Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-17

! this trip; not that the scenery is
better, but there are historical associ-
! ations connected with the Hudson,
which makes it dear to the heart of
i think the scenery is grander on the
Columbia. AS you know Portland is
not on the Columbia, but on the
| Willamette river. So we first steamed
down the Willamette twelve miles to
| its confluence with the mighty Col
umb ia, through the worlds shipping,
the great lumber, wheat and flour in
dustries of Portland. We went
through several big bridges, some of
] which swung around TO let us through
and one drew up in the middle. |
came over this one on the train enter
| ing Portland the day before. AS we
steamed up the mighty river against
the current, TO our left, Ton he north)
was the state OF Washington, Ito our
right, or south, was Oregon Haven't
time to describe the trip, bul will
briefly mention Il few or the chief
points af interest. We saw The fol-
lowing WaterfallI-aIl on the Oregon
side: LatOurelp, Mist, Bridal Veii,
Gordon. Horse Tail, and Multnomah.
the latter $40 feet high | cannot re-
call seeing any waterfalls on the
Hudson River trip. We passed man,
salmon canneties and numerous fish
wheels which are operated 10y the
current and catch the far-famt d
Columbia river salmon. or the rock
formations the most prominent were
Rooster Rock (which does not resemble
a rooster, Castle Rock and Cape Horn.
The latter is the most unique. Its
strangely chiseled columns and walls
rise three hundred sheer feet from
the waters edge, then fall upward
and backward TO a height of $500 feet.
On the Oregon side we saw clinging
to cliffs way above us, the Columbia
Highway, an auto road built at great
expense along the north coast of
Oregon. Only think what grand
view one would get from an auto
there.
Was much interested in passing
| through Cascade Locks, four million
dollar structure built by the Federal
government, TO enable steamers to
pass Cascade Rapids, where the river
is shallow, rocky and rapid.
Well, | have written more than
intended when | started out. When
| returned to the Multno NAH,
found six letters and card from
Mrs. R. S. Dickens of Wausau, in
my box saying that she and her son
were stopping at this MOTEL, and Civ
ing her room number. OF course, we
| had nice little visit. 1t did seem
good to see Wausau face. With the
exception of Mrs. Sam Livingston,
whom | met in the French building
at the Jewel City in Frisco, Mrs
Dickens is the only Wausau person
have met on this trip.
forgot to say that in addition to
seeing Mt. Hood, which dominates
the landscape for miles on that Col
umbia river trip, [ also saw Mt. st.
Helens, and had the atmosphere been
clearer, could have seen Mt. Baker
and Mt. Adams. Just think OF seeing
four great snow-clad peaks on such a
trip! One sees no snow-clad peaks
on the Hudson river trip. In fact
there are no such peaks on this con-
tinent east of the Rockies. OF course,
all these L have mentioned are in the
Sierra Nevadas.
1t is the Columbia river that is re-
ferred to in Thaneetopsis, where it
says: 'Or lose thyself where rolls
the Oregon and hears no sound save
it's own dashing.' In those days it
was called the Oregon"
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