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Show I ,M EXCURSION.! THE UTAH STATE PRESS ASSOCIATION ASSO-CIATION EXCURSION TO THE PORTLAND FAIR. (Written for Gray & Jakoman by Chas V. Anderson.) At 11M5 p, m., Jilno 19th, "Tho Utah Press Association" left tho Oregon Ore-gon Short Lino depot In Salt Lako City In their prlvato Pullman sleeper, tho "Cisco," en routo to Portland. Tho party consisted of tho following representatives rep-resentatives of tho Utah Press: C. W. Pcnroso and wife, representing represent-ing tho Dcsoret Nowb. Mr. Whitney and wlfo, thu Salt Lako Herald. Mrs. Hughes and Daughter, Truth. Jas. T. Jakeraan and wlfo, MUford Times. Miss L. Cannon and Mrs. Vera Felt, Woman's Exponent. n l Poll nml wlfo nnd Miss Dell Young, Davis County Argus. Andrew Jensen and daughter, Dlku-ben. Dlku-ben. Mr. Dahlqulst nnd daughter, Utah Postcn. L. II. Gray nnd wlfo, West Jordan Courant. C. E. Hulsh and wlfo, Eureka no-publican. no-publican. Karl Ralncr nnd Miss Dahlqulst, Ocobachtor. P. P. Jensen and sister, Spanish Fork Press. C. Anderson and Mlnnlo Anderson, Stockton Sentinel. Mr. Woodrlng and wlfo, IUchflcld Ilcapcr. Misuses Iluth Fox and J. Campbell, Young Ladles' Journal. Mesdnraes L n Felt nnd Mny Anderson, Ander-son, Children's Friend. Ornnt Van Hooso and sister, Mer-cur Mer-cur Miner. Mr. Webb nnd daughter, Lehl Dan-nor. Dan-nor. Harold Goff and' Efflo Wnrnlck, Prlco Advocato. I1. II. Jones nnd Mrs. Hicks, Dox Elder El-der Report. ChnB T. Stonoy and "Miss S. Swan-Ban, Swan-Ban, American Fork Times. Mr. Noyheart and wlfo, Fremont Times. Mrs. W. W. Taylor and daughter, Plain Dcaldr. C. C. and Jay E. Johnson, photographers. photogra-phers. Miss Holmes. A. G. Johnson and Miss Zoo Smith, Sprlngvlllo Independent, W, Castleton nnd wlfo, Dox Elder News. II. Goddard and wife, Morgan Mirror. Tho writer has this year traveled from tho Atlantic to tho Faclflc coast, and consequently ovor many different railroads, but tho Oregon Short Lino surpasses them all In exactness, proraptneBB and politeness. Tho train arrived and left tho various stations on schedulo time, which Is a sourco of joy to tho long dlstnnco traveler, to whom several hours lato, missed connections, con-nections, forced stop-overs, etc., nro extremely annoying and expensive Ucsldcs this thu Oregon Short Lino takes tho utmost caro of Us passcn-gors; passcn-gors; sees to It that they aro comfort-ablo, comfort-ablo, and renders them every needful asHlstanco. Well, u moro Jolly nnd good-humored crowd never boardod n train than tho Utah Tross Association. After tho berths had been lecatod all "turned In" nnd nwoko noxt morning feeling llko tho birds In tho forest, singing nnd full of good humor. At 7:10 n. in., Juno 20, wo nrrlvod at Pocatollo, Idaho, then to following stations In beautiful Idaho, Minidoka. Shoshono, Glonns Ferry, Mountain Home, Nampa, Wolsor to Huntington, which Is located on tho division linn of Idaho and Oregon. Hero ovory ouo (tho ladles especially), was very much pleased to find that wo all suddenly had "grown" ono hour younger. It Is lieru that tho tlmo changes from moutnnln to Pacific tlmo, and wo had to set our watches back ono hour. From hero tho train went rapidly on to Dakor City, Hot Lako, La Grando, Dlngbnm Springs, Pondtoton, nnd early ear-ly on tho morning of tho 21st wo arrived ar-rived at Umatilla, on tho slioro of tho great and extremely beautiful Columbia Colum-bia river, of which n poet sings: "See onco Columbia's scenes, then roam no moro; No moro remains on earth for mortal oyos.' Captain Ilobort Gray discovered this beautiful, great and mighty river In May, 1792 j and truly, In tho language of Milton. It Is "with surpassing glory crowned," Tho