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is near Astoria, and the salt cairn where they evaporated the ocean water for salt is near Seaside, a summer resort on the seacoast.

Besides the Columbia river region and the other Oregon points of interest contiguous to Portland, the visitor to the Lewis and Clark Exposition has the privilege of stopping at Puget sound and making acquaintance with some of the most charming ports of the United States. This balmy land, with its mountains, sound, bays, rivers, fishing, summer resting places, great forests, whirring mills, fine cities, and glorious climate, deserves attention at the hands of the traveler, for it is surely God’s country. None may pass it by without regret. Those resident in the East have little idea of what is to be found in the Puget sound region. How many, for example, know that Tacoma has close on to 75,000 population, that Seattle