St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1908-06-19

able for city. and, second. 'if they had not
anticipated that England would not secure
the south bank" The generous concession
OF Mr.. Scott is, in writing of Portland,
Although on the banks Of the Willamette,
she is also practically on the banks Of the
Columbia, her business portion constantly
extending towards the imperial river"
Twelfth--The altitude, the soil. the drain
age, the salubrity, the level stretch of gently
sloping area, and the charming scenery Of
an enchanting mountain range in the
dreamy, delusive distance, make this an
ideal spot for a great city. Truly Isl quae-
rs pennsuam amoenam, circumspice."
We are truly proud Of Portland prouder
TO know her simply as Portland, plain,
familiar, DEAR. old Portland, the City of
her admiring visitors "The New York of
the Pacihc;" proud to know her as the
City Beautiful, city Of the living present,
and the glories Of whose future seem to
make her very heart throbs audible in
happy anticipation of still greater achieve
ments; prouder of her imperial sway and
destiny in the vast and ever-expanding
realms of commerce, intelligence and civic
pride, than IL she had treasured up for imper-
shable fame the proud pathetic title, Lone
Mother of Dead Empires" Truly, Destiny
has depicted greatness in her every Inca
ment. She will expand in all meritorious
ways and she will expand in all directions,
be down the beautiful Willamette and in
the direction of 'the imperial river" on her
north as surely as the laws OF Nature are
more inexorabe than the laws Of man. IL
is the same law that brought her up as
child from the mouth OF the Columbia from
St. Heens and from Vancouver and set her
ashore on Overton's claim at the foot OF
THE Heights And could the distractions
to navigation and railways have been as
easily overcome by the science Of engineer
ing in isi5 as in 1908, II is not assuming too
much to say Overtons claim Of rich alluvial
soil would today be China garden, daily
furnishing car loads Of crisp, white vegeta-
bles for the hundreds Of thousands who
would now be residing in the beautiful
homes down on the Peninsula. IL is not the
Tipping OF the penny by Lovejoy and Petty
COVE that made Portland II was the same
inexorable laws in force then that will make
the Peninsula great in the rapidly on-com-
ing years when there will be dipping Of
millions by the Captains of Industry all
along her more than fifty miles OF water
front
In conclusion, though we have given
strong reasons for our faith in the wonder
fu future Of the Peninsula, we are far from
wishing TO convey the idea, even by impli-
cation. that the great Portland to the south
OF us will soon, or is ever to be, simply a
gang-plank" to the Peninsula; or that she
will ever so lose prestige that she will
again be what History says she once was
"a stopping place for parties on the river to
land for a midday meal on their way TO
Oregon City" Far from tl When think
Of this fair City Of Roses the City Beauti-
iul, even with It's imperfeetions never TO be
wholly overcome. think OF her as the home
OF so many noble men and women, beautiful
childhood, and the many intelligent and
determined young men and young ladies. in
whose bright Lexicon OF youth" they never
wrote such word as fail, when ! think Of
her as the home Of my good friends and
ncighbors, the home OF my wife aud boys.
and when ! contemplate the indisputable
elements Of her future greatness, her right
ful supremacy once for all and at no very
distant day. among the great cities OF the
Northwest, fancy and reason soon paint for
me alone a picture that makes my bosom
swell with pride and love. and my hearts
paintings find best expressions IN the inspir-
ing day dream OF Dr. Straton that after
noon as he stood on the lofty hard-won
summit OF Rainier: "Yonder lies Seattle.
She will be a great city, because she is the
gateway To Alaska. There 10 the south is
Tacoma, destined to a good development.
though her lumber is her chief reliance. but
yonder, farther still To the south beyond
the cleaning glory Of Mt. Hood. lies Port
land. with her combined advantages OF loea-
ton. climate and soil, and she is destined to
be the leader OF them all-the crowned
queen OF the great Northwest Within
few generations she will have a population
of a million souls She will be. indeed. The
New York of the Pacific" Her great trunk
lines will pour into her lap the boundless
treasures OF her matchless territory; white
winged ships and throbbing steamers will
bear her bounties out to every part OF the
earth; intellectual growth and spiritual
progress will go hand in hand with her
material development, and through Il all
her happy children will laugh and labor and
love-and die among their roses"
All, that picture how inspirngl II we
who love Portland and believe in her SUI
premacy have ever murmured because at
times she may seem too conservative. let us
murmur no more. II dwellers on the At
lantic seaboard can paint such pictures of
our future, and paint them in colors of
unfading beauty and imperishable truth, Il
becomes us To look away from passing dis
couragements and petty annoyances that
must need be betimes, and take a more
exalted and more worthy view OF Port
lands destiny. Let us climb to the noun
tain top more frequently where new cour-
age and new hope ever await us. All, that
pcture A city of a million souls, where |
white winged ships and throbbing steam
ers" come and go, telling the anxious ma
tions of the world of the crowned queen of |
the great Northwest" the City Beautiful
Like the raptures of some pleasant dream
Whose sweets are imaged in the seepeTs
mind,
When tottering age has every JOY re-
Except Gods love upon MY soul en-
shrned"
pENINSIu pOINTEpS