Columbia has a flow of 1.600,000 cubic feet ovory second, which Is moro than tho St Lawrcnco or Mississippi over attains, and It Is fed by ovorlnstlng snow Holds and glaciers. gla-ciers. West of Umatilla, as tho train swoops around a curvo, tho first glimpses of Mount Hood aro obtained. A few minutes Inter wo woro In tho town of Hood lllvcr, CG miles from Portland In tho foreground Is tho Columbln river; across tho river, In Washington, Is Mount Adams, 12.17U foot high; lu tho upposlto direction Is Mount Hood, perpetually covered with snow, and 11.225 feot high. From Its liaso tho Hood rlvor has Its sourco. To tho north 1C0 miles away Is Mount Unliier, 14,440 feot high, and to tho west Mount St. Holens, 9,750 foot high. For miles and miles tho glorious glori-ous n'up'iila Is winding its way through productlvo Holds and fertile vnlloys. Further on, on tho Washington Washing-ton sldo (tho Columbia river divides Washington und Oregon), Is tho site cf tho old block houso whero Sheridan fought his first battle with tho Indians. In-dians. Then wo como to tho Cascade locks, built by the government at tho expense of 13,000,000, undor tho su- W, W l W1W pcrvlslon of Col. Willard Young from Utah, and thoy nro consldorod to be tho finest In tho world. Directly across tho river on tho Washington sldo Is seen tho north abutment of 'Tho Drldgo of tho Gods." Indian legend tolls of n tlmo whon tho great Columbia rlvor was upannod by a mighty bridge at thin point. How tho brldgo camo to fall Is told as follows fol-lows On tho Oregon side of tho rlvor lived an Indian bravo, upon whom tho gods looked with much favor. Whllo hunting on tho Washington sldo ho met nnd fell In lovo with an Indian maiden. He married her nnd started for his homo on tho Oregon side. When Just about to cross tho brldgo, disappointed suitors and trlbesmon appeared from ambush. Seeing tholr wrath, and taking tho advlco of his young wlfo, tho two hastened across tho bridge. No sooner had thoy reached tho Oregon sldo than thcro was a loud nolso, and, looking around, thoy Baw that tho brldgo had fallen, carrying tho angry pursuers to a watery wat-ery grave, the gods thus showing their lovo for the chieftain's son. When tho brldgo fell, tho formation caused rap-Ids rap-Ids In the river, which Interrupted navigation until tho canal was built. Next wo camo to "Castlo Rock," a monster circular formation near the Washington sldo. It Is 1,140 feet high. Just below Warrcndalo Is a largo salmon cannery, whero fish wheels also may bo seen In oporatlon. A fow minutes later, to tho left, Is seen St. Peter's Dome, a hugo rock pinnacle of curious formation, mounted mount-ed on a monster pllo of basalt. Noxt comes Horso Tails, then tho wonderful wonder-ful 8C0 feet high Multnomah Falls; then follow In quick succession Gordon Gor-don Falls, Drldal Veil Falls and La-tourello La-tourello Falls, each different nnd fascinating. fas-cinating. Next Is seen Lono Rock, and further on Cnpco Horn, which Is a hugo promontory with a vertical face of 400 feet high. Then wo como to Rooster Rock, which marks tho western end of tho Columbln river. Hero the train left tho shores of tho river, and took an Inland courso straight for beautiful Portland, whero wo arrived at 9 a. m. Wednesdny morning, Juno 21. Wo Immediately left tho train nnd went to tho exposition, exposi-tion, where wo all registered at tho great hotel on tho fair grounds called tho "American Inn." As stated, wo nrrlvcd Wednesday morning, Juno 21, nt 9 o'clock In beautiful beau-tiful Portland. Wo went nt onco to tho exposition nnd registered nt tho "American Inn," which Is built on tho fair grounds. This hotel Is three stories high, nnd has over COO