The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1875-11-27
TIE RESCUE.

This craft is one of the oldest now in
active use on the Columbia River, but
still seems to be doing good service in
the hands of Capt. Kellogg, her lessee
from the O. S. \. Co. She makes
three trips a week between the Metrop-
oils and the Cowlitz, stopping at all by
places, and running up and down the
sloughs and rivers that here and there
add their volume to swell the current
of the old King Of them all-thc Co
lumba. The Capt. and his son Char
lie, the purscr, are polite and obligng
men, and their boat is popular with the
travelling public, especially with the
farmers and ranchmcn of Lewis and
Lake Rivers. On this occasion she
was loaded down to the guards with
flour, groceries, cattle, etc, and had
goodly list of passengers, bound to eat
Thanksgiving dinner at home.
We steamed SLOWLY down the river
without incident worthy of note, and
at last moorcd alongside the Peerless,
small craft tied up to the cottonwoods
at the mouth of Lake River. From
this point St. Hccns is in sight only
two miles down and across the Co.um-
bia, and, impatient of delay, we hailed
a passing row boat, who : occupant
proved to be none other th~n our old
friend Mr.. Teal, of L IKE River, who
kindly gave US scat with him, and to
the music of the splashine oars we glid-
cd quickly over to the objective point of
our travels,
ST. HELENs;
appropriately named after that grand
old mountain of perpetual snow, which
looks down from tue skies as it stands
sontincl-like among the queens of the
scrricd Cascades. St. llelcns is one Of
ave oldcn" towns of the West, and like
many another place which has depend
cd upon the moving PEG oles OF new
country, has seen days of prosperity, and
anon days of dullness and adversely have
rendered Respondent the few stand-bys
who have permanently linked their
fortunes to the burg under the hill.
This YVES once a supply station for
ocean steamers, and in the carly days,
when Capt. Knighton was its patron
saint, was town Of considerable pre-
tcntion. The little white church which
he built on the hill still stands, looking
as neat and comfortable as ever. The
town has a rickety appearance. Many
buildings are vacant and forlorn-look-
ing, and the sidewalks are in a very de-
lapida,cd condition. About the only
evidence of thrift is the steam saw-mill,
owned by the Mucklc Brothers, doing
a thriving business.
We were hospitality entertained by
Mr.. b. +. Gitner, the popular MGR
chant, who, together with his most cs-
Unable wife performed the part of the
genial host and hostess.
We had the pleasure Of spending 4
few ho.rs with some of Orcson's old
pioneers, Dr.. James Mcbride and fam
ily. The Dr. and wife arc we'll strick-
in wears, and the health Of the latter is
in somewhat of a precarious condition.
They have a pleasant home, and re-
cei>c their friends most cordially. l.
\. Mcbride, Esq, one Of the Dr.s sons,
lawyer by profession, resides here,
and attends to the liiigants of the
county.
The latest development in this sec
tiou is 4
RICH COAL DISCOVERY,
thee miles from St. llcicns and one
mile back from the embryo City of
Columbia, OF which We promise to give
tine readers OF the INDEPENDENT an ac-
count in next's weeks issue.
w. B. D.