The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-07-30

TO CLOUD CAP Inn.
The Broodilg Salemnlty HoTering Over
Titanic Scenery.
THE GREAT DIVIDEND OF REST.
A vestibule to the Universal Palace of
Everlasting Beauty.
VACATION SPENT IN REFLECTION
An Inklins OF Row Magnificent the
world is"Bosomed in Beauty"
as Emerson saw it.

In those good old easy days, when |
men had whole week in which to earn
six doIiafs,s and all men were practically |
gentlemen of leisure, there was no neces-
city for vacations. But today, when
men are go driven by the inexorable |
modern demon OF Rush that many are
obliged to earn six dollars in a hall a day
or less, vacations have become q neces-
sity. AS the tyranny of circumstances
is kind that cannot be easily thrown
of, it becomes us all to submit to the
inevitable, and take vacation whose
length shall vary in an inverse ratio to
the shortness of the time in which we
are com mpelled to earn our money. The
editor of q daily paper in The Dalles has
but limited time for the vacation which
is recommended to his friends. hence to
us was allotted but 27 hours for the visit
to Cloud Cap Inn a week ago today.
That we made the most CT our vacation
goes without saying.
When the mountains are looked upon
as the vestibules to the universal palace
vi SNO OCf1OtSs lIC0 gov SLC7bCA
dividend from them than they can by
working them as granite quarries or even
as silver mines. The sunset banners
flung about the mountain peaks, the
brooding solemnity of night hovering
over the titantic scenery. convey impress
sions to the mind and bear tides OF strong
emotion in upon our hearts, whose value
is not measurable by the dollaN 1nit.
Lack of time prevents US from making a
detailed statement of the trip to Cloud
Cap 1nu, hence we gladly eaabrace the
opportunity to lay before the readers of
THE CHRONICLE the following interesting
account by one of the party:
Special TO THE CHnoNIcLE.l
The D4LLEs, July 29.-To Mount
Hood and return, in the short space OF
one day seems feat scarcely credible.
But where it is further stated that not
only this grim hoary sentinel OF the Cas-
c2de mountains was reached in one day,
without any special effort on the part of
man or beast, and also that the noun
tain was assembled to within speaking
distance of the summit, the credulity of
the slzeptical must necessarily receive
severe strain, and they are very
apt to respond in language rejecting
somewhat on the veracity of the author
of such a seemingly increditable asser-
ton.
This was the exploit OF party of
pleasure seekers from The Dalles who
made the round trip from Hood River,
spending five hours on the glaciers OF
Mt. Hood and returning to The Dallee
the same day. Our party consisted OF
Professor Liscombe, d. G. Ireland, N. J.
| Sinnott and Chief Judd S. Fish.
We remained over night at. Hood
River with mine host, George Herbert,
whose hospitality to the guests at his
caravansary is proverbiak Arrange
ments having been made previously the
commodious thoroughbrace stage of Ept
| Olinger was ready at early hour. Epl
himself held the ribbons, sufficient
guarantee for pleasant and safe jour
ney.
Then began drive over one of the
most picturesque of mountain roads
whose enchanting scenery seems to en-
/ tice one to forsake forever the haunts o
men and revel in its sylvan beauty
THE breaking of a whiffie-tree caused /:
momentary delay, during which jude
opened box of his Umatilla Hous,
fayorites.
Soon we were off again, and th'
marvellous beauty of the valley of tn
Columbia began to unfold as we drov
up the grade from Hood river. Th
scene when the summit was reaches
was one never to be forgotten, and
painted on canvass it would never b
looked upon as a reality, but only a
some fancisul idea of an over imagina
tive artist. The calm waters of the ma
jestic Columbia ripping gently on tn
white sands that line its shores, forme,
rnirrored foreground, rejecting back