. Alaska ... Natural history; Scientific expeditions. THE SNAKE RIVER COUNTRY 13 current, out of which they lift water up into troughs that distribute it right and left into orchards and gardens. Here may the dwellers well say with the Psalmist, " I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my ; The Oregon Short Line railroad takes the general di- rection of the old Oregon trail along Snake River through Idaho and Oregon. It is a treeless country, save for the hand of man and the water from the hills. Vast patches of the original sagebrush alternate with vineyard
. Alaska ... Natural history; Scientific expeditions. THE SNAKE RIVER COUNTRY 13 current, out of which they lift water up into troughs that distribute it right and left into orchards and gardens. Here may the dwellers well say with the Psalmist, " I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my ; The Oregon Short Line railroad takes the general di- rection of the old Oregon trail along Snake River through Idaho and Oregon. It is a treeless country, save for the hand of man and the water from the hills. Vast patches of the original sagebrush alternate with vineyards and orchards — orchards of peaches, prunes, and apricots — or with meadows and grain fields. Where the irrigating ditch can be carried, there the earth is clothed with grass or grain or verdure. Baptize the savage sagebrush plain with water and it becomes a christian orchard and wheat field. Now we begin to see magpies from the car win- dows— twinkling black and white wings and a long-tailed body. Lombardy poplars stand like rows of sentinels around the lonely farmhouses. These trees appear to be the only ones planted in this section. The near-by foot- hills are of a yellowish earth color, speckled as a thrush's breast with sagebrush. In other places lupine and wild sunflowers cover the land for miles, the latter giving a touch of gold to the hills. After Snake River escapes from the deep lava canyon of Shoshone Falls, it flows for many miles. ^^•'%i.' AN IRRIGATING WHEEL. between level banks, with here and there a slowly turning irrigating wheel lifting the water up to be emptied into troughs or ditches. Near the boundary be- tween Oregon and Idaho the Snake plunges into the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899); Harriman, Edward Henry, 1848-1909; Merri
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