Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-05
SAILING A[ASEANARD
The Cady Party, With Others From
This City, Depart For Sitka on
Pleasure Bent.
Ars cady Write, Concerning Port.
land and Its Environments
Beautiful Scenery.

The Columbia River and It's Cas-.
csdes1-A Horse.Meat Cannery
-Portland's Faults.
Portland. Ore, June 25.-We had all
ways supposed Portland to be on the
Columbia river, but 1t Is on the Villa
mette, twelve miles from its junction
with the Columbia. The city with its
100000 inhabitants, is beautifully !ocat-
ed and from any part of it the seem
cry is beyond the power of words to
picture. But the stranger within the
gates is in a continuous state of amaze
ment over the wretched condition of
the streets. For city Of this size and
wealth 1t is hard to understand how
such a condition ever came about or is
tolerated. In driving from the station
Ito the hotel we wondered why the car
riage was driven 80 close to the curb
and in looking about for the reason
found that the pavements were com
4 .pletely worn out, and no street IN per-
feet order did we find during our sight
seeing. The wretched condition Of the
business streets gives the city sloven-
4 ly appearance that the fine buildings
and other city Improvements do not
i overcome.
We never remember seeing street car
Hines carrying freight and express as
they do in Portland. 1t Is not an I'M
common experience to be long delayed
by load Of wood on the track. The
cars run back and forth from city to
4 suburban points.
Lumber and wood go to waste in this
part of the world. A fraction Of the
waste at saw mills we see here would
supply all Iowa with hnditng wood
4 and the water that overfiows tanks
land reservoirs would supply the one
I3great need Of 4Marshalltown. 1t makes
one think of the saying there is no
Hack OF anything in this world II we
a know how to get 1t.
The first place the tourist is told to
8 go is up the cable road to Portland
Heights for a view of the city, the
rivers and five OF the great mountain
peaks. The cable ride up an incline
of nearly 500 feet Is an experience in
itself and the view was we'll worth q
hard climb after leaving the car. Five
l5snow-capped peaks lowered above the
# forest covered mountains that formed
their base-Aits. Rainier, Hood, Jeffer-
son, ST. Helens and Adams. The blue
waters Of the Willamette and Column
bia, We're traced for many miles and
1.-The tree uncovered city nestled at ou1
fleet.
Bright and early the next morning
we We're on a steamer for the trip uE
1.-The Columbia river to the cascades. Il
was perfect day and the trip ont
continuous picture of charm anc
beauty. Twelve miles down the Villa,
mette and we glide into the Columbia
the river of which it is said:
See once Columbiass scenes ther
roam no more.
This river is called the Achilles o.
4 rivers on account Of its vigorou!
beauty and strength The story o.
Achilles is that he had but one vulner
able point and that was in his heel, ant
the vulnerable point Of the Columbii
is said TO be the dangerous bars at IL
mouth. Riding down the Willamette
and for many miles along the Columbis
shores fine farm and fruit lands ar,
& seen. saw mills, with their enormou
piles of lumber, fishing boats and can
neries. On and on, the river sweeps il
stately fashion, the cliffs and noun
tains closing in upon us as the rive
gradually narrows. The boat draw
i nearer the shore TO give US a good viey
y of Fort Vancouver, one of the fines
military posts on the coast. the head
quarters of the military department Q
the Columbia. Grant, when a youn
/, lieutenant, was at this fort, and also a
I old Fort Steilacoonl. near Tacoma. TIL
buildings where he was qnartered ar
pointed out with pride. A vision 9
fruit farms and fields Of growing graf
and vegetables for many miles greet
a the eye again. then the boat runs roun
point called Cape Horn and We al
gliding into the very heart of the Gas
cades-the highlands Of the Columbi;
The scenery grows more and more pic
turesque The walls OF the mountain
are OF reddish brown basalt. carved b
nature into forms of great beauty an
queer shapes. One noticeably strane
formation is called Rooster Rock. an
what story this rock could tell IL tn
gods would but will it to speak, OF II
dian tribe; OF the voyages of job
Jacob Aston ard Capt. Bonneville. II
first white settlers TO look upon u
strange formation.
Gorges and mountain streams civ
glimpses of hidden charms all along tt
way. Multnomah falls beautiful
marrow stream, dashing down 800 fee
seeming like bridal veil Worn b
some virgin mountain, is eagerl
looked upon as one Of the beauty poin
OF this river trip. And this is saline
fishing time and we see many thint
1 never before seen. Fish wheels wei
something very new. The wheel
nearly II not quite as large as the stel
wheel OF boat. 1t ID partly serene
and as it turns slowly over In the riv,
- dips up the fish and empties them In
a trough that runs into the boat. Sell
ing with the help Of horses was anoth
Mt new method Of catching the finny trib
a "A boat.taker the enormous seine out Il
q to the river and the horses on sho
q draw 1t in. We eaw men unloading
= boat Of feb, using pitchforks go yc
Ia may know there was a quantity and
he some size.
81 Mt. Hood towers 1884 feet above u
n not SO large nor SO rugged az Mt. Raj
4" Ter. but very beautiful. Mt. ct. Helen
$3.50 feet high, appears like gre
white dome against the blue sky, al
: -, til,