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 untainted by anything savoring of graft or imposition. Hotel accommodations will be ample, and Portland has some fine hotels. The restaurants are also known for their excellence, and they prepare the peculiar delicacies of the Pacific Coast waters in most dainty manner.

Portland has a population of 130,000 and is a most beautiful city. It has a jobbing trade amounting to between $150,000,000 and $175,000,000 a year and also a heavy export trade. Its exports of wheat and lumber are very large. The buildings, churches, residences, and parks of Portland are thoroughly modern, and electricity, generated at Willamette Falls, plays an important part in all manufacturing, street car locomotion, building and street illumination, etc.

The street-car systems of Portland are very complete for touristic purposes. Electric cars, of which there are 160 miles, run to all parts of the city, to Fort