. The tourist's northwest. teness ofthe pendent waters is here intensified by mossesthat cling to the cliff wall and by tall evergreensthat lean from either side to make a perfect mis-en-scene. One of those Sesthetically arched bridges thatso frequently grace views on the Highway hasbeen placed above the pool — a gracious gift to thepeople from Simon Benson of Portland. A seven-mile trail up Multnomah Creek was com-pleted in 1915 to the summit of Larch Mountain,which rears itself 4000 feet above river level like a grandstand where the children of men cancome up and see all that God has done in
. The tourist's northwest. teness ofthe pendent waters is here intensified by mossesthat cling to the cliff wall and by tall evergreensthat lean from either side to make a perfect mis-en-scene. One of those Sesthetically arched bridges thatso frequently grace views on the Highway hasbeen placed above the pool — a gracious gift to thepeople from Simon Benson of Portland. A seven-mile trail up Multnomah Creek was com-pleted in 1915 to the summit of Larch Mountain,which rears itself 4000 feet above river level like a grandstand where the children of men cancome up and see all that God has done in shap-ing this land. From the road, little impression can be gainedof the peaks that ward the emrald Oregonbeyond the crest of the southern palisades. Onlyfrom the river is Mt. Hood disclosed, and aU thecastellated coterie about its feet. The gorge of the Oneonta is a rift between gran-ite walls hugged so close above the stream thatit grumbles in its narrow bed. Beyond a tun-nelled obstruction are falls which sweep down-. THE CAXYOX OF THE DESCHUTES RIVER. CENTRALOREGON COLUMBIA RIVER. EASTERN OREGON 93 ward with the arch of a thoroughbreds tail. Op-posite Warrendale rises the basalt beehive calledCastle Rock — one of the out-standing featuresof the Washington shore. Bonneville, on theOregon side again, calls to mind the adventurouscaptain whom Washington Irving made the heroof a pioneer romance. To piscatorial expertsBonneville also spells fish, for this is the site ofthe mammoth trout and salmon incubator whicheach year produces fry by the million for Oregonwaters. Now the road crosses the Multnomah Countyline, and looks from the level of the river upon theeminence known to unromantic geographers asTable Mountain, but called by those of us whoput faith in Red Mens legends, the north pier ofthe fallen Bridge of the Gods. Hundreds of vol-umes have been written about the Columbia. Atleast one is devoted solely to the story of thegreat span which formerly united the two shore
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