The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-02-21


Pacific coast. Mrs Bryan accompan-
ed me. and we were awav from home
nst month. We went northwest
through Montana and northern Ida
10 to Washington; thence south
llong the coast to Los Angeles aud
pack through Utah and Wyoming.
The cities Of Billings, Livingston,
Butte, Great Falls, Helena and Mis-
soula (all In Montana) are growing
and prospecting. Billings Is one OF
the greatest wool shipping points in
the country and has doubled is popu-
lation In the last few years. Living.
ston, being the point at which tour
lists leave the main line for the Vel
lowstone Park, Is busy place In the
and an attractive little city
at all times. Butte is In the center
Of the great copper producing section
some sixty million dollars worth of |
ore being taken out of the ground in
the immediate neighborhood. 1t is
one of the busiest places in the west.
Helena, Montana capital. was en-
the legislature when We
we're there and was therefore quite
lively. The city has beautiful To-
cation and Is further favored by hav- I
Ing near 1t some celebrated hot |
springs. Great Falls is situated near
the falls of the Missouri and can
boast OF water power OF something |
like one hundred thousand horse
power when fully developed. Use is
now made Of about 10000 horse pow
er, and the saving Of coal Is estimat-
ed at $3.50, 900 per year. One OF the
greatest springs In the world-the
fountains Of the Missouri--is only
about four miles from the city.
Missoula has the state university
and Is the distributing center of the
Bitter Root valley and large min
ing country. Moscow was the only
Idaho city visited. 1t is situated In
the edge Of the Palouse country-one
OF the greatest wheat producing sec
tions of the world. The state uni
versity Of Idaho is at Moscow, and 1t
was this that led us to visit 1t, for
in lecturing | give the preference to
college towns. Spokane Is the prin-
cipal commercial city OF eastern
Washington and Is growing rapidly.
1t has splendid water power within
the city limits and Is the distribut-
ing point for large farming and
mining territory.
Pullman and Cheney, which We
visited are college towns not far from
Spokane, the former having the State
Agricultural College and College OF
Mechanical Arts and the latter a
Normal College. Wenatchee and
North Yakima are In the center Of
Washington, one on the Columbia
and the other Oh the Yakima river.
They are In the fruit section OF Ore
gon and enc has an. opportunity to
see some excellent samples OF the
best OF all fruits, the apple. Seattle
is having a veritable boom, being the
natural distributing point for the
Alaska trade and enjoying In add.
tion its share OF the com merce across
the Pacific. Seattle is situated ON q
series of bills and somewhat resem.
bles Kansas City In this respect, but
the hills In Seattle, as In Kansas
City, instead OF discouraging the en-
terprise of the citizens, seem TO be
stimulus. Yakima is as admirabl,
situated as Seattle but has been dis
lcriminated against by the railroads
since the Northwestern has become
an ally OF the Great Northern
Olympia. the capital OF the state
while a pleasant residence city, ha
not shared In the commercial devel
opment like It's sisters, Seattle ant
Tacoma. Portland has grown won
derfully In the past decade and ha
an assured future.
Mount Tacoma, as 1t Is called a
Tacoma, and Rainier, as 1t is calle
, at Seattle, Is within sight OF both Q
, these cities, and as one can stand a
the waters level and look upon 1t,
presents one Of the most sublim
mountain views in the world. Fror
a hill In the suburbs OF Portland on
D can see the snowclad peaks Noun
Hood, Mount Adams and st. Helens
! Few cities OF the size are as near
mountain peaks, and none combin
!: mountain scenery with that along
river like the Columbia. We stoppe
I at Eugene, where the Oregon Stat
! University is located. and again a
. Ashland, the main city OF souther
!. Oregon. In this state, also, apple
. of a high grade are grown. At Hoo
River the Spitzenberg is the favorit
In Rogue Valley the New Town PHI
pin commands the highest prize
the latter being sold largely in Eds
land.
At Santa Rosa, CAL. we sas n
FIRST evidences OF the. earthqusk
that visited the Pacific coast iai
year, but the city is fast recupera
ing. At this place we had the plea
ure NJ meeting the famous BurbaDi