St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1907-11-01

Idaho, about so miles in length by
from one to FIVE miles in width.
Near the west end of this lake is
Sand Point, where are located sew
eral large smelters for reducing the
ores of the different mines. Up in
the hills about there are prospect
holes so thick that they are piled
up on top Of each other like cord
wood and we are told some OF them
are so old and the dirt has washed
away 50 that they stick out of the
ground three or four feet. Here,
too, there are millions of telephone
poles cut from tamarack and cedar
forests, and there are millions of
young tamarack trees growing all
through the mountains for future
lines of wires. We do not know
of more delightful spot on earth
to spend a summer vacation than
Pend ORiele with its beautiful
lake surrounded by tamarack for
ests and ruggei hills and noun
tains. If we were rich we would
take an OK team and drive across
the country so that we might have
good travelling accommodations
until some railroad came into that
country, and spend month every
summer there.
At Spokane, we parted with
very genial travelling companion in
the person of Ira WEIGH of Spring
field, Mo-, who was on his way to
Sprague, Wash. He promised to
see St. Johns soon as convenient
and we will be glad to welcome
him here. Between Spokane and
Cheney we met Mrs. S. +. Blythe
and daughter. Clara, who were
making a visit among friends in
the Sound country and were max
ing their way towards their home
in Hood River. Dark came on
again as we entered the fruit belt
of Eastern Washington and we
could see but little of II. We
passed few peach and apple or
chards before reaching Prosser and
we stopped at North Yakima with
our mouth made up for some Of
their "just as good as Hood River
apples, but they seemed to be as
indifferent as the Northern Pacific
train men and service generally.
and not a man was in sight to sell
an apple, and we were Obliged to
20 on our way with others gnawing
the file Of our discomfort instead Of
using our grinders on the pomolog-
ical products Of the famous Yakima
valley.
We had another long wait at
Tacoma due TO the slipshod way
the N. p. has Of doing business.
but from there to Portland II was
very pleasant ride The train
although late when II started never
lost a minute. the cars were neat
and clean. the trainmen courteous
and intelligent, helpful to passen-
gers that needed assistance, In fact,
model employees such as are found
on the o. X. K ~, q. s. l.. and
U. p, aud right here Is the only
reason for the change we can con.
lecture, there Is brisk competition
between Tacoma aud Portland.
while there Is none east from Ta-
coma. For that reason II you ever
wish to make the trip to or from
the states shun the Northern Pa
cific as you would the plague.
The o. X. * ". officials and en-
ployes treat you with the respect
due a fellow mortal; IL you need
information you get Il; II you need
assistance II is forthcoming; the
are neat. we'll lighted,
clean, well ventilated. while those
Of the n. =. are just the opposite.
and II a woman with FIVE babies
and big basket came along to ride
on their train she might get on the
best way she could. II would be
to the men who act as
train men. We have the names of
nearly dozen passengers who de-
,lared II was their last ride on that
Did eowpath.
In spite of the fine fields of grain
We passed it was good for the eyes
% see the everlasting green Of west
,rn Washington and Oregon. There
S nothing which can take its place
md there is no spot quite so pleas
INT as home. sweet home on the
historic Willamette.