The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1888-08-25

ton 81 The city Il mo pictures lnc, and the
views 20 be C5fa.ned from the heights west
OK The city proper are truly inspiring. Hero
Mature has wrought with n boldcr hand In
the large featured subj nifty OF the sen r.
than In land. that cast OF IN older cstillxa-
ton. Five snow whit peaks. miles AND
mics apart, and Int iyenlng crags an hill.
OF blu., nrc seen. and two great rsNs r. tn
Columbia aud Willamettc. twin vail yswifli
thrifty farms cr.s ping down 10 tnc water,
the whole -, NJ backed by N,rdant wood
land. Below us II the city. with broad
shady streets and two scort church spires
rising a owe tbs tree tops. Along the dock,
csse.s from Asia. Australia Ala ka and
many tii mt lands arr dis harginl their ear
goes, this bcmg tho trade mt + and nctrop-
oils OF tie Parii Nortnw, -.
Look here, you man OF foiiy-ilye year on
VIII not admit that you are old, yet when
you were pulling down your Christina
stocking. this fair citg had no place on the
map, and the emp r. OF Ian STIR tching east
ward two thousand miles 20 the glelt lakes
was wilderness. Upon their hillsdes now
crowned with home, OF comfort and plenty,
wee trees rocks and Indian tepces. Where
now are iolid sQua a. Of business blocks. tie
wolf howl d anu the Wild deer wandered,
while the river, now conded with sailing
crafts Of every sort, fiom the lreat ocean
steamer 10 the pl azure yacht was disturbed
only by the bark canos or the dash of Wild
ducks. Within the limits OF the city that
last year spent nea ~ four million dollars IN
inpro vcments there We're but I w log huts
ana bick wigwams. Where Tow a bundled
trains daily unloa their thousands. dozen
trappers picked their way along q bride
path. In the district VIII re tbs year nil-
lions worth OF staple gods where whole
sal Il, Few tradt n wtrs swapping b ads AMI
blankets with lniians for furS. there was
no newspaper on the Pacific Coast now
Portland has daily. IL weekly AMI month
4 ttlfll Ina tt.tln ~ k-.a1l
streets and i2D niles of sidewalk. The mer-
camille establishments exceed 100 in number.
IL has electric lights. gas, telephone, district
telegraph and messenger seiyics. IL has
W.T. works with capacity OF Sic,O00t0l
gallons day. Tnere publle l.braric. and
reading rooms, good hot Is. AMI four street
car companies. II has the finest high
school building wet OF the Missis-
sipli River and seven ward school
houses, each models OF construction
and equipment anl cighty-seyen teachers.
IL, FACTORIES employ 4,OuJ men. .fhe city IL
the rich, and everywhere are cottages which
display not wealth 20 much n taste, care
aud thrift making every locality respectable
and Knowing no favored spot. In few cities
ale there prOp0rtionatcly more OF those I'm
the humber walks OF life who own their
own homes.
Look at the causes that have made this
growth not only possibility, but nece~-
SHY. The Columbia river and tributaries
include all OF the nayigable fresh waters of
the Pacific Northwest, and Portland l. the
point OF discharge OF funnel beng not
able fresh waters, but OF the railroads. which
IN following the only natural grad TO the
coas., come through the Cellles OF the Column
bia, making n the only Pacific seaport
reached from the interior OF the continent
without the necessity Of climbing netvy
tln ali
tunnels or cohtending with the deep snow OF
the higher attitudes. Passing with the
Columbia through the Cascade Mountains
the steamboat and railway routes OF Port
land expand like fan over an inland en-
pirc rich with mines of precious metal,
with forests, with grain fields and pasture
land. Portland ~ the real terminus
OF the Northern Pacific, the Union
Pacific and the Southern Pacific railways,
and the nominal terminus OF the Canadian
Pacific, with which there are traliic connec-
tons. Portland Il also II .adquartcrS for
the Oregon Railway and Navigation Com
plny's extensive system OF ocean. river and
raj service. fourteen separate lines OF river
boats center nt Portland exclusive
OF regular ocean service by steamers
aud sailing vessels q all part. OF the world.
Portl nd IL 10 miles flom tie Pacific, Oh
the Willamette " ill-ani-et accent on AM
river IL miles from 90 ,onhuen with the
Columbia, and l. rcGcl,d 10y deep "a vessels
in all sm ons IL controls the great salmon
fisheries OF the Columbia; has large
trude with Alaska and derives the
major benefit from the development of
the mining districts OF northern Idaho aud
eastern Washington and Oregon. The
Willamette valley alone has resources enough
10 support u million inhabitants not o.
mention the other elements OF grcatnc..
within the grasp OF Portland; The wonderful
vi ews the vast forests, the fish canning In.
du stry, the great grain trade, the product, OF
pas turc land, and important shipping inter
csts which have doveioped into commercial
size that command, recognition, and m some
particulat- asserts supremacy In the bushes
circles OF the worll. MOSES FOLSOM.
old. Iron.
There are many curious pieces OF
old iron laying about the world, and
some OF them are calculated TO reduce
the amount OF conceit we may have
when we think we know so very much