The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1906-08-09
HOOD RIVERITES
TAKE VACATIONS
THE TALL TIMBER ATTRACTS MANY
A Few Go to the SeaShOre and Many to
Little White SalmOn--SOme Take
Driving aud Sea Trips.

A general exodus of Hood River
residents seems to be taking place at
present and those who can spare the
| time from business or the duties Of
the household are seeking change of
scene. While few have gone to the
seashore for their annual outing, the
tall timber seems to be the most pop.
ular spot, and many residents of
Hood River ars at present camped
near the cooling influences OF Mount
Hood and Lost Lake. In fact quite
a colony of Hood River people is es-
tablished there and there is hardly
section of the city or valley that has
II ot its representative oamped near the
famous lake.
Trout Lake has also its share of WIS.,
itors from this side of the river, num-
bering as its guests many from The
Dalles and down,the river points. The
good road to Trout Lake is drawing
feature for that rt SOFT, something that
Lost Lake lacks, but which it is soon
eyxpected to have. BY those who
have been up the Little White Salmon
IlNbE IL is HuId JIldb ~ las hONSi bOoh
so popular as this summer and that
campers galore can be found along its
shore in quest of the ever elusive
trout.
While vacation trips of various
kinds are being taken by some, others
are turning their idle time to good ao-
count and have found employment
in the harvest fields. To young fell
lows attending school this kind of
vaction is somewhat of lark, but
pallsl on the ordinary Hood Riverite
who is busy swith his cultivator
spraying apparatus, marketing apples
or talking about them eleven and a
half out of the twelve onths of tho
year.
The ordinary vacation, appealing
to some as slightly hum-drum, they
have decided ON something more out
of the usual course and have taken
driving or sea trip. The latter was
the kind of vacation selected by
Mrs IP. S. Davidson, sr. ,swho left here
July 10 for a trip to Alaska, arriving
at her home in this city Friday very
much benefited in health by the voy-
age. She speaks in glowing terms of
the many attractions of the trip and
of the interesting things she saw in
that far northern latitude.
Mrs. Davidson sailed for Alaska
from the port of Seattle on the steam
ship City of Seattle and stopped at
many ports both going aud return
ing, among which were Vancouver,
b. c., Sitka, Juneau and Skagway.
Sitka she describes being a particu-
larly beautiful and interesting place,
on account of its old Greek churches,
which we're built many years ago by
the Russian inhabitants when Alaska
was under the dominion of the Gar.
At juneau the passengers we're given
an opportunity to indulge in the sport
of fishing and the fish were so plenti-
full there that the deck of the steam
ship was soon covered with halibut.
The ship made several stops at Juneau
both coming and going and the In
dians there, eager to sell their wares,
came alongside the vessel in large Ca
noes, handing up their products to
the passengers on the ends of oars for
| inspection. Mrs. Dadvison says that
/ while the baskets and curios offered
| for sale are both pretty and interest
ing, thei willy Indians of Alaska have
| discovered that tourists to that coun-
| try are expected to be separated from
their money and do not hesitate to ask
fabulous prices ifor articles that 1t is
said can be bought theIe during the
winter for a song.
At Skagway, the destination OF the
steamer, the party we're allowed ashore
for seven hours and many took ad-
vantge of the opportunity to go to the
top of the famous White Horse Pass
which can now be reached by railroad
in three hours, but which caused the
gold sc ekers of the early Klondike
days many hours of weary toll and
suffering to make the journey. At
Skagway winter coats and wraps were
in order and the steam had to be kept
turned on in the radiators to keep
the passengers comfortable,
The pleasure of the trip was marred
by but one incident which occurred
wheu it was about finished. Arrange
ments had been made to give fare
we'll dance on the last night before
eaching Seattle. When the steamer
left Vancouver 1t ran into severe
storm, sending passengers to thelI
berths in a hurry and causing every.
thing that was not secure to roll IN
every direction. The piano, which
had been unfastened in order to be
removed to the main salon, was tossed
about to such an extent that it Is said
to have turned over three times before
it was caught and properly secured
, Naturally the dance did not take place
under the circumstances as most o.
the passengers we're hanging over the
edges of their berths unable to take
any interest in a social function.
: Apart from this, Mrs. Davidson
! who was not sick, but rather anxious
; says the trip was most delightful