The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-11-04
UP THE COLUMBIA.
RAMBLING ACCOUNT BY MRS. DUNIwAy or
HER TRIP To THE DALLEs.

HER TRIP TO THE DALLES.
The glorious Autumn, which has been epo,o,,o,
through the height of its season this yearin pain
ing the forest leaves with gorgeous tints of avor,
conceivable shade, has nowhere left a grander dis
play of handiwOrk than is to be seen alono tho
| banks and bluffs of the Columbia River betyyeo,
! Vancouver and The Dalles. The usual Autumn
rains and their extreme, the biting frosts, ha
! long delayed their coming, and the SUM- resplen
ent in his robes of fire, has been busily at wo1
with his brushes and palette till all the perenDi
woods are aglow with glory
1t is nightfall ere we reach The DalIes but tb
jam Of hack-drvers, trucks, hotel-runners train.
pedestrians and horsemen seem intuitiveIv +
dodge each other in the darkness; and we dodge
without any apparent room for lodging, througl
the trestles upon the one hand and the rocks upor
another, and take refuge among the friendly crsb
ions Of the Umatilla House coach, and 90 burnp
ing and careering through the narrow defie lead.
ing from the river to the hotel, with feeling OF
insecurity anything but reassuring to weary
nerves.
The Dalles has grown 80 rapidly and well that
with difficulty discern the old landmarks
But the streets have unfinished appearance
and many Of the buildings not yet completed
The two hotels, Cosmopolitan and 'Umatila,"
would do honor to Portland, and the three news
papers are running lively race with each other.
Brother Hand, Of the Momtaineer, is jolly and
philosophical, and keeps his paper up to its usual
standard without much apparent effort Friend
Michel, Of the Times is grinding away at live
Republican paper, and friend Merry, of the Inland
Empire, makes a red-hot Democratic journal.
Why some Of them do not print daily is a sur
prise 10 a Portlander The Dalles is certainly
large enough to sustain morning paper
Rev Mr.. Gray, Of the Baptist Church, is carry
ing everything before him in his Sunday evening
sermons. The pastor Of the Congregational
church, Rev. d. B. Gray, is also live preacher
and the fosslized nonsense that used to lock these
churches against women who dared to speak the
truth in public has died out
There is great rejoicing here over the passage
of the suffrage resolution by the Legislature The
ladies are preparing to organize suffrage society
as they wish to profit by the example of Union
Baker, Gamhill, Linn, Afultnomah and other
counties, and instruct their next representatives
to better purpose than they did the last ones.
Politics i the all-absorbing theme at this writ
ing. Ex-Governor \. c. Gibbs viii address the
people here tonight and Mr. Mallory is expected
to speak on Monday evening. General Applegate.
Republican candidate for Presidential EIector. at
tempted TO make a speech, but he got into the
hands Of the enemy, and became so badly befud
Fulton squelched him completely. If the Repub-
liean party can't get sober men to fill its offices it
deserves defeat
This letter must of necessity be desultory. brief
ana rambling, a we are preparing, after only a
day sgourn in The Dales to take the morning
stage for Canyon City. But we must not forget
TO mention the law firm of Whitten x Bird. who
are enjoying a lucrative practice and who. we'll
wager biscuit, will vote Alright on the Woman
suffrage resolution when it comes before the peo-
pie. Mr. Bird made many friends as a mem roE
the late Legislature and if he gets the rir, i.les
ot Woman Suffrage he will make his nue. a the
world. The Dalles newspapers are frie IS. to the
movement, and all the best men of the IS. are on
our side.
Our next letter will hail from Canyoa City lr
the season were not so late, we should H., oe Il, ,
great hurry; but, as it is, we are on the 1.ng
and under high pressure speed A. Sd
The Dalles, October 80. 1850