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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 2, 1905)
22 THE MORKIvG OREGONIAN, MOOT AT, JAOTABY 2r 1905. PTER all, the greatest exhibit Ore gon has to make to visitors to the J905 Fair is herself her fertile fields. vast forest, gold-veined mountains, broad stretches of natural pasture, streams abounding in fish. The Exposition will enow what human energy has drawn from Nature's bounty. A tour of the state Itself will show the sources of these prod ucts, and the endless opportunltlty which yet remains for the appllcatldn of human energy and skill in the application of capi tal to the same ends. It will show also what sublime scenes have formed the in spiration to the Americans who in a sin gle century have transformed a wilder ness inhabited by wild beasts and almost equally wild men into three highly civil- lred states and parts of two others, popu- lated by almost 2.000.000 people. Two railroads lead through the finest J scenic parts of Oregon the Oregon Rail road & Navigation- along the Columbia River and through the Blue Mountains, and the Southern Pacific up the Willam ette Valley and through the Callapooia and Siskiyou Mountains into California. Up the Columbia River. The finest scenery along the Columbia may be seen in one day's round trip from Portland. Leaving in the morning, the passenger seos every feature of the great gorge which the river has cut through the Cascade Mountains. On the south bank of the river, whore the road runs, are the great natural pillar called Rooster Rock: Multnomah Falls, which leap S00 feet down a perpendicular cliff, and where the train stops five minutes to give pas sengers an opportunity: Horse Tail and Bridal Veil Falls, which spread into a lacelike spray In their rapid descent; One onta. Gorge, a cliff in the mountains through which a stream flows; and the Pillars of Hercules, two giant rocky col umns which guard the track on each side. Any one of these points is a delightful place for a day's picnic for one who does. not fear a little climbing. Multnomah Station s 30 miles from Portland, and passengers who stop off there can see Multnomah Falls at their leisure and then walk two miles down the road to Bridal Veil Falls, or three miles up the road to Oneonta Gorge. Another beautiful water fall is Latourell, a quarter of a mile from the station of the same name but not visi ble from the railroad. This is only 23 mites from Portland. To one who wishes to see a great deal in a day, a delightful programme will be to ride up "to Cascade Locks, 40 miles from Portland, by rail, meet the Regulator Line 6tcamer there on its way down and return by water. In this .way one will have a close view of all the scenic beauties of both sides of the river Castle Rock. St. Peter's Dome and Cape Horn, u great cliff whose front has been fretted into numer ous columns, on the Washington side, as j : ----'- - - Bjj well as the points already mentioned on the Oregon side. By taking two days, the trip may be extended to The Dalles, one of the princi pal towns of Eastern Oregon, and one can get a good view of Table Mountain, the great ridge from which the Bridge of the Gods once stretched across the gorge, ac cording to Indian legend. Good hotels will be found at The Dalles at which to spend the night, Vnd the next day may be spent entirely in the, return trip -to Portland by steamer, or part of It may be occupied In seeing the orchards and wheat farms of the vicinity, and a- later start may be made by train. In either case, one ar rives In Portland In time" for dinner. By taking the train to Pendleton, one To See .Willamette Valley. I MBifeJBl MSkMr II fcili!---!!' may see all the great rapids of the Colum. An exceptional opportunity of seeing the I jHwW si rtKt MHBR L II T"?""--1--: -xwZTfcMlBMS?;- bia. from The Dalles, where the river whole Willamette. Valley has been afford- I rjj5jiJBMEBBML.. :dVf ' Tpfe-JP y T"- JHS. ' bolls through a deep, narrow fissure in ed by the Southern Pacific in arranging a I 2mKHBHBH j" ' 'vNlj' I ' the obstructing rock, to Celilo Falls, where the huge volume of,water plunges over a j cuii. un arrival at j-enuieion, one is. in the heart of the wheat belt of Eastern Oregon, which may be seen at close range by taking a drive around the city. A short railroad trip thence to Walla Walla takes one to a beautiful valley where a similar drive may be had among wheat fields and orchards. To return, one can leave Walla Walla at night and arrive in Portland next morning. A Journey of 12 hours from Portland will carry one still farther through the wooded heights of the Blue Mountains, through the Grand Ronde Valley, a great garden cpot encircled by mountains, to Baker City, the center of the mining and stock growing country. Thence a short trip over the Sumpter Valley Railroad will take one to Sumpter. from which the great gold mines are within easy driving dis tance. MountaitvCliftibing Made Easy. It Is not such a serious undertaking, as regards time, to climb the great peaks In slgh of Portland as It may seem. By taking the morning O. R. & N. train to Hood River and the stage, which runs daily in Summer to Cloud Cap Inn, 6S0O feet up the mountain and 26 miles from Hood River, one can climb the mountain In the morning and be back in Portland In the evening or a total of two days and a night on the round trip. It will cost less than J20 In all. Mount St. Helens can be reached by the Northern Pacific train to Kelso, whence a wagonroad runs up the Kalama River to Spirit Lake, at the base of the mountain. The round trip to Mount Adams can be made in two days. If desired, though any one who loves fishing will be tempted to stay longer. The best way is by O. R. & N. train to Hood River, cross the Colum bia by Ferry to White Salmon, take the stage to Trout Lake, a distance of 30 miles, a good town, where there are com fortable hotels, and thence take a pack- Jiorse to the snow line on the mountain, which may be reached the first night, leaving the ascent for next morning. The great sights at the mouth of the Columuia may be enjoyed by taking an O. R, & N. steamer at night, sleeping In comfort on board and arriving at Astoria early next morning. There one can see the site of the first American settlement In Oregon and' spend a day visiting the fisheries and Fort Stevens, on the Oregon side, or go by steamer across the broad estuary and Baker's Bay to Fort Canby and Ilwaco, on the Washington side. A few days on the beaclv where the sea