Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1891-10-01
To tAl Pacific Coast and Back Again.
by THE EDifoR.1
Continued from last week.

formerly in the hardware business at
Crookston and also at Stephen. TO
him we became greatly indebted for
favors shown. He was now engaged
in the dry goods business and seemed
to be doing we'll. OF course he was
loud in his praises Of Tacoma, her
fine climate and bright business pros
poets. He spoke with so much feel
ing that big tear drops began to roll
down our cheeks and we actually
felt for our loose change with u view
OF investing in corner lots.
A little before noon, on Aug. 10th:
we babe farewell to the City Of Des-
tiny, and boarded the train for Port
land, lac miles distant. The road
now runs in southerly direction
through a densely wooded country
pine clad hills and mountains, and
also some decidnons trees in the mar
row valleys. Small farms and or
chards are nestled in among the
pines here and there. The amount OF
labor to clear a small farm is pro-
digious and | could not help but
think OF the comparative ease OF
opening up a farm in the RetnRiver
Valley. It IS surprising to see how
the timber is wasted. When it is de
sired to clear piece OF land, it is
first "slashed,' that is, fire is set to
the trees standing, burning part OF
them and killing the rest. Thou
sands OF acres ti,ickly covered with
valuable fir and spruce trees are thus
laid waste every year. Saw mills are
found in many places oil along tile
route, and now and then we see a
tramway for bringing logs from the
mountains. One cannot help but
fall in love with the graceful and
lofty pines, especially those places
where second growth has appeared
upon the scene looking like SO many
Christmas trees. The towns along
the road are thrifty md have an all
of newhess about them. LAUNDERING
is an important industry in nearly
al OF them. The journey from Ia
coma to Portland is very interesting
on account of the varied mountain
and forest scenery. Ruskin says that
Mountains are the beginning and
the end OF all natural scenery, anG
| think so too. A magnificent pano
rama OF snow peaks is unfolded be
fore our eyes as our train moves
along. Mt. Tacoma is seen for a
considerable distance as we proceed
southwark, and Nit. Adams also
now and then looms up in the dist
| ance. A little further on we see the
snowy form OF Mt. St. Helens anC
| lastly Mt. Hood. These peaks stanC
in proud isolation, far from neigh
bors, and towering high above the
general crest OF the Cascades which
barely touches the snow line. Thu
peaks resemble each other in being
more or less conical in shape, broad
at the base and tapering to a point
yet each one possesses individual
characteristics of its own by which il
is easily recognized. Sometimes two
or more peaks are discernible from
the car window. Many a beautiful
mountain stream plunges
"Down on the sharp-horned lodges
Plunging in deep cascades, through many
sylvan glen.
| At Kalama we cross the might,
Columbia river on a ferry, the hull Q
:. large ocean steamer. Our who'll
train consisting Of engine and eigh
coaches, and another engine besides
were taken across at one time. Til
river is very wide at this point an,
it took about Is minutes to get t.
| the Oregon side. What a differen
aspect the country presented her
and where we crossed the same rive
at passed. Here it flows through
, mountainous country with magnif
cent forests extending clear down t
the waters edge The scenery is vii
and grand. Being safely landed 0
, the Oregon shore, our train steam
up the valley OF the Willamette rive
: u distance OF about IL miles to tt
j City OF Portland, the metropolis
: both Washington and Oregon. "
= now pass through u beautiful coul
g try, with we'll cultivated farms an
l line orchards. 1t has all the a
: pearances Of an old settled comm
| nifty. We arrive in Portland Il lit
J. before sun down, and, taking 4
6 electric car across the Willamette, '
:lre soon safely ensconced for Il
night in a comfortable hotel in Ea
Portland. | did not quite undo
stand why Mr.. Walker was so an
ious to go to East Portland, but
soon learned that he had good a
valid reasons for going there. T
? next morning we are up bright al
early with the sole object in view
seeing the city.
CONTINUED next 1vsek).
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