| Show DOING THE WEST FOR THE picturesque A photographers ramble on the oregon short line oregon railway and navigation co northern pacific oregon and CalifornIa Railway and home by the central there are two ways the oregon short line from salt lake one is via the utah northern narrow guage the other via the union pacific to granger the first takes you through the lovely valley of cache and along a picturesque line to pocatello where you leave it at midnight for the broad guage this breaks into your nights rest and is not pleasant the route to granger takes more time and is a ion longer ioner er ride but in my jud judgment 9 is preferable if the cost is not more I 1 need ned not dilate upon the scenic points of weber and echo and the distant glimpses of the uintah mountains once at granger the route is new to many persons old settlers will remember the point where the emigrant road comes down to hams eam 1 8 fork after following the big sandy I 1 right here is granger named after af terrene one ot of the early settlers on the same train with us was the utah PALACE exposition CAR with two missionaries sent out by the chamber of Comi commerce nerce at every stopp stopping V place ae e c crowds r came to everl loo look upon the vo wonderful de r 1 ul products sampled within the movement was generally gereral 11 regarded as a good one to awaken interest in our marvelous country A californian said that utah had bad gotten ahead of them it was a good cue california could send out oat ten such cars and paralyze tee eastern world some people are always jealous it made me think of the difference between the footsore missionaries who had tram ped the plains by handcart ox teams and other conveyances as missionaries to the poor and oppressed of the nations offering them an inspiring faith a lasting hope and the prospect of living in m a glorious country where god had bad arranged everything for the needs of man with admirable precision only to te be made suitable to their enjoyment by constant toil and indomitable perseverance all this without purse and scrip and with a pecuniary sacrifice THE FIRST missionaries went to the poor by the process of evolution tha new ones go to the rich A good salary and a well fixed up car does not re require alre the sacrifice of yore I 1 sincerely tope hope that a lonz ions train of disappointed men may not follow the car to our promised land 1 1 also hope that those who are already in utah will remember that it is their duty to take advantage of opportunities to use accumulated means and not stop until some struggling artiman art izan in the effort effert to develop home industry has to te mortgage his bis enterprise enter prize before they will loosen their purse strings to pat a mortgage on it pardon this digression we are now on the oregon short line built during the management of daokone dar Clar kone ot of natures noble men it is today an im important or tant feeder to the union pacific well built and as safe a road as you ou c can find to ride over our route 10 follows 1 hams fork in the bad linda lands of Wyoming whose fossil remains tell the story of EARTHS CHANGES where alligators turtles and sau riana rians used to bask in a tropical sun many moss agates are found here there are but few trees in sl sight lit sterility reigns supreme near fossil curious remains of fishes imbedded bedded im in rock are found and sent all over the world specimens of the finny tribes who have long ago ceased to exist night comes on when we reach montpelier the stopping place for the settlements on bear lake as lovely a sheet of water as can be found but too far away to be seen from the track the trout fishing in this lake is the best beat known from montpelier the road follows bear river kiver cation canon to soda springs where every body having time stops off to visit the wonderful natural soda springs that put all the imitations that men can concoct la in the shade the railroad company have erected A FINE HOTEL here other parties have comfortable stopping places there are many attractions tr here formation springs crater lake and steamboat springs coupled with a delightful climate i the summer mouthy tens of th thoua sands sanda of bottles of soda springs water wa r are being sent out to all parts the he industry is it a growing one we leave bear river at the big bend soon after leaving soda springs on oa our left is an ex extinct tl act volcano well p preserved e d in all its details from this pry point to cation canon little af interest can be seen you may as well keep asleep there baere are many pretty bits of scene scenery on the portneuf Port neuf but after leaving pocatello you come out on to the broad plains of the snake river sagebrush forests are now the chief object while away to the north loom up in the grey dawn of morning the sal mon river mountains 10 we soon reach the american falls on snake river and cross it on a splendid bridge this was the point reached by the EMIGRANT TRAINS en route to oregon and california before railroad times one can walk in the deep rutted read over which thou sands of the present wealthy residents of the pacific slope have wended bended their weary way As we move westward the goose creek mountains ar are plainly seen in the south southwest wot tho road bed is all lava A at intervals the