East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-10-12

met L. SeiSS, travelling CoIlSSpoh-
dent for the American Lumberman,
the largest lumber trade journal in
the world, visited Portland recently,
and as a result the Lumberman of
October 5 devotes two pages to the
Oregon metropolis. its climate, re-
sources and characteristics. says the
, Oregon Daily Journal
Mr.. Saley does nothing but travel
and has done u for many years in the
interest of the Lumberman, which in
itself suggests the conclusion that he
knows a lumber pile when he sees 1t,
an dalso log or an up-to-date plant.
His observations here will there
fore be OF more interest than had
they been recorded by an ordinary OBJ
server. especially in regard to the
lumber industry. He says Portland
is the largest lumber producing point
in the world. last year the output hav-
ing been 643,632,S95 feet, and to this
position the city has sprung with gi-
gantic strides within the memory of
a part of Mr.. Saley's letter:
Beautiful Women.
Portland, with its 100000 inhabi-
tants. is called the City of Roses and
OF beautiful women. 1t is reported
there is such thing as an Oregon
complexion, and gentleman said to
me that the climate is such that the
ladies of this city do not use cosmet-
les: then he hesitated a moment and
said he was the biggest liar living
The water is # such character that
for a man If normal tastes and good
judgment 1t is unnecessary to use
beer. or even champaign. The splen-
did climate and pure water come near
obliterating the death rate in the city
Only Of every 1000 of the inhabi-
tants Of Portland will die in the next
~ months. 1t has gone out that
eight and a fraction of that number
will die. but the health office delib-
erately stuffs the returns, fearful that
If the truth Is told 1t will not be ac-
cepted as such. The rate of mortality
is said to be the lowest of any city in
the world.
Portland is en- the Columbia river
only 1t isn't. will wager an old
hat that off-hand. without consulug
j good map. 81 per cent of the people
east of the Rockies viii say it is on
the Columbia. If my memory serves
me right. as taught i'm school that
the city was on the Columbia. I have
spoken to .lozen or more men who
know nearly as much as 1 do, and
with a single exception they said that
before coming west they thought that
the Columbia flowed right past Port
lands front door. This city is on the
Willamette, however, which joins the
Columbia lozen miles or more sea-
ward from Portland. No doubt the
people Of Portland would move the
river over were II in their power
No Alleys.
Every city has its peculiarities,
hence Portland has them. There are
no alleys in the city. In the side
walks are trap doors through which
merchandise for the stores is lowered
and carried up inside elevators or
stairs. On one siue of the main street,
the length Of block. l counted nine
of these assment entrances, some OF
the doors made of iron CRATES, others
Of iron plate, and still others Of wood
with iron hinges, the last reminding
me of the cellar door in my grand
fathers kitchen through which he
would descend for cider and apples. |
There is big store here. another yon-
der, sandwiche1 between with eating |
houses, cigar stores, saloons, jewelry |
stores and from the large number Of
the last visitor would draw the con-
clusion that the people have money to |
spend. The streets are narrow and |
the angles at which they were laid did |
not disturb the dreams Of the pion- |
eers. One Of the leading bankers Of
the city tells me that in the banks
there are $50, O,OGO, 900 in deposits.