Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-09-08

trees that ever saw. 1t does not lool
as large to me as | thought it would
In fact it does not look much large
than any other pine timber but that
think is owing to it's great height, ant
corresponding large size of everything
else that grows up here. As I think OF
it, we have just stepped up and meas
ured one (of about the av erage size OF
perhaps a trihe larger than the average,
which stands few feet from our cabin
door, and find that in measuring i
around the butt. it is eighteen feet IL
circumference. it must be about one
hundred and fifty feet to the first limbs
and all the trees are perfectly straight
as a gun barrel, and taper straight
down to the ground without any
''churn butts or ''pie roots.
INSECTS
One thing rather unusual to :; person
coming here from Wisconsin is the al
most total absence of troublesome flies
or gnats. AS I sit here now, Of a warm
evening in July amid the primeyeal fir
forests. | have no trouble whatever
from any kind of poisonous insects.
Such weather as this, and at this season
of the year in Wisconsin a person could
hardly stand it to live in the woods at
all morning and evenings, with the
clouds of mosquitoes and gnats, but
here person does not have to think
about them. Ct is really d comfort to
be in these mountain woods IN the
Summer season. The air think is the
purest in the world, it is always cool
and pleasant, but the west wind coming
up from the ocean, the springs ofspark-
ling cool water on these mountains is
the purest ever drank, a person can
lie down anywhere on bank Of moss
without fear of any poisonous snakes or
insects, as there are none here. and al
together it is the most enjoyable "trip
| ever took in the woods.
LUMBER.
! got my first view OF this fir lum-
Der when ! stopped at Portland, and
had Il pretty good chance to form an
opinion as to it's quality. | saw piles
, OF it there in the process OF being
manufactured, and saw houses built
of it, in fact every frame bniiding in
this country is made Of il, and FOR
general bnilding purposes, have to
pronounce it the finest quality oflnm-
Der that | ever saw. 1t has such
beautiful straight grain, ANA Is SO
strong, that it gives a building the
appearances ANA good proportion.
Perhaps for mouldings and very fine
work our Wisconsin white pine may
be better, but for building purpose III
bea is any thing that grows.
FRUIT.
Oregon is without doubt a great
fruit state. Apples, Pears, Peaches,
plums, Apricots, pruDes and Cherries
Of all kinds grow in abundance and
without much cultivation. Besides
there are all kinds OF wild fruit.
Black berries, Strawberries Rasp-
berries, Strawberries, NooSberries
and Huckleberries all ripe here TO-
gather and there are four kinds OF
tame cherries hanging ripe on the
trees in Mr.. GlasS's yard, (thc place
where we stop now as | write.
Thi. Willamette valley is destined
in time to be one of the grCa test fruit
orchards in the world. The sell and
climate are both addaptcd to it.
They have no frost here, ana their
soil is very rich. On the prairics
along the Willamette river, it is Il jet
black loan, about the same as the soil
Minnesota and Dakota, Il nd in the i'll
creek bottoms, along the foot hills Of
the Coast Range and Cascade mount
aims, it is Il rich brown clay. There
is no sand to be found any where In
the valley. Not even enough Tor
plnstering purposes.
A DIP IN THE SURF.
Horace and myself after making q
trip in the woods, concluded to 90
over to the sea shore for Il few days
as neither Of us had ever seen the salt
water before, SO we took advantage
OF an excursion rate from Albany to
Yauuina bay and started out. The
70 ute is directly west over the Coast
range, from Albany, which islocated
on the Willim cite river Il distance OF
about Sevtnty miles. After leaving
Albany and approaching the Coast
range the grade was slightly up bill
for about twenty miles to the sum-
nit of the range, but from there
down to the Coast about fifty miles
it WAS the steepest down grade thatl
ever Travelled over. They have to
keep OH brakes nearly the whole dis