Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-09-12

the rest OF the udy was spent III sCun-
ming the vast expanse for view. To-
ward afternoon we all saw her and
later on she passed us, her passengers
just rs eager to see us as We were to
see them-more SO, probably, as they
had been out of sight of land longer
than we. The usual games were
played and these helped pass away
otherwise dreary hours. The "Ao-
rangi Argus" the ships paper, made
its appearance before we arrived in
Victoria.
Land certainly looked good to us
when. on the eighth day. We saw
Cape Flattery. II was biting cold.
but bundled up as well as was pos
sible under the circumstances. we
viewed the beautiful forests until we
placed our gang-plank upon the Vic
toria wharf. The Quarantine doctor
came aboard and granted us pratique
outside of the harbor proper. 1t took
until midnight to unload what little
freight we had and the time was
spent in sightseeing by night 1t
does not need much more time than
that to see Victoria
Vancouver to Victoria
The trip from Victoria to Vancou-
yer is said by many to be the finest
on the Coast. Certain It is that the
Sound Is the place where as lovely a
view as ever one could wish for is to
be seen. But the worst of 1t is that
often 1t cannot be enjoyed as heavy
fog covers the little islands which
dot the ocean.
The fog lifted enough in parts for
us to satisfy ourselves that we had
seen enough to corroborate the state.
ments made by n number of our fel.
low-passengers who had travelled that
way before, and, though none OF us
were loath to step again on terra
firma, unless II was a young couple
who during the last days of the triI
had flirted enough for the whole
ship-we had certain lurking wish
that we might be allowed to see Just
a little bit more.
Vancouver is quite a city. A mum
Der of beautiful stores flank the bus
mess streets. but for the greater part
the residence section did not com
pare at all favorably with the house.
in Honolulu. They are built yer,
close together and have no yards.
Vancouver Newsboys
In Vancouver the newsboys ar
very much like their brothers in Ho
nolulu. inasmuch as they do not CT.
out the contents of their paper. The.
employ sing-song tone when shout
ing out the names Of the papers an,
add, Lots of news" OCCASIONAL.
one called out the edition of the pa
per and 1t certainly sounded queer t,
hear them yelling out a o'clocl
edition at half-past 2.
: Hotel rates in Vancouver are yer,
reasonable. Extensive competition,
am told, accounts for 1t. Hotels fac
each other. flank each other. an,
back each other in Vancouver. The
e are all comfortable and nearly al
, are conducted on the American
S plan.
Border Customs
4 From Vancouver, after a two day.
e stay there, we left for Portland. Ur
a on crossing the border line at Su
I mas, as the little town Is calledwhic
: marks the division of the Unite
: States from Canada, our train stoT
r ped and the United States custom
II men examined our trunks and bal
d gage. The examination is a hug
farce. II makes one mad after goin
through all the trouble OF untyin
the knots of the rope which binds hi
S trunk, to have a customs man merel
lift a shirt of the top OF the thine
8 In the trunk and mark, your trun
Passed" That's what they did [
mine, and to large number of Aul
n tralians and Canadians who were c
u the same train. but the tables wei