Treasury Notes. Treasury notes are intermediate term debt securities sold by the Treasury. Initial terms for notes are 2, 3, 5, 7 and 10 years. A Treasury note pays a fixed rate of interest -- the coupon rate -- which is paid to an investor semi-annually.
Mount Hood (45.4N, 121.7W) is the tallest mountain in Oregon (11,237 feet, 3,426 m) and popular with skiers, hikers, and climbers. It is 45 miles (75 km) east-southeast of Portland, Oregon. Mount Hood is a stratovolcano made of lava flows, domes, and volcaniclastic deposits. Most of the volcano is andesite composition. The main cone of Mount Hood formed about 500,000 years ago. In the last 15,000 years the volcano has had four eruptive periods.
Mount Hood Loop, located on the northern boundary of Oregon: One of the worlds most scenic highway loops, through a gorge cut by the Columbia River along Interstate I-84, along the fault-and volcano-bounded Hood River Valley (Hwy. 35), and up the flanks of Mount Hood (Highways 35 and 26). For information, contact Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, 902 Wasco Ave., Suite 200, Hood River, OR 97031, phone (541) 386-2333, or Mt. Hood National Forest, 16400 Champion Way, Sandy OR 97053, phone (503) 668-1700.