The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891, December 01, 1879, Image 1

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VOL. 5 No 12 J Kiml, PiiMUImr, l -.1 i
UJJ AA . iwmniw.iT' l'ortluiul, Oregon, Docombor, 1871).
reached, tin. ,'m, feaata on the grander! new on
too oontinent all of Pugel Hound. u, nntt ta.
Be sure to read our Prospectus for tTl "ft "-te
. , - i.iu, noon, 01. HUM anil tti entire
1880 on the inside front cover. caecede lunge, tom i fitting background t.
See page 383 for inducements to ,uoh l'luure.
make Up clUDS for US. Th. Snoqualmie Fall! are ttu.txl about forty-
two milta above tha juncture ol tke Hnoqualaie
TIIK WATKKKAI.I.S OF TIIK PACIFIC au'8k?koB,',h' "" '"' !-
NORTHWEST. j ""eh riter, about eighteen mllee above the moulh
ol tha latter, whara It enter. l'uat Bounil at Port
Forniod by ritere that take their riaa In atu- Gardner Bay. Like nearly every (all, tha Rno-
iendnoui mouutaina, the cataracta in the Pacific Qualmta ia of the horuuhix. form, yet unlike any
Northwest are characterliedby their mighty leapt, fall in tha known world, it baa M rapidt abate It
Ihoir peculiarly ecoentrio outliuea and rugged C'anoea can aafely navigate tha river above to
eurronndinge, which an, however, aoftened by within " -! of the rery brink. Our view la
III' tim lllttirinnnu nt MMUJ .L . , taban I...... (ha ...... 1. L -a . 1 J
-j - i j v. .wgviwuun 111:11 envoiope ....i.aiii.iiinii.iii .. river ami repn-
The number and varied formi of our we- "nU 'he fall at low water. When the rirer la
tcrfulli make one of the Boat interacting fraturoa hunk full, it falli from the Immeiiae hlght above
iu our noble aud far-fnmd aoenery, To deaoribe hundred and aeveuly feel, in an unbroken
mil illuilnla all nf ka.
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would require a large rol
nine by itaelf ; we there
fore produce only eiiof the
inoet iiniortniit and pictur
' ouea, having, In pre
viom numlwra, fumiahrd
our render, with Tiewa of
the Ureal Fallaof the Hhc
"hone un Huake river, tha
Willamette, Multnomah,
Yoanga river and ltogue
river falla.
The Hhiiahimo Falla in
Maho rirerd Niagara by
neatly ailtj (net in alii,
tuile, while the volume of
xnier paaing over thim la
"early ... great.
The Lillewaiip falla ait
tunned by (he river of tint
name, winch haada in the
C.iaat range of mountains,
luMeeonOo, W. T. Three
milea from it. mouth the
river forma into a aertea of
maeadea which diuh thro'
mitm-uee eanyona and gnr
gea until a tin.. I leap of .'hi
Mai prielucea the uueiual-
leil falla whirl r arliat
o eleverly rvproduc... -
After Una leap, the river
fluwa oil peacefully one
mile and emptiea Into Hood
''naj, about eight mil..
Irum i I ity am! twen
ty from Hoabrck
Tha nver la full of trout,
and in tha foreet game of
all kinda ia fouud In great
buudaa. a From here, by
way of Uke Hkokotaieh,
the eaoaal of tha r.-t
range monBtaiua can ba
mad. with ta ldle - horert
clear to the ummit. tke
'I. .lance being only fifteen
"ilea, m aoooeaplI'lMd in
one day. TW
fjrjm SMItEkWA yMiiawawBiwfell
volume, eighty feel I. width. Th. ,. imf.
ertlee of the 'urrouodleg wooda and the eeaoea ,.f
the low lull, beyond them, at eutaetkitg marvel
uua and al flret eoqoalnUoee rail.., .Urtling An
ordinary lone of eunverealton oan ba award ear
eral yarde off. A laugh huge I vibratory -m in
lationa fur al laael an eighth ol a mile, while Ike
acreaai of a wild oal le aedlblo a eatle of. feme
Idea can therefore be formed of the roar eaaeed
by tkla Immaaaa volume of water leaping tttek a
dialance, and we find thai tke Mii..u:i. ralla,
with only a tithe of the voIubm of Niagara, are
heard many tlnee tke dUtanee Ike latter are. Tke
river haa rut a channel la the eelld mrk aearly
me hundred feel deep, .In-wing that el eneae Hate
tn the far dtatant peel Ike tall wee a hundred lael
higher, end aa the eenyon larlow eitenda down
tha tlream tor three-ftmrtke of a mile before raeek
Ing the valley, II mu.t nave worn bwk In Ike
aolld rock Ikat far.
Tuawaler Falla, allualed Iwo mllea from lllym-
nla, the eepllel of Waak
ligton Terrllory, kae ken
lo.iatderabla of Ha beauty
eieee eomre.r.a kae tram
malad II wllk e earlea of
tepa, for maaurarlerlng
purpom Tkla, kwwevee,
kea been Ike manna of
huilding up ika Ikrlvtng
llllla aaanetarlnring nl
lege af Taawaler, now
nemkwing akwtt Wu n.
hekiunta, end who I, mewl
eventually, ky ream ,nf
tin. .pHMidid aalv power,
I., on- ,,,,,. , w,(a ,.,.B
'.I." o Fella era I .a., I
by new uf Ike aaeealrla
leera "f aake rivet, end
ere an named Irom Ike feel
Ikel ih. M.ml. .el Mlnvm
eiekere eaeaelly I.
Ituyed Meaytaeeal
avm, la Ih.ir aMrirta to
reaek Ike ape w n I ng
...... I. alrika agaiael Ike
harp ioooliai x.k.eed
fell kawk brnlaad and dy
ing Tata U a fa. rl(e i.
toil ol l.l.,.. wku bar
owtala laeirananel MWe)
of aelm, I bait Mteg
Iw pie MM ot atinilale a
apeatl etleakad la. a l-.pe,
keek I key giag with aav
ertleg elm el e mimoai la
al of laapiag Ik Ulb
Nine llama -el ol la I key
(ami Ibelt few, bal Fewal
awe OHftr) "Hekee Mae)
Men really bam) aaet
kea we ana kim after kae
leg U I l. a fell aapedy
far wlalae nee. repair le
Ike ' I, way eflai
4ay,e4) la mere weaken
aeae e4 eUf , tjmr Ika
Wallfal kWk ,wj throw
I.II.I.KWALF FAU-H. . T. IVXo I7 M.nnmri.. C
mm
die Ik... kottlM a. d lev
leal law eir
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