The Portland daily press., 1885-01-16

telegraph station four miles distant, where he
sent despatch to Hood River for provisions to
be sent to the train; and here let me say that
whatever complaint may be made about neg
lect or incompetency of management, none Can
accuse Conductor Lyon or the conductors and
porters OF the two sleepers, or IN fact any Of the
employees of this train, of any inattention TO
the wants of the passengers, for everything
was cheerfully done and every want attended
to without murmur or complaint. Every
passenger will join with me in according just
praise to Conductor Lyon as well as ito all en-
ployes of the train in exertiug themsel yes TO
their utmost ability to make every one as CON-
Portable as the circumstances of the case Rould
admit.
Next day hand-sled arrived from Hood
River with such supplies as could bs transport
ed under such circumstances. We continued
to receive supplies from Hood River aud Cas-
cade Locks, where thirty men under govern
ment employ volunteered to pack in provie-
ions, facing cutting wind and binding snow
for eleven miles, Some of the party gave out
on the way, and had to be assisted in, and
some were considerably frosted, They arrived
al the train about dark and were pitable-look-
ing objects indeed. Up to this time all had
been furnished with sufficient food to allay
any great hunger or Inconvenience of any Of
the passengers, and none felt like making
complaint, but submitted gracefully to the
condition of affairs and seemed to vie with
each other in singing, chatting, cardplayiDg,
and visiting from car to car to while away the
time.
For four days we remained here, the storm
raging all the time without and each day SEEM
ing worse than the preceding OF Q. 1t was
Monday night, after the supplies had arrived
from Cascade Locks, that Conductor Lyon
made his appearance in our car End with
much feeling announced that he had come to
bid us good bye, and that on tomorrow morn
ing he would expect every able-hodied man to
leave the train, as it was useless to try TO feed
all here longer. Then might have been seen
groups OF anxious passengers earnestly con-
sultlng as to the best course TO pursue, and
each one summing up the probabilities of his
being physically able to stand tne trip OF eley-
en- miles to the Cascade Locks over snow drifts
and through terrible wind and snow storm
But on Tuesday morning about 8 o'clock after
receiving small sandwich for breakfast,
the party commenced stringing out on
the trail to the number of about 100 passenee
leaving behind fifteen women and children
and some ten men who were too old or crippled
to mako the trip with safety. All who started,
with the exception of four, went through to
the Cascades the first day without accident ex-
ccept few frosted ears and fingers. Only four
failed by the way from rheumatism or exhaus-
tion and were left at farm houses to rest up,
al finally came in next day.
AT the Cascade Locks all were kindly receiv-
ed and furnished with comfortable lodgings in
hotels and at the government quarters. Here
we spent a pleasant Christmas, and were in
vlted to turkey dinner at our kind hosts
George Gardeners, and the younger portion of
the party joined in dance Christmas night.