Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1919-09-26
STORY OF HIS TRIP
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AS very much or this product
- was used during the war (being
formerly imported from Aus
tira) we can expect that the
company is very prosperous.
The country surrounding
Chewelah is somewhat similar TO
Camas Prairie, being completely
surrounded by high mountains,
and is very productive, grain and
clover doing exceptionally we'll.
Meet DR.. and Mrs. Orr.
We met DR.. and Mrs. Orr and
son, also on their way to the
park and the east. We left Spo-
kane at noon, August 18th and
went as far as Wallace, stopping
there. Wallace is fine little
city, being surrounded by high
mountains. The roads were
very good to Occur d. Acne,
after which we ENCOUNTERED 20
miles of bad roads. We also
passed through Occur d. Alene
and Kellogg, also two very en-
terprising cities with fine paved
streets and prosperous looking
people.
From Wallace we passed over
the mountains Glitter Root
range until about 80 miles west
of Missoula where we brancked
off north at Frenchtown and
made a side trip to the Colville
reservation where we visited
Mrs. Moran (formrly Mrs. A.
NuxolD at st. Ignatius, Mont.
This side trip took our party
about so miles further north
than the Yellowstone trail. The
Collville reservation is also a
very fine country, the crops this
year being very good. 1t is our
opinion that it will eventually be
an irrigated country as they are
already building canals in which
to carry the water.
We found Mr.. and Mrs. Moran
nicely situated and enjoyed their
hospitality. From here we mo-
tored back to the trail at Missou-
la, a fine little city. After leav-
ing Missoula we again made a
side trip into the mountains 60
ing up Rock Creek, a famous
fishing stream, for about 20
miles, camping for two OF three
days there. This is a beauti-
full camping site in the wilder
ness where fish and game are
abundant. AS we were not pre-
pared for hunting, so we did a
. little fishing and caught about
two dozen nice trout, plenty to
eat for four OF five meals. Mr..
and Mrs. Orr were with US from
the time we left Wallace and all
enjoyed this side trip very much.
will state here that fishing is
not as much sport as some may
think it is at such places be-
cause to do any effective fishing
one has to go down the stream
wading the water up over the
knees most of the time and it is
not warm water by any means.
After leaving here we passed
through Deer Lodge and stop
ed at Anaconda lin hoteD
This is a very interesting and
good live city. Here is located
the largest smelter in the world,
employing $500 men. Here also
may be seen the largest smoke
stack in the world, being $40
feet high and As feet in diameter
at the top and rs feet at the bot
tom. We had the pleasure Of
being shown through this large
establishment and watched how
the raw ore (Which is shipped in
cars from surrounding country
is crushed and ground up and
finally melted in large plates,
about 2Ox36 inches 212 to 3 in
ches thick "a plate is worth
about $240) These plates are
mostly copper, containing very
small amount of gold and silver.
After leaving Anaconda we
passed through Butte, the best
city in Montana, and up the Con-
tinental divide. wish to remark
here that these mountain roads
are very deceiving. When gong
up the road, which appears to
lie almost level, the driver soon
changes to 'low' gear and some
times a Ford needs a little lift
ehind.
From Missoula to Anaconda
re passed through a fine irrigat
d section where much alfalfa
is raised. We stopped at White
Hall "a small village) and the