8 . ' ' ' THE OREGON SUNDAY. JOURNAL, - PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING. TUNE 2L 1914. I ' : ' ,v . v : V,: ; ' ' " --' ,
THE COLU M BIA H IGHWAY TRAVERSES LAND 'OF SCENIC GRANDEUR 1 '
Two panoratnic views on the upper Columbia river showing scenic region traversed by the new Columbia highway. At the left is a view east from the point occupied by Chanticleer Inn. On the right lare shown the cliffs that form the south wall of the famous Gorge of th
Columbia along the top of which the new highway is being built. At the right is shown a view northwest across the Columbia from a point above the line of the new highway, construction work on which Is seen In the foreground. , -
By Fred Lockley.
A FEW days ago, as a Kuest of
b'ainupl Hill, I was one of a par
ty who made a trip by auto along
the Columbia highway. Leaving
j Portland we - traveled over
tnootli and well oiled roads to th
bandy river, and from liere the road
unrolled like a bright brown ribbon,
between emerald green fields to the
eastward until we came to Chanticleer
Inn. From the inn looking to the
eastward we could see Thor's Heights,
around which the new road winds by
easy grades. Near Thor's Heights wo
left the machines and started afoot
over the new Columbia highway. From
Thor Heights one can look for miles
both up and down the river. Below,
to the westward, looking no larger
than kittens, were two teams pulling
a long net Bhoreward. Soon the men,
looking no larger, than mice at this
distance, could be seen stooping down
throwing the salmon that had been
caught In the nets, into a receptacle
on the shore. '
To the eastward rose Beacon Rock,
or Castle Rock, as It is now called.
In the foreground rar Deiow was a
steamer moving slowly upstream. As
we looked at the broad and tranquil
river deserted by water craft with the
exception of the one lone steamer,
something was said by one of the par
ty about the river being the rate equal
izer and the shackle breaker of com
merce. Mr. Hill, turning to one of the
party who had recently come from
Cologne, Germany, said: "Does it not
seem strange with all the bulky
'freight we move, such as wheat and
lumber, that the river Is used so little?
In your country Germany one can
rarely look at the Rhine without see
ing a boat with a line of barges In tow
moving heavy freight."
The hillsides In Germany,' no mat
ter how rocky, are terraced and vine
yards are planted In earth carried on
baskets on men's shoulders. The day
will come when what we now terra
our waste land along the Columbia's
banks, will be terraced ami devoted to
the growing of grapes and fruit. We
have not, and never will have the his
toric old castles that line the Rhine,
but we have something that is equally
beautiful turrets and castles and
crags of nature's making.
AM in Activity.
Piloted by J. B. , Teon, the road
master, and accompanied by - Samuel
C. Lancaster and Major H. L. Bowlby,
we walked along the line of the new
highway. Kvery where was Intelligent
activity. In place of, as In the past, a
succession of heavy grades and short
curves, the new highway sweeps east
ward at a maximum grade of five per
cent in long easy curves. It is 24 feet
in width, and in many places engineer
ing problems have been worked out
that ran be seen on no other road.
Where the steep bluffs oome down al
most to the water's edge, and the nar
row margin along the river is occu
pied by the railroad tracks, an out
Jutting and overhanging concrete road
way has been constructed. In other
places rocks from far above, which
have always been a menace . to the
railroads, have been rolled down and
utilised to build embankments 15 and
?0 feet high. The earth cut out from
the hill has been used for the fill.
' making a solid and permanent road
way. Wherever a ravine is crossed
great arches or culverts have been
constructed large enough to take care
of the earth and rock slides from
above, as well as the sudden rush of
waters caused by the Chinook winds.
Camillo, an Italian, Is the foreman
' of tha rockwork construction. He
learned his trade where they have
walls that were built 2000 years agv
and are as good today as the day they
were built. In places we came to
graceful concrete arched bridges where
beauty has not been sacrificed to
strength, but both are combined to
jadd to the scenlo attractiveness of the
"drive. These arches are built so
strongly that they will last for cen
tuiies. Ope problem has been solved
m a very original manner the prob
lem or sliding and shifting rock on
. tne hillside. Concrete pillars were pu
- vtfwn 10 DearocK, ana bridges were
bunt on the land so that the sliding
rocn may pass under the concrete
. bridge without injuring or shifting th
roaaway.
