Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1895-08-16
TO sNoouALM1E FALLS.
A Visit to the Biggest Hop Ranch
in the World.


twenty-five long. The water is a clear
blue, very cold aud of great depth.
This lake Is ab >ut to be connected with
the sound by ship canal at an ex
pense of nearly ten million dollars
The work was begun several weeks ago,
and when completed will he known as
one of the greatest engineering pro-
jects of this country.
We spent some time at Kirkland,
directly opposite Seattle. This is the
puiut which was to out.boom all boom
towns eyer known. Some years ago
Eastern capital was enlisted tn estab
lish great steel works here. Several
ship loads Of material were brought in
to operate with, aud train loads of
heavy machinery were placed into the
extensive buildings, but alas, never a
wheel has turned. The enterprise is
now enjoying that ideal state of its
existence known to boom corporations.
1t Is in the hands of receiver, and
will probably remain there as long as
there is dollar for the agents of the
courts t. absorb. This Is the enterprise
in which General Alger of Michigan,
and other notables of wealth were
interested by that prince of boomers,
Leigh s. j. Hunt. The fellows who
scrambled for town lots In kirkland at
= thousand dollars apiece now have the
satisfaction of getting the assessor to
list them at ten dollars each-and
knowing that Boom Protector Hunt
hes "gone broke" He has been iu
China and Japan the past year looking
after the interests of the Standard Oil
company, the Pullman Car company,
and few other virtuous institutions
run purely for the benefit of suffering
humanity, 1t is not likely that he has
been masacred for Christian mission
ary.
From Kirkland party of six spent a |
couple. of days visiting the famous
Falls, and the adjoining !,
hop ranch, which is said to be the |
largest In the world. What was once
to have been the greatest manufactur-
ing point In the northwest does not at
present support livery stable, and the
result was peculiar combination Of a
rig. Postmaster Filson, who was mas
ter of ceremonies, rustled up calico
horse from the Congregational minister,
while buckskln pony owned by the
divine OF the city formed
his mate for the trip. A good hack
was secured from the saloon keeper OF
the burg,and thus fitted out we started
'or twenty.four mile trip through the
tall timber country OF King county,
We passed through miles Of cleared
and,n where FIR and cedar stumps
rom one to ten feet In diameter, burnt
black, aud lntespersed with Gull logs
rom 90 70 300 feet long, serve to occupy
he spare hours OF the settler We
ound one stump low enough for our
,arty 10 climb. Five 0f us stood Ia u
emi-oircle on Que edge Of II while the
'rtlst OF the party "kodaked" the
monarch stump. We passed the stump
rom which was cut the tree that
urnishsd u 10y four feet square by lOl
cot long foe the Worlds fair, The ride
vas long one, but passed through
ome very romantic country. Hund
ode Of crystal springs aod streams
we're seen, and ws rode through long
venues where the trees formed an
foh one hundred fesl ab0ys the road,
Dd II wAa lmpouslble fof mlIss at
lreleb IA 500 the sunlight sboys, We
eaehsd the famels falls In lhs sysn-
M, We witnessed the vsisF drop
lng nearly iwo hundred fset over the
,0py pIsolpiea. The stream 10 about
be- siss ~ the hanllan, bat Tuns
hfough mues Toaghsi eossiIy' A
~ Iasollss sIs passed op the lIip wiib
msll elsarnss, lsoms baylaE bssn
psssd ogsT lssDiy yesm Tbs Lake
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som hssills, ssa wlll aid nei . llills
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