The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-08-02
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GORisEa'ONbEKtE.
LEWISTON fLTA Inly o. TO

VAN '----tpH eau'Iuay, July @UIf,
we left Albany on the 1915 train
for trip upthe Columbia via Port
land. At all points along the
route to Portland noticed improve
ments being made, more especially
at the different stations. Arrived at
Portland con time" as we railroad
ers say. Stopped at Cosmopolitan
Hotel; found the general express
sion "dnll tilnes.' During Sunday
evening, took a walk over Port
land. Saw a gocdmany new build
ings in the course Of erection.
Monday morning, at 5 a. NJ,
started for the Dalles, on the splcn-
did side-whceled steamer O1ieonta.
Arrived at Vancouver $50. Here
we received on board several sol.
diers bc'onging to the 2lst rcgi-
mcnt, bound for Fort lL,apwai, |, in
charge Of Capt n. B. Rhcem, ate
" from Arizona. Night before We
got. there, two soldiers who We're to
accompany the force that got on at
! Vancouver, deserted, and were non
est.
Among tile other passengers on
boanl were Major Walker, t S.A.
faymaster, en- route for Boise City,
Forts I.apwai and Colville, to scat
Ter few greeolacks around ard
among the soldiers and others.
Leaving Vancouver, we arrived at
Lower 'asca,les at 1890. Here we
took the first class Railroad for up
per Cascades, distant five miles.
Some Of those persons who had oc-
casion to travel over the celebrated
Donky Railroad at Calemah some
eight or ten years ago, will cmem-
Der how that road looked, they can
form some idea how first class the
Cascades road is.
At II \. NJ. transferred ourselves
on to the Idaho for Dalles, arriving
at the latter place at 4.30. Stopped
at the Empire Hotel. The scenery
between Cascades and Dallcs, for
grandeur, | will wager, can not be
beat on the whole coast. In the
evening, stepped into the telegraph
office, and found ont what "you
uns" ut Albany were doing. 1t
seemed rather good to get hold Of a
telegraph "key" once more.
The machinery in the Dalles
wooden mill, has just been sold to a
WOODEN Mill Co. building in Walla
/ Walla.
Tuesday, 23d, left the nallcs,
over the Dalles and Cello II. r.,
(anothcr "hrst class" road). A ten
mile road, brought us to the Tum-
water, the celebrated salmon fish
efy, where the Indians were just
''hauling out" the salmon, weigh
ing from twenty to sixty pounds
each in weight. At the Dalles, Hon.
j. G. Wilson, our Congressman,
started with us, on his way to the
mines in Idaho via Lewiston. Ar
rived at Cello 6,l5. Took the
steamer Teni,,o for Lewiston with
ont change.
About ten miles above Cello We
met the corps Of surveyors Oh
N.P.R.R., who have been survey
ing from head Of Snake river to the
Dalles, and had got down that far
We arrived at IFmatilIa at 6 p. NJ:
found about q dozen llonses-all
that is left Of that once prosperous
town Of Eastern Oregon. ! don't
know what has become of the
houses, but sPect they UOwed
ardy! During time we were wood.
ing along tile Suake river, we Inn
proved the opportunity to edo" the
interior Of an Indian house, and
soon got all wanted oft. ] hon.
estly believe You could smell that
place ten miles; also, killed q rattle
snake that had fifteen rattles ol
him. How's that for high? Ar
rived at Lewiston 2 \. NJ. thi'
morning.
Ige scenery from thirty miles be
low lower Cascades to the Dale
il magnificent, but from tie Dale