Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-08-25
EAUT'IFUL OREGON
SUMMER RESORT
he Gem Of All Pacific Coast Watering
Places Described IN OratOry- Address
OF Welcome by One ofthe Oldest
Summer Residents

crowding into the city of the dead from
every side. The sand dunes have a
charm and mystery of their own, as
they stretch for miles to the south
They are strewn with jetsom and
wreckage from every land, not a piece
of spar, or barnacled plank but could
tell a story OF adventure more thrill
ing than any found in the books.
There toward the sea lie the bleach
ing bones of noble ships, telling of the
disaster and tragedy oyertal1ing mere.
ly human hopes. Lovers loiter and
linger on the sand dunes whispering
their secrets to whistling winds that
hasten to bury their footsteps in the
shimmering, sitting sands, and while
the sea and the land are undergoing
change at every moment before our
eyes, humanity is consoled by the
eternal fact that love alone i'm i'm.
mortal.
Our ideal summer resort nas dozens
Of side attractions, opportunities for
picnics and little expeditions by fami.
ly parties, short or long excursions on
foot or horseback, or by conveyance
on land or water. A feet of yachts,
rowboats, launches, sailboats and
steamers are waiting to take you out
to sea, up the bay, or for a ride on
the beautiful Yaquina river This last
trip no one should fail to make, as the
tide water Tushes 80 miles back into
the coast range, until the alders meet
over your head, and the mountains are
reflected so perfectly in the clear mir.
ror of waters below that photographs
become perfect doubles, the reflection
taking as perfectly as the landscape
above water. And who shall describe
the beauty of the bay itself, by day or
night, the roseate ripples that dance
before the oncoming sunrise, or in the
wake of the night breezes glancing un-
der the moonlight Benold the bay
at hightide, a heaven-refiecting blue
expanse in a setting of emerald, dot
ted with white sails it's waves making
music against the elbow of pleasure
boats, nature making merry with man
bent on holiday We must not over
look the beach bonfires, band music,
Sunday excursions and dancing.
And when the sun has sunken be-
meath the oceans rim, and closed be
hind him the golden portals of anoth-
er day, there comes the afterglow of
dazzling silver light as a background
to the walls of dark green frs. It is
reflected in the east and cOlors sea
and sky with the softest rainbow tints.
Sitting upon their thrones in the Coast
range are far-away Table mountain,
Marys Peak The night deepens, and
the colors grow more intense in beau
ty. Silence is broken only by the cry
of some belated sea-going bird follow
ing its mate to a haven of security.
Up from the little city at the steamer
landing come the strains of sweetest
music. Lights glimmer in the resi-
dences on the hills, and the search
light of a steamer plays on the tents
and cottages around the semi-circle OF
the bay. Who is made Of such materi-
al that he does not suecumb TO the
charms of nature in her most ravishing
moods. where the bridal feast Of the
marriage of the land and sea are eel
ebrated daily and nightly, in the
height and glory Of midsummer? Man
and woman is here born anew in the
spirit of pure and innocent enjoyment
of nature at her best winning back
the capacity for pleasure so easily
lost in the maddening pursuit OF world
ly success, restoring the temple by
cessation from toll
Thousands of weary fathers and
mothers have come TO Newport and on
these cooling, healthful beaches cast
aside their burdens of care and felt
the rejuvenating touch OF nature ]
Many a mother worn down by the re-
of family life has come
here with her flock OF little ones,
turned them loose to romp on the
sands. while she dreamed herself back
nto health and strength, released from
he drudgery Of housekeeping, or
having il here reduced to its simplest
,orm. In the sharp competition that
surrounds every man in the struggle
.oward success or a competence there
5 not much margin for recuperation,
lnless he takes the relaxation AFFORDED
~ a summer al the ocean. with its
nvigorating and rejuvenaaing inhu-
,nces. Much has been said Of race
iuicide. but how much is due TO the
,usinesss and professional man pen
ling himself up in his once ~ months
n the year has not yet been esti-