The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-09-15
NATURES BEST
SCENIC GIFTS


in company with Rinaldo NJ. Hall Of
the o. r. d n:
II the Columbia River we're nearer the
center ofpopnlation il would undoutably
become the annual Mecca of countless
hoard of tourists, and its banks for more
than 100 miles would be dotted with the
homes OF pleasure seeking millionairs
and with fashionable resorts.
Graded las its most picturesque portion
il, among the erandest mountains of the
Pacific Northwest, tncked away in lit
tie corner OF a world OF magnificent dis
tances, the Columbia, like the Yellow
stone National Park, is neglected by all
but very few Americans. Ever since
Captain Robert Gray, standing on the
deck Of his brig Columbia on beautiful
MAY morning in 1892, discovered agreat
stream pouring more than l,500,000
cubic feet of water per second into the
| Pacific, the praises OF the Columbia have
been sung by poet and depicted By artist
Famous in many worlds for its matchless
scenery, it has been somewhat neglected
at home.
An adequate description OF the beau
ties Of the Columbia from Cello Falls
| to tbo C,t,, of portla,,d 10 ir,noes;hla
fsr ianaraso connnt Ta,,roJroa ,Lo ,,;c
tnres there naintod bv tho band ~
ratnro Tbi9 h;mh,rova - nat,,ra n,hioh
has scared its wsv ramnle,elv thronoh
aI, annarentlv imnassible maintain
rauge greater at its month than the
Mississippi or the st. Lawrence second
in size oniv To the Father of Waters. has
become dominant factor in the social
economy of the Pacific Northwest. No
commercialism. however, can ever efface
its natural beauties nor the mapnifieence
of the endless panoramas il discloses.
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ana one OF them glories IN the' name
Regulator, gwen because was
planned TO DC regulator OF railroad
lr9ight rates
From Hood River to Portland the
the traveller is never beyond the view OF
some snowGapped peak unless II be
Wheh the BOAT glldes along between
huge .preciplccs which arse on either
SIDE from few hundred to more tSan
lOo0 teet, and which are as rule Gov
cred with the noble larch or sweet.
scented pine. The formations on either
side come into view almost faster than
the eye can comprehend them. On the
oregon side there Is the shell Rock
mountain, opposite to which Is Wind
River mountain, rising nearly 700 feet
above the rivers edge, and about which
the winds tr' m the four quarters CON
stantly hold high revel. The bend in
the river on the Washington side is the
gJfA nf thA old hlNnl hpIaaD Na,h hnrn Dhtl