SHASTA EOUTE — SEATTLE TO SAN FRAXCISCO. 35 



Gervais. 



Elevation 212 feet. 

 Population 270. 



>rvais patches of blue toadflax (Linaria canadensis) 

 may be seen in the fields in June. Less than a 



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oaks 



Seattle 225 miles. Just north of tlio town of Brooks is a noted logan- 



Brooks. berry farm, and during the season the adjacent oak 



Elevation 230 feet. woods are whitc with the tents of the berry pickers. 

 aito'xnSer The loganberry is a hybrid produced by crossing a red 



raspberry with a species of blackberry. It was named 

 for its origmator, Judge Logan, of California. 



At Chemawa is an Indian school with good buildinsfs and weU- 



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kept grounds. It has about 600 students and teaches m a practical 



way many trades and industries, giving most atten- 

 Chemawa. tion to agriculture. The results are well illustrated 



Elevation 188 feet. on the school farm. Prune, apple, and cherry 



ropulation 2.043.* 1.1 ii_ y 1 -la' ^ 



3 orcnards and berry gardens become more numerous 



mill 



Salem 



Salem is beautifully situated on Willamette River amid roUmg 

 hills that yield abundantly all kinds of farm, orchard, and garden 



products. It is in one of the most productive cherry 



Salem. 



and its cheiTv festival is an 



Elevation lOHeet annual attraction. Salem is noted also as a hop and 



Seattle 239 miles, prunc ccntcr. The State buildings are near the rail- 

 road on the right, and close to them are those of 



Willamette University. 



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surromi 



the railroad on the left. 



A short distance west of Salem are some hiUs of basalt that are 

 outliers of the great masses of volcanic rocks forming the Cascade 

 Range. A pleasant trip on the Salem Heights electric car, rumiing 

 a mdc to the south, will enable the traveler to see the lavas at 



trees. 



points 



On leaving Salem for the south the railroad follows the valley of 

 Mill Creek to Turner. The basalt hills just mentioned are on the 

 right. Two miles from Salem, on the same side, is the Asylum for 

 the Feeble Minded. On the left is the broad alluvial valley of Mill 

 Creek, and a few miles farther along the State Industrial Trainmg 



School for Boys, which stands on a hill that appears to be basaltic. 

 Where the railroad rounds the basalt slopes on the right the bright- 

 yellow monkey flower (JVIimulus) borders the track in June, and at 

 that season there is a wealth of flowers on every hand. The goldi^nrod 

 (Sohdago) appears even as early as the end of June, and among the 

 small trees is the attractive madrona {Arbutus menziesii)y with its 

 brown bark and fresh, glossy evergreen leaves. 



