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THE WEST SHORE.
reuirocn, h increasing population, its many
reluib' improvements now in progress rod to be
made in the immediate future, its beautiful situa
tion and u'.ubnoas climate, will be the (object of
i faicre ankle. Tbe mimajjth hotel, the grand
una depot sad the great birige across the WU-
the inttlff't aiten:on in another Tear, hare as
ret, with the exception of a little preliminary
work, an existence oo'y on paper, and we leave
then to the faiure. Provided with a through,
Bfilimiicd ticket, permitliEg as to stop over wher
ever and whenever we choose, we repair to the
Aimaorta dock, step aboard one of the fine
steamers the company ases fjf a terry boat, and
are soon landed on the eastank of the river, in
the towa of
axil SA,
the present termtnas of the O. R. k N. Cut's
hoe. As we Urd the traia we see the immense
dry Ark in coarse of construction, the capacious
coal backers, the mammoth Soaring mill which is
being erected at a Co of J2 ja,ooo, and the
wuekmea basily engaged upon the machine shops
and other itnprotrmentt of the company. While
wt are seating ocrvelves in the car and thinking ot
what all this work and oatlay of capital meant for
the future of AiL-cia, the traia mores slowly op
the river to Last Portland and halts at the Oregon
and California depot. A wait of a few moments
and it is ajain in motion, turns sharply to the
left, pastes throcgh a dtep ratine and ander the
wooden naJoct which spans it, and points its
pilot directly to the ru.
We hart scarcely disposed ourselves com
foiaMy, maJe xa arraajeaxats t the journey,
taken a critical ssrrey of ocr fellow passengers,
and glanced cot of the aindow, a hen we find
the train alreafy oa the back of the mighty Co
!?, and rapsij apor jwclimg the grge cat by
Us ceaseless l foe ages thtocgh the Cascade
raige.
Taenty serea miles from Portland ae pass be
taeen tao high, conical rocks, the
CATIWAT TO WONDHLAND.
This portal forms the central figure of one of
tbe il.attraied piges, and around it oar artist has
clustered a few of the staking tn:ma of the
Cascade range, iacladicg the famous Mount
Hood, the Malinoouh falls, the Cascades, and a
characteristic scene of uoaauia travel. It is a
happy coaUaatioa that gires at a gUace a com.
pre hem ire view of this pictoresqje regno. We
bow find oarselTes winding along the liver's brink
kemmed in between its rolling ters and the
treat wall of rock that rises abruptly from tbe
bank, a .Scjlla frowning opoe, Charybdi. V
rash along the narrow passageway between, now
thotfmj oat over the water on tres, to a.
emmrem , juuirsg cliff of rocks,
tbroagh srse dark tunnel, ,( rm rm f.
0-et.mes at our si.!e and sooet braeti a.
Soon wt hear the sound of auers dasi fr ,
rent herghl agamst tbe rocks, and now tie great
Ml'LTaoMAH PUXS
bw poa our nsioc, leaping fro, the oa-,
abtwe and falling in a Iceg, graceful sweep acarly
U lh.ho.tonv. There . sheUvng rock mterveJ
a -nksng .po, tha, the wa!er, n oatlok,
f --plangt orer. After. descentof
y-l handred fret the, gather the-selm together
- It botto. d rash impetTna
down the steep slope to the river. Rolling by
these so near that the flying spray almost beats
upon the car windows, we are soon out of sight,
Then we pass in rapid succession' the well-known
Rooster rock, Cape Horn, Castle rock, and La
Too re He falls, and arrive at
THE CASCADES,
the first great barrier to the inland navigation of
tbe Columbia. Twenty years ago a railroad
portage was built on the opposite side of the
rirer, which transported all freight and passengers
to the steamer above, a distance of about five
miles. The route is still used. The water rushing
and foaming overand around the rocks that obstruct
the channel, makes a pretty picture with the sur
rounding objects and background of mountains.
It was here tbe gTeat Cascades massacre occurred
in tbe pioneer days, and the old log block house
is aell preserved. A few miles further we come
to the locks where the government has spent
thousands of dolUrs in constructing a canal
around these hindrances to navigation. Much
more must be expended before the great work is
completed and the river opened to Dalles City,
From here tbe view is especially fine as we glide
along between the mountains and water and
catch an occasional glimpse of the steamers that
ply upon the river. Crossing Hood river, whose
icy aaters have come but a few miles from their
fountain bead amid the snows of Mount Hood,
we soon arrive at
THE DALLES,
a thriving city that for years was the trans-shipping
point tor all Iretght that went up or down the
river. This is the commercial center of a large
siretcn ot country on both sides of the stream,
and is the county seat of Wasco county, in which
are many thousand acres of valuable land still
open to settlement This whole region is de
veloping rapidly, and the city grows with it.
