Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-23
Portland, the Ideal
Summer Resort.
BY GEORGE TuoHPi,

summer resorts of the cast and
N middle west the fact has been
4 n rorcibly brought homo to inc
mat the far west is the only place 10
M have swcltercd in Pennsylva-
a, Gunner colonies, l have stagnatcd
=, cane May, i have pnraded the. board
,,,lks Mt Atlantic city, have fretted
,,,.,v many a tedious August day In the
Sow England coast villages: / have
~ pobinson Cr,lsoed on one OF the
irbo,,sand islands. the only other inhnb-
itsnts of which were mosquitoes ana
nontipedes. 1 have, nt9different periods
~ nv life been II victim of that dread
4 disease Wanderlust; even suffered 10
,i,n extent of trying out many of the
IN known middle west watering
,S,n,s from Lake Geneva down, or
Won may choose to call it. After
~ Years spcnt away from the Pacific
,ast found q longing for 1t attack
in,, nv hitherto immune system and
snsn, what 1 consider an ideal year
avon for seasoned globe-trotter like
.n,,saIf reached Los Angeles the LIST
NY ncioher. remained there till May l.,
,.bsn spent n month in San Francisco
ND arrived in Portland the middle of
Nav what Los Angeles Is to the win
,nr tourist. Portland Is to the summer
tr,valer: n city where nature combines
'.itb manor shall ] say man combined
Win nature? to form perfect whole.
PORTLAND. DEEP PINK.
Portland in summer. The mere words
cail no delightful memories of n place
where every day is a veritablc mid
summer dream from which there is no
waking. There rises before me pie
ture of mountains, river, blue sky,
shady streets and grassy lawns, and
around It all Il cloud of pink ana white
and red roses. 1t Is a habit OF mine to
nssociate certain colors with certain
cities. san Francisco to me means
yellow of bright; unvarying tone.
New orleans is ! queer dull red, Seattle
vivid blue. Portland Is a deep pink. 1t
is5my only pink city. But individuality
Is portiands strong point: it is not like
any other western city. nor eastern,
either for that matter. Unlike the SEN
tinent of recent popular song hit. l
do not love Portland because It Is Port
land, but because, of what 1t has to Of
,SS.er | had no ties to bring me back. 1t
Y vas Just the personality of this city
Which would not be cffaced from my
heart that drew me back to IL when |
thought its spell had been broken
II Is difficult in writing to know what
TO speak OF first. Different things i'm
press dffe.tmt people. The middle
westerner from the prairie country ex-
claims Mt the mountains ana the size
Of the trees that shade almost every
street aud cover the hills back of the
olty. 10 one accustomed to the hot
house flowers of Iowa. n Portland
rose calls forth eXtravagant praise.
The new arrival can hardly be kept
from invading private grounds on tho
plea that there are so many of them"
Tho far easterner usually comments
first on the GOODNESS of the weather
Tile Portland resident smiles COM
placent!y. He has II good winter cli-
mate, untold scenic grandeur and
summer wealth of beauty and COM
fort cquaed nowhere on the face of
Inc globe.
MOUNT HOOD.
The mountains are perhaps the most
interesting feature of Portland be-
cause they are the most chanseable.
odd you see the mountnin this morn
ing?' one person calls to another. or
Come, quick and look out of the east
window at the mountain" Mount Hood
is always the mountain There are
three other snow-pealis to be seen
from the city on clear days. but II is
Mount Hood that lies nearest the
Portland heart. The white dcspot OF
Tue WIZ ChScaueS nOluS undiSputed
sway in the minds of most people who
have seen 1t. It's graceful sides, sharp
cut as gigantic cameo in the clear
oregon atmosphere. rise to slender
point SO fine. SO delicate that 1t seems
as II breath OF Chinook wind might
turn tho tip over. Spending the sum-
ner in Portland one learns to look for
Mount Hoods moods and caprices.
though in the words of an old trapper
who himself lived in the shadow of
the mountain. She Is like Il woman,