May, 1881.
THE WEST SHORE.
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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,
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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,