Show BEAUTIFUL BLUE SNAKE IJ R Idaho Idabo Aug 21 This 27 27 This part of Idaho prese present te the condition of being at once the driest and aud wettest t part of ot the whole In- In interior in interior West By all odds the most moll maj majestic of ot all the streams of the P Pacific ol e slope east of California fI flaws through the great valley of ot which this Uli settlement is a conspicuous part while every thoroughfare is II as deep with duss dust as though there were ao mulliON moisture this side lide of the Pacific ocean After Alter leaving the Union Pacific railway at Market larket Market Lake tW twenty twenty miles west he Ie travel hither Is ts 08 discomforting especially to the n nb- nb new comer comer whose Inhalations inhalations of real property on the wing are i and aggravating The stream It ream spoken n not ot- ot Snake of-Snake Snake nake river Is river is in places a of a mile wide avid and nobody l boll bof ho deep with a swiftness varying froth rapids to an ao almost turbid condition The stream has about five times the volume of our eur own and only Jordan at t the former formers former's thinnest place j bf While W e there are points points at which b by uon don the Jordan dwindles to the proportions of ot an irrigating canal wite w tte tb the waters of the Snake are everywhere bluer and clearer olearer as well as al setter i It debauches into the Columbia river away over in Oreg Oregon n and but for the be numerous falls and rapids be naVigable up to its forks a few shies of here bere Itle source 01 of d depletion to tb the treasury of or t one such company now having baving a au aea u ea horse on its hands band in the shape of ah au entire span of a bridge a third of ot a mU mile long which has baa just fust succumbed to the current and disappeared To replace it will cost at least leuk 1000 which the builders must mOlt lose Joae l e Meantime the chief t mode of p passage ge gefrom from one one ODe bank to the is ia by means ot of an fashioned J o ol fa 1 blon d t ferry rr boat plies ten milea West of ber here at a point where the water is il variously estimated at from rom 25 26 to feet deep and nd swift enough to make all hope bop of landing at the steep banks bete yards ard apart at any other place than the boats boat's moorings entirely out of the question For this diversion the traveler pays paYI 60 50 cents which IS Ii usually gl given En up regret it is the fact that the thing must be repeated that causes s lad sadness Snake ke rive river Is la altogether too plebeian a name to apply to such a magni magna magnificent body of of water and It I is something of ot a reproach to tb the legislature that through all these years Ii ft it has noti nota not been given such a as would mo more e nearly convey to the minds of those thOle who have not seen it some lome idea of ot its it dignity and gr greatness It is a worthy tributary of thE beautiful and beautifully named ColumbIa and yet behold the differ difference ence euce between the christening Ii It is il appropriate enough in 10 one respect be because b be- be because cause it is la as aa winding and sinuous lD in its ita course as aa a boa oo constrictor but it is II IIno no more like a snake anake than a corkscrew In that regard and surely there could be no excuse for apply applying appling lug the latter name to it However Idaho i is is ayoung young state sad aad a ad a young alto alto- altogether altogether gether and aDd d doubtless such oversights will wUl receive ve attention in due time The sands of or Snake river abound WIth Witha a du dust t not ot so 10 annoying nor yet so 10 plentiful M as the be other kind spoken of In latter laUer so 10 o far rom from irons being objectionable are very 1 much sought for tor and in increase l lug g demand Gold In minute par parti- parti particles parti-ol parti l- l lolee olee cles ii Is molt as a prevalent as a the sand land itself If but It to Is so 10 o very Tery fin fine that it haup h has up to the be present time me successfully re restated the attempts attempt ot of muscular power guided by reason re on backed by capital and aDd reinforced by science to detach it from its Ite it primeval resting resting- place In la paying quantities But It is I 1 there anI and an if ii I betas being taken out every everyday day Several Beveral machines are In iu opera opera- tion operation and in places place and aud at times timea good wages are e a reported it is II i expected that this eo coition of ot things will increase ct ex expand nd until gold fold dust dUlt will wUl become a factor in the tb currency of ol the countr country Certainly those thole who are areat areat areat at Work at it are very Iery much In earnest t and Intend to keep at atIt atIt atit It until fortune crowns crown their efforts with orbed full-orbed success or it is 18 clearly demonstrated that success not oot In the he situation I have haTe an invitation to visit aud and inspect some ome of 01 these work work- ings inge workings work and will accept the same lame ame within afew a afew few ew days day the le results whereof will be given you in detail There is il i consider consider- considerable able able regarding the matter and of coune course will wUl be more if the be workings should become more general and the he proceeds proceed I become visible to the ebe uncovered uncovered ered red ey of the be populace Those who louk look oo on th the map for tor B Rex Rex- Rexburg burg x-burg burg or Fremont county for lor that mat mat- matter matter matter ter will look in vain rain unless they hey find one of ot no more remote date of ot publication publication publication tion than last Ju year lear At A t the last lut la f session lellon of the h Je two legislature two lature two years yeara ago this coming winter Bingham winter county was truck struck with legislative lightning and shivered into three parts this be- be beIng being be being ing the northern one Governor Mo- Mo Connell Me-Connell Connell appointed all aU the county officials and 1 in accordance with a those n which obtains generally with who have baTe patronage to bestow made them all aU Republicans To this bla the tile Democrats Democrat demurred as vociferously ar as is II customary on such occasions but the demurrer was wai over OTer- overruled ruled Now Yow they are in the field for lor forthe forthe the first finC election and claim their ability to o 0 show show how that the reigning regime me ai as reflex reflexes of 01 the people peoples will wUl willare willare are an a urd surd negation in other words words they expect to put none Dooe but Democrats on guard hereafter There is il r nothing more uncertain than this thie for ter u t e reason realon that no 80 o test teat has hal been made and a review of the situation only mat makes the tb forces appear t tolerably equal wile aa u between the two name J the Populists have bave a thorough organise on and are by no DO o means meaDs numeric lly insignificant The cam cam- campaign campaign palCo is 18 now DOW well on OD and several evral meet meet- meetings ings have already been held The Democrats are making a thorough can can- canvass can va all vass which began here Thursday even even- evening even 10 ing and Will continue to the he close ot of the campaign Every town village and hamlet bailet in the county will be ai- ai a assailed sailed ailed by each of the parties partie and not Dot a night SUnday CB excepted wit without bout a meeting somewhere will be allowed to topan pass pall There Is I also alio a struggle of con con- proportions proportion going on over OTer the location of ot the county seat eat which w was temporarily fixed by the legislature at St Anthony a town tow about 14 miles mUe east of ot north north from here and thereby at central Market Lake is II lial also allO o in ID the field but if It the geographic geographic- geographical al and equities are preserved Rexburg will win 8 S A K |