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THE VALDOSTA TIMES, TUE8
From Portland t San Francisco
Through Many Interesting Scenes
Some Impressions That Greet the Traveler In the Timber
and Fruit Lands, and the Picturesque Scenes of Oregon
and California.
A trip from Portland, Oregon,
San Francisco, California, covers
distance of between eight and nine
hundred miles over a road which has
been designated “The Road
Thousand Wonders.’
By leaving Portland at night you
have two nights and a day on the
road, but the day carries you over
the finest scenery to be found in the
entire West. Your route leads along
the ..liamatte river for a hundred or
so miles and through some of the best
fruit and grain growing sections of
the state.
It is along here that wheat and
hops, prunes, grapes, peaches and
-"sins grow to perfection. Dairying*
is also a large industry, while the
lumber mills along the route remind
you very much of the southern por
tions of Georgia and Florida. The
chief difference is in the kind of tim
ber that is used in me mills, the
modes of getting it out and the char
acter of the land upon which the im
mense forests are grown.
Oregon, you must remember, is one
of the greatest lumbering states in
the union. The mountains and hills
are covered with « almost untouched
forests of fir trees and sugar pines,
spruce, hemlock, ash, cedar and ma*
hogony. The fir tree Is the principal
one that is sought after by the mill
men. It Is said to rival the pine in
lightness, while it is as durable as the
oak. Like the sequols and red-wood
of California, they grow to enormous
size. On exhibition at the Portland
exposit.on was a 28-foot fir log that
measured 110 inches at the butt and
95 inches at the upper end. This
tree stood two hundred feet high with
out a limb. It was an exception, of
course, but it showed how great they
are capable of growing.
The lumbermen there v have
much trouble in getting their , logs
from the mountains as the luml
of this section have in getUhg,
from the ba^s/ and swamps. ’
the s§me d£ans is employed
ifre used..irtc:re the
^“*VhiIe flumes' and sll
Crags was had from the top of Sis
kiyou range. Mount Shasta—14,000
feet above sea level—is the tallest
peak in that section, If not in the coun
try. Black Butte stands near it and
is a peculiar formation of lava stones
thrown up by volcanos in untold ages
gone. Pilot Rock is a cupulo-like
rock on one of the peaks, which it is
said, the sailors from the ocean often
use as a pilot. Castle Crags is the
queerest of all of the rock formations
—cold, grey, fang-shapbd, they stand
like a splintered heap from some
great geological mastodom.
The feat of engineers- across the
Siskiyou range and toward Shasta is
probably as fine as have ever been
accomplished anywhere. The decline
on the southern side, while not as
daring, dizzy or bewildering, is, nev-j
ertheless, magnificent work. A chart
and compass could hardly keep up
with the direction which your train
moves as it dashes from one peak to
another, over canons, along the preci
pices and through the turning, twist
ing, everchanglng scenes through hill
and vale. But Mount Shasta is before
you all of thd time, or at least, it is
the point toward which you are
bound.
Ninety miles away, it looks not
more than ten. You can see the
great banks of snow in the mighty
ravines on its side; you can easily
tell where the timber line Is by the
change in color a little over half way
up to its summit. The track is so
crooked through this section that
Shasta remains on one side only
short time before you find It on the
other side of you. One minute you
see it out the window on your left
and the next minute It Is to your
right or behind you. The people out
there call it “jumping mountain" on
this account. Some Englishmen were
told that the mountain jumped from
one side of the roa&tothe other and
It'll said they stapflfkfct the station
there and spent '
eee It make .
f Ten miles ls : i
Mi
waiting to
: WMfEiW
' v ' tijCAlfccreeln and river
. though, It you
r, you isfoutd Bup-
wero not over a mile
There are three or
:r ’ mile stations near the foot of
/.the mountain where your train stops,
v I was told that two of them were not
j more than half a mile from each oth-
| er across the country, though It Is
are
knd
rtversai
fling and the mill business
are to be as profitable as If Is S
this section.
JL* Through the Mountains.
TPhe country, * of course, is not so. about sixteen miles by rail,
tktekly settled (is It is here, settlers Shstta Springs,
amoving in all of the time and the Shasta Sprlng8 „ the stopplng place
- - during the past few years is am| , place o( ftreat lnterest lt The
W-'. f sU >«» rema “ A thl,, aprlng8 rlse on a u ope
time to the south are the magnificent thousand fm aboV(j ^ rallroad
views that are constantly, track apd tumble oyer
road, besides the depot, Is a pretty
little house, with heavy glass win
dows and In It Is arrange-- in attrac
tive shape the products of the sec
tion around. It Is like a county fair,
but always open, and without fakes
end schemes that play against the
fairs that we have every fall, .m-ie
exhibits are presided over by a
ager, who has plenty of advertising
•natter to (hstribute to passengers on
the caln. To see one of th-so ex-
l-ll-tts gl.-.-s you a much bs ’er impres
sion ot llte resources of the co.r.lry
than you c:.uld otherwise get The
ueatnes. of the displays i-.d the en
'erprlsc tl k' stands bohi if them Im
presses liself upon you it oucc
The Magnificent 8cenery.