rooms. It Is lighted on tho Insldo by 1,844 electric elec-tric lamps, nnd on tho outsldo it Is decorated with 3,110 lights. Tho cost of theso lights for tho hotel amount to moro than $15,000 for tho tlmo of tho exposition. Tho fair grounds aro lighted by over 100,000 lumps outsldo of thoso used In tho various buildings. build-ings. Wo will explain, before wo go any farther, why tho fair Is being called "Lewis nnd Clark Centennial Exposi tion," nnd why it Is being held. Tho Lowls nnd Clark Contcnnlnl Exposition Ex-position celebrate? tho ono hundredth anniversary of thq exploration of tho Oregon country by nn expedition undor un-dor command of Captains Merlwother Lewis and William Clark, of tho United States army. Thomas Jefferson, Jeffer-son, president of tho United States, sent to congress In 1803 a messngo recommending this expedition, his object ob-ject being to exploro tho then unknown un-known region lying between tho headwaters head-waters of tho Missouri river and tho Pacific ocenn. Tho president's message mes-sage resulted In tho appropriation of n small sum ($2,500) -for tho expenses of tho expedition, and Jefferson appointed ap-pointed his prlvato secretary, Captain I.owIh, to command tho party. Lowls chose his friend, Cnptaln Clark, to accompany ac-company him ns Joint commander. Lowls nnd Clnrk outfitted for tholr long Journey nt St. Units, gathering about thirty trusted men for tho oxpo-dltlon. oxpo-dltlon. Tho stnrt wns ntndo from Camp Dubois, Illinois, a fow miles nbovo St. I-ouIh, Mny 14, 1801. Tho pnity asccu ascended tho Missouri river nnd spent tho following winter amongst tho" Mnn-dan Mnn-dan Indians In what Is now North Dakota. On April 7, 1805, tho expedition expedi-tion resumed tho voyngo up tho Missouri Mis-souri to n point near tho headwaters of that stream, nnd traveled by land through tho mountains. Thoy went down tho Columbln river to Its mouth, reach lug tho Pacific ocean Novombor 7th, having traveled moro than 4,000 miles. Spending tho winter In a log stockndo which thoy built on tho south sldo of tho Columbia, In what Is now Clntsop county, Oregon, thoy started upon tho return Journoy March 23, 1S0C, reaching St. Louis September Septem-ber 23, nfter nn nbsenco of two yoar nnd four months. They woro tho first Americans who crossed tho contlnont. Tho bucccss of tho Lowls nnd Clnrit oxpodltlon enabled tho United Stntos to rtcqulro nil tho territory now om-braced om-braced in Oregon. Washington nnd Idaho and tho western parts of Montana Mon-tana and Wyoming. To glvo n detnllod description of tho oxposltlon would fill several numbers of this papor, and still it would bo Impossible Im-possible to do It Justice It Is so extremely ex-tremely grand. Tiio World's Fnlr In PnrlB, Chicago and St. IiuIs woro perhaps per-haps mora than ten tlmos as largo us tho fair In Portland; but nono of them BiirpoHsed It In natural beauty and grandeur. It Is built upon the shoro of Guild's lako, but rises about 100 feot up towards tho cUy, nnd from tho top lovel ono has n most magnificent magnifi-cent vlow. Ilohlnd nro tho enormous moutnnlns, closely overgrown with mighty flr trees, somo of which aro ovor 200 feet high. Directly In front nro tho United States government buildings, built on a protty penlnsuln In aulld'K lako. To tho loft flows tho beautiful Columbia river, and to tho right tho grnnd Wlllumotto rlvor. In tho background ono sees Mount St, Holcnn nnd tho majestic Mount Hood, which seems to riso Its snow-capped peak nwny nbovo tho Bkles. It Is 1m-liosslblo 1m-liosslblo to Imaglno a moro bonutlful Bight. Tho exposition Is built upon tho Idea of compactness without crowding, and with a vlow to tho comfort mid convenience