Evening star., 1928-10-14

sounding pool and then makes a second
leap of 81 feet to the river shore. The
Pillars of Hercules, three miles below
the Cascades, and Rooster Rock, near
Crown Point, are fine examples of
natures chiseling. At Crown Point
Route 80 drops about TOO feet over
letter S loops and continues through
the broad valley of the Columbia to
Portland, about 241 miles from Pendle-
ton, one of the greatest cities in the
West. Fleets sail from its fresh-water
harbor to practically all the world,
carrying lumber, wheat wool and fish.
From Portland Heights are fine views
of the snow-clad SUBMITS of Mount
Hood, at ,225 feet, the loftiest height
in the State; of Mount jefferson, Mount
st. HelenS, Mount Adams and Mount
Rainier or Tacoma. The city is famous
for its roses and in June an annual
rose festival is held Portland was
founded in 1845 by two real estate men
from New England and was named
after Portland, Me, at the toss of a
coin-"Tails for Portland, heads for
Boston"
The last lap of 1o8 miles of Route 80
from Portland to Astoria passes the
WILDLY Loops, of horseshoe design,
scaling Bugby Mountain at a height
of about 700 feet. Astoria, about 10
or Is miles from the mouth of the Co.
lumbia, is on harbor six miles wide and
has a water front five miles long. It
Is an important salmon packing center
and has extensive lumber and manu-
featuring interests.
City Founded in 1911.
The city was founded in 1911 as
depot Tor the FUR trade by John Jacob
Astor, in whose honor 1t was named,
and is the oldest American settlement
in the Columbia River Valley. In
Astoria is located Fort. Clatsop, estab-
lished IN 1904 by the Lewis and Clark
expedition, and Astoria Column, erected
Jointly by the Great Northern Railroad
Co. and Vincent Astor. The column is
l25 feet high and its spiral frieze,
depicting trading and trapping scenes
OF the early days, is 535 feet long and 7
feet wide. 1t was at Astoria that Capt.
Robert Gray, New England skipper,
who discovered the Columbia River in
1872, raised the American flag and took
possession Of the region in the name of
the United States.
Thus Route 80 ends at Astoria, in
Oregon, the State that was ridiculed
and unwanted by the United States
Congress OF 1925. In that year a New
Jersey Senator declared that never
should the Territory of Oregon become
State. Senator Benton of Missouri.
in the same year, declared: 1.-THE ridge
OF the Rocky Mountains may be named
as a convenient, natural and everlast-
ing boundary. Along this ridge the
western limits of the Republic should
be drawn
Oregon Held Of Small Value.
Up to 1845 the United States Govern
ment never attempted to aid or con-
troll Oregon. What do we want with
Oregon?" Senator Winthrop of Massa-
chusetts asked in one of his speeches.
I'VE will not need elbow room for a
thousand years" A South Carolina
Senator declared, "The whole of Oregon
is not worth pinch of snuff" Daniel
Webster was of the same opinion.
Oregon is vast worthless region of
savages, wild beasts, deserts Of shifting
sands and prairie dogs" he said. What
use have we for such a country?"
Oregon, in 1925, embraced Washing
ton, Oregon, Idaho and parts Of Mon
tana and Wyoming. According to
latest available figures, in 1925 Wash
ington and Oregon led the United
States in lumber production and in the
manufacture Of laths and shingles.
The canned salmon output Of the two
States for 1926 was valued at more
than $10,000,0 900. In 1925 Washington
ranked seventh in wheat production,
Idaho ranked eleventh and Oregon
fifteenth. Idaho, noted for its big po-
tatoes, ranked third in the country in
potato yield per acre. 1t also ranked
third in lead and silver rr0diIction