The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1909-09-19
WESTERN TRIP
OF A.W.STEWART
Gait City Man Tells of the
Beauties and Industries
of Oregon.

Workers of America finished thei
session Friday at noon, having bee..
in session all week. They had Oh,
of the most interesting meetings the
have ever held The next meeting
will be held at Washington, d. G. Toe
Portland Commercial Club gave US
ride over the city, first taking US TO
the east side, where we had a grand
a grand view of the city end the beau
tifui Columbia river. Returning to
the west side. we were taken out 20
the exposition grounds, where we had
g grand view of tn Getty and the beau
tiful valley and Hood Mountain COW
cred with snow, a view that | have
never before gotten a sight Of and
that we may perhaps never have the
pleasure of seeing again. Portland Is
a beautiful city and shows what plucE
and push can do.
On Saturday they took US by spec
iaI train through the Ilatchless Co
lumbia river scenery, passing the
beautiful falls where the water falls
724 feet and the the next leap it falls
100 feet, making SPA feet. The train
stopped here and gave us a chance
to see the beautiful Monarch falls
The sun was shining on the water as
it made it's leap. showing all the col
through the mist We passed other
water falls, but none Of which were
so high. We arrived at Hood river
at 1O:4O a. m, the valley as Universe
ty of worlds apple growing. Here We
were met by the Hood River CONNER
ciaI Club and went up the mountains
until we had a splendid view, with
Mt, Hood and Mt. Adams one On each
side of us, and the beautiful valley
below US.
Those mountains were covered
with snow and the beautiful valley
was covered with apple orchards, which
has the name of being the finest ap-
pie grown in the United States. l
don't think it is all in the climate and
the soil, but in the men that are back
of it. Here is shown what intense
cultivation will do and the care of the
trees and the marketing of the fruit.
All fruit is taken to the packing house
and cuIIed and sorted before being
hacked and none but the best is put
Oh the market. We were entertained
by the Commercial Club and shown
through these orchards and as We
passed along and admired them
wished some of our Florida fruit
growers could see them and learn a
lesson, not only how to cultivate, but
spray them so that the fruit is as per
feet as possible. We returned to
Portland at 6 p. m perfectly delight
ed with our trip UP the beautiful Hood
river.
On Monday, August %. we left Port
land on a special train up the beauti-
full Willamette River valley, arriv-
ing at Dundee at $3.50 d. N. to visit
the Prince walnut and prune orch
ards. Mr.. Prince gave US all the in
formation he could about growing the
walnuts and pTUnes and explained TO
us the advantages of intense cultiva-
ton. Next We were taken to the dry
ing house and shown the methods or
drying them. At 1870 a. m. we left
Dundee and lunch was served on the
train by the Portland Commercial
Club. Here we had a chance to test
the quality of the nuts and none could
be finer than they.
At ITO o. NJ. we arrived at lnde-
pendence and were met by the Com
merciaI Club and taken out to some
of the most beautiful hop yards that l
have ever seen. After viewing the
Yards We were taken to the curing
barns and shown the process OF curing
and packing. At $40 we left indie
pendence for Corvallis, the home OF
Oregon Agricultural College, and were
shown over the grounds, buildings and
farms. We found everything in grand
shape and were entertained by the
Corvallis Commercial Club, and it was
one of the finest spreads that have
ever seen, After dinner we were en-
tertained by the ladies of Corvallis,
with some fine selections of music.
At 9 a m. We left Corvallis for Al
bauy. where we we're met by the CON-
merciaI Club and the ladies and were
showered with flowers and were met
bv the mayor The reply to the ad-
dress of welcome was made by Prof
Stone.
We left Albany at 10 a. m, arriv-
ing at Salem, the capital OF oregon, at
II a m. We were met by the board
of trade and a band at Salem and es-
corted I Othe park, where we were
welcomed by the mayor and shown
around the city We spent three
hours at the capital and then left Tor
the Indian school Here were SOL IN
dian girls and boys. The girls learn
how to housekeep ana hUu only how to
make their own clothes. hut the boy S
and the BOYS are taught how TO farm
and different trades. We were shown
the work done by both boys and
Girls and it was equal 10 any white
PERSONS. We were delighted to see
the Drogress they are making.
we left Shamawa at $3.50 p. m, az
irving at Portland at 5:15 p. m. After
rendering the Portland COmeTcis1
CIub a vote Of thanks for the favors
shown. we adjourned to meet in Wash
ington next year