The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-04-27
ENJOYING LIFE
MADISON YOUNG LADY WE'VE
OREGON SCENERl-"FOR
YOU A ROSE IN PORT
LAND CROWS

Portland, Ore, April Especial
correspondence: 1t may be interest
ing to YOU to know about some of
the beautiful scenery | have seen
since coming west, especially the Co
lumbia highway, which has just been
completed and which affords a better
view of the river and the mountains
than what you get on the o. w. r.
II. q n.
Sunday, April 16, the Portland
Commercial club arranged to take
the s~alesladies for a ride along the
highway and | was fortunate enough
to take this lovely trip with the high
way boosters. We started about 3
a. m. There were six of us in our
car. including the driver, and certain
ly a jolly bunch.
The Columbia highway is along
the Columbia river on the Oregon
side. Looking across the river one
can see the beautiful mountains of
Washington. About eighteen miles
! out of Portland is the beautiful auto
clubhouse, where many OF the party
enioyed a dance before returning
home. On passing the clubhouse we
cross the Sandy river and riding on
a few miles further we observe the
wonderful point called Crown Point.
on which a vista house is being built,
a home for sightseers, or clubhouse
The point being 700 feet above the
river. gives one a chance to see foI
thirty miles both up and down the
river. From here we can see Rooster
Rock, which gets its name from It's
wonderful resemblance to a rooster
on a cut road from here is a pretty
little brown bungalow called Chanti-
cleer Inn. Going on still farther We
begin to see the different falls, suct
as the Latourelle and Bridal Vel
falls. which drop hundreds of fee
and which are very pretty, especially
when the sun shines upon them.
Further on is a place called Angel'
Rest. which is 1,150 feet high, anc
continuing our course we look up 2,
466 feet and see what is called Devils
Rest. and in the distance Mt. Hood
with its s~now-capped peak, towering
11.934 feet high. Below Devils Rocl
is the Mist falls, with the beautiful
moss covered rocks on either side
There are many other splendid scenic
points. such as Dalton Falls. Dalton
Point. Horsetail Falls, Gordon Falls
Benson Park and the Benson foot
bridge which affords a better view OF
the scenery and the wonderful Multi
nomah Falls, which were the last We
visited along the highway, thirty
three miles from Portland.
Looking below us we could see the
railroad tracks and every now and
then a little town, also the large fish
cries and the numbering mills.
Many beautiful summer resorts are
being built along the highway
Among them not far from Chanti-
cleer Inn, is Mr.. J.. l.. Meters beau
tiful summer home, with its large
swimming pool and other amuse'
ments. Mr.. Meier is the head of the
Meier & Frank department store in
Portland, it being the largest alonf
the coast, covering three-fourths of Z
block and fourteen stories high.
Noon lunches were spread in vari
GUS spots along the highway by many
of the highway visitors while Others
took their dinners at INNS along thu
road.
A motion picture man was alont
and the first part of the film was re
corded as the machines, with thei
loads of singing, happy girls LEI
Portland. At Crown Point all thu
sightseers got out of the cars an'
were caught by the camera man
Other pictures were taken at differ
ent places along the road and tn
film was shown at the different the
aters last week. We all went ant
saw ourselves as others see us.
On the 7th, Sth and 9th of Jun
is the rose carnival" The slogan
for 1916 is For you a rose in Port
land grows"
Gertrude Franklin.