Teon "ths Big Boss."
i Wherever we came to : gangs of
.-workmen they all bad a smile and
nod for the "Big Boss." Johnnie Teon.
He is on the job all the time, and he
nas proven nimseif a splendid organ.
Iser. The county ia getting value re
; ceived lor the money spent in the con
irucuon or the highway, - and Mr,
. . - l eon nas imbued his men with M
spirit of service. There are no frills jto
jonnnif rwn. He Is not on dress oa
" rade. He is workinri not rran) stand.
.. ing. ' He is like a general out in the
midst of a campaign In his undress
: Uniform dressed like the rawest
"rookie." He is tanned and grimy and
wears a brown woolen shirt, heavy
shoes and khaki trousers. Work done
for the public usually costs more than
work done for private, corporations or
Individuals, yet here we have the
strange spectacle of the county break
ing all records for cheapness of hand
ling and moving dirt by the use of a
large scraper mounted on broad skates
and pulled by a steel cable operated
by a donkey engine. Dirt is being
moved at the rate of seven cents ter
cubic yard. As we stood there the fore
man gave the signal and the heavy
steel cable got under way. "The beauty
of it is," said Mr. Yeon, "that thre
is no lost motion. It carries its load
of dirt to where It is needed, drops
sill of the dirt and slides back on its
broad steel runner without loss of mo
tion or loss of time."
We stopped at Latourell Falls, the
gift of Guy Talbot to the public. "We
also slsited , Gordon falls, climbing
back over a woodland trail S00 or 400
feet to where we had a beautiful view
of the falls. We spent some time at
Multnomah falls, where Samuel C.
Lancaster outlined the plans of im
provement that were to be carried out
A light steel bridge is to be built
from hillside to hillside in front of
the falls. Here standing almost in
the spray of the fall visitors may
Roadway That Will Last for Time Is Being Carved in Face of Cliffs That
Form the South Wall of Famous Columbia Gorge Economy Prevails in
Construction Work That Is in Accord With the Best Business Practice.
see in all its subiitmty and beauty
this crystal clear 6tream as It makes
its plunge over the high bluff. "I
suppose you will have a building site
somewhere near this beautiful high
way," I said to Mr. Yeon. "Yes, I
should certainly like to have one," he
responded, "but as much as I should
like to have one, neither myself nor
any official , in any way -connected
with the construction of the Colum
bia highway will own a foot of land
along the highway. To prevent- any
possible charge of personal interest in
the matter, we have all agreed not to
acquire any land along the Columbia
highway. To tell you the truth I am
greatly enjoying the work. Every day
I see the highway farther advanced
than it was the day before. To look
at the graceful curve of a high rock
wall, to work out -some new problem
in the moving of dirt or in making
fills, is a man's job. It la a good deal
better than sitting around a hotel in
southern California getting soft., or
spending all afterpoon and evening at
some club playing poker. I feel aa if
I was accomplishing something here,
something of permanent value doing
something for the state that has done
a good deal for me.
Wide Scope of Soenio Grandeur.
"It is a constant surprise to me to
see people who come out here, 'stand
unmoved and unimpressed in f ront of
Multnomah ' falls. Latourell falls or
Gordon falls, and then go into rap
tures over the wide spread and dis
tant , view from Thor's Heights, or
some other commanding viewpoint on
the highway. Someone else will be
most Interested in the needle like for
mations along the river, or possibly
the picturesque bits of scenery as the
winding, highway gives its changing
panorama of views along the river. In
other words, we have on the hlghwray
here something to interest everyone.
Mountains and waterfalls, huge trees
and dainty wild flowers, and every
thing between a violet and a massive
orag. I believ we are going to have
the most picturesque and wonderful
strip of road in the world, and I be
lieve we are going to have, from the
engineering standpoint, one of the best
pieces of road in the world. If there
was any better road elsewhere we
would copy it. One good thing about
this road is that there is glory enough
in it for all. Every man that is work
ing on it and doing good work, can
be proud of his share of construction.
They told me I was hitting the future
pretty hard when I built the Yeon
building, and yet Portland has Justi
fied me sooner even than I expected.
It may seem that; we are hitting the
future pretty hard in the construction
of this highway and yet In a few
years they will come from all over
the United States, and even the old
world, to travel along the Columbia
on this highway."
