Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1880-04-09
Columbia River Scenery.

A correspondent sends us the fol- |
lowing on Columbia river scenery
His glowing picture represents only
one of the thousands of beautifuls scenes
to be found within the confines of Ore
gon and Washington:
'From Vancouver to the Dalles, q
ride of about ten hours, you have the
grandest dayidf your life. In Weber
and Echo canons, on the Union Pacific
at rounding the horn, and forks of the
American river, on the Central Pacific,
and at peerless, unapproachable Yose-
mite, you see grander scenery, but it
is detached and isolated On the Co.
lumbia you glide gently on and for ten
long hours your utmost soul is ravished
by an unearthly beauty and subdued
with an acknowledgement of the pres
ence of the Omnipotent. 1t is the
grandest and most beautiful scenery
on the continent, some add, of the
world. l would no more attempt to
| describe it than / would the emotion
it awakens. Here has burst through
these awful hills the third river Of the
continent, draining country nearly as
vast as that of Mississippi or the Am
azon It's superior charm, lifting it
above it's rivals, is its combination Of
colors. Green and gold emblazon every
rock At one time you hear low,
deep utterance, grand, o how grand I!
and then from masculine throats you
hear the feminine cxclamations, it i:
perfectly lovely and you admit the
appropriateness Of both The Cascade.
shutting in the Columbia, each side 81
attractive that you fear to look at on
lest you lose some Of the beauties o
the other, clothed in all the colors o
, the rainbow, Notwithstanding they i'm
press you as something eternal ant
colossal, have an appearance of youth
, fulness that wins on you. This is no
|, only seeing scenery but absorbing it
: The Columbia gives you q whole da.
i in which the soul can be filled wit
: new relations from the inmost heart Q
nature. And as you return, Oh you
: left looms up Mount Hood, ii, 400 fee
above the level of the sea. Is is not
5 mountain, but moant. From an uI
: ward going plain it rises all alone, COY
: cred from lase to summit with snow
> 1t is the unanimous opinion Of q
3 tourists, that next to Yosemite, til
scenery of the Columbia river is unr
vailed" Eastern Oregon and Wasl
ingtom contain large area Of ferti
lands open to pre-emption land Il
center in the near future of entensi'
e railroad devclopcments), and hay
N N more recently attracted the larger pc
,e of the tide of emigration leading in1
sr Oregon. The climate of the easter
N section more nearly resembles that
II Idaho and Utah, rains still being
triie more frequent and heavy in Eas
~ X ern Oregon aud Washington than
,me m any Rocky Mountain region east of Il
tt Sierras. AT Dalles, Eastern Orego
IN on the 45th parallel, the mean tempe
y ature in Spring is 49, in Summer &C
vs. vs. Autumn 52', Winter 35'; mean tel
I'd perature for the year, 53' orabout |
s. warmer than the yearly average
St Maine, New Hampshire, Vermo
l. L. and northern NeE York. In this 81
tef ton, too, snow rarely attains a dep
of six inches in the valleys. This ca
i'd ern section is 100000 square miles
e. extent. and its $4,000 Inhabitants a
: anxiously looking for nearer neishbo
The most extensive and productive "
sr leys in. this section are the Gran
Ronde, Powder, John Day, Malhe'
=. and Crooked. They produce neal
-, all the fruits common to our midt
states, including peaches and nee
r;pes Omaha Nep ICeSf