The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-08-27

Start Made June IA.
4 The start was made from Wenat-
chez on the 14th of June With two
riding horses and an extra one as
pack horse they took the road lead
ing across the mountains to Ellens-
burg.
1--WE had our blankets along" said
the time. We also had our cooking
outfit ana cooked our own meals.
I'VE didn't stop at Ellensburg but
went on through south to The Dalles.
Here we saw Rev. l.. r. Kufus. for
merly of this city. We walked into
his church Sunday night while meet
ing was going on. He came back to
shake hands with us, and it seems
that our appearance (not being
dressed in our Sunday clothes)
caused something of commotion.
Take Boat to Portland.
AS luck had it, at this place we
had an opportunity to get cheap
rate for our horses to Portland.
With a load of other stock it cost but
s123 each for our horses from this
place to Portland and % cent fare
for ourselves.
Not making any stop, we passed
through Portland to Willamette. We
visited the towns of Salem. Albany,
and Corvallis At the latter place we
visited the Oregon Agricultural Col
lege. At Eugene we visited the Uni
versity of Oregon. These schools
have each 600 students. Leaving
Eugene we crossed the Calapooia
mountains where grows some of Ore
CONS finest timber. Arriving at
Roseburg, we left for the south to
Grants Pass. Grants Pass is a
town about the same size as We
natchee.
We arrived in Medford on the I'd
of July We spent the Fourth in the
Siskiyou mountains. Here were a
bunch of miners who had spent the
greater part of their lives in this
region. This was forty miles from
the railroad They had a celebration
and set off lots of giant powder in
stead of firecrackers. In the even
ing in the log shack they had dance.
The miners are a sociable set AMI
Many of them are old bachelors,
chere being but a few women in the
district.
Here is where j. A. Shotwell has
some mines located. Both quartz
and placer mines have been located.
Placer mining has been going on here
for fifty years. These mountains
were the scene of the earliest mining
activity in the state. At Jacksonville
! in this locality is the old fort erected
in 1855 for protection against the In
dams. We spent two weeks in the
mines We ate venison all the time
we were there There is lots of good
hunting and fishing.
| Then we returned to Medford.
| E. Riste, formerly superintendent
of schools is located at Ashland. He
has purchased a fruit ranch there on
the edge of town.
/ At San Francisco.
/ We also made trip to San Fran
cisco by train. The conditions there
are still far from encouraging. The
main street of the city has been re-
built. Fillmore street has also been
rebuilt, and there is now strong
strife between the two business dis
tricts.
1t would also be interesting to note
our visit to the Chinese section. Here
we saw a white woman who has mar
ried a Chinaman, and whom the
guide informed us was sister OF
Helen Gould! He said she had been
disinherited, and she is living in lit
tie hut resembling an Indian tepee.
Her husband is a typical Chinaman
with a long queue. She does con-
siderable work among the Chinese,
being a sort of teacher among
them
Since the Fire.
! Since the fire Chinatown has been
built in modern Chinese style, and
we are told that it now resembles a
! real town in the Orient.
i On Our return from san francisco
| we visited at Medford, arriving there
/ the morning after the death of l.. II.
Belser. We saw w. E. Johnson soon
after our arrival. We had seen Mr..
Il Belser on the way down. At that
time he was in very delirious con
i dition, and was apparently unaware
{ of what he was talking about. He
gave US long talk of an hour AMI a
half On different subjects.
His death, of course, created a
great sensation in the town.
/ After a short visit with Mr.. Riste
at Ashland and j. X. Williams. for
merly of this city, at Gold Hill, we
/ returned in a buggy which we got at
! Meiford We returned by way OF
/ Centralia, Olympia, Tacoma and Sc
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