Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-07-24
FROM PORTLAND, OREGON.
Mrs. Dan AltenDerg Arrived In the
City Last Evening Glimpses of
the Western Country.

Mrs. Dan Altenberg, who has been a
resident of Portland, Oregon, since Feb
rnary Sd, arrived in the city last even
ing, and expects to remain here as a
guest of her daughter, Mrs. L. K.
Wright, until about October 1st. She
is delighted with the western country,
and particularly with Portland. which
is beautiful city of 107, 900 people, sit
uated on the Columbia river, eighty-five
miles from the Pacific coast. On her
way east Mrs. Altenberg spent few
days at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Tom
Winkley, formerly of this city, and
found them healthy and prospecting.
They are living at Spokane, Wash, and
Mr.. Winkley and son are employed by
large dairy firm, one of the largest =: =
the Northwest. Before arriving here
last evening, Mrs. Altenberg visited for
a short time in Rhinelander.
Since taking up their residence in
Portland, Mr. and Mrs. Altenberg have
been prospecting. The former is en-
gagged in looking up timber, mostly for
eastern parties, and buys and sells in
large quantities. Geo. Clayton, of
Rhinelander, has invested heavily in
timber surrounding Portland, and Mr..
Altenberg, has done much cruising for
him, having bought up big tracts which
will ere long be converted into mer-
charitable lumber About the first
thing that Mrs. Aitenberg did when
she reached the West was to take up
timber claim, and she has already re-
ceived several good offers for it. 1t
has been proved up, and one big firm is
especially anxious to get hold of it, the
Weyerhauser Timber Co., of Tacoma,
Wash. (which has $4,000, 900 invested in
Washington and Oregon. Ray Alien
berg is learning the marble trade, and
is working for Herman Blaesing, who
formerly resided in Wausau and is now
at the head of thriving business.
The climate of Portland and sur
roundings is delightful, particularly in
the summer, when it hardly varies in
temperature. Fruit grows in abund-
ance, and is better in quality than that
grown in California; in fact much of
the fruit of Oregon is shipped into
California, where it is in great demand.
Peaches, figs, plums, cherries, apples,
ETC., are seen growing in plenteous
abundance on all sides, and the air is
filled with their fragrance. Mrs.
Altenberg saw one apple tree from
which one hundred bushels are taken
each year, and this is not an exceptional
case. The winter season is rainy, dur
ing which time the air is very damp,
but colds are practically unknown, be-
ing warded off by the abundance of
salt which is held in solution in the air.
Portland is an especially busy city at
this time of the year, when steamboat
traffic along the river is at its height.
tits a great shipping point and many
large vessels stop there, among them
being men-of-war and Uncle Sans
training ships. The lumber industry is
becominga leading one, and many Wis
consin people are engaged in that bust
ness. Two of the largest mills, the
Eastern" and Great Eastern" are run
by Wisconsin people, and the lumber
industry is being especially furthered
by people from this state, Minnesota,
IoWa,s Michigan and Illinois. New
mills are being built along the river
year by year. Portland is also the port
toward, which thousands of Cape Nome
gold seekers have come from all over
the country. 1t is one of the coming
great cities of the west. and Mr.. and
Mrs. Altenberg are well content to
make their home there, where the
former is becoming fat in person and
fat in purse.