The Washington herald., 1907-05-29
CAPTURED BY OREGON
Capital Has Breezy Visit OF
Fair Western Tourists.
ONLY HIGH PLACES TOUCHED
Bc1y of Fifteen Sent tn jamestown
by Pacific Coast Newspaper Bur
den Life of BrHss-buttoRed Guides.
Lovely Near Tragedy at Top of
Washington Monument.

/ In Oregon where trees grow "A mile
high: where they raise pumpkins and then
cut out the pulp and live In them, where
men play billiards with green peas and
wheat stalks, and where every one is
afraid 10 die. lest The happy hunting
/ grounds should prove a very inferior sort
of a place indeed. fifteen happy homes are
signing for the return of fifteen dancing
eyed damsels who waved farewell to
Washington from the deck Of the James
town steamer last evening, after two joy
GUS days in the only genuine National
| Capital
With equal certainty, II may be pre-
Isumed that the hearts Of many Of Wash
/ ington's most sophisticated public build
ing guardians. guides. policemen, and
other brass-buttoned gentry are yearning
for Phillip S. Bates all-star aggregation
I TO play q return engagement.
Hardy Variety of Penches.
/ Never has more enthusiastic and
withal. merry a cluster of fair tourists
/ bad quick-lunch view Of the Library
given the President the sign manuel of
| the glad hand or taken a squeal.ng
/ chance on the Washington Monument ele-
vator than this same crate of Oregon
/ peaches brought hther by the energetic
/ proprietor and publisher of the Pacific
/ Northwest
/ The consignment was originally labeled
/ fresh from the farm handle with care, q"
/ but any of the public men iu blue and
brass who stacked up against this COM
/ biuat.0n viii testify taat the peaches
/ were % tie hardy variety aad didn't need
. taxing care OF.
( With that breeZincsg Of manner always
I associated with .hc West bgt usually
. found IN New York CITY Nlr Bates
STURDY Young charges. headed by .heiT
/ equally Young claperon. Ms. c. f. Red
/ Geld. of Morrow County. ores. hit ali
. The high places. threw E'ggle A. every.
. thing that could tease laugh ont Of an
1 Lysteria patient, clipped "a bunch Of brass
/ buttons f0- souvenirs. broke of hunks of
/ tho Capi;ol, Library, and monumerg
/ nipped q smile az demonstrating guards.
and then set sail Tor jamestown. II
jamestown hasn't been settled since 1907
. they vii. settle g.
/ Yesterday was their star day. Tn the
morning they poked around the Center
4 Market stalls trying 90 find something
/ that looked as IF IL had grown or been
. fed i'm oregon No,hing looked Ike home.
The Maids md the Monument.
"Oh. look at the cute little strawber-
ries." exclaimed one OF the fair far
meresses. pointing 20 an assortment OF the
largest and best that poor beHlghtei effete
fasteners have 10 pat up with in their
/ shortcake
What foolish looking asparagus. said
another why. YOU would have to eat
/ severa. stalks az one meal
The market man said nothing but The
/ buffers spread too thick
/ When the Cre1kiuE elevator brought the
/ OregouiaDs 20 the top Of the Monument
and they scattered 10 the eight windows
. 20 gaze upon the mighty panorama below.
/ it seemed that at last they had met with
/ Something 20 tame their gIrlish exuber-
ance. They gazed long and earnestly at
. the vast spread Of landscape below them.
Fine view" said the guard encourag-
/ ingly
Yes. very pretty" replied the acc0sted
one But you ought 10 see the View from
/ the TOP OF our old apple tree"
They carried the guard into the little
Office and .cnderly brought him back 10
/ consciousness.