The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-03-16
A MARVELLOUS COUNTRY.
Low Rates for Lewis and Clark Exposition Make
Possible a Wonderful Sightseeing Trip at
Comparatively Low Cost.

Comparatively Low Iost.
The visitor to the Lewis and CLARK Tx
position next summer will have an op-
portunity to see and study wonderful
country at a wonderfully low cost. While
the fair in itself will prove an attraction
worth many times the time and money
spent in the overland trip, the scenery
surrounding Portland, the fair city, and
up and down the Columbia is as beautiful
as any in the world.
From the fair grounds may be seen the
snow-capped peaks of the Cascades, Mount
Hood, Mount Rainier, Mount Adams and
Mount St. Helena rising in glistenlng
whiteness on the horizon. Mount Hood,
the particular pride of Portlanders, is dis
tant about forty miles. Cloud Cap lnn'
half way up its side, offers hospltaole
shelter to the tourist who climbs the
mountain. The trip to the top OF the
mountain and back may be made in two
DAYS and night, and the cost is less than
$50.
For natural scenery nowhere on earth
can the Pacific Northwest be surpassed.
Here may be found mountains that rival
the Alps, prairie lands smiling with a
wealth of agricultural plenty, rivers that
flow between hills whose sides are still
covered with the virgin forest through
which Lewis and Clark passed, and Cas-
cades where clear mountain water falls
for hundreds of feet in glorious prodlgai'
ity of volume.
The Columbia, "The Amazon OF North
America" flows through the very heart
of the Oregon country, a mighty river
greater in volume than the Mississippi,
and more beautiful than the Hudson.
From its source in the mountains, the
river winds its way 400 miles to the.sea'
bulwarked during most of its course by
mountains that lift their snow-topped
heads to the sky. Along its entire course
are found a never ceasing variety OF
wonders. At the Dalles the river and the
molten lava from some extinct volcano
have fought for supremacy, and the rlVer
has won. At the cascades, nature has
damned the stream. Castle Rock,
which Lewis and Clark named Beacon
Rock, is never-ending source OF wonder
and interest, as are Rooster Rock, a
mighty lava pillar, and Cape Horn, a
grand lava cliff of immense proportions
All of these are of interest, but perhaps
more fascinating to the eye than1any are
the series of graceful, crystal-clear cas-
cades that fall hundreds of feet from the
mountain sides, now visible as silver
thread, now disappearing into the noun
tain side, now appearing again in greater
volume, and finally vanishing in cloud
of mist. Latourelle, Horse Tail, Bridal
Veil and Multnomah are the best known
of these, though there are others hardly
less beautiful.
The country abounds in places OF un-
usual historical interest. A short distance
above the mouth of the Willamette river
ia Fort Vancouver, beautiful army post
built on the site of the old Vancouver,
which the Hudson's Bay Company built.
ON the lower Columbia is Mount Coffin,
an old Indian burying-ground, and sa-
dale Mountain, prominent LANDMARK.
The town of Astoria, founded in 1911,
was the first American settlement on the
Pacific coast. Fort Clatsop, where Lewis
and Clark spent the winter in 1885, IS
near Astoria, and the salt cairn, where the
explorers evaporated sea water, is not Tar
from seaside. These places can be visited
either by river or rail, or combination
of both, at small cost. There are many
handsome and comfortable excursion
steamers which will run regularly to
points of interest.
Besides these shorter side trips, there
will be many longer ones such as are GUS
tomarily taken by tourists. A visit to
Yellowstone Park may be made for COM
paratively small additional expense, and
arrangements will probably be perfected
which will make it possible for traveller
to 90 one way via one of the northern
routes, and the other by way OF Callfor-
mia.
The Exposition in itself, while not so
large as the Worlds Fair at st. Louis,
win be interesting in many ways. People
who are excursion-weary may yet ind
many things to interest them at the Coast
Fair. Built with view to compactness
without crowding, there will be no miles
of walks to weary the limbs. no long VS.
tas of seemingly countless structures OF
staff to weary the eye. The fair may be
seen within the time and means which the
average person has at his disposal.
First Of the Lazy Men.
During the civil war, says the Philadel-
phia Ledger, captain of a company
which had sixty men in its ranks, none OF
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