The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-07-28
Astoria NniSmas Return Prom an
Interesting Outing.
SCIENTIFIC ASPECT or TRIr
Bo,sVlst 4 J. Iohs,oa Tell, Of the tosss-
est AoSslsis OF the Cascade Haugs
Asd It's lptsrssiing FsstutsS


a in o''.o" has Just bee" co"
4 AplsIod This tlmo II was a
climb TO tho aummlI Of Noun, ~.
Hslens, one Of otcsons snow.capp~i
psshA which stand. winter and sum.
msr. like white beaoons guiding the
way 10 the gtea,es, and mos, fertile tor.
Titory In unclo Sans broad domains
The ascent was made by tho society of
"MsHafnas," and included In all thirty
nvs Masamas. divided into three com.
pahlea, Thoy we're; Dr Young. Of soat-
us. Mr. ana Mrs Young of Portland.
Miss Gaze. Miss Mcbride and Mrs cur
us, Of Seattle. Mr Co1llc, boIanlst or tho
agricultural dcpar,mcn, at Washington.
G. ~ sholcu, n 1. rluock, Miss Helen
l. Piuoek. Harry Middleton. the Misses
Ole, Dr and Mrs Knapp. Judsc 81 G.
ucorgc. Charles r. Lord Miss Lord. Miss
Amos, E Quaokonbush jr, Rev. pr II.
W. kcllogs Mr wolscr. T.. l.. Hawkins.
a, = Flcgcl, ot Portland, A. J, Johnson.
the wrll.known hotanlst and Frank san
born, OF Astoria Mr Ford, OF Woodland.
Wash, Mr. Embody a farmer living near
tho mountains and others
Mr.. Johnson. who Ia known all over tho
Uhllcd states aa scientist OF great abll-
ity, with Frank sanborn, who climbed ",
Holcnn under his charge, returned homo
yesterday To an Astorlan representative
Mr., johnson gave the following intcrca,-
lng details of tho expedition, not yet
published:
I'VE lcft Portland by boat, on the iIIh
OF July. for tho base of tho mountain,
and landed at Woodland on the LcwH
river. From there We proceeded by team
forty miles ana then footed II eighteen
miles, packing our supplies with US, to
the base OF Mount St Helena Here We
mAdo our permanent camp. ~ We could
not gct wood and water higher up The
spot was an Ideal one. beautiful In the cX-
trcmc, Surrounded by Alpine trees, the
ground covered with Alpine fora. gurg-
ling stream Of leo cold crystal water now- /
ing through it-whNt more could be dc.
alrud for our hcadquartcru7 Tho cleya- /
Ilon OF the place was only 400 feet maxi !
ing the climb to tho summit a long one,
''Wc started from camp at Q o'clock on /
the morning OF tho 2lst reaching the /
summit ut $3.50 In tho afternoon, We
were Obliged to travel slowly as thoro /
were number Of ladies In the party, ana |
We were determined that each member |
Of the party should reach the top, The
ascent was accomplished with great sue
cess, without accident or hardship to any
one
1--WE remained on the summit about an
hour, where we held tho MaEOma meeting,
signed the Mazama register and placed |
Il In "A copper box on the summit. We
walked around the summit, viewing the
dlfIIont sections OF the mountain.
''Tho summit OF ST. Holons ls the largest
Of any mountain on the coast 1t covers
about eighty acres, and Is an almost level
Snowiclu OF unknown depth, Tho views
Obtninabo from the summit arc lndescrIb-
able. We could zee all OF the mountains
OF tho Cascade range, Rainier Adams, |
Hood and Jefferson, and the Blue noun
tnins OF Eastern oregon, the eastern part
OF tho Cnacades, Washington, tho coast |
range OF oregon and Washington, lnclud- |
Ing puget Sound and thu Olympia range,
Tho Columbia river, winding lts way
westward to the Pacific ocean, was IN
full Wow tho entire distance, Strange TO
sav, Tongue Point, Scarbqrough Head
and Fort Stevens could be plainly seen
and almost every tree was recognizable
by the naked eye, w
"INe day was as perfect as could be
wished for. II was clear, not warm ana
not cold There were immense clouds
hanging on the west side OF the mountaln'