After leaving tbe town we come upon the long
rapids from which it derives its name, a title be
stowed by the old voyageurs of the Hudson's Bay
Co. The road from this point to Celilo, a dis
tance of thirty miles, is the railway portage built
yean ago to transfer freight from below The
Dalles to the steamers on the upper Columbia.
The rocky walls still rise above us, in some
places overhanging with threatening aspect, and
and at others forcing us out into the stream.
CPPER CAPE HORN
in particular, presentJ t frowning ap which
gx and realize our littleness. A few miles
further we pass out into more level ground and
obtain a splendid view of
MOCST HOOD,
hich is now many miles to the southwest Its
-fc tWully sweeping lines of white rivet our
Sst nl? "o of the
W Bore KH some are
T.for 'tit-deUb,lJJSfetttbutfor
Wy of ocUrne, softness and grace it surpasses
t- Ai It IS fir rJ Ik.
- . ".oojec npon which
the tnrV.'. :n . '
- . -m res, as be enters Oregon
'7 the road gracSlly
Cascade mountains, and wind, .lone
nm bank through . rf
.ppareUywouhle The .pJ.ra.vce
W. Back from the stream, betn,"
DES CHITE1 AND JOHN DAT
noises. Urge body of excellent land which is
May, 1883.
receiving many settlers, tor vears .hi. - .
region has been a vast range for stock, but no
ils value for agricultural purposes is being
niied. Still further on, beyond the John DaTl
the '' "
GREAT SHEEP COnvTRY
of Eastern Oregon. Thousands upon thouand,
of sheep are wintered in the foot hills, and in the
spring are driven eastward into the Blue moil
ah""-. "ePPner is the ww f this industry vA
Alkail. the nearest railroad station, will Z
60,000,000 pounds of wool this season. The nut
place of importance is
UMATILLA CITY,
once a gTeat river shipping point and now ih
junction of the Baker City branch of the 0. R.
S: js. (,a with the main line. The uninviting
ridges ol sand give but little promise of the
magnificent country that lies just beyond them.
We are at the gateway of the famous Walla WalU
region, through which we will take . flying trip,
On the branch line we head southeast, passirf
the embryo towns of Foster and Echo, and reach
PENDLETON
after a run of forty mile. This is the center of 1
vast area of grain land and extensive sheep
ranges, a thriving town and county seat of Urn,
tilla county. . The road is now being pushed
through the mountains to Baker City, and a con
nection with the Oregon Short Line at the mouth
of Burnt river will be effected in a few months.
When this junction is made a through route uf
travel from the east will be opened by the
way of Pendletorc From here a road connecting
with Walla Walla is under construction. Taking
this we cross the fertile but idle acres of tb
Umatilla reservation, a garden spot that will en
long yield its bountiful harvests of grain, and
pass through or near Centerville, Weston and
Milton, all prosperous towns, to
WALLA WALLA,
the queen city of this inland empire. Beginning
at Centerville and extending for 103 miles around
the western and northern base of the Blue moan-
tains, is one immense field of wheat Except
along the margin of the streams not a tree ob
structs the view, and standing on the top of ont
of the rolling hills we gaze for miles and see nothing
but fields of grain, stretching away in one con
tinuous succession of farms until they blend with
the distance. Such another view cannot be seel
on the continent It is estimated that 2,000,000
bushels of wheat will be shipped from this regioi
the coming fall. At Walla Walla we find bustle
and activity. Prosperity is indicated in every
thing we see. The commercial center of such 1
magnificent region, what else could be expected?
It is a city of more than 6,000 people, with s
great trade already established, thrifty and enter
prising, and has a brilliant future before it A
narrow eautre road runs a few miles back into 1
fanning section of 40,000 acres, and the 0. R-
N. Ca's line, which reaches the city from Walloi
Junction, continues on to the northeast to Prescott,
here it branches, one line running along t"
Touchet to Waitsborgand Dayton, and the other
to Texas Ferry on Snake river. Dayton b
prosperous business town and shipping poM
with two flouring mills, a woolen mill and sew
other industries. From Texas Ferry an extensioi
of the road np Pataha creek through Pomerof
and Patah. City to Lewiston, Idaho, is eonte
plated, passing through county as fertile W