The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-09-06
A RIDE UP THE WALLUSKI.
And Visit to ]. O. Trullinger's Camp
And An Account OF SOme Things Seen There

I'VE are going to visit Mr.. Trul-
liIiger's logging camp. Won't you be
one of the party?" said Mr.. l. w.
Case yesterday afternoon, to an AS
ToRIAN reporter, who at the time was
busy cutting off the interest coupons
from his government bonds.
The invitation was accepted, and at
o'clock Geo. L. Guthridge and wife,
|. w. Case, J. G. Trullinger, w. S.
Kinney, Rev. L. Dielman, A. ID.
Bowen, w. III. Smith, DIR. J. A. Full
ton and the writer went Oh board the
swift little steamer WeflO1l0, headed
for Young's river and the Walluski.
Mr.. Guthridge is the Washington
correspondent of the New York Her
aid, and on his recent visit to San
Francisco Mr.. Case met him and
asked him to visit this section. 1t
was desired that he should see some
Clatsop county timber, so a trip to
Mr.. Trullinger's logging camp was
planned
The flyers T. j. Potter and I'ete-
phone were floating in with stilled
NIlOSIS ~ tutlI uOChS anu OuC
green water was cleaning IN
the brilliant sunlight as the WeaOnG
started; soon rounding the point the
stately silhouette of Saddle mountain
was outlined against the horizon, and
in a short time the steamers PROV
was cutting the smooth waters of the
Walluski.
Disembarking about seven miles
from Astoria the party took q short
cut across the ridge to the terminus
of the railroad, the only one of the
kind in Clatsop county, or, indeed, in
western Oregon, a standard gauge
road with cars and locomotive COM
plete. The engine soon whisked
along the road at a lively rate, past
grand cathedral aisles of statelyspruce
and lofty fir. over trestles and through
cuts, for about three miles, when
''Mudyille," the present terminus, was
reached.
A twenty minutes walk brought the
party, under the guidance of Thos. A.
and Thad. Trullinger, to ''the forest
primeYal," ON the old Wisner claim,
on the ridge between the Walluski
and the John Days, where is as heav-
lily timbered piece of land as can be
found In the northwest.
The skies that flush in crimson
splendor above our summer shores
shed softened light on the thick green
moss beneath, and lit up the grace
full draping and fringing foliage of
the giant trees that shot lightly up,
huge of girth in graceful taper 12O
feet without a limb, the beauty
of the scene being deepened by a
sense of the sublime, and ightened by
the thought of what fine timber it was
and how valuable SO close to a rail
road and tide water.
The eastern visitors were amazed.
They could not realize the enormous
girth of these forest giants, nor their
great height, but seeing is believing"
and after looking up two or three
times to the tops, and noting the size
OF some of the PROSTATE trunks, they
concluded the logs" back east were
no more than canes in comparison.
The terminus of the railroad is
quite settlement. Mr.. Trullinger
has a busy lot of men who make this
their headquarters. Here is a hotel,
large stable, shops, mills, etc, a
water wheel supplied with water from
dam turning different kinds of labor
saving machinery, the whole thing be-
ing an embodiment of industry.
When the party returned from the
woods fine supper awaited them, to
which full justice was done. A ride
back to tide water on the railroad,
then on the steamer to the city. arriv-
ing at $50 P. NJ, concluded the day,
and the writer owes Mr.. Case and Mr..
Trullinger a vote of thanks for pleas
ant afternoon.