e ezord road to is bridged over deep rivers cat into it shoshone is reached passengers for the tails of that name get aff aff hepe A brinch branch road from ibis po point t runs rugg to R ketchum and other owns in ia the mountain ranges no right e person will fan to see the S a one rails falls 2 25 miles by stage to ag tho the south th this may well be cal called stare ea tim athenet thenet th ewt enet wonderful sight in the grea feen een from the south side no q 0 V vista is cap 14 be more sublime the main 4 aa jn hish water is feet whyile appye above it t ane ae a variety of lesser ones 91 beauty the walls from the ton to the ver below the falls are two feet eat high high and are beai nearly aly perv perpendicular andicula AW the falls the walls ar are very h hand aa im three miles above the aho 0 shone are the I 1 TWIN FALM falls which though not so are very grandland grandl aBd wonderful tol behold aberry A terry crosses the river above the falls and a comfortable hotel te is I 1 located d to enable visitors to stop tei nady day 8 and visit the wonders of this spot salmon from tue pacific aftan run ran up snake river as tor lake as the falls calls and used to be caught in large manti ties years ago pases could be written concerning the wonders of this locality but the reader will please excuse excused we tore going west I 1 goodbye good bye wonders at this point 0 t qu on the short line westward 11 loe 16 eye ranges far and wide upon an andal undal ing ine plain j first fifty clity miles Sage sagebrush bius ih second lifty fifty miles sagebrush third fifty miles sagebrush at nampa get off lor for BOAS blib city eighteen miles north to the left in the distance are the silver allyer reek mountains TAE ELEVATION of this point of idaho makes the land available for the production of fine fruits and cereals A densa population will yet inhabit this region though at present it ic is sparsely settled and as we are approaching the western limit of idaho it may not be amiss to state that our sister territory boasts of haebig raised bushels ol of grain in 1887 and over tons of hay there were horses cattle sheep and noes the mining output was the area ot idaho is square agare miles the estimated population I 1 is the boise Boi seand and I 1 lower v knake river valleys are good poleu points to to seek for homes timber for lumbering purposes is floated down from froin the mountains north of the track some ol of these days the qui emigrants grants who are seeking homes west of this point will return and locate here UNCLE SAWS DOMAIN of unoccupied land Is gett getting liaF less and less every year no place seems to offer better chances thith than western idaho to the home seeker A passing several new towns at a gh rate of a speed peed nearly fifty miles an hour 1 we reach snake river follo it I a long at distance then sud dAly we cross it on a splendid brie bridge weare 1 now in oregon and follo follow up river to tb huntington the we we sd rn rl terminus of the oregon short miles from granger th athly to is tr I 1 ily a railroad town in a little boar t Is tall no picture here here en ends the e 1 1 i e gen short line I 1 from huntington al a steeps steep tomb brings us in sight of the blue bains and the beautiful valleys on caell eastern slope near baker city the mountains with ft growth of timber nature looks ocean n and fertile after leavina the sage brash h plains north powder union sud nd la grande are thriving town towns 1 this chis ought to be a good country to llwin nature is clothed in her best of i green snow clad mounta tim ire are on the east side and known as mountains leaving la grande we ascend the blue mountains through i A CANON full of picturesque beauty dense to ape I 1 forests forema are on each side of us as every e hundred yards reveals a new attraction after reaching the summit su 1 abe 6 course is downward to PC Pend I 1 through scenes of like character charach e as e ascent presented 1 7 f night closes in upon us as we wd erf t the he stretch of country between pen ton and the lower part of the 91 q dilver alter we first teach reach this wonder at umatilla and skirt it del to portland but bat many object bf blib passing beauty are passed chug wh 0 are bleeping bleeding Ble if the object of is to seethe see the true mighty columbia I 1 would earl e advise stopping off at Jal dalles lepan w ing a ride down to Fort portland land steamboat you can go direct l boat from the track go having abing tra both routes I 1 give my preference to ue e river route and will endeavor endear r to M tail the objects of interest on t the e awai t trip I 1 se the steamer leaves at the tick 4 C lock clock in the morn morning int I 1 ro ca THE tax HAREST I 1 ii is a beautiful boat with superb point ments roomy clean and 4 0 at mod motions iodious mo dious ions As we leave the wh seem to glide without effort at h rate of speed in radii IM cession the lava bluffs on eack of the rivert river it is high water in fab 9 the whole volume of dabao J wn the plains of western wa paaul territory and british bolum ma ass a down and form the boundary line of ef oregon and aad washington territory oregon is on our left and washington on our right after leaving the dalles the colors of the verdure clad hills change rapidly that the reader may realize this fact it is