The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1883-06-14

PugrLAND, OREGON. June I, 1888
EDrsUR JOURNAL aud
Washington Territories are probably
better advertised than any other re-
gious In the United States at the pres
ent time. The N. p. r. II. Land Co,
distributes pamphlets, papers and pc
rsodicals almost without end, and .
great deal Of information Of this new
oouutry b In consequence acquired 1t
large. Immigration IL greater than 1t
has ever been before and the value OF
land IL also fast rising. Imports have
been much larger than exports, 70 that
everything 10 high In price. Wages
ere good and work has been plenty.
Before many years . reaction IL likely
to occur; a. this IL naturally q pro-
ducing country, the plains will be
come thickly settled and produce .
large surplus Of grain and live stock.
Lumber il even now sent In ships to
many parts of the globe, ina few years
when railroads are plentiful II will be
shipped east Of the Rocky mountains
and parts Of the Western states also
supplied. Then instead Of destroying
the forests by burning, in the frantic
effort ID clear land, il may he made
more use II. On every hand about
Portland car. be seen the work Of clear
ing land. Though the price Of wood
In the city is a per cord, great guam
titles In the shape Of logs and stumPs
are allowed To lie and rot or are being
burnt TO get rid Of within and about
the city limits.
When there is = large population.
the manufacturing interests will be-
come developed, ms raw material can be
found In abundance. Within ten miles
Of this city. iron is produced. Water
power facilities are plentiful. The
rapids Of the Columbia extend for q
number of miles where the river forces
It's way through the Cascade noun
tains.
Ihave recently returned from trip
to Walis Wslia and will make an en-
deavoI to describe some Of what i
saw ON the way. The interesting part |
Of the trip lies between here and the |
Dalles. The river on one side Is con-
stantly in view and across IL the green |
fir-clad hills. The mountain sides |
come down to the very waters edge |
% that the work of cutting away for
the road bed has been very great. |
many tons Of giant powder used and
some lives lost The result Is n road |
far from finished. which has innum- |
cradle sharp curves. Several thousand |
II should judge) Of Cinnamon are |
ut work riprapping, making the |
line straighter, building up aud tearing |
down in order To alleviate the dangers |
Of slides aud falling rocks. Imagine |
the walls Of rock. hundreds of feet in |
height, straight up into the air, in |
places seemingly jutting out over the |
cars. That which delighted my eye /
and fancy most was the several water
falls, nj most within q stones throw /
Of the track. Chief among them are
the Multnonah Falls, about five
hundred feet high; is beautiful Ia
behold ~ IL tumbles vertically down
the mountain side. Two or three
others 0e almost as large. The scenery l
up the Columbia river IL certainly 1
among the grandest In America. The
river at first wide, calm and clear, be
comes, as we near the Cascades. a
wild, rushing torrent, which defies
every effort of man to ascend. In
places IL Is SO narrow that IL seems as
II one could Jump over il, and il really
does rs Mark Twain somewhere saws,
'.stand ON edge, rfor IL il much deei~r
than its width. The stations are few