Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1902-08-28

AGAIN, G0lo Clm0 Oh b Terry, A6 buo CuIIoueI
near its mouth is too strong for bridge.
We leave the coach aud get breeze from
The water, also get some snap shots. We
reach Portland at $50 p. NJ, Thursday
and remained five hours. Our whole
party boarded street car, took a ride up
through the city to Portland Heights,
which command u beautiful view OF the
city and bay with the mountains in the
distance. After leaving the car we still,
had to climb four flights of stairs, which
only about half the party attempted.
Here we"kodak fiends" got some fine shots
at nature. After descending We agreed
on place of meeting for supper and
INTO squad" took in" the town,
visited the Chinese quarter and other
places of interest. The ladies of the par
ty lndulged in souvenir spoons and Port
land baskets, while the gentlemen indul-
ged IN "a bath" We were all very much
impressed with the city and expect to visit
it again on our return. We left Portland
at $50 Thursday evening over the g. T.
and have so for travelled over three lines OF
railroad. The train men inquired of our
porter what chat green car on the back
end was?" George replied, That's Mr..
HilPs car They seemed anxious to
avail themselves of an opportunity to ln-
vestigate its contents, as three of them.
including brakeman came in to look at
our tickets. They told John Mooney |
he had to get off at Lincoln, the next !
station, RS his ticket WAS no good. We
had some sport with John over this as he
had by mistake shown them his return
ticket. Friday morning we are up at four !
o'clock as usual, and ind ourselves pas
sing through some delightful scenery.
Great hills covered with evergreens,
small streams and water falls. Passing
through Cow Creek canyon L got a view
of the canyon with the engine going
around curve, and into tunnel Here
we had another loop. {: donble one In the
form Of the letter S. This section of
country is in the placer mining region
and we pass the far famed Lewis gold
nine, where S150,O0O worth of gold was
washed out last month. Now we are 60
ing down tbeRogue river mountains, into
valley of the same name and are close
ly followed by the second section of the
train, which we can see winding its way
down the mountain over trestles and
around the curves over which we nave
first passed. We are now in the Rogue
river valley and see fruit orchards on all
sides of us. At Grants Pass the road
side is lined with urchins, each with o
basket OF peaches for sale. We are out
on the rear end Of the cor and they all
display their peaches. We buy from one
little fellow but find the fruit poor
quality, not ripe. Here we cross the
Rogue River on a ferry and reach Ash
land Ore, at 1905. We stop thirty
minutes for dinner and get picture of
our car crowd and porter. Attwo o'clock
we get our first glimpse of Mt. Shasta. 1t
presents a most awe inspiring sight, in
its cold grandeur, crowned with perpet-
uai snow. Not knowing that we would
be coming closer to the mountain all the
time and fearing that each glimpse of the
mountain would be our last we kept our
kodaks focused for instant use and took
at least a dozen shots. Our golden op.
portunity arrived about six o'clock when
we stopped at what seemed to be the
base OF the mountain, but in reality we
were two OK three miles away. We took
q time exposure and expect a good pic
ture. We are at last entering the Sacre-
mento Valley and can see from the car
window the spring which is the source of
the Sacramento river. All day we have
gone through the tunnels and up and
uOWu tue ENolutailu sue, NOSL OF Ln6 Time
with two large engines i'll the lead and
one in the rear. At 7:15 D. M, we stop
at Shasta Mineral Springs, and everyone
J ran with cup to sample the water. At
the first taste it seemed anything but
pleasant, tasting very much like very
} strong soda water, but most OF the crowd
liked It, Here the water comes down
} foaming and bubbling in pretty cascades
/ all over the mountain side. There is a
} spacious hotel and many small cottages.
Further along we came to the baths. This
is an idesl spot for weary mortal to
spend his vacation. Later at Dunsmith
: we stopped seventeen minutes and view
; ed the sights. Here the two sections were
} made up into one long train as we are now
: down the mountain and take our last look
! at Shasta as it is now dark Saturday
morning we are up at our usual time and
see some Of Sacramento. We do not leave
our'car but can see the capitol buildings
from the rear platform. One of the ladies
also discovered Red River cart, which
} they use here largely in the cities for haul
ing wood, etc. In making our toilet this
morning we had to use two pillow cases
for the whole crowd as there were no