Oregon has no realisation of its as
set in the wonderful scenery along
the Columbia an asset that Is per
petual and will increase In value In
stead of deteriorating. Oregon la like
the province of Ussuri in Russia.
The Russians In their folk. lore say
that God made Ussuri after, all the
rest of the world had been created.
He had given all his gifts elsewhere
or had no new thing to give Ussuri
so he took some of the best from all
the rest Of the world and gave it to
Ussuri. In the early days before the
coming of the white man the Indians
referred to the Oregon country as the
place of plenty.
Oregon like Ussuri has been given
the best gifts of all the rest ot the
world. If you will draw a circle with
a radius of 100 miles, and with Port
land as the center of the circle,, you
will find a region with' a diversity of
products, climate and scenery probably
equaled in no other portion of the
world. In this 100 mile circle east of
The Dalles there are sweet potatoes,
figs, almonds, walnuts, grapes, berries
and grain. Dropping down to Ii6od
River we have apples that are world
famous. At the other end of the
circle, to . the westward, we have the
mouth of the Columbia river with the
Royal Chinook salmon, clams, crabs.
cranberries and dairy products. The
100 mile circle to the southward takes
in the greater part of the fertile Wil
lamette valley with its fruit, hay.
grain, vegetables, berries and mln
erals. To the northward we have the
rich, and varied resources of south.
western Washington. Located .within
this circle is the most soenio part of
the Columbia river extending from
The Dalles to tha mouth of tha river
at Astoria. Those who have traveled
most say that In no similar area can
there be found the varieties of climate
and resources, and the Infinite variety
of mountains, waterfalls- and rivers
and streams. When you sell your
wheat or fruit or fish you must wait
for a new crop, but you can sell your
scenery over and over again and the
more you sell it the more it will be
In demand. It is one case, where you
can eat your cake and have it too.
As I looked down at Cape Horn,
where the trail blasers of . half
a century ago used to wait for
favorable winds. to come down
the river with their: batteaux
and barges, and as I remembered
how much hardship It would have
saved 'the pioneers If thero had been
a road from The Dalles to the Wil
lamette valley, I could not help being
glad that at last we . are to-" ha vo a
splendidly constructed permanent
highway along the banks of ths Co
lumbia. -.
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GOOD TIMES AHEAD
ASSURED IN PART BY
FINE CROP OUTLOOK
Vice-President of Lumber-
mens National Bank Finds
Outlook Encouraging,
Returning from the convention of
the Oregon fetate Bankers' . association
at Medford, when he met bankers
from every section of the stata and
of the Union, E. G. Crawford, vice
president of the' Lumbermens National
bank, said yesterday that confidence
in the financial . situation abounds
everywhere He said that - this was
due in part to the fine crop prospects
and to the settlement of the cur
rency question.
"Bankers from every section of the
state", said Mr, Crawford. " are con
fident that good times are in store
and that they will be in evidence this
fall. There was a much better feel
ing, at -fth. Bankers' convention at
Medford last week than there was at
the convention a year ago.
rears Are Allayed, '
At the 1913 convention there was
considerable apprehension over the fi
nancial future, but these fears have
been entirely allayed by the passing
of tha currency measure and by tha
Immediate crop prospects, which are
decidedly favorable. The banks are
in easy . condition for financing the
crop,- and so far as we are concerned
locally there should be no apprehen
slon in regard to the business out
look. So far as . livestock, hortlcul
ture and agriculture are concerned,
success for this season is assured and
the only thing that remaihs for all
round prosperity is a resumption of
good times for the lumber industry.
"in the Rogue River valley, I was
agreeably surprised to find that the
much vaunted land depression was in
reality considerable of a myth. Land
values are holding up very welL
Tanners Are Confidant,
"In this section there are approxi
mately 250,000 acres of tillable land.
of which 65,000 are In fruit. There
are. perhaps,' 14,000 acrea of orchards
in bearing. Although In another few
years the Rogue River , valley will be
a very much larger - producer of fruit
of all kinds, the valley Is by no means
at present dependent upon its horticul
ture alone. One citizen of Medford de
rives a rental of $1500 a month from
an alfalfa ranch. Swine raising and
dairying are also lucrative pursuits.
""With local prosperity assured, the
bankers feel that we oughtto disre
gard the wails of -the pessimists and
settle down to enjoy the conservative
conditions? they now exist.
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