The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1906-03-23
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Continuation Of Banke: Tupper's
Interesting Talk About His .
Recent Trip. 49, -,
From the landing called Orondo,
the good boat 'tChelan" whirled US
down the river, with the currnt, 81
miles to Wenatchee, the county
seat of Chelan County. This is the
principal town in the IS miles be-
tween Spokane and Seattle. About
1000 population, two weeklies and a
daily paper, a strong Commercial
Club enrolling a live bunch of
''Boosters".
Here we were but or hundred
feet above sea level, no snow. but
little frost in the ground. building
operations going on the Same as IN
summer. Spending one day here
we took the train that night for the
Sound, reaching Bellington at one
o'clock p. m. and it was not raining.
Here only one afternoon and evening
was spent visiting relatives and
former citizens of WorthingtOn,
among them former neighbor Mrs.
Dean.
And the next day it rained, yes it
rained, aud it continued to rain for
the week and e half spent on the
Sound. AS if to leave him with
good impression, it rained all but
the last day on the Sound, Sunday
the 25h day of Feb. being bright and
as clear, the equal Of a May day in
southern Minnesota in corn planting
time, green grass, trees budding,
flowers commencing to bloom. A
week was spent at Portland and
vicinity including 66 mile trip
down the mighty Columbia" by
steamer, from Hood River, to Port
land.
Portland il staid and wealthy
city of 10000 or more population.
the oldest city of the ''coast" tho it
is leagues from the coast proper the
objective and one of the principal
points of interest of all coast
tourists.
It's foreign commerce covers
nearly all points in the world
reached by pavigable waters,
principally lumber and food stufts.
Its nearer trade reached by salt and
fresh water as we'll as rail routes,
covers q territory as large as the
New England and middle states
combined. The combined ''aill"
lines the Great Northern and
Northern Pacific lines are building
q road down the north bank of the
Colum bia r. from Pasco, in eastern
Washington to Portland, saving the
big lift over the Cascades by an easy
grade down river to ocean shipping
points.
Hood River, is a live, growing,
clean, moral, beautiful little city of
1000 people, good hotels, brick
blocks. secret order, churches. no
saloons, built on the sloping banks
of the Columbia R., the distributing
point of the Hood River Valley,
noted for it's strawberry and apple
production. A drive in the country
was most interesting to ''tender-
foot" from Minnesota. Neighbors
live close together, have graded
schools in the country and their
valley was one of the first in the
whole U. S. to have the R. F. D.
and rural telephone line The-land
is cleared, made to pay the first few
years raising straw berries and
apples come into bearing in 4 or S
years. The population Of the Valley
and City is estimated at 5000 high
class people and no others need
tackle a fruit proposition. The
Oregon Lumber Co. have large mills
II miles out and have built a broad
gauge railroad up the Hood river
to their plant which they call Dee.
The Stanley Smith Lumber Co.
headed by some bright business men
from Wisconsin who went west.
many years ago and grew up with
the country" is n miles out. These
men apparently have no regrets
that they did go west for they are