breeze will Invigorate one, may be en joyed by taking steamer and train to North Beach, or train to Seaside. wswssgqgt ssmsm , : y loop trip up one side of the Valley and down the ottier, crossing the river at Al bany, which will be completed between S:30and 5:15 P. M. The trip may be made starting up either the West or East Side. Assuming that one starts up the East Side, the train follows the river for 25 miles, and passes Willamette Falls at Oregon City, which light Portland and run its machinery. It runs through French Prairie, the first white settlement in Ore gon, which was established by French Canadians and which has the first church built In the state: past the Chemawa In dian School, one of the largest Institutions of the kind in the West; through Salem, the capital and the prettiest city in the Valley, affording a view of the various state institutions and of Willamette Uni versity. The tourist arrives at Albany, the city of churches, in time for lunch, and after a hearty meal again boards the train and crosses to Corvallls, 12 miles distant, where he sees the State Agricul tural College, with Its experimental farm of 200 acres. The trip continues down the West Side to Independence, through one or the greatest hopgrowlng counties -of the United States: through Yamhill County and its chief town,McMinnvilIe. one of the richest and longest-settled counties; through Forest Grove, the seat of Pacific University, and Hillsboro, the center of the dairying section. Finally the railroad drops down a hill to the Willamette Val lay again, affording a splendid view of Portland from the summit, and run through Its center to the station. But no lover of Nature can ride through the Willamette Valley without expert- Iglll enclng a desire to get out Into the moun tains which shut It In. especially to climb the line of snow peaks In the Cascades. Th2 expense need not be great, for the round trip from Portland to any of them can be made for J20 or less, except to Cra ter Lake, which would cost nearer $30, and It would only consume from two days for Mount Hood to five days for Crater Lake. Routes to the Peaks. To climb Mount Jefferson, take the Southern Pacific train to Albany, and the Corvallls & Eastern train thence to De troit, on the S ant lam River, where there Is splendid trout fishing. Pack-horses should then be hired and the Journey continued about 14 miles along the rail road grade and then about 15 miles to Pamellia Lake, at the foot of the mountain, where good fishing may be i ml in i hi ill 11 H i r P fev- I - &F- m enjoyed. There is a good hotel at De troit, where one may stay over night if desired. The route, usually taken is over Minto Mountain, to Hunt's Cove, as the summit of Minto Mountain gives a fine view of Mount Jefferson and the distance Is about the same. From either Pamellia Lake or Hunt's Cove It is about five miles to snowline on the peak. It seems somewhat more of an under taking to reach the Three Sisters, but a man in a hurry can make the round Urlp between Portland and the, summit in three days. The train takes him to Eugene and then .he takes a stage for 60 miles up the Mackenzie River to Mackenzie Bridge, where there is a good hotel where one may stay over night, while in the neighborhood are Foley Springs and Belknap Springs, both with comfortable hotels. At that point one must either hire pack-horses to make the trip of 25 miles to timber-line, or hire a team and drive to Mountain Meadow, within five miles of timber line. Crater Lake forms the center of the TtLLAwadf) last great National scenic park created by Congress. It occupies the crater of the extinct volcano. Mount Mazama, and Is elliptical in shape, ranging from 4, to 6 miles across. Its surface is 6239 feet above sea level, and the steep walls of the crater surrounding it range from 520 to 1989 feet higher. In the center is Wizard's Island, a cone supposed to be the summit of the vol cano, which caved in after the sides were blown out by eruptions. At the top, 845 feet high. i3 a crater 110 feet deep, in which snow lies 1.11 Summer. The clearness of the water and the vari-colored reflections which it casts are the wonders of the lake. There are two routes through Ore gon to the lake, by way of Medford and by way of Ashland, both of which towns are on the Southern Pacific rail road. From Medford the distance Is 85 miles and accommodations for the night may be found at Trail. 28 miles, and Prospect, 52 miles,, but at the lake visitors must camp out. The distance from Ashland is 97 miles, and good places to spend the night may be found at Hunt's Ranch, Pelican Bay -and Fort Klamath. - On the Oregon Coast. The most accessible place on the lower Oregon Coast is Taquina Bay, where there is a fine stretch of beach in front of Newport, with good, modern hotels, open-air concerts on Summer evenings and ample opportunities for bathing, fishing; hunting and boating. A beautiful place for excursions id Cape Foulweather lighthouse, and along the beach are great rocks haunt ed 'by the sea otter. Taquina Bay 13 reached by the Southern Pacific, to Albany or Corvallls, and thence by the Corvallls & Eastern to Newport. Coos Bay is the greatest commer cial center of the Oregon coast, though cut off from the interior of the state by lack of a through railroad. It 13 best reached by the Southern Pacific to Roseburg, thence by stage to Myrtle Point and thence by rail to Marshfield and North Bend, It is the home of several of the largest sawmills In Or egon, the only working coal mines in the state, butter and cheese factories and shipyards, and the county has proved a good country for live stock, fruit and agriculture. The points mentioned are only those which could be visited in a few days' Jaunt from Portland as a starting point, but there are others well worth seeing if one desires to thoroughly know the state. A short distance from Ontario, in Malheur County. Is the great tract of arid land which the Government Is soon to Irrigate, and near It "may be seen "what irrigation has done. In Central Oregon, which Is reached by the O. R. & N. and Co lumbia Southern roads, is the great tract of land in the Deschutes. Valley now being Irrigated. In the Southern tier of counties east of the Cascade Range is the great range country, where numerous lakes afford constant water supply . and are the resort of hunters in the Fall. Whether In search, of pleasure, a good home, a. good investment or inspiring scenery, the visitor will find it hard to exhaust the resourced of Oregon,
