The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1912-06-13
SAIL ON COLUMBIA
DELIGHTFUL OUTING

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1t is said that every river has Us
face; that one can easily recognize lhe
Hudson. the Ohio. the Mississippi the
Columbia. The assertion seems g
peeially applicable to the CoiutnDia,
the mighty waters bearing SO many
names the Wauna Of the Indians ni Ine
Oregon Of poerty, the Thegayo, the no hl9
de los Reyes, tie Rio Estrachos anu
the Rio de Aguilar. 1T
This lordly river winds its maJesllc
way through gentle valley lanu elotieu
with wealth and beauty Of tree llal
IS no stranger to the soil OF Oregon OF
rushing through a mountain gotse
where each great bank vies win lhe
other to excel in beauty presents s-1 9
scenic picture certainly not dupilcaJjeeSI
IN all America. The astonishing Wiuth
sometimes taken by the Columbls, as
when reaching the six and nlgne-mliie
mark the waterfalls in the CASCADE
mountains through which the river
flows. hundreds Of feet high, sparKilig
amid rock and stately fir; the tantastlc
carving of earth and boulder sklTtlng
the waters edge, and some OF the huge
rocks settled in the very river liseII'
looking as if they had placed theH-
selves there, like Psyche, to admire
their image in the mirror Of the
stream these distinctions are suihclent
allurements for any river scenery. ,
Yet the Columbia possesses a stlll
greater charm. 1t is that OF ner
mountains, the great perpetually whlte
capped peaks with their lower ralment
of dark green, views OF when one
catches all through the long reaches OF
the river.
The traveller will begin his journey
down the Columbia at The Dalles,
from which point the chief beauty OF
both scene and legend start A short
distance below this city he comes upon
the lava cliffs which remind HIM OF
the time when the peaks about MN
were in action. Near the lava cliffs is
very curious semlclrcular wall cover
ing an immense area.
Shortly the sight-seer passes the
Cascades where for five miles the river
isgso rough that transportation had TO
be by train before the Cascade locks
were built. Reaching again the nat
ural portion of the river the great hsh
wheels attract notice. There are IN
genious devices placed in the swift
sections of the water. Revolving by
force of the current they dip up large
quantities of fish. Eight tons may be
taken in this way by one wheel alone.
Natures marvels again absorb the
travellers attention, when in the great
mountain reach Of the river the swift
waters break their way through the
mightiest mountain range of the north
west coast. And it is the only river
doings this, the only river parting the
imposing cascades. Through walls OF
majestic heights the river passes
through the part known to the world
as the Columbia river gorge. Through
here Castle Rock, st. Peters Dome,
Oneonta Gorge, Multnomah Falls, Cape
Horn and Rooster Rock, are the best
known features of interest.
After passing 0neonta Gorge, mar
row torrent parting the tall cliffs on
.he south Dank, the river begins to
widen and the mountains lower to
more modest attitudes. Nevertheless,
the traveller finds himself sweeping
toward waterfalls that are higher and
more beautiful than any passed, and
Multnomah, the peer of them all
stands in their midst on the Oregon
bank. Its sparkling waters leap dowl
! a tree-laced e4ecipice distance o
more than 800 feet.
Rounding Cape Horn. another won
der in the shape of a long basaltic pal
isade, one comes upon Rooster Rock
one Of the three gigantic rocks encoun
tered in the Columbia Rooster Rocl
is distinguished by a singular and ex
quisite beauty, and is considered tn,
most beautiful object on the river
Many Indian legends are woven abou
1t.
Passing Vancouver, the little cit
noted as the home of great govern
ment army post, but living in histor
for its association with the names 60
Mclaughlin, Grant, Sheridan, McClel
Ian and Hooker, the sigh-seer arrive
at the place where the Willamett
river flows into the Columbia. Here
looking back up the Columbia and owe
the adjoining land one obtains a beat
tiful view of the mountains along th
river.
Five peaks suddenly rise to II
. vision. All the way down from III
Dalles one has been catching charmin
views of Mount Hood in particular, bI
I no such number of lofty epeaks hay
presented themselves before. Thrt
r of these mountains, Rainier, st. Heller
and Adams, are seen on the Washing
side Mount Hood and jefferson belor
to the Oregon side. Rainier. or t
coma as it is also called, overtoI
every one of itssneighbors, reaching
altitude Of more than l4,000 fee
Mount Hood nearly approaches it
height. This is the best view of Mou
Hood fthat the river affords, and
deed it seems as if no mountain an
: where could surpass it in point
scenic grandeur. 1t was this view
the mountain from which Biersta
made his famous picture.
1t is from the Willamette river tn
Portland steamers enter the Columb
on their daily trips to The Dalles.
summer this scenic trip by the POI
/. land boat IS one of the greatest
o. fractions that the Pacific coast has
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