were made by the lssf cons -.
include 8, COO for tho final estimate ~ y. -
yey OF the Okanogaa river $3.50 - =. y. -
Upper Snake and Columbia: sssW !" 80,
removal ~ the bar In the coiumu' =. &,
near Vancouver; So. 900 70 continue - - "A a
Drovements AT swinomlsis slougn; 49,
FOR the inpros cmsnt OF the -, .s' - ~
streams OF Puget sound. and sls's -. :.
the Lake Washington rsisIr, e~.ys
attle. The bar AZ the mouth :. ~
Harbor was placed under me cofa' ,i,sa,s ~
TEN. tho secreta ~ OF war being 49, ~
to let a contract FOR us hnpr,vs'ne = Is.
20 exceed 8. %. 90. quite ns4a .s ,catiee
er streams were ordered sJfTeyes'
IN shrtr intimate improvements