The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1919-10-09

big logging flume by aid of short
bridge so sharply arched that it SEEM
ed impossible for car of long wheel
base to clear it without knocking it's
orip-pan or differential. The 'nego-
tating' of this obstacle was made
more interesting by the deep chuck
holes that pitted the approach. Just
about this time Mr.. Easton murmured
something about having IA boule-
ward this time next year." which was
most consoling. on the next hill above
Blue creek, we passed more motor
ears in obvious difficulties, but not in
danger. 1t was still raining but the
clouds We're forming and there was
hope of the weather clearing The
/ face of nature had been washed clean
and the forest looked spick and span
Among the pine-elad ranges nestled
chiefly corn, small fruits, and vege-
tables. Soon We obtained a glimpse of
Occur d'Alene lake, or an important
arm of it. Here / may interject the
remark that Couer d'Alene means the
heart of the awr 1t was a name Civ
en- by the Indians to sharp trader
and by him and his companions adopt
ed as name for the Indians and the
region they inhabited
Some Geological Observations.
Meanwhile, speaking geologieally, we
had been crossing the rocks of the Low
er Belt series, chiefly quartizite and
slate, but now the road began to cross
the Columbia River basalt a flow Of
Tertiary lava that has determined the |
topography of this region and created |
the basin Of the lake itself The column
mar structure of the basalt could be re-
cognized on the roadside. I may add, |
as an another geological item, that be-
fore reaching Cataldo we could have
seen, If it had been daylight, and as /
saw two days later, the high granite
boulders that mark the eastern edge
of the glacial ice-sheet which de-
scending from the North, blanketed
the whole Columbia River country in
the days before the foot of man first
broke the silence of the primeval
Descending Niger Head
hill, so named on account of the dark
eroded tops of the basaltic columns.
We entered upon a fine stretch of road
bordering the lake and in a few min
utes passed the big saw-mill that
marks the northern limit of the city
of Occur dAlene.
We arrived at Occur d'Alene at
8: so and lost no time in housing the
automobile and then walking through
the town to the place Of meeting. This {
was Blackwell Park, formerly the Fort
Sherman reservation. A large tent
had been erected and seats had been ,
for delegations from various
parts of the Inland Empire, as the
[dahoans call their state. Badges had {
been distributed the day before, so that
there was no confusion. Indeed, the
were admirably conceiv-
ed and efficiently executed, doing
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much credit to Mr. Robert H. Elder,
who, as a member of the national
democratic committee, had charge of
the affair. At 80 the President was
due at Rathdrum, a station on the
Northern Pacific railroad, on his way
from Billings, Montana, to Spokane,
He and his party were
to come in motors from Rathdrum,
which is II miles from Occur d'Alene
This was the only place in Idaho in
which he was to speak; probably he
wished to deliver an address in at
least one town in Idaho and the cap
ital, Boise, was too distant from his
itinerary; probably also he wished to