The record-union., 1891-07-08

pine forests. 1t will be comfortable,
old-fashioned tavern" where whole
families can spend the summer months
away from the miasma and malaria
allowed to remain in its virgin condition,
and where all the beauties of nature will
be undefiled. Here, will be home in the
forest-in the fullest sense of the term
where those who seek comfort and rest
from the cares of business may roam the
hills and dells without fear of barbed-wire
fences, of barn-yard bulldogs, or ofgnats,
and where sleep may be induced TO the
tired brain through the ceaSeleSS Sough-
ing of tho pines and the soft lullabies of
the singing waters that tumble down
through their rocky channels toward the
valley.
At the present time there are large
number of guests at this favorite resort.
PICTURESQUE DUNsNtUIR.
The next station reached beyond Lower
Soda Springs was DunSmuir, a pretty
mountain village nesting against the
hillside on narrow table-land reaching
down to the river. The town was hand
sOmely and profusely decorated for the
festivities of the day, and a large plat
form was erected near the track, where
the exercises were to be held. Crowds Of
well-dressed people from neighboring
villages and hamlets thronged the
streets, where they listened to music by
the band while the procession of school
children was being formed. The little
ones numbered nearly one hundred, and
were healthy, ruddy-looking boys and
girls. The latter were all dressed in
white, and wore d-white-and-b blue
sashes. They looked very pretty.
The Grand Marshal was very conSpicu-
Gus. He bestrode white cayuse pony,
wore a black plug hat, and was almost
n in, q 11oin rod Gh fbat
velOped his manly figure. His horse
carried two good sized flags in lis bride
The Goddess of Liberty was neatly
caparisoned for the duty assigned her,
but her seat in the tail-end of an express
wagon was hardly in keeping with the
dignity and poetic beauty OF the char
acter.
For all this, the celebration was very
creditable to the good people of Duns-
muir, and was greatly enjoyed by all the
visitors.
A CHARMING FAMILY RETREAT.
On reaching the Upper Soda Springs a
stop was made to enable a number of
persons to alight who had engaged quar-
terS there for few days. This, too. is a
delightful resort. The present hotel ac-
commodationS are ample for the enter
tainment of q large number of guests, and
those who are stopping there say they are
royalty treated.
This is very quiet place, the hotel be-
ing several hundred yards from the rail
road and close by the spring of cold and
delicious soda water. The latter bears a
marked similarity to that of the famous
Shasta spring, but lacks its strong effer-
vescent quality. AS a medicinal water,
however, it is highly priced. From these
springs a fine view Of Mount Shasta is
had.
sHAsTA's FAMOUS SPRINGS.
The next place of note on this grand
scenic route is Shasta Springs, where the
Shasta Mineral Spring Company has its
immense bottling works. Here all trains
are stopped in order to allow passengers
to drink Of the water of the spring,
which bubbles up through great cement
basin constructed by the company. This
bowl is in the center OF large grottO Of
masonry built under the bank, and above
which has been erected an ornamental
circular platform rooted in oriental fash
ion. Seats are arranged here where
guests may sit and view the wild and
rugged scenery on all sides.
A few hundred feet above the road (and
the spring. is broad plateau, where the
Spring Company contemplate the erec-
ton of a fine hotel. They have now quite
a village OF new and clean family tents
ready for the summer rush of visitors.
The plateau has been partially cleared Of
tlIC JiLiSSs 14llS pOlllJ o1SO COIllilldllIS Il
clear view of Mount Shasta. The dining
tent is large and airy and the appoint
mentS of the best.
The place is now called Camp Shasta"
owing to the number Of tents there. 1t is
under the charge Of Mr.. Scott, we'll
known Sacramentan, who has for some
time superintended the bottling works of
the spring company. Camp Shasta COM
mands a splendid view Of the river and
canyon, which are reached by winding
trail leading through pines, among moss
grown rocks and over tumbling cataractS
that dash down the side of the mountain
to swell the volume OF the river at its
base. These cataractS break through the
mOuntain-side about halfway between
the mineral spring and the camp. They
are supposed to be outlets Of subterra-
mean stream fed by the eternal SHOWS that
crown the peak, where the Coast Mount
aims of the west join the Sierras of the
east. They include the noted Mossbrae
Falls. These remarkable springs or
fountains, as they may with prOpriety be
termed, are accounted for by a weird In
dian legend, mention Of which is made by
Joaquin Miller III his '"Tales Of Modoc
Life,''
To describe ell the attractions of this
lovely and interesting spot, even briefly,
would require too much space. They in
clude the fountain, which shoots a spray
SOilG llllN IttG Il8u, llb SD-CdlIGtl
poison spring, the waters of which are
said to have effected remarkable cures OF
rheumatism; the Grotto, beneath falls
some fifty feet high; iron and sulphur
springs, that can be seen pouring their
mineral-impregnated waters into the
river; Glacier Spring, where the water is
ice-cold at all times and never varies in
temperature, and other wonderful works
of nature.
The excursionists did not have time to
visit all these attractive spots until their
return, when they spent all of Sunday
there.
MARVELLOUS RAILROAD ENGINEERING,
Between Shasta Springs and McCloud
Station is the celebrated Big Bend. Here
the traveller temporarily parts company
with the Sacramento River. While Me
Cloud is not more than half n mile away,
the distance travelled by the road is five
and one-half miles, and the altitude
gained $50 feet. This curve is known as
the Big Bend, along the lower prong OF
which is some Of the finest scenery on the
road.
shortly after the twelfth and last tun-
mel is passed the road makes a sharp
curve at "Basalt Bluff which may be
| called the Cape Horn of the Shasta
scenic line.
The black gorge of the Sacramento lies
far below you; the murmur of its stream
waited up over rugged canyon walls
might be mistaken for the soughing of the
wind through pine harps. Looking
J back over the route, the road and the
! river are lost in the giant forests that
crown the alternate sloping headlands;
I away and away until the forests, the
mountains and the sky are blended into
an infinite blue. BY the painting of the
I 'double-header" "a span OF iron horses
/ one notices that the grade is 4 severe one
| "a ''2.2' as the engineers call it-that is
/ . 2-10 feet TO the hundred BY and by
! the second curve Of the Big Bend is
/ rounded, the blue canyon and the river