Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1912-02-28


The poem reminds me of q sentence !
heard long years ago. Some man went out
from home and quarreled with neighbor.
do not recollect who the man was, nor
the neighbor, but the remark, she went
out looking for trouble" has been stored
in my memory to be remembered when
this poem met my eye. How true are the
thoughts in the linesl
II once heard young lady say: 81 always
expect to have pleasant time when go
anywhere-on visit or to spend the even
ing" 1t is needless to add that she is al
ways welcome and helpful in entertaining
in whatever circle of society she is placed.
regret to say she is not an NJ. B.
PORTLAND, ORE, Feb. 8, 1912.
After ten delightful days here we are lesv-
ing this evening for San Francisco.
Since our last visit to Portland, seven years
ago, we find many improvements. The city is
delightfully."- located on both sides of the
Willamette river, ten miles from its junction
with the mighty Columbia and ITO miles from
the ocean. By reason of its location it is an
ocean port and has mean depth of between
twenty-five and thirty feet of water, making
dSSSscAoiS W ait SihssSs ia oSSau-kciuS
vessels.
Millions of bushels of wheat, grown.in this
territory, ind market in Portland, from
which place it is shipped to European ports.
Nearly all of this carrying trade is still done
by sailing vessels. On account of the length
of the voyage, it cannot be economically con-
Quoted by steamers, because Of the amount of
coal used. Hence we Hnd ships from various
Enr Ing f,r
We visited q French bark, the cargo Of
which was cement from Antwerp, Belgium.
The outgoing cargo was to be 1000 tons of
wheat for England, all of which is shipped in
sacks, the elevator not being in use in this
great grain port.
The census of 1910 shows that, during the
last decade, Portland increased in population
more than 100 per cent. 1t is not only be-
coming great commercial centre but a great
wholesale and iobbing point as well as a place
of diversified manufacturing interests.
Its location on the broad Willamette river,
with hills rising on either side, is delightful.
The view from Council Crest [t.2oo feet above
the river, from which can be distinctly seen
he snow-capped mountains of St. Helens,
Adams and Hood and on particularly clear
days the far-distant M'Rainer. As
delight to the eye this view of mountains
side of the crest and a cultivated
valley on the other can hardly be excelled.
Portland is known far and wide as the "City
of Roses, and its rose festivals are as at
tractive and well worth seeing as is New
Orleans Madi Gras. In fact the floats in the
rose fete parade of June, 1910, were said, by
those who had witnessed both, to equal any
thing New Orleans ever offered.
But better than location, verdure or COM
mercial activity, for the stability of the city,
is the fact that it is distinctively city of
homes. very large percentage of these at
tracrive rose EN- powered homes, with lovely
lawns, are owned by the occupants.
To the hospitality Of the people we are able
to render due tribute. 1t pleasure
during our stay, to be entertained by an old
time friend, DIR. Arthur w. Moore, formerly
of Bayside, near Ellsworth. Both DR.. Arthur
and his brother James are successful physi-
clans, enjoying a lucrative practice here,
Their sister, Mrs. Leland, and Mr.. Hamilton
Winterbotham formerly. of Lamoine) were
other loyal Maineites whose company we en-
ioyed. At a. gathering one evening at Mr..
Winterbotham's we all seemed to feel that
the following lines voiced our sentiments
There's no land like the Maine land,
The land of the cliff and the pine"
AUNT SUE.
Iwish right here, might insert post
card view of residence scene in Port
land, Oregon, which Aunt Sue enclosed
in her letter. There are just bowers of
roses.
AS Aunt Sue journeys in the West, Susan
is taking in the eastern cities and scenery