The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-08-10
From Salt Lake to the Pacific.

gliding along. Does it not require
faith tolie down quietly and rest for
the.night, while rushing over bridges,
rivers, and canyons .of The lRocky
Mountains and Cascades? If we
can trust men over unknown and
dangerous roads, why not trust your
God along the unknown roads OF
life's pilgrimage.
How glad were we when the
mountain of snow, plateau and
prairie was passed, and we found
ourselves in the land of Oregon or
"wiid thyme" Here we realized a
mild ocean climate, most fertile
soil and most charming scenery.
Here we have ornamental ever
greens plants Of the East grown in
dense forests of large trees. And
all around are entirely different
species of wild birds and butter
flies.
Now we have come to one of the
worlds most charming river-the
Columbia. This river is 1900 miles
long, narrow generally, but very
daep-deep enough for ocean ships
to ply its waters for one hundred
miles inland from the Pacific Ocean
And | fancy no river contains
greater abundance of fish in its
bed, more timber near its banks,
higher waterfalls pouring into it,
nor lOftier and more unique noun
tain baStianS on either side.
Mount Hood in this region looms
up two miles right into the air.
What mighty seminal of Gods
power keeping gaurd over this
tropical, virgin like State. This is
one of natures pyramids here that
ever flashes with perpetual, snowy
grandure. The Columbia is called
the headquarters for salmon fishers
and packers of the world. In the
year of 1891, 10000 cases of salmon
containing four dozen one
pound cans each, We're packed
on this river. And AS each case
was sold for $500 we have a total
aggregate Of $2,1450OO realized
from the solmon industry. saw a
red flesh solmon of sc pounds
weight, was told it was common
thing for one of the columbia "fish
wheels" to catch in one night fifty
andisiXty tons of fish. The device
is so complete that shoals of fish
are wheeled up into the reservoir of
the boat.
The latter part of our journey to
Portland was made on the Column
bia. The fine steamer we were on
accommodated six hundred passen.
gers and it was more than full
Such body of strange eastern
looking people created quite an in.
tefest along the river, manifested
by whistled salates from various
crafts and sa mon establishment
waving of soldiers caps from the
u. S. naval vessels the baltimore
and "Charlston," and by the firing
of canons from various ports and
barracks.
Wonder on the dock the good peo
pie of Portland are standing to wei
come us. And as our old FRIEND
II. j. Porter draws near, s"All Hal
the Power of Jesus Name" was
sounded forth over the water by
hundreds of Gods eager children
Now into this city of $4,000 scul'
and tile wealthiest of its size in al
the country, we go. What beauti.
full flowers and trees and what trop
,ical looking "heights" surround the
city up which elegant cable car:
were rushing. Portland proper il
is on the west side of the Villa
mette river n romantic and deer
tributary of the Columbia; but now
great part of this city extend,
east of this river to a distance O
four or five miles, and every yeal
running the Columbia a few miles
further east. So the belief of some
is that the Portland of the future
is to be on this river.
Whata magnificent and suitable
building for the session of the AS
sembly; and how obliging the enter
tanning committee and the people
The wide scope of interests repre-
sented by the delegates added not ,
little to the duties and responcibili
ties of the occasion. There wer,
present--ffteen foreign missiona
rieS from most all nations of tn,
world; North American indians
from the West, and Negroes from
the South as well as American
Chinese from the Pacific border
These all remind us that the tielt
il the world