The Princeton union., 1902-03-13
MORE ABOUT WASHINGTON.

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Another Letter from c. T. johnson on
tho Resources of Washington Fru,t-
Pine and Mineral.
SPOKANE, Wash, Feb. "a, 1902.
EDITOR UNION: Will write regard
ing Lewiston valley and the famous
Vineland washer.
In order to get down into Lewiston,
the railroad enters the Potlach vallev
near Moscow, Ida., and follows Potlach
creek down through the canyon until
it reaches the Clearwater river at Lap
wal, then follows the valley of that
stream to Lewiston.
The city of Lewiston is situated at
the junction of the Snake and Clear
water rivers, the only place on the
rivers where the valley widens to any
extent. It has about 1000 inhabitants
and is we'll built. Across the Snake
river is its suburb, Charleston, in the
center of what is called Vipeland, a
district consisting of about $500 acres,
devoted almost entirely to the raising
OF fine fruits. Due to the mildness of
the climate, all the fruits and nuts due
to semi-tropical climate are. or can
be grown here in great profusion.
Charleston and Vineland contain about
1000 inhabitants. Six years ago this
tract, then called Jawbone flats, was
an arid waste, inhabited by cayotes.
to ho
the Lewiston Power and Water Co., it
has been transferred into veritable
garden of Eden, inhabited by pros
porous and happy people.
This company, believing in the
future possibilities of this tract, con-
structed an irrigation canal and
brought water to it through aume
from Asotin creek, miles away. Since
then it has rapidly grown to it's pres
ent prosperity. The land is plated
into small lots from two and one-half
to ten acres, each, nearly all now being
set to fruit and in bearing.
BY the kindness of Mr.. G. L. Road
ruck [ was taken through and shown
Vineland and introduced to several
Vineland citizens. At the home of Mr..
E. A. Windus I saw three and four
year old peach trees that bore last
season nine to twelve boxes of peaches
per tree, which sold at an average of
50 cents per box. Pear trees four
years old that measured six inches in
diameter and twenty feet high: two
year old rose bushes six feet high; a
ounce bush six feet high bore SO worth
OF fruit, the ounces selling at IS cts. per
pound; two year old almond tree that
bore a good crop, some of which was
picked from the tree week ago.
The winter climate is ideal, mild and
pleasant, snow seldom seen, and the
rainy season, due to many parts of the
coast States, practically unknown.
1 noticed plowing being done and
gardens being made on all sides. Lew
iston and Charleston and Vineland are
connected by a magnificent steel bridge
costing S1lO, ZOO and over one-third of
mile long.
The pine belt of northern Idaho, is
about one hundred miles east of Lewis
ton, on the upper waters of the Clear
water river. This is said to be the
finest body of white pine now left in
the United States. There is, in all,
about one million acres in this tract
still subject to entry, but it is being
rapidly taken up. It will be practically
all entered this spring. AS soon as the
snow in the mountains thaws so that
the timber lands can be cruised out,
there will be a big rush in that direc-
tion. A crowd of 500 will come out
from Minneapolis for the purpose of
squatting on portion of this district.
1t will be about the middle of MAY
before the snow leaves and it will be
safe to enter the woods.
, There is also big mining territory
tributary to Lewiston, to which a big
rush of prospectors is soon expected.
Minerals of all kinds are found in the
Thunder mountains, Seven Devels,
Buffalo Hump and Salmon river dis
tricts-gold and copper being found.
While in Lewiston I ran across an
old Todd countyfriend of Bob Dunn's
who gave me some of their political
experiences of times past. I have
forgotten this gentleman's name. He
is now landlord of the Commercial
hotel, at Genisee, Idaho.
Have found more Minnesota men
here than from any other State, and
met people here from Princeton and
from Elk River. G. T. JOHNSON.
skimming Station for the Brook Cream
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The creamery at Spencer Brook has
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