The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-05-11
AWAY UP THE coLUMBIA.
This Mighty Highway of Commerce
Pictured.

This Mighty Highway of Commerce
Pictured.
1t is very opportune that the final ac
tion of congress upon the matter of
opening the Columbia, SO far at least as
the cascades is concerned, comes at a
time when the attention of all the world
is turned to this mighty artery of COM
merce in the imposing ceremony of cele-
brating the one-hundreth anniversary
of the discovery of the Columbia river by
Captain Gray, May IL, 1892. While there
are assembled in Astoria today thous-
ands of people to celebrate the event, in
cluding hundreds of pioneers, some of
whom have anxiously awaited the time
for thirty years or more, when congress
would do so much as was done last
Tuesday through the final efforts
of Hon. BINGER HERMANN, the
people of The Dalles, and this vast
Inland Empire, send greetings. From
far up toward the sources of the Colum
bia, illustrations will be exhibited by
transparencies at Astoria tonight, selec-s
tions from one hundred and forty photo
graphs, giving visitors a good idea
of the grand and picturesque scenery at
little dalles, Kettle falls, Priest rapids,
Rock island, and other points on the
upper Columbia from the boundary line
of British Columbia. The whole collec-
tion will be sent to Chicago for similar
exhibitions at the Columbus fair. The
stretch of this grand river, along which
these views have been taken, is yet al
most an unbroken wilderness, as primi-
tive as the scenes about Astoria hund-,
red years ago, yet there are fearless
pioneers occasionally to be found far in
land, whose pluck and enterprise in at
tempts to develop the bountiful resources
to be found there, commends itself to
the public. One of these is the Ellens-
burg and Okanogan Transportation COM
pany, whose card we have through favor
of Mr.. Linus Hubbard, and from which
we CLEAN the information that by this
river route:
A saving of 800 miles is affected to the
Okanogan mines.
One hundred and fifty miles of dusty
staging is saved.
The most magnificent scenery in the
Northwest.
Nearest and most direct route to the
great Lake Chelan summer resorts.
The finest hunting and fishing in the
world, etc.
Writing to Mr.. Hubbard, thanking
him for his thoughtful remembrance of
the E. and o. 7. Co., in sending them
one of his whaleback souvenirs, the
manager says,
E1LRNsBURG, May 9.-In reply will
say that we are doing all we can to aid
in getting appropriations for the upper
Columbia. I saw letter from Senator
Allen recently, saying that he was going
to introduce a bill and ask for an appro-
priation of $40, 900 for new survey of
~the upper Columbia river. l have ex-
amined the bad places on the river, and
am satisfied that if the money that is
appropriated, was expended in the right
way it would not take a very large
amount above Priest rapids to make the
river navigable to the mouth of the Oak
anogan river, a distance of about 15O
miles above Priest rapids. hope to see
this work let by contract, as it is by far
the cheapest and quickest way to have
it done. Our boat is making regular
trips and doing good business. In
fact more than we anticipated at first.
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