But the thing which Impresses Itself
upon one the most on the trip through
western Oregon and California Is the
almost unrivalled scenery and the
comforts of travel. The roads use oil
burning locomotives, which does away
with smoke and cinders,, while the
road beds are sprinkled with petro
leum, thus keeping the dust down and
giving the right-of-way the appearance
of a macademlzed highway.
The Sacramento river rlsoB within
a few feet of the track, near Mount
Shasta. You cross lt a half dozen
times on the route, at first a tiny
stream trickling over the rocks and
hedges, then a splendid creek tumb
ling over the Mosstbrae Fals, making
one of- the prettiest pictures In the en
tire west. Then you cross lt within
a few yards of the car shed la Sacra
mento—a great broad river big enough
for the ships of commerce of float
upon Its surface.
As you near San Francisco, you
have two other large bodleB of water
to cross. The first Is an arm of the
bay, which is crossed on the largest
ferry boat In the world—a boat bo
large that It will carry forty passen
ger coaches, a ha'lf dozen engines,
with a freight train thrown In, without
the slightest trouble. It Is fitted up
with restaurants, barber shops, sa
loons, etc., and lt makes the two miles
across the bay in about ten minutes!'
San Francisco bay Is crossed on
passenger boats, the trains going to
the pier, some two or three miles out
In the bay and eight or ten miles from
the city ,& splendid blrdseye view of
which can be gotten across the bay.
You reach the great western metrop
olis at about nine o’’olook the second
monilng.ifter leaving Portland.,You
find the city alive with Is hurrying
narper Kye
“On Every Tongue."
Scientifically distilled; naturally aged; best and
safest for al> uses.
thousands and yon get a glance
dty wjilch rivals X?<
r-mlituH
...JPu*! wen si arpadsea’ th n groat
eastern metropolis In ; Its
Mend. San Francesco is worthy of
special article and I will give some
Impressions of the place at another
time.
EVER WATCHFUL.
'U
panoramic
unfolding-before the eyes." From ten
o’clodk in the ^morning, of the day
light ride, until, night you are going
through scenes'that cannot be sur
passed for grandeur on the continent.
The scenes are beautiful all of the
• way, your train sweeping around
curves, over the bridges, through tun
nels, along mountain streams and riv
ers and then out over fertile valleys
for mile after mile,
You reach Ashland, in the southern
part of the state, about eleven o’clock
in the day and from then until night,
Mount Shasta and the Siskiyou range
are the objective points. At Ashland
your*train of twelve or fourteen coach
es is cut intp three sections and six
or seven engines are coupled on to
them. The first section of four or
five Pullmans is drawn by three pow
erful engines. The next section of
four day coaches is drawn by two
engines and the mail, baggage and ex
press make up the other section,
The climb up the Siskiyou range be
gins at Ashland. It is about eighteen
miles across the mountains and about
two hours are required to make the
run. Before you reach the top of the
••hill" you will have passed through
fourteen tunnels and have gone over
the same ground, but at a much high
er elevation, no less than four times.
As the engines struggle up the moun
tains,, barking like dogs on a trail,
you can look far below you and see
where you were a half an hour be
fore, and fgar above, and see where—
if something doesn’t break—you may
be a half an hour hence.
Our train took a side-track on the
top ©f the range in order to let the
x&drth-bound "limited’’ pass. It was
divided into three sections just as our
train was. For a half an hour before
either train reached the summit, we
could see them winding their way
around the grades below. You could
have thrown a brick-bat on them
many minutes before they finally pass
ed out of sight, only to come In sight
again five or six minutes later on the
curve a short distance off.
Mount Shasta In 8!ght.
The first view of Mount Shasta
fjlack Butte, Sailor’s Pilot and Castie
greht fall,
about the size of a Braall river, down
to the passenger station. The town,
hotels, etc., are up on the plateau
near the spring and you reach them
by an elevated road, like an elevator,
from the depot. The place is mag
nificently lighted and is a great re
sort for people in that section. The
water from these springs is as full of
soda as though it come from a solid
bed of that stuff.
