, 1889-09-05
A REPORTERS OUTING.
The Trip From Portland Through
to the Rocky Mountains
Described.
His Impressions of the Various
Cities, Including Spokane
Falls.
From the orcgonIan.l


made up my mind to spend week upon
the Oregon Railway & Navigation Com
pany's steamers, running round to the |
Sound and British Columbia, to do
nothing but rest tho whole time; to sit |
on the deck under an awning and smoke |
and read, and view the scenery as the |
ship glided by, and cat and sleep, and
then rest some more.
Man proposes but woman disposes,
and circumstance, over which had
no control, a better half, at the last mo-
ment, declined TO CO. and frustrated all
my arrangements and spoiled beauti-
ftil description Of the trip, which was all
mapped out in vacant corner of my
brain, and which was to have been en-
titled Sailing Der Summer Seas"
While pondcring on what course l
should take, Mayor DeIashmutt ex-
tended an invitation to accompany him
on Il trim to the Cnur d. Aleno mines,
and over to Montana, where the ores
from his mines are smetcd As | had
never visited the "far-iuterior," the in
vitation was gladly accepted, and in
stead of sailingo'er summer seas, went
scooting DER the rail, diyed deep into
the bowels of the earth, climbed the
Rocky mountains, and saw more mine
raj and swallowed more dust than dur
ing all the previous years Of my earthly
pilgrimage.
Thus II came about that early one
morning | started from the o. X. y \.
depot bound for over the hills and far
! away in company With choice assort'
mcnt of insurance adJusters bound ior
| Spokane. and u lot of drummcrs aud
other folks bound for everywhere.
| The whole made up a very jolly party,
and the time passed swiftly till The
| Dallcs was reached, where we took
| luncheon with Messrs. Sinnett ~ Hand
! lev, who have been feeding the hungry
/ of the burg for about generation. Near
salmon presented to the people of Spo-
kane Falls by MIR. Taile. A brief account
of this matter, which | telegraphed from
/ Blalocks, created n Commotion III oihclai
circles aud involved Governor Penuoyer,
MIR Talic and the fish commissioners in
a row, the outcome of which no living
man can predict.
Al Waliula Junction we had dinner,
and the railroad employees amused them,
selves in mixing up lot OF cars ana
shifting them around so that no ono
could have told his own sleeper IL the
name had not been painted on both
sides, and when we started again We
were Oh the Northern Pacific. At Hunt 5
Junction, a short distance beyond, we
stopped to take on a lot of nice looking
fruit from Walla Walla and vicinity des,
tined for various points i'll Idaho and
Montana. What could be seen of the
Hunt system" from this point seemed
first class railroad, and number OF
powerful engines were pushing about
trains of cars marked q. q W; L: X. H.,
and loaded with rails, ties and all kinds
of railroad material. In leaving Hunt S,
| boarded the smoking car away for
ward, and found n rather rough looking
lot OF messengers. The conductor came
through to take up tickets, and found
two fellows who had none. He pulled the
Z signal cord the train stopped and polite
brakeman escorted the two untortunatcs
to the door, Temarking, as they stepped
down and out, ''rhe walking is pretty
good to Pasco, this evening" In the seat
In front of me 9 villainous looking fcl'
low was reading book with the attrac'
tive title of Jack the Ripper Peep
ing over his shoulder | was enabled &c
read the following paragraph: "Jach
[ fhe Ripper wiped his bloody knife. and
: said liza! hal, Aha-a-a-a!!l sec
= YOU draw back in terror. You know
4 me. That WIS all wanted and ! got
ont ON the platform: there'sno vestibul'
ON the smoker.
r The bridge across the Snake at Aims
. worth Is q magnificent one, but the towi
| of Ainsworth disappointed me.
; At PasCo which rs situated ON the pc
/ ninsula between the Snake Und the Col
umbia, the Tacoma branch connects
= The Tacoma train was late so we hat
a plenty of time to see the town ana to no
O tcc the scores of children Of all age
who crowded the windows of an emf
: grant train, anxious to see the fair lane
j. thcv had come SO far to occupy.
?, When the Tacoma train arrived I
, crowd of the passengers poured int,
5 our sleeper and claimed all the bertlls
A An upronr began which lasted for lonl
Z time. There were two interested per
/ sons who did not say much, but tool
/, measures 10 have section made up
and promptly retired aud calmly slum
@ bered, while the remainder fought it on
r and did not get settled till midnight
a What the mayor of Portland and Or
q cgonian man CaOnot get i'll the way q
4 accommodation, when travelling to
e gethcr, Is not worth mentioning.
2 1t was 8 A. NJ. and broad dayligh
/ when we rolled into Spokane Falls, ant
/ strollcd down through the burned dis
. trict and saw people crawling out O
i their blankets among the ruins. 1t wa
n pitiful to see the ruins of so many fin
# buildings, the granite columns shivere
and splintered by the heat. After
= hnsty breakfast In u tent Ae took tn
n train for the Coiur d Alene mines.
!, What was seen there and how we ey
e plored tunnels, descended shafts, wcr
a hoisted in buckets and dragged throug
/ narrow passages and got covered wit
/. mud and glory, will be told in Il futur
h article.
e On our return to Spokane Falls we ha
4, called at the REVIEW office and weI
/ shown the magnificent new periectin
! press the finest and fastest in the terr
!. tory, and after making the acquaintanc
!. of the force, and securing all the nun
q bers of the Oregoninn we had missed
!. went aboard the East-bound train an
/. went to bed.
* Next morning ] was awakened by
'e colorcd gentleman with melodior
= voice who passed through the car shou
Al ing, "Breakfast is now ready in d
II dinah,' adding as he disappeare,
s. "FiFst call" Now II was never nece
I'd sary TO call me twice when breakfa
le was on hand, and | was out In the was
III room in time to see the City of Hope
is we gliced by, and to learn that mu
L. set my watch ahead an hour 10 be q
nc "mountain time" After breakfast
IA many as could get in adjourned to Il
IN smoking room, where they smoke,
O. spun yarns, admired the scenery ii
er tired, and then with the aid of whist an
Of newspapers put in the time till ''dnn
was ready in de dinah."
AT 3 +. NJ. we were at Garrison, whel
we changed to the Montana Union an
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