The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1912-02-15
MISS LOIS FORCE, FORMERLY
OF PLYMOUTH, TELLS OF
OREGON AND HER Elk
PERIENCES.
SEES ENHANCING SUNRISE
Mt. Hood Looming Up Tall and
Ghostlike' Makes a Wonder
fully Beautiful Picture When
King Sol Comes Forth.

Beaverton, Oregon, Feb. 6, 1912.
Editor, " Weekly Republican,
Plymouth, Indiana.
Dear Sir:
1t was my pleasure a few
days ago to receive as a birthday
gift a subscription to "The Weekly
Republican" l have often thought
/ would have it sent to me and so
keep track of those friends of my
school days, but like such things are
apt to be, it has been put off from
year to year, and now, after seven
years in which my residence has been
elsewhere than Plymouth, l have the
pleasure of a years subscription,
through the kindness of my father.
Perhaps few will remember the
writer or care particularly of her
whereabouts, but l anticipate more
will remember and be interested in
the fact that my brother Ben is here
also, as he was among you more
recently than l. l have been in
Oregon since last spring and Ben
since last November, but we are
both greatly pleased with the coun-
try, the people, the prospects and the
climate. The last mentioned has
been a source of congratulation many
times during the past few months
when we read of the severe weather
of the east. The subject of weather
though almost worn to a FRAGILE, is
ever new and interesting. We have
had rain, yes, sometimes it seems
like good deal of it, but it is the
universal opinion here. that rain, no
matter how often it comes, is a
great deal easier to wade than sew
eral feet of snow. All that is
necessary is a good raincoat and
rubbers, and bonnet with not too
many feathers, and you need never
cry if you are caught out without an
umbrella when the. rain begins to
fall. We have had comparatively
few days this winter that it has
rained the entire day, usually if it
rains In the morning it is sunshine
in the afternoon, and vice versa. You
never know just which half of the
day is going to be nice. We. have
had only one cold spell, which last
ed but few days. However, every
thing was covered with ice and a
great deal of damage to trees re-
suited. 1t was so unusual with
Oregonians that they called it
beautiful. But now We are begin
ming to feel that it is almost garden
ing time. Only yesterday we went
out into our garden and picked
green's enough for dinner. Not
dandelion,' however, but the young
sprouts Of kale. We have the
pleasure of being farmers, though on
small scale, being In one of the
prettiest and richest valleys around
Portland. We are ten miles out of
Portland, having good electric and
interurban service. Up to the pres
ent time l have been making the trip
every day to Portland.
One of the most charming and in
spring things / have witnessed here
is the beautiful sunrise which / and
fellow passengers have the oppor-
tunity of seeing. AS we come into
Portland about 1880 a. m. we curve
to the north, running along the west
bank of the Willamette river, though
high above it. Looking to the east
we first see the river, which is at
this time wide and very pretty. Be
yond the river is the east side of
the city of Portland, and it is a
charming birdseye view of that part
of the city. The hills begin to rise
at the very outskirts of the city and
in the distance is quite a range OF
low mountains. Looming up tail
and ghostlike is the wonderful pyra-
mid Of snow known as Mt. Hood.
One nearer believes it is sixty miles
away, for it seems to be only just
beyond the city. Then too, on some
clear mornings we can see Mt. st.
Helens, not so large, but fully as
beautiful. Can you imagine as a
background of this beautiful panor-
anna the sun turning the sky first
to crimson, then to gold and then
higher up in the zenith that won
derful rainbow lavender that defines
description? One morning last week
with such a scene we could see some
golden clouds near the top OF Mt.
Hood Very beautiful they appear
ed to us, but I am told that these
same beautiful clouds we're q blind
ing snowstorm sweeping the noun
tain top. Every morning the sun is