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first sight of snow capped Mount Shasta. Imposingly beautiful landscape. Magnificent trees everywhere. [[strikeout]][[?]] [[/strikeout]] Then a plateau where it was very hot. volcanic plateau mountains everywhere. Then descend over precipitous road, tunnels and bridges. always admirable landscape. giant fir trees. very sparsely settled country. Lower down orchards and cultivated fields. [[margin]] Asland [[/margin]]] Stop at Ashland, hot-hot-hot. Bought some fruit. Cooler night. Porter spilled all our fruit and blackberries! Nice mash. Slept better this night. 
[margin]]Portland Ore. [[/margin]] July 20. Arrived Portland 7.30 A.M [[strikethrough]] got [[/strikethrough]] Got hurried breakfast at station while Hertz went to engage an 
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open [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] motor-car. Drove thru the city for about 1 1/2 hours. Roses everywhere. well kept streets. very well kept park. I asked driver whether city had 100.000 inhabitants he answered it has gained as much in last 10 years and has now 220,000 [[margin]] Portland. Ore. [[/margin]] inhabitants. Same rapid increase seems to exist almost everywhere here.
Forestry building made entirely of immense logs of Douglas Firs. Inside enormous trees occupy place of stone pillars in a church. Gardener who [[strikeout]]gave[/strikeout]] hurried to give bunch of roses to Celine and refused a tip. Hill being washed away by hydraulic method to fill up a lake nearby.
At 9:30 AM left in observation car of Northern Pacific 
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