Show A ill phenomenon A caious find sid made by an n old Fra fal ILI walla walla some six or seven ago it 1 will ill I be remembered there Z waa a widespread wide spread rep ep that a volcano had broken out in the saloon river mountains iu in the hump country by a coincidence a tremendous fire broke out in the tho forelle armould here there with a terri bly loud which shook the whole country aud and cared seared the people ea residing on salmon it river iver clearwater end and camus camas prairie out of half their wile its from which a few have not yet recovered it wase was reported that lava wa was overflowing lh he mose melnor trail from flor flar ence to mount idaho and the san francisco F rati cisco chronicle with ith its usual enter I 1 the edior it 4 the to either proceed to the spot in person or end send a well qualified man to repart we went ifield betl there r in n person atter after several dayi day I 1 hard irate ling over the roughest rough 1 mountains in the upper u er country climbing fallen timber ti ace r through burning hurtling forests alt all day ao 10 long and arld lying down at night to A p with out even a blanket to cover ug but not baini being able to discover anything like a volcano vo cano and now come comes joseph joeph jo eph baker an old miner and mountaineer who three year ears ago dize discovered new placer d diggings gg i n g in that vicinity and informs us that while out hunting one tie day he noticed a strange becu in n the mountains and proceeding to the pot spot found where an explosion had taken place peace but three or four year years previous and indications 1 all around of former explosions he ile says the place is fully illy half a mile in circumference and a therein herein are hi fi stires of mabe depth the bottom of w can neither be reached or seen while in the old fissures the mos cover covers the rocks denoting the great time ime that must have elapsed previous V to the last explosion ilia his description remind reminds one of the strange adventures of allan ler roain and the strange ro romance malCO she the distance die tance Is only awen ty mile miles from mount idaho and could be easily reached by tourists |