Leaves of Knowledge
CHAPTER II.
Astoria and the Columbia River.
On January 2nd, 1899, I left on the steamer Telephone, for Astoria. This was certainly a grand trip, though it was snowing at times and quite cold. After sailing down the Willamette river, past the old City of St. John into the broader waters of the Columbia, a distance of one hundred miles; stopping at St. Helen, Rainier and Mayger on the Oregon side of the river, as well as Kalama and Cathlamet on the Washington side, I arrived at Astoria, the second city of Oregon in population, at 4 p. m., having enjoyed a delightful sail on this inland arm of the sea, which is navigable for the largest ocean vessels during all seasons of the year. I remained at Astoria during the en-
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