only necessary to state that the rainfall from bartland Bort land east decreases in the ratio in a distance of 86 miles the average rainfall in portland is 50 inches annually at bonneville 36 inches fit at hood river 25 at dalles 16 therefore while the early crops at the last named place arsta are tamed rued yel yellow 10 w as well as the weeds a al afan grasses th the e ve vegetation changes from gold orld to intense green as we vie descend the t Q river TIMBER CLAD MOUNTAINS soar aloft on each side of vs us cantel rocks loom tip at different points at island a monument i is er erected eted to the memory of an old indian trader ter this island is the burial place of the indian tribes woo who chace swarmed in this region their remains are piled up on every hand many a dhea deadly d ll 11 struggle between the pioneers an and 1 in u than dian tribes has taken place on the abe shores ot of the river but as is invariably the tase case the indians have had to retire they are pe ceable row BOW and look like poor debased relics of of former prowess at hood river on a clear day a grand view of mount hood can caa be obtained obtain ed mount adams is also seen from this point the former is in oregon the atter latter in washington at different points the line of the railroad can be seen miles upon miles of trestle work has been constructed ted to get a road through bg by the oregon rail railway way and navigation corn I 1 om pany the tae trains of tue tae northern pacific ind and the union pacific all pass av over er this line jt it was blowing very strong as we descended the river in ia many of af the widest places this great water way had bad quite a sea on HUGE STORM CLOUDS filled the sky and chased bah other round the mountain moun taia tops every mile of descent revealed a new combination of rivers river mountain and cloud effects while the colors deepened gradually from light green to a perfect green E every v e r rock and fence was moss cov ered vegetation everywhere was wa rank the house roots had bad also their heir t covering of green were it not tor for the magnitude ol dl the river and rocks we might be approaching the shores of ireland instead ot of the pacific slope surely this must be the emerald isle and not america as far as the evergreen effects sustain the impression there are very few persons who would be blind to the delightful combinations bi that form in in panoramic succession whether by rail rail or boat as we descend the mammoth river of the west the future storehouse of LUMBER for the american nation is ow now 1 west of the missouri river A lew e w more years ears and the supplies in michigan and wisconsin wisconsin Iscon sin will be gone then will the lumber merchants wend their way to the limitless supplies on the pacific slope at cascade locks we leave our harvest queen A little narrow guage railroad makes tile the portage of the cascades of the columbia an old block house still stands with port holes that was once the defensive tort of the dolunt volunteers era and here our general sheridan sheridan gained laurels as an energetic neuter ip in his youth nater bouth the he first ey evidences dences of the immense salmon catching industry are seen at this mile point this valuable fish Is unlike others of the finny tribes they dont bite at anything any thine in the shape of bait they never seem hungry fishermen on the river say they do not eat anything in the spawning season by some instinct they leave their ocean home holme and ascend the rivers running into the northern pacific it is during their long ascent against the swift current of we the stream that the they are caught caughtry by nets fish ask wheels an and dip nets the ane first ant method esthe is tee same same as used every everywhere er I 1 but the fish wheels are unique ique and n peculiar to this coast A revolving bolvi set ot of wire scoops are attached che to the end of a large barge the current sets these scoops in motion and as they rise the salmon are caught hoisted up and fall into shutes athe at the bottom of the barge As many as have been caught in one day of 21 24 hours by this method the fis fish h are then tied up in bundles and attached to empty barrels and thrown into the stream swift little steamers from the canneries below are on OB the look out tor for these barrels the fth flab are then taken to THE CANNERY when they are grappled by the who out off the fins ani and heads and clean clan them they are then chopped up put into the cans steamed soldered and labeled and sent off to feed the world of mankind the dunets dip nets are principally used by the indians they stand upon plat forms built a few feet over toe the water and keep vp up an incessant dipping against the stream points are generally selected where the current Is swift poles and other obstructions compel the fish to go in the narrow way to their destruction immense quantities of large lare sturgeons geons are also caught I 1 saw one ten feet nine t aches long caught in one of the wheels As yet little use Is made of sturgeon pon but a company to Is being formed to malse make caviale cavi are and export the same to bus bull sla eta where the article to Is to in great de le mand being a favorite dish with the russians having no desire to 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