The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1911-03-17

the wondrous works of Nature and
Natures God.
Eight miles to the left is Salmon
River. The traveller finds a good wa
gon road and similar lakes at inter-
walls of six to ten miles, and all formed
by glacial action. All the lakes are
full of trout; in fact, this section is the
sportsman's paradise Let US again
look at the picture of Stanley Lake
two and one-half miles from the in
let, where we see the canyon out of
which the glacier came, forming the
lake. Lady Face Falls, where 10000
inches of water continually pour over
cliff so feet high, is the inlet to this
lake. 1t is two miles up this inlet
to the main canyon that has been
filled in since the glacier rested The
silt washed down this inlet has filled
in the lake about 40 feet in 20 years,
but only for about 80 yards wide.
The Mississippi deposits a cubic
mile of silt in the Gulf of Mexico
every 20 years, so it can be seen that
to deposit two miles at Stanley Lake
will carry US back millions of years
to the glacial period.
This waterfall can be harnessed,
and when a railroad comes up Sal
mon River an electric line can be
built and run to all the lakes on an
easy grade, where a hotel syndicate
can be formed and hotels and cabins
rented to accommodate the thousands
who will visit these resorts in the
summer months to get out of the
heated cities.
Here there is a little frost every
morning, and sometimes ice as thick
as a pane of glass, where one can
sleep under two or three pairs of
blankets, where the rising morning
sun strikes these giant peaks, giving
them sparkling, silvery appearance,
driving out the stark shadows from
the deep canyons, lighting up the dim
woodlands and calling the feathered
Aocks to life and joyous song, where
a soft breeez comes rolling up the
canyon, permeated with a sweet fra
GRANGE of wild flowers that grow in
profusion all over the land from June
until September, where the lofty pines
and majestic fir trees are putting
forth their evergreen foliage, clothing
the mountain sides where the songs
of the birds put to shame the clarion
notes of old Gabriels bugle at the
dawn of the Millennium, and the glad
soul of the visitor seems to echo the
ripping melody.
An electric line would haul the ore
for 50 miles each way TO furnish ton
mage for the main line, and there is
enough ore in sight to keep 100000
for the next 100 years.
This is why we want to give en-
enlargement to another railroad TO
tap the values in this great mineral
zone, This is why we don't want a
railroad commission to harrass pros
peetive railroads, The way to fight a
great railroad is to get more railroads
and let them fight it out among them
selves by bidding for patronage and
traffic.
Hurrah for the old-time prospector,
the forerunner of civilization, who
stands in the doorway of q rudely-
built cabin of logs, watching reverent-
ly the glorious splendors of another
dawn, and the expression on his coun-
tenance proclaims to the world more
plainly than written word how to this
lone man, far removed from human
kind, in the tangled depths of virgin
wilds, nature ever sings wonderful
song that strikes a vibrant, poetic
chord in his heart, and he wanders on
and on as long as he can hear the
sweet music of her charming voice,
Rail 'Rahi Rail-