The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-27


are back at school ard viii try sor posi-
tions On The team. The services q Henry
Callahan. Williams. Peabody and Br0wn.
every one % them strong players. Viii BE-
missed. The team Is fortunate ia having
Fletcher last years center for the o.
ilnbia school eIeveu: Gardner, zuarl
for the South school. ". Campbell, g.
Briggs. Z Benson. Dan Robinson hnd
Gr5geE % PICK from for new material
For the past two years the hlFn school
boys have done better team work taan
aug % the other faeaI orgs nlzatl8us and
they are hopeful 81 maintaining their rep
utation.
Curtis d Stratton had made the trip
frcm Seattle 10 Portland. Tais what he
has 70 say OF il:
To me. before 7 had made II. the
Thought II a trip 70 Portland by bicycle
called up uuresifM visions II winding
miles u hnly read of mud and corduroy.
ard q rock and sand But in reality a
short vacation swheeI cann8t De more
pleasantly passed than iu making the
trip II Is true that the scenery along the
as p nowhere grand ard - necessarily
familiar 10 many from the fact that the
road for the greater part u the way fol-
lows the railway. In fact. some thirty
miles must be ridden over the track 81
self. set from its freedom from most or
the hardships with attend touring by
wheel IN other parts OF the state. the
Portland trip should be popular From
the tine one leaves the smooth bicycls
path a. South Tacoma until Portland is
reached the road - nowhere bad. and
some ~ il is the equal of "a wheelman's
widest dream Nor II there any lack ~
creature comforts for the tired and hun
grr. and ef course thirsty cyclst. Small
towns arc rarely more than ten miles
apart with very falr hotels az All 81
FfaH cod ia ms az N.HI ia
uniformly = cents. Gn1 the bad ones were
rare exceptions IN my experience. /
know that every landlord who Ted me on
thar cheerful American plan lost money
by -, and good meals and plenty - them
are not 10 he despised All Wheelmen
know. II IS = true saying that a wheel
man feels compelled 70 eat lunch al every
place ou the road whore one can be- had
ara mourns the infreQueucy Of upportuni-
ties There are several dairy farms and +.
orchards on the road which offer some 90 /
lace also.
Another feature of the road which Is
ret TO be dcspised D. that il IL Impossible 1
10 lose % II ore viii only follow the tele- 1
phone poles which stretch in an unbroken I
line from Seattle 70 kalama. The road 4
and the telephone Inc pass. after leaving f
Tacoma, successfully through Hillhurst. I
Roy. Yelm. Rainier Tenino. Rucoda. cent /
itaiia CbnhAhs. Nap8Fiuc. NlnloCk Lit /
tin Fails. Olequah castle Rock and Kei- 1
SO and end az Kaiama. on the Columbia /
river II YOU ask the road from one towa /
90 the next Che iuvari Die reply h FOLLOW /
that string of telephone poles and az /
last one hiss such implicit faith In them /
that should they execute q sudden about (
faces and take the hack track one would /
follow without question. From -TBcoma |
10 Chehalis ab0ut ffty-siN miles. the road /
% superb. The only hills are a few SIN IN /
ones between Bucoda and Centralia and /
ore long bBt easily ridden one between /
Rainier and femme. From Cbehalis 20 /
Napaviue seven miles there Is a good /
plank rpaf Tor over half the distance ard /
then a iong and rather rough corduroy /
and dirt makeshlft. From Napavine to /
kalama I took the railroad track. The /
distance is about ffty miles But II hal /
then been raining heavily and the county 1
read was bad ordinarily the county road |
can bn ridden 70 Olequah aeventy-seven |
miles from Tacoma aua within few hum /
bred yards 81 tho Covlitz river. From /
this place on, tweuty-elght miles the 4
county road ia not 10 be depended or AM /
ire railroad track should be taken. This /
affords q good path 20 castle Rock.
For the first three miles after leaving /
Castle Rock the track is rough. bat /
thence on a. good. ard ~ the twenty /
miles much ~ u e. as smooth ms the Lake l
Washington path. There are FOUR trrstlfs I
which cannot be ridden in this distance, /
hut all are much less thau % mile long 4
nd are now betag 6Fied So. Riding on he +
track I averaged about seven miles per 4
hour hy pushing along without losing /
time sad on account ~ the necessity Of +
frequently diswounting consider that +
about as good ume as can Dee made on th.s 4
Part ~ the lue
THE proper way 20 make she trip Is TO /
ieRve Tacoma Bt about orlack tn taa 7
morning ana ride to castle Rock fhe same +
dav. eiEhty-3va miles aad 6u.sh the other +
twenty miles the nsNt .rorning catching /
a boat FOR Portland at about noon at IA /
lama Returning feave Portland af !
o'c,~.k lu the morning and halsna az I
about la reaching feutraita before dark /
sixty mites. approx tuately The ffty-two +
mites to Taconge is easily ridden in about /
seven hours.
ION my trp left Seattle ou september /
and Sc haa the ratn wtt1 me an tao way I
ans LOSE Erear 3eal ~ titna Coming /
borne nY actual r-8ins tine WAS du-en /
hours an3 farty-sive minutes between ka- /
Issna and Tacoma. leaving the former 4
place al le.ie Thursdav ara arriving az i
Tacoma tha next Guv at o'ciocA Both Go- /
ing ard coming took the steamer between 1
kaisma anf Pertlsaa TIE fart Is 70 cents /
7 uss informed fhas ~ tes nfty miles 81 I
road 0r the CsreEou slide ~ rae river thirty 4
e. trat class ard thr remainder quite pass +
able 7 Travelled entirely without oasE ee +
s+aslnx q chsuee ~ clothes ou hy express 4
90 uy destination Tho ouly accident 7 (
hsa was broken raae tn Zee craDk bes-- /
lnxs 81 enc wheel 3ae to fhe construction +
80 are wheel ar3 nsf r. srv Fault - the +
raad. Ms spirit was vexci by nary
pune tare.
T'he Y " 9. A srothsr team has been 1
E-lrs DesfFra~ WORK fer the Aast NIX