The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-11-09

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| grade is ~ per cent or there acouts.
At Sisamous i've days OF the journey
are at an end Here the traveller in
tending visiting the beautiful valleys Of
the Okanogan Keremous and Simllka-
meen manned after Indian tribes takes
the Aberdeen, a small stream, 70 the
4 Fenticton. Neither the Adirondacks. the
/ Catskills nor even the Rockies can boast
o. more picturesque scenery. a combina-
ton Of lake and mountain. Dotted at
distant points along the shores OF Lake
Okanogan are little landings back Of
which are scattering settlements and still
| further back a vast area Of grazing land
and thousands Of head OF cattle. Here
and especially at Pechland, is the great
peach belt
/ Arrived at Pent;cton one finds him
self at the beginning Of the grazing
territory of an area OF several thousand
! square miles.
Thomas Ellis acquired part OF his thirty
miles square from the government ano
the balance by purchase from indivuals
Ellis. with Frank Richter, largely con-
/ trolls the land Of the southern central part
OF British Columbia
I The thirty-mile ride over mountains
! 1000 feet above the level OF the SEA.
! through passageways cut IN the solid
rock and surrounded on all sides by the
most luxuriant vegetation, is not one
+ OF the least interesting features Of the
/ trip.
Here cattle range for miles and miles.
and looking upward one sees great-eyed
steers gazing curiously at him.
So grand is the scenery--a eombina-
ton of lake and nounta.n-that one hes
itates for comparison. When the Rer-
enous Valley is reached the scenery
changes 10 one OF a mineral character as
the great copper and coal belt is reach
ed.
As one passes over the boundary lines
and enters the Keremous ali nature greets
him with her most seductive smile, fol
rot are she and her companions the S.
nilkameen, the most beautiful valleys in
Central and British Columbia?
The mild breeze. tempered by the sun
the twitter of the birds, the far-distant
snow-capped mountains. the winding road
often on the brink of a principle, and the
stiffness lent an impression TO the Eastern
mind that many years of absence viii not
eradicate. Finally the mining camp OF
olalla is reached-a camp 1. typical as
the western camps in the days Of 40.
Olalla Is the most pretenuous OF the
little town sites In the valley OF the
Keremous. Here are situated the most
productive of the great copper mines OF
the southeastern territory Here. too. is
the office of the mining recorder Mr..
David Black, genial gentleman OF a
most hospitable nature
Supt W. c. McDougalI. a weu-known
mineralogist. said:
This part OF British Columbia has i'm
mense possibilities. IN my opinion the
land has hardly been scratched. Kere-
nous Valley has a great future.
The climate OF the three valleys is
similar to the central valleys OF Calf
are raised in great abundance and ex-
reriments are being made in figs.
But If the Okanogan and Keremous
Valleys are pleasing. the impression Of
similkameen Valley is OF the insinuat-
ing kind and a feeling OF peace and
contentment pervades one as the TWEEN
ty-five miles are traverSed.
Before the sun peers over the mountains
and enters the valley overcosts are com
fortsble, but once the sun begins to CLINT
through the foliage these are discarded.
At o'clock when the sun is at its
hottest ahe thermometer varies from 70
TO 50 degrees.
simiikameen is the garden spot OF that
great stretch If territory known as
Southern Central British Columbia
No snow has fallen here in years. and
so little sickness is there that Dr. White
is paid $50 subsidy by the Government /
Il remain.
The beautiful Similkameenl Here the /
valley is broader than at any point be- 4
tween Penucton and Keremous. Tai /
mountains loom up at the four points /
of the compass. on each side OF the /
excellent road ,built by the government /
eight years ago )are fields of alfalfa. a 1
superior hay These fields yield three 4
crops annually, and of one OF 80 acre, /
Frank Richter took in one year alfalfa I
valued "a 5000.
No part OF British Coiumbis can show i
such agricultural results-results obtain
Cd by 4 perfect system Of irrigation. SO
profuse is tie growth OF fruits that tons
rot on the ground. But cattle grazing
rot in the valley. but on the great rsrches
extending over sixty miles long. IS the
chief occupation Of the settlers. the al
fslfa being raised FOR feeding the stock
" hen the snow on the 5p0-fcet above
sea level mountains does not permit them
TO forage for themselves.
Through the thre. valleys distance
Of sixty miles. are about fifty families.
Re presenting in wealth cattle and landsJ
s. 500 00o. These figures were carefully es-
timated
Mrs Daiy is a widow she Is known
IS the Cattle Queen" Of Southern Cen
trail British Columbia, has a beautiful
ranch and is worth $1,000
Mrs Cawston. whose husbands ranch
is situated three miles further on in Sim
Ilkaneen. was the first white woman
tc settle in the valley. coming over the
mountain trail from HOPE and endurins
al sorts OF hardships Mrs. Armstrong.
y lie Of a merchant al Olaila; Mr. Jones.
wife Of Governor P. Jones. superintendent
n the Nickie Plate nl--. Miss Bolt. who
ives with Miss DAILY. and a half dozen
lthers made Up The feminine population
or The mixed martial relations u the
asriy settlers there Is nothing. whra the
conditions OF thirty-fve years ago are
considered 10 cTiticise When these ao-
.cnturous spirits entered the beautiful
alleys thsT had for their H-;Ehborz en-
1love. q the Eudson,s By Company
nd The Slwash Indians. White women
we're unknown Ii hst few comYensa-
lions. FOR. az settler ~ u. ~ono could
,s rf--. $780, - -. ~ 80 r-.~a--s -