Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-25
LOWE SCENES
DELIGHT BEAVERS
0REG0NS ARE CHARMED BY
LANDSCAPE
BY Trolley, Incline and Burro They
Ascend--Today the Northerners
Depart for San Diego, Pleased
With Stay Here

OreROn1dnS' car0S.
The hagpoles on the summit, the trees
with bark rent, the patient rocks all
bear witnes to the presence Of the
Beaver visitors. with their knives, pen
ellis and cardcases. 1t was their I'm
itial" appearance, as the cuttings bear
witness.
Cards by the score are attached to
Inspiration Point. for no one considers
his visit complete there unless they
leave the indelibe proof.
Thus 1t was that the 200 Oregonians,
now the guests of the Los Angeles
chamber of commerce. paid homage to
CALIFORNIA; scenery yesterday, said nice
things about the views, breathed long
and deep to get all the climate they
could. They must have made old Mount
Hood jealous to see his children so
irreverent to traditions.
Grafton's and Raymonds touring
parties merged their crowds with the
Oregonians yesterday in the ascents,
and the Alpine tavern attaches and the
Pacific Electric company's urbane
forces had their hands full in pointing
out the show spots. assuring the pas
sengers that there was no danger be-
cause they had been doing this very
same thing day after day for nine
years without getting a scratch.
Rush of Climbers
This crowd is like Fourth of July
crowd--so good natured and numer-
GUS" remarked w. Eugene Douglas, the
veteran excursion manager for Grafton,
who placed part of his cars at the dis
posal of the Oregonians and won their
thanks for it. why. look at those
mothers bringing their little babies
end children up. They are getting the
right start bringing them up, up, up,
so early"
And the yellow bebadged delegates
chuckled at the little joke.
The Oregonlans got UP with the birds
yesterday. They flocked around the
Pacific Electric conpany's big station
before S o'clock and it needed no second
call to find them piling into the waiting
special cars. The guests are full of the
vitalized California ozone and it puts
springiness into their steps, they say.
The run through Pasadena was I'M
eventful except that the weather man
seemed to have done his best to provide
ideal conditions, which efforts were far
from wasted on the visitors. One after
another OF the hundreds of beautiful
homes that dot the route to Mount Lowe
was noted. These picturesque condt-
lions make the San Gabriel valley the
favored dwelling place of the million
aires. Their we'll kept grounds are in
viting in appearance as though beckon-
ing the northerners to enter.
The excursionists found themselves
presently at the staten of the Mount
Echo incline.
Up the Incline
The ropes underwent a critical in
spection, especially at the hands-also
the eyes-of the women, and after
being duly pronounced safe the start
was made.
Up the precipitous side Of the noun
tain the car assembled, depositing its
first load Of thirty at Echo mountain,
$500 feet UP. The wondrous charm of
the diverse views, the villas of Pasa-
dena ensconced in orange groves,
shrubbery and on terraces and the
fringe of blue marking the ocean with
the peaks of Catalina island beyond
called forth rapturous remarks or awed
the passengers by the sublimity of
it all.
Then came the ride over the trolley
division, winding up to the Alpine
tavern, revealing changing pictures and
restful panoramas. Those who looked
for thrills got them, while through the
canyons balsamic breezes lulled the
senses. In the rare bit of picturesque
Swiss architecture nesting in the glen
on high where squirrels played freely
the Oregonians had an altitudinous re-
union.
Here they split up into parties, some
walking to the summit, three miles be-
You'd, some riding on ponies, while
others halted at Inspiration Point to
contemplate the enthralling picture be-
low and beyond.
Sing Above the Clouds
A pretty incident of the day was a
little song service held by number of
bright Oregon young women on the
edge of Inspiration Point.
Patriotic airs We're rendered by the
young people, after which they had
their photos taken in a group. Those
whose voices resounded sweetly, the
echoes travelling up and down the
canyons where other Oregonians lis
tened reverently to america" in
Canals, Grace Amos of Portland,
Beryl Graham of Houlton and Ida Jen-
kins of Chicago: also Mines. George e.
Jacobs of Portland, N. A. Perry of
Houlton, George Waters of Salem, Will
liam Renick of Lexington, Ky. Walter
II. Soderberg of Nome, Alaska; George
70. Jacobs of Portland, ]. d. NJ. Abbott
of Portland Abraham l.. Riker of Chi
oago and ]. r. Stephens now Of Los
Angeles but recently of Canada, who
has travelled extensively. Each fair
singer then threw a rock on a pile, in
the center of which they inserted their
cards, making a little cairn dedicated
to Oregon as a nemento of their visit.
Cards Of their escorts and friends de-
posted there included those of Fred
Rivears, the Portland electrician who
did much technical work in the ex-
position illumination; AL Patton of
Salem, Abraham l.. Riker, a wall paper
expert; Walter II. Soderburg, who for
ten years has as mining expert eX-
tracted ore from Colorado, California
and Alaska mountains; Philip Stein, n
Portland hustler: A. j, Armstrong OF
Portland, Sam May of Portland, who
possesses seven medals for athletic ex-
cellency and won many honors at the
Lewis and Clark exposition; F. A. Seu-
fert or the Dalles, George u. Jacobs, a
Portland druggist, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Manuel May of Portland, who acted as
chaperons for several young people.