Nebraska advertiser., 1877-05-31
A LETTER FROM OREGON.

EdiIor Nebraska Advertiser
We are now receiving that good old
paper, The ADVERTISER, sent Us as
present by Father SAveII, OF London.
As 1 nave just been gIsneing over its
columns, and seeing the names of the
many old neighborz, il makes me
think that perhaps they would like 10
read few lines from The Ueu Of s
/ friend on the far-of western shore.
and If you can find space in your val
uahle paper submit the following
was Sc R0seburg last week. This
husiness-like little town Is situated IN
Douglas county. and zt the terminus
or the o. c. R P Everything Il
lively fOur and six horse teams are
running in every direction conzid-
cradle improvement Is going OF in
the way Of building; and the mereh-
ants ali seem to be busy weighing and
measuring out goods to their uumer-
Gus customers- The crops in the sur
rounding country lock fine, and every
thing joyful and happy. But I can't
liHger here, as am swsy from home.
where wife and two little boys are
awaiting my return. So. getting into
my buggy, and after passing many
picturesque and hOme-Iike farms,
arrive at the foot Of the coast range.
mountains where I put up for the
night The landlord hss quite q Gu
riosity on exhibitIon-a snake with
two heads, which lie captured the day
before.
Early in the morning finds me
vending my way up the steep grade
until, after travelling four miles, We
reach the summit. On, what grand
sight and contrast We have before Us.
The eastern side sIopiug down with
scattering oak and fir trees and dscked
with beautiful flowers OF every color
and description, and the beautiful
green clad valleys below gIittering
beneath the bright rays OF the sun,
the mountains rearing their heads far
beyond While on the western side
it slopes gradually sixty miles in dis
tancel 10 the shore Of the Pacific, al
OF the way covered u ith 5 dense for
est OE timber. The beautiful COquiIIe
river, winding its way and empryiug
its waters into the ocean. the glitter
ing waters Of which stretches away
in the distance 81 far as the eye can I
see But right here on the left hand
side OF the road, in the side of the (
mountain, q spring gushss out which /
Is the head OF the CoquiIIe River, the
eourseaf which our road follows dOwr I.
to CoquiIIe City. 60 here We 90
down, down; and after travelling 3 .
mile or 80 we enter a narrow canyon /
down which rippIes the sparkling
CoQuilIe. Rock wall rise on either
side six or eight hundred feet high /.
Tall frs and cedars find root among
their assures and crevIcez. Over /.
many huge, upright rocks little
streams take bold Ieaps, dissoIving
into spray before reaching the bot I
tom. The IfstIe stream which we
started down this morning Il now be-
coming quite river; and owing TO
the zsst Ruouut af fall. Il l. almost
continuous easeade-fau after fall, .
from one tOtveuty feet. What grand .
power for machinery. Perhaps at
some future day there viii be aH
manner Of mills erected az those falls I
just now we emerge into 9 lovely {
little valley called Bruster, which l. /
thiekly covered with myEtIe timber .
Now and then We pass a iIttIe farm (
carved ont by the sturdy woodlands 4
axe But we must not be too tedious /
After crossing many little streamIets, T
and many wooded dsIIs, sud across T
Burton prairie, we enter 4 belt Of tim /
Der that Il 50 thick 8 rife ball could .
not be fired twenty yards without .
striking z tree. They are from six .
inches to one foot through, and from
a hundred 70 3 hundred and fifty feet
high. What magnificent flag poles
they would make were they in Ne
brasks
On striving 81 home I find wife and .
boys IN good health, and on the fol-
lowing day We make preparations 10
20 on to the beach. Instead Of 4 bug
gy, We put our camp eqGiPage into a
row boat, and "alI aboard .' and We
are OF The CoquiILe At this point Is
navigable for steamers. After rowing
twenty-five miles, passing many farm
houses, mills, and herds Of cattle, We
arrive where the CoquiIIe discharges
its waters through 8 rock channel into
the Pacific, the father 0f waters.
We are just in time to see the sun
sinking, SIS it were, into The ocean, an
wave hiding il from our
view, making it seem as though 10
was dipping itself Up and down in the
water. But few minutes and It i
out OF sight
After an early breakfast We prepare
for 8 stroll on the beach Il Is a
smooth sand beach, apparently as
level as g house floor, but sioping
gradually to the surf. ''HuFrsh for
she crested waves" / have seen
high mountain peaks, covered with
perpetual snow, boiling springs, steam
boat springs, high towering rock walls,
and water faIls-but this is the grand
est sight Of all; yes. 1t Is sublime and
msgu uifIcent. 4 person never ties
The eye Is continually seeing some
new object. The rocks and shells;
al manner Of rock and shell fish the
birds Of al sizes and descriptions
the ses lions, bears and seals; the
surf surgiug to and fro; the waves
iashiug up the sides and over the tops
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