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Montana; Lewiston and the Clearwater—Kooskooske—river in Idaho; Walla Walla, the crossing of the Columbia river between Pasco and Kennewick and again between Kalama and Goble, and Mounts Adams, St. Helens, and Rainier, in Washington, and Portland, Mount Jefferson, and Mount Hood in Oregon.

Visitors to the Lewis and Clark Exposition at Portland will find a wealth of scenic beauty in and about Portland and Astoria, made doubly interesting in connection with Lewis and Clark. The explorers’ notes are extremely full regarding the Columbia river and their experiences in navigating its rapids and tidal current. As a scenic proposition, no stream on the American continent, north of the Mexican Republic, certainly, will scarcely compare with the Columbia. It is a great and mighty river, bulwarked by mountains that form some of the grandest handiwork of the Almighty, and a never-ending source of