Show WONDERFUL LAKE CHELAN ARemarkable Spread of Water in i tho Stato of Washington I Denver June 1ihe result ot a survey I sur-vey of LuUc Chelan in the northern part ot the State of Washington has boon given out by Gem Merriam com mawKr of this department He says in his report The cliffs on each side of the lake were most precipitous towering up in inuny places toa height of 1500 to UOOO fcfct But It Is the lake itself hat 1 la the greatest marvel Its waters ore clear nnO blue and by actual soundings have been found to be of an average depth of 3000 feet This seems < < almost Incredible Incred-ible but It Is the truth The width of the lake varies from a mile and a half to two miles but the length Is the most remarkable of all When I pointed up to what appeared to be tho head of the lake and asked the Indians If tho lithe was not about tluoo miles long they laughed and shook thilr heads They said it was a three days Journey for a fouroared canoe I determined to see for myself HQ the next morning my engineer and 1 I Went In the largest canoe the natives P 61sQd I t WAS Impossible to go on the lakeshore lake-shore as In most places the mountains ran sheer down to the waters edge Wo rawed I alontf until we came to the northern confine of the lake and there we found that It mnd a bigbend to the right and stretched on and on rhone rho-ne t day we started out again and on r the third day at nightfall Just UK the Indians had said we reached the head of Vhe lake On the return trip we mea Hured the distance to be a fraction over Rctyflvo miles t lhIK curiously narrow und deep f body of water was cut right down through the mountains by the glacier of bygon ages At the foot of tho lake I Is a great moraine San Frnn clpco Examiner |