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Something About Portland, the
Gem Ofthe Pacific NORTHWEST.

Something About Portland, the
Gem Ofthc Pacific Northwest.
NUMBER 3.
shall always remember Portland for
one thing il nothing more; its charming
hotel. think the entire party regretted
our short stay OF but three or four days
around its charming surroundings. /
know OF no hotel to which the Portland
can bs compared, containing, as it does.
the perfect cuisine and appointments OF
the lea,ling metropolitan hotels Of the
east, and the furnishings and general
arrangement Of the famous notels Of
Florida and tho watering places along
the Atlantic coast. The Portland is built
of brick and stone in the shape Of the
letter and semi-tropical plants are
everywhere, in the courts, corridors, bal
comics. ani the guests dine among them.
A fine orchestra of fifteen pieces gives a
concert daily from Eve till nine P. NJ,
and during these hours the court is a
brilliant scene.
Contrary to the general impression
Portland is not located upon the Colnm-
bia river, but upon branch OF 1t, the
Willamette, about ten miles above the
confluence OF the two rivers. The town
claims population Of 93 1000 and it looks
it. Its business activity is greater than
either Minneapolis or st. Paul. The hu-
siness section is paved mostly with as
.phalt and the street car system (electric)
is good. wrote of the climate in fol-
mer letter. The days and nights were
perfect during our stay and we never
found place after leaving there where
the weather was as delightful. AS in all
cities Of the Pacific coast, there are
many delightful homes in Portland and
the great profusion OF roses and other
flowers, in the gardens, upon the lawns,
and trailing upon the porches makes
them unusually so. But despite all this
the residence portions of neither Port
land. Seattle, Tacoma, Victoria or Van
couver compare with the beauty of east
ern cities Of the same size. This IL due,
however, to newness entirely. When
these far western cities have attained
the same age as those now of the east
the latter will simply not be in it.
Every city has its peculiarities and
those of the Pacific coast are no excep-
tion. The first thing an eastern man
notices along the streets is the style OF
dray OF moving truck universally used
They are built on the truss plan, low
down between the wheels, with the
bottom not over foot from the ground
i They are so much handler than those
used east, that one cannot help but no
tice the difference.
7. Everybody uses wood in Portland, bn
a few only using coal even in furnaces
There are no alleys In Portland and as ,
consequence wood and all such truck il
delivered in four-foot lengths upon tht
street in front and corded up along TIL
curb stone. This is done even in thl
business section, though the piles 0
wood are not SO frequently seen as in th'
residence part OF the town. Portable
saving machines, an upright boile
and engine mounted upon truck witt
a circular saw behind and drawn by tw
/ horses, go about the streets hunting 10
) a job. When the wood is sawed an
split along comes John Chinamsn an
: for two bits gets it slowed away back 9
.. the house convenient to the housewife.
From Portland Heights, reached b
0 the trolley line and cable car whic
! hauls one up the steep incline, mas
! nifcent view may be had Of the entir
8 city and Mount Hood and Mount Heller
II with their tops covered with eyerlastin
J. snow. These famous mountains al
h about sixty miles distant, and towerin
aU0ve their Fellows all that can
seen Of them, seemingly half way dow
t their sides, snow white present q vie
n even grander than story or picture ca
.e tell.
% There is not street stand in Portlan
70 and in fact do not remember OF passil
r. la fruit or candy stand upon the sidewa
N or curb in any Pacific coast town yisitt
TO The absence Of these stands so CONNIE
10 in eastern cities is noticed by the tot
ID ist at once, but could find no one W
ns seemed to know the reason for it. 1t
N evident however that the munich
ar authorities do not allow them to encu
he Der the streets.
he Portland has the finest restaurant
Watson's-on the Pacific coast an
know of none in New York OF Chica
n. that can compare with it-that is, wi
m is commonly called a medium pric
NJ restaurant. This place occupies
- immense double room on the grou
.t floor and employs 32 mattresses In u
no form and has "a private dining roo
in addition to the main room.
cuisine is equal to the best hotels
=, restaurants at about one-half the us
IN IN rates. It's crowded daily.
-, In show window upon one Of
:. principal streets Of Portland, during
- days the press association were in
iao sion was fitted up q country edit
sanctum in which all the old time po'
ty stricken and generally "run-do
at-the-heel" conditions were brought
70. M with striking effect. 1t attracted
-. ~ OF attention, more SO perhaps on the
-, ~, OF the casual passer-by than of the VI
20 ing editors, to whom it was an old st
One evening at the Portland, dul
the concert hours a young Jap, poss
pa' "a : 16 or IS years Of age. marched into
Wy court at the head Of squad OF yo
,hel =, .Japs. ranging in ages from s to 10,
all attired in full uniform and the
in the rear file carrying the starry
'lals The little company Of Japs went thrt
Win WIN a nice little drill, doing the manuf
ROAD arms and marching and counterms
ing in a manner which brought
ro,,nd ofknr rnnpd nf opn1ouco