The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1912-06-13
MANY CHARMS OF
EVENING BOAT RIDE

II is high water time nos, and Oh.
ferry boats are landing a stones throw
away from the business district Of tht
citv After eight O'Clock N the even.
mos when his regular schedule Of tf.
run of ferries between TINS city ana
the Underwood landing Is completed
Otis d. Trieber, owner Oh the fern
business, has placed his boats at he
service of the people Of tae city fer
Measure trips. Indeed, he has aa-
nounced a regular schedule On NeiHes-
day and Sunday evenings. A.
Almost every one in town regrets 60
see the water creep back u The naJ-
rover channels beyond the big sand
hars. as the SHOWS on the ul pen rivers
cease 10 melt and swell the streams
bnt the regrets would be double. Z
every one knew of the delights of ar
evening spent on the Colun bla in a
motor boat. Motoring over The valley
roads are pleasant on the coo summer
evenings. but on the surface of the
water, slightlp rolling, and west wind
lightly racing up the river catching
anon the spray and whirlinI it in the
face of the passenger TO adj 2asl and
snap 10 the boat ride, all hoagts of
dust are left behind. WITT fythmic
ebugs the little boat noses out from
tie temporary channel among the cot-
tonwoods ard willows, and before .t
strikes the swift current OF the main
stream, the pleasure seeker taking his
initial journey is thrilled with the new
and pleasant sensation.
1t is just at dusk, when the boat
rides begin on these summer DAYS, the
| longest of the year, and as The boat
crosses the Columbia, at the end eff the
long sweep OF shimmering water dUWH
stream one sees the hazes OF the gorge
tinted golden by the sun already passed
down over the Pacific and the gray
ramparts of Mitchell's Point and the
crags of the Washington bank, Up
| river. the first lights of Mosler may De
seen to wink dimly in the twilight.
And as the craft plunges further from
the Oregon shore, when the sky is
clear, the SHOWS of Mount Hood 10. k
down from the south end of The valley.
During this season of the year, when
the high water of the Columbia backs
the streams of the White Salmon ana
Hood rivers up for a long distance and
puts a temporary end to their turbu-
lency, the motor boats are able 90 as-
cend them. A number of parties have
ridden with Mr.. Treiber up the White
Salmon recently. AS the boat passes
beneath the Husum road wagon bridge,
nalf mile up the stream, a look
backward brings into view through the
cleft made in the basaltic and lava
rock bluff by the White Salmon the
many lights of Hood River.
AZ evening on the opposite side of
the Columbia a view of Hood River
presents a city of lights. The hotels,
! the Smith building and the Davidson
building loom up most prominently.
On the oak lined hillside, the resident
lights flicker like the torches Of light
ening bugs among the foliage of some
eastern vale.
Often the boats go to Stanley Rock
and disturb the slumbers of the
myriads of swallows nesting there
For a pleasant evening and view
of the river scenery, as it is impossible
to get it from the shore, launch ride
suring the high water season is an
opportunity that should not be missed
by the Hood River people.