86

From a Photograph by Kiser Photo Co., Portland, Ore.

"PACKING UP" AT A DESERTED RANGER
STATION 96

USING THE FOREST FIRE TELEPHONE AT A
RANGER STATION 96

AN OREGON TROUT STREAM 100

From a Photograph by Raymond, Moro, Ore.

CANOEING AND DUCK SHOOTING MAY BE
COMBINED ON THE DESCHUTES 108

ON A BACKWATER OF THE DESCHUTES 108

ALONG THE DESCHUTES, THE "RIVER OF FALLS."
"IT ROARS AND RUSHES, IN WHITE-WATERED
CASCADES" 112

Copyright 1911 By Kiser Photo Co., Portland, Ore.

"CANOEING IS THE MOST SATISFACTORY METHOD
OF TRAVEL EXTANT" 118

THE PACK TRAIN ABOVE TIMBER LINE 118

From a photo by Belmore Browne

"THE HUMES GLACIER, OVER WHICH WE WENT
TO MOUNT OLYMPUS" 128

"OUR NATURE-MADE CAMP IN ELWHA BASIN" 128

THE "GOD MOUNTAIN" OF PUGET SOUND 132

Copyright 1910 by L. G. Linkletter

"THE LIVE OAKS OF BERKELEY'S CAMPUS" 156

From a photograph by Wells Drury, Berkeley, Cal.

LOOKING ACROSS THE CLOUDS TO MOUNT
ADAMS FROM THE FLANKS OF RAINIER 156

Copyright 1909 by L. G. Linkletter

"WE GLORIED IN THE SHEER MIGHTINESS OF
EL CAPITAN" 158

"A VAST FLOWER GARDEN MAINTAINED ENTICINGLY
BY DAME NATURE" 160

Copyright 1912 by Kiser Photo Co., Portland, Ore.

LIGHT AND SHADOW IN YOSEMITE 160

SUNRISE AT HETCH-HETCHY 164

THE GOVERNMENT ROAD THAT LEADS TO
MOUNT RAINIER 164

In the Oregon Country

CHAPTER I

"Out West"

"What is the most pronounced difference between East and West?" A
Bostonian once asked me that. I was East after a year or two of
westerning, and he seemed to think it would be easy enough to answer