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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1881)
May, 1881. THE WEST SHORE. "7 obstruction to their progress up the river which few of them can surmount. Occasionally one, more daring and sup ple than the real of the finny thousands congregated at the foot of the falls' suc ceeds in' leaping over the fearful bar rier. Oregon City, the oldest town in the state, is situated on the east bank of the river, just below the falls, and is destined, in time, to become one of the chief manuiucturing towns in the state. The water power that can be cheaply utilized is-unlimited. On the west side of the river the locks are con- the first white settler located, south of of the Columbia, in Orfjjon. There the first seat of government was lo cated. Tho first church and school- house erected in the great Northwest reared their rude proportions within sound of tho voice of the mad waters that forever How over tho higlits of Willamette falls. THE CITY OK PORTLAND, If there is a city in Amctica deserv ing the name of the Panoramic city, Portland is the one. Environed by architect anil the artistic grace of the landscape gardener lliu muk from our manufactories, and tho ascending steam from tho busy river craft, all go to muke up a picture that is a gtalcliil 0110 to behold. And yet, seven-tenths of our pcnplu rush off to California or the Cast for their summer recreution, in search of new scenes and new faces, forgetting tho grand pictures that the early beams of morning unfold Itcfore their very doors, Tho Northern Pacific R. R. CV . . -. " ; 1 '-v v . . ' . .Si. r dnaoir V; t? i 11. . - 11 T,r;h'l"' ij'-r " iS-.;''!', . k fc.,sJi,lliiili(Ul!.W'.U ft' II t-rri'i. 'W-.Wiiy.T. r " 1111 nl CHAPEL AND RECEIVINU VAULT AT THE NEW CEMETERY, WHITE HOUSE ROAD, NEAR PORTLAND. true ted, through which steamers pass with case and safety. The work is of the most permanent character, the ex cavations being through basaltic stone, while the massive walls of masonry are constructed of the same material. Thcje is no locality in the stale pos sessing more interest to the traveler than the Willamette falls. Aside from the grandeur of the surrounding seen cry nd the roar of the cataract, thun dering forth its eternal anthem, the place possesses history of peculiar interest. It wa. at "The Falls" that hills grander than the famed Hill of Ilowth.ln Ireland, she presents a view beside which for grandeur the Roman Campagna itself fades Into utter Insig nificance. The rugged summits of the Cascade and Coast ranges, broken at intervals by the snowy peaks of slum bering volcanoes; the placid currents of the Willamette and Columbia at our feet, bearing the golden grain of the Northwest onward to the ocean to feed the starving millions of the old world; the palatial homes of our merchant princes, invoking alike the skill of the has resumed sales of its agricultural laud at $J.6o per acre. Deeds how ever will be made only to settlers after twenty acres have Iteen put under cul tivation. This rule la wise one and will be the means of keeping the land from non-resident speculators, and place it In tho bands of home-makers, who will develop the country. When man Is climbing the ladder of fame he likes rounds of applause. Most people are like eggs too full of themselves to hold anything else,