HERE THE CONDOR POWER COMPANY HAS HARNESSED THE SWIFT FLOWING ROGUE
THE WATERS OF THE WILLAMETTE MIRROR MANY PEACEFUL SUNSETS
The Willamette itself is broad and swift flowing, with banks lined with forest trees of perpetual verdure. From north to south the river meanders, now lazily, now with a rush of leaping waters. It passes through a delightful pastoral country where the farmhouses are framed in fruit orchards and sleek cattle feed by the river pastures. Now and then the banks rise sheer in tree-crowned cliffs fifty feet in height. There are plenty of fish and wild life abounds. There are many canoe clubs at Portland and during the summer the Willamette is crowded with the fleet of light craft while trips up and down the river are in great favor, sometimes extending for days and covering a voyage of one hundred miles, the distance by river between Portland and Albany. From Portland to Salem the capital city, a steamer plies the fifty miles of waterway. House boats, often of luxurious design, are in high favor on the quieter reaches.
COW CREEK CAÑON, DESPITE ITS UNROMANTIC TITLE. HAS FEW RIVALS IN ITS PICTURESQUE BEAUTY
PLACER MINING IN SOUTHERN OREGON, WASHING DOWN THE GOLD GRAVELED BANKS
A TYPICAL SCENE IN PASTORAL OREGON THAT RECALLS THE BERKSHIRE HILLS