con-venience of tho visitor, rnthor'thnn to present nn nspect of mere bigness Tho grounds, comprising 400 acres of land nnd water, are largo enough to i ' ' accommodate the choicest of exhibits from all over tho world, and small enough to enable tho visitor to study the entire oxposltlon without becoming becom-ing footsore nnd wonry. Tho oxposltlon oxposl-tlon Is, In short, n world-epitome of tho arts .Industries and general achievements achieve-ments of mankind. Entering where, upon tho frloxo, nro the Immortal words of Bishop Derkely, "Westward tho courso of tho empire takes Its way," by tho way of tho Colonado entrnnoo, ono roaches Pacific court, and passing through it comes upon Columbia Court. Hero sunken gardens, filled with n profusion of tropical plants, nro flanked on cither Bide by wldo avenues, whllo In tho center stands tho heroic statuo of Sac-ajawea, Sac-ajawea, tho Indian slave woman who guided Lewis nnd Clnrk on their oxpodltlon. oxpo-dltlon. To tho right of Columbia Court Is tho Agricultural Palace, which Is tho largest building on tho grounds, and beyond It nro tho buildings of Liberal Arts, Manufactures, Varied Industries, Mines nnd Metallurgy, Machinery, Electricity, Transportation und Auditorium, Audi-torium, In tho western part of tho grounds tho European Exhibits 1'alaco (tn which tho following nations nro ropro-scntcd, ropro-scntcd, namely: Franco, Sweden nnd Norway, England, Russia, Italy, Germany, Ger-many, Switzerland, Holland, Austria, Hungary, Turkey, China, India nnd Japan ) Then comes tho Forestry building, . constructed of hugo logs in their vlr- j gin state. This building Is most ro- markablc. Architecturally It is n I classic Biich as has novcr been given I to tho world heretofore. Thcro Is no I structure among tho world's nrchltec- I tural centers as masslvo, Imposing or I awe-inspiring as this building. It is I 209-xl05 feet In extent, nnd has, on tho M Insldo, 52 pillars 50 feet high from six to eight feet in diameter, which shows how gigantic tho Oregon fir trees arc. Tho United States government buildings nro situated on tho peninsula penin-sula projecting Into Guild's lako, and may bo reached by tho Grand Esplanade, Espla-nade, tho Trail and tho Bridgo of Notions. No-tions. A largo part of tho $450,000 appropriation has been utilized for tho finest buildings over constructed for government participation In nn exposition. expo-sition. In thoso nro housed tho displays dis-plays of tho various departments of tho government The Irrigation building build-ing and Territorial structuro contain comprehensive exhibits of tho latost Irrigation projects undertaken by tho government In tho nrtd sections of tho country, and oxhlblts of products nnd manufactures. The Fisheries exhibit Is located in tho roar of tho main building. In this nro Bhown tho various vari-ous methods of maturing different species of fish that frequent the streams of tho Pacific northwest. Tho vertobratcs nro stripped of tholr eggs. Theso nro Jarred nnd processed. All tho stages of tho growth of tho fish aro shown In vlow of tho public. Tho life saving station Is located on tho ' left of tho main group on tho shore of tho lako, and exhibition drills aro given dally. To tho right of tho main building nro tho camps of tho military, marlno and signal corps, as woll as tho heavy ordnnnco oxhlblts. A feature fea-ture of this exhibit is a full-sized 10-Inch 10-Inch sea const gun. Tho Utah building Is a pretty two-story two-story structuro painted whllo, nnd occupies oc-cupies tho prettiest spot on tho fnlr grounds. Over tho ontranco, beautifully beautiful-ly decorated with American flags, is a bust of Thomas Jefferson, and on ono sldo of it Is a medallion