The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1922-04-14

,raer az making the objective point /
howard which the drivers were headed !
that gives variety 70 q scene 'a'
claims the attention OF those sun
GENTLY interested TO halt IN theH
ramslings and take look As our Op-
portunlty for such looks have come
only at long intervals we have not as
ye, reached that state Of indifference
attained BY those familiar with these
ordinary every day objects, hence re-
peared visits TO the water front ana
the sights that such visits profide
have not as yet begun to pail
There is nothing OF a thrilling OF
exciting nature about a shore ana
water view from a bridge across the
willamette. i; is simply peaceful anc
restful picture largely combination
OF navigation and industry. Usually,
boats of all kinds are within slgnl
either lying idly along shore. or tax
ing on or diseharging cargoes, or
ehurning their way TO some desuna-
ton Over at one wharf we note
huge. six-mast sea-going vessel load
ing with heavy Oregon pine timoers
destined for some distant foreign port
At another wharf large vessels Just IN
from some long sea voyage were dis
charging freight. Tied at their respect
i've landings were the lighter stern
wheel river boats that ply between
points upon the Columbia and the
Willamette. Then there are multi
tude of smaller crafts, principally
pleasure boats, from the light skiff
propelled by oars to hansome cabined
motor boats herded about boat houses.
Dotting the surface OF the water are
always To be seen boats OF various
sizes and descriptions coughing along
their devious ways. Tugs of small d.
mansions. yet possessing astonishing
power pent up in diminutive bulls
sputter along the water way, towing
RATS of prodigious size, or flock OF
barges. or hugging like an affection
ate infant the side of some huge ship
which it guides easily and safely to
a berth. Great cranes groan and clat-
ter as they hoist bales and boxes out
OF hulls that seem to hold an mex
haustibie store of freight, or snatch
timbers or other heavy objects from
the wharyes and gently deposit the
load into the bowels Of other vessels
taking on cargoes to be carried to re-
mote corners Of the Pacific
And briefly mentioned 50 much for
the surface OF the water and the fringe
OF the shores pentrating to the water
But that Is not all worth seeing that
comes within the scope OF the vision
Along the shore line, more especially
on the eastern side, nearest the heart
OF the city, a mighty chorus smites
the ear. the symphony of scores OF
manufacturing plants. Transforming
raw material into many of the articles
that enter into the channels of COM
MERGE We cannot enumerate those
articles used in construction and con-
sumption manufactured along the Will
lamette, as our Investigations have
been confined to long range sight, but
from the number of factories in EVIL
dence it is a Natural conclusion that
the output runs heavily to variety. and
counts largely in augmenting the
wealth Of those engaged in manufac-
turing enterprises. On the west side
the business part OF Portland crowds
down close to the waters edge, a con-
glomerate mass of buildings Of various
sizes, shapes and material, with here
and there quite frequently, skyscrap-
ers standing out conspicuously like
giant exclamation points, the back
ground being wooded heights, sprink-
led generously with palatial resi-
dences.
There is rich variety to be seen in
the panorama as presented from any
one of the several bridges spanning
the Willamette, and If you could WIS.,
ualize the same and are as suscep-
tible to the attractions of this big city
from the water front as the individual
who is trying to tell about what he
has observed in very inadequate words
you would find much to hold your at
tention and much from which to de-
rive sensation Of pleasure, whether
ii might be from the sunshine or cloud
affects upon the water, or the big
ships resting quietly at their moor
ings. or the smaller boats sedately
plugging along the way. or the almost
endless and infinite variety of houses
stretching far away to east and west
or the several great bridges. the criss-
cross steel braces looking like spider
webs in the distance, or the graceful
sea gulls suspended between heaven
and earth as it glides without motion
OF pinions, emitting raucous cries as
1t contends with others of its kind for
the food that comes down upon the
bosom of the waters.