The Oregon & California railroad
company is selling off some two mil
lion acres of land, which was granted
it as an inducement to get it to build
a road through that section. Most of
this land is within twenty miles of
the road./ For many years, the roads
kept their lands, hut the thrifty Mr.
Hill, whose name figures so frequent
ly in connection with western ttil-
roads and western developments, in
stituted the policy of selling the lands.
Get settlers to locate and they will
furnish business for the roads,’’ w:
his argument, and on that prlncir
the railroads have carried thousands
of people to that section to make
their homes.
The valleys and farming lands
along the road show a degree of thrift
that Is making the country blossom as
the rose. The fruit orchards,
vineyards and the broad acres
grain are a revelation to one who has
not been in that country before. De
velopment is the idea on every side.
Burbank and others of his class are
working night and day to develop new
species in fruits and vegetables, mel
ons, etc., and while Burbank has man
aged to have the most attention at
tracted to his work, he is by no means
the only one in that section who is do
ing marvelous works on the same
line. They are not only developing
various produots and making them
grow to perfection, but they are lot
ting the world know what they are
doing.
Great Advertisers.
They are setting the older states
some lessons in advertising their at-
A Little Care Will 8avs Many Valdoa*
ta Readera Future Trouble.
Watch the kidney secretions.
8ee that they have the amber hue
of health;
The discharges not excessive or In
frequent :
Contain no “brlck-dust-like" sedi
ment.
Doan’s Kidney Pills will do this for
you
They watch the kidneys and cure
them when they’re sick.
H» Y. Ferrell, veterinary surgeon,
living at 67 8tate street, Albany, says:
"Although I have never been laid up
by kidLoy complaint, I have suffered
a great deal with a lame and aching
back, and have felt like going to bed
on that account often enough. This
dull, heavy pain was with me for sev
eral years. The urine was also very
dark and sluggish and contained a
thick sediment. 1 tried all kinds of
remedies and used prescriptions of my
own, but without success. Nothing
seemed to take hold, until I procured
Doan’s Kidney Pills. They were ex
actly suited to my case. Since using
the pills I have not been bothered with
those pains, and the kidney secretions
have been restored to a normal color
and consistency.’
Plenty more proof like this from
Valdosta people. Call at A. E. Dim-
mock’s drug store and ask what his
customers report.
For sale by all dealers. Price 60
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Bu alo, N,
Y., sole agents for the Ignited States.
The
Youngest Whiskey
House in Valdnsta.
BUT IN
MANY MEN IDLE IN JAPAN.
Face
Troops Returning from War
Industrial Depression.
Toklo, Nov. 20.—The number
unemployed, following the return of
the troops from the field estimated at
70,000 men, ip causing uneasiness, in
view of th eindustrial degression now
prevailing and the unlikelihood of a
revival of buslpess in the neai
ture.
It is authoritatively stated that lt
has not yet been decided whether
Vice Admiral Togo will visit Eng
land or not.
Thank the Lord!"
cried Hannah Plant, of Little Rock,
Ark., "for the relief I got from Buck-
len’s Arnica Salve. It cured my fear
ful running sores, which nothing else
would heal, and from which I had suf-
tracuons that 1. ream- relresh-n, to | ^
one whorbelleses In publicity In such 0uarantced at w. D. Dunaway’s and
matters. ' At every station along'the g Dimmock’s drug stores; 25c.
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WATCH
1HE LEAD.
ME GROW
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O 4 XT 1C the right kind of goods at the right prices and am in position
A to give better goods at lower prices than any of the older
established houses In South Georgia. My motto is new methods and new Ideas.
The world Is moving too fast to hold to the old way. I want your business, and to
get It, I know that I must give you good, honest measure at the lowest prices, with
polite gentlemanly treatment.
I pay especial attention to mail orders, giving the quickest service possible after
orders are received.
Some of My Special Brands.
Old Bob Rye,
Sandlin’s Blue Grass,
Lons: Cotton,
Horse Shoe,
Rose Valley Rye,
Jefferson Club Rye
Old Parker Rye,
Freestone Corn, :
$1.00 per
quart, 4 quarts
vered for $4.00
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4
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75 “
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75 “
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1.00 “
4 not delivered 4.00
1.25 “
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1.50 “
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I have a full line of Ryes, Corns, Gins, Rums, Wines, jBrandies, etc, Write me
for prices. Address Postoffice Box 441 or Phone No. *20.
SEND ME YOUR ORDERS.
YOURSJFOR BUSINESS.
H- J “Cap” SANDLIN,
VALDOSTA, GA.
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