of Captain Clark and nn the other ono of Captain Lowls. Underneath theso Is nn enlarged en-larged facsimile of nn oxtract from n lotter from President JoffcrBon to Captain Lowls, which reads as follows: fol-lows: Washington, U. S. of America, -July 4, 1803. I Dear Sir: "nnd our consuls in foreign lands, whero you may happen to bo, nro hereby instructed nnd required to bo nldlng nnd assisting you In whatsoever what-soever may bo necessary for procuring your return back to tho United Stntos. And to gtvo moro cntlro satisfaction and confldenco to thoso who may bo disposed to nld you, I, Thomas Jefferson, Jeffer-son, President of tho United States of America, liavo written this letter of general credit for you with my own hand and signed with my uaino. TH. JEFFERSON." Tho Utah educational and mining oxhlblts aro considered to bo tho flnost of them nil. Tho other states which havo orcctod elegant buildings on tho grounds nro: Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Missouri, Illinois, Now York, California nnd Massachusetts. Montana and Alaska aro also roprcsontod. Tho Phillpplno islnnds havo sent nn oxcollont and most Interesting oxhlblt. Tho Oriental Exhibits Pnlaco Is strictly Corinthian, nnd Is 303 feet long nnd ICO feet wldo, and contains 40,000 squnro feot of oxhlblt space. Tho Fine Arta building Is flroproot nnd In tho form of an L, ono wing bo-Ing bo-Ing 125 feot in length and tho other 150. Tho Mines nnd Motnllurgy building Is 200 feot long nnd 100 feot wldo. Tho n design Is a free rendition of tho Spanish Span-ish renaissance Facing tho Concourso Plaza Is tho Festival Hall. It is 305 feot In length nnd 125 feet wldo. Tho hall has n seating capacity of 2,500, and tho stngo will accommodnto 500 people It Is In this hall that tho choir from Og-den Og-den will sing. Tho Manufactures, Liberal Arts nnd Varied Industries building Is one of tho largest and most mngnlflcent structures on tho grounds, containing 90,000 squnro feot of oxhlblt space. It represents tho entire participation In tho oxpoHlton by tho manufacturers of tho country, and tho displays nro Immense Im-mense Tho Agricultural Pnlaco Is the most handsomo building on tho pounds. It fs 4G0 foot long nnd SIC icot wldo, and has cost I74.C59. Somo of tho finest statuaries n tho grounds nro: "Cowboy at Rest' "Hitting "Hit-ting tho Trail." "A Pioneer." 'Cow Killed by Lynx," "Hull Fighting Lynx" nnd "A Stop Townrd Civilization." "Tho Trail" Is tho nnmo given tho amusement street of tho fnlr. Ono "took In" tho Midway nt Chicago, or "went down" tho Plko nt St. Louis. It Is "hit tho Trail' at tho Lowls and Clark exposition, and It contains a gront amount of places of amusement and of Instruction. There Is n flag polo on tho grounds, consisting of ono slnglo tree, which measures 204 feet In height and 28 Inchps In diameter at tho bnso and 7 Inches at tho top. On Saturday, Juno 24, tho Utah PresB association, at tho Invitation of tho Portland Uonrd of Trado, sailed 70 miles up tho Columbia river In tho steamer "Undlno" to Collins Spring, and returned satno day at 11:30 p. m. On Sunday wo took tho sightseeing enr and wont nil over bonutirul Portland, tho "City of Roses," ns It Is rightfully called. On Monday, Juno 20, wo went, at tho Invitation of tho Astoria & Columbia Co-lumbia Rlvor It. It. Co., to Seasldo, 118 miles from Portland, whero wo spent a most delightful day on tho Bhores of tho glorious Pacific ocoan. Now, dear reader, you havo mndo n trip with ub to Portland, but wo havo only been ablo to tell you ono hundredth hun-dredth part of what you will boo If you go thcro. So go nnd sco tho exposition exposi-tion for yourself; you will nover regret re-gret It. AU REVOIR. |
