The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-09-15

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The river widens Into lakes that ar
filled with small islands, with hig
mountains on each side, covered wit
evergreen timber to the waters edge
where elk and deer are seen drinking
1t is claimed by those that have secl
both the Hudson and Columbia, tina
the snow-capped mountains and pail
sades of the Columbia, and the wild
ness of its scenery, makes the Hudson
seem tame beside it.
We crossed The bar of the Villa
mette and entered the river. Here w
began to see somc farming land. Th
J valley widcns, as we go up. This is
| lovely valley. 1t seems strange TO stel
from the sunburned valleys of Calitor
MIA on to the "web-foot" willamette
Here the rains come more frequen
than in the East. Everything look
like spring. All kinds of grain ant
fruit raised in the temperate zone cal
be grown here. Willamette valley il
known all over the civilized world fol
its lruit aud nrndnciivennss nf its soil
out IL Is very unhealthy the hot-bet
tor fever and ague. From the deck o
the steamer one has fine view of the
surrounding country. 1t reminds al
Eastern man of his home. in the East
as we steamed up the CLASSY waters Of
The Willamette with scarcely motion
of the vessel, the decks crowded witt
home seekers and tourists, some cleal
voice started CLONE, Sweet Home" II
seemed 10 open the lips of every person
on board, and the sweet notes of that
old hymn seemed TO re.ccho from one
end OF the ship TO the other. As the
sweet chords spread over the valley TO
the wood-covcred hills, they echoed
back The chorus.
We reached Portland and went to
the hotel, booked, and procured rooms
and went iulo supper. 1t seemed good
to sit down once more on sound bases
but we still had the "rolls" in our head.
Ii one doesn't tip over his tea, or put
half of his food over his shoulder, or
something else "sea-aticd," he will
pass. The waiter will ask if you will
have meat or fish. If you don't say
salmon before hc gets through, it will
cm}dfGar Sf, li9r is. i4e 1npifk for. YOU.
when fried or baked, when just out Of
the river.
Portland is a city of about 10000 in.
habitanis. 1t is a rich wholesale city.
1t supplies all the upper river country.
All the grain and wool comes here, and
is loaded on ocean stcamers aud sent TO
San Francisco. Portland is known as
East and West Portland. The river
lies between. A steam ferry llies from
shore to shore. Around are hills COW
cred with timber. The streets are
planked; paving would sink. There
arc many fine stores and elegant dwell
lugs. Ii rains here most oi the year.
The "wcb-ruot" calls il fog. July and
August are the pleasant months. The
fences aud roofs Of houses are covered
with moss. Aguc and weak lungs are
very common complaints in this city.
From the hill one has fine view OF
Mount Hood and the surrounding
country.
AT Portland we took Tie river
steamer To Dallas. The steamer leaves
1t five IL. III. Iou can sleep Oh the boat
p. - '"H i.nfpl- ..'u ~ ~ttiiSn - si...O g.
each the boat. From Porllaad we
teamed down the Willamette 10 the
lolumbia. From the mouth of the
willamette to the Ddlles is about
welvc hour. ide. The river steamers
re stern wheels, very neat, and use
n T22Ih Gle fD8b D5ahp hoel i :, We took our breakias!
Up the river we had fine view of
lount Hood. There is some fine see
cry before reaching Vancouver. Iierc
he river widens into n lake filled with
mall islands. AT Vancouver there is
arge Catholic school. Back is some
fine farming country. AT the table
and, or foot hills, Us they are called in
the scenery grows grand
nd wilder till We reach the cascades OF
lie Columbia (on the Cascade Noun
aims, continuation of the Sicrras).
lore we leave the ste amer and lake
he cars, which carry us to the upper
nd of The famous Cascades, distance
4! neatly seven miles. Some o.. the
Dad is cut out of the bank of tho river. |
Us one looks out of ,he window, Iii. |
ecJIv below are the rolling, iumbiinG !
ld fOamlng cascades. There is mo-
where any sudden descent sufficient to
make waterfall, but there is tall of IA
rood many feet in the six miles OF cas-
AIDES.
Before they had steam cars all the
passengers and freight were carried by
lorses on a wooden railroad. Some Of
his road is yet To be seen on the oppo-
itc bank. The river at the head OF The
ascadc is nearly two miles wide. The
crowd the river SO close that
he wharyes or wharf boats are built
IN the water and held in place by
,ables. When the water rises they rise
With it. Boats have gone through The
cascades, but when once down can
leyer return. Salmon come up these
'0pids aud 90 to the head waters OF The
Columbia TO spawn. We were told 10y
he men at the Cascades that it raihed
II showed every day in the year. Here
VIC took another steamer and went TO
Dallcs City. Ii is very mountainous
Ill the way, but not as much timber as
below Portland. AS We leave the Cas-
;ades we come to Il different country.
The mountains keep the rain from
;oming east of the Cascades, and the
and has to bc irrigated. The hills and
nuts remind us of California. The
,aptain ran his boat slowly by Cape
Horn. Here we see high rocks, hun
lrcds OF feet TO the top. The face OF
he rocks from the top 10 the river is
The water that runs
over them, before it reaches the river,
separates and falls into tie river like
am. We stopped at Hood Valley, a.
resort.
Before reaching the city of the Dalles
we steamed through several miles of
palisades and reached Dalles abont
iundown. Here we LETT the boat. The
BOAT house is the same as at the Cas-
,ades. We took the 'bns' to the
Umatilla House. The river here is
about one mile wide. AT the Dalles
there nsed 10 be u government post;
the buildings are there yet. Fort
Dalles is an old town. Most of the
are made of rock. There are
good schools aud churches here-one
large Catholic school. When the gold
excitement was in Idaho the govern
ment started to build mint here.
When two stories of solid mason work
OF light brown stone was built, they
gave it up. We went through the
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