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in margin: 719 letterhead Aug. 17, 1888 Dear Louie We have been spending the day here wandering about the margin of
the falls White crystalline foaming clashing - a truly noble display of pure living rejoicing abounding water from the Idaho
Mountains in this land of torrid gray black volcanic plains. The falls are on the Spokane river a stream four or five times
the size of the Merced in Yosemite It is the outlet of the Cour de Alene Lake flows into the Columbia. Through a dreary land,
carrying its lifegiving blessed crystal floods in lavish abundance beauty. the falls are divided into many currents sections
by volcanic islands are in the heart of the town Much of the power being put to use in mills of various kinds.