Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-05

MOUNTAINS was mu0n narrower tnan II |
lie now. a part Of the mountain fell In
and damned up the great river, but. at
ter a time, the water forced itself thru
under the fallen mountain, leaving a
natural bridge over the river. Agee
passed and an earthquake caused the
bridge to fall into the river. filing it's
channel with masses Of stone which
form what 10 now called the Cascades
of the Columbia, q very important point
because 1t makes break in the river
navigation. The old-time system OF
carrying freight and passengers around
these cascades BY horse, then steam
cars, has been superseded by a Won
derful piece Of engineering costing mill
lions of dollars and many years of time
to build. The boats steam into the first
lock, the gates close behind them, wa
ter flows in from the river above until
the boats are raised to the level of the
into the next lock thirty feet above the
a fortified port during the early Indian
war with the Cayuse tribe and Gen.
Phil Sheridan passed some time at this
place. One thing we will not forget
very soon was cannery, where were
We hardly believed when told that it
Twas horse meat cannery, but that
same evening the paper contained this
item of news:
THE Linnton horse cannery is rum
ming on full time. Sixty horses are
Slaughtered each working day, and
since the season opened 1000 have been
killed and packed for shipment abroad.
The output for the year will not fall
much below 8, 600 head.''
The following morning the skies
sprung a leak and 1T rained the remain
4 ing six days of our Portland visit. A
soft. mist-like rain, with now and then
a down pouring shower. No one seems
to mind 1t IN the least. The daintiest
| of gowns and hats are worn, Oxford
ties and no rubbers. The shirt sleeves
4 of the Oregon girl never collapse nor
her crimps become straight. Babies go
trotting along in white gowns and bon-
4 nets perfectly unconscious of a wet
a ting. Pleasure rides and outing par
|sties are never given up on account Of
Train, because, as they say, 1T always
Trains in Portland. In spite of the rain
\ a gathering of Oregon pioneers was
held three days in this city.
Il
Whitman massacre, which is told in all
a the histories of Oregon, present at this
A great reunion-fve children who were
4 bought OF the Indians by the Hudson
4 Bay Fur Company. An old lady told
4 the story OF this massacre as only one
slliving near the mission and knowing
the Whitmans could tell it. One queer
s lsremark she made in telling her own ex-
periences with the Indians was: II
was the Indians from about the mis-
sions that we were most afraid Of
They got Just enough American to be
& devilish." That does not speak very
well for the missions, but the old lady
spoke from experience
Our last day at Portland we spent Al
, the little city of Astoria, twelve mile:
I from the ocean. This was the first set
lstle1nent on the northwest coast, the Pa:
Z cific Fur Company occupying the sit
/ as a trading post in 1911. 1t is thu
!. Aueerest place Imaginable; has abou
5000 Inhabitants and part of the city i
: iSbuilt over the water on piles, and thu
: sother half on the mountain side. TIL
!, tides come up under the buildings. Yes
!. sells enter and clear at the custom
: house and are towed over the bar tina
: we have elsewhere spoken of as tn
a dangerous part of the Columbia river
. sunday, the eth. in company Wit
Il Mrs. r. E. Bloomfield and her mother
I of Marshalltown, and Mr.. Asa Cpsor
Of Portland, we sail on the Queen 70
:. Sitka, Alaska.