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region with the greater bulk of its debris, filling the rest of the 

 trough. Dickey lake is a very pretty expanse of water, covering 

 several square miles in area. Ozette lake is one of the largest lakes 

 in the state, being about thirty square miles in area. It lies near 

 the Pacific coast, near the Indian village of the same name. It is 

 very picturesque, and is dotted with several islands, one containing 

 forty acres. This lake has an outlet now by way of the Ozette 

 river to the Pacific; in former times its outlet seems to have been 

 farther south down the coast in the vicinity of Yellow Banks, ex- 

 tending out from the south end of the lake. In the near future it 

 will become a summer resort. Not only will it be valuable for that 

 purpose, but various railroad companies are surveying it to the end 

 of connecting it with the ocean by a locked canal, the latter being 

 only a half a mile from the lake at its northern terminus. If this 

 can be done, the lake will become an excellent harbor, and will add 

 greatly to the commercial interests of the region. 



Medicinal Springs. 

 So far as the writer can learn, but two sets of medicinal springs 

 are found in the peninsula, and all are hot springs. One set, num- 

 bering some three or four springs, was' found last year near the 

 head waters of the Elwah river. Since then a health resort has 

 been established on the site. The other springs are on the Sole- 

 duck river, ten miles down-stream from its source and about twenty- 

 five miles from the south end of Crescent lake as the trail runs. 

 The springs, many in number, gush forth from a fissure in the 

 earth's crust, which here runs in an east and west line for miles. It 

 crosses the channel of the river in the vicinity of the present bath- 

 houses and the springs are found on both sides of the river, though 

 only those on the south side are developed. The hot springs are 

 strongly sulfur ; but associated with them are cold magnesia 

 springs, though issuing from the side-walls and not from the fis- 

 sure. These springs possess medicinal properties. Though the 

 accommodations have always been poor and the only road a trail, 

 many people visit the resort every year. A corporation has now ob- 

 tained possession of them, a road is being built from the lake to 

 them, and an up-to-date bath-house and a sanitarium are to be built 

 in the near future. For people having rheumatism nnd kindred 

 diseases there is probably no better resort in the state of Wash- 

 ington. In addition, the picturesqueness of the site adds to its 

 value. The valley here is enclosed between ridges and peaks 1000 

 or more feet in elevation above the level of the river. On these 

 roam the deer and elk, while two miles to the southward are open 



