The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-06-18
Journey From Coos Bay.

Editor News Record We left Myrtle
Point May 26 in company with Mr..
Bush and family. arriving at Man sh- !
field at 2 p. m, and took dinner at Gar
field hotel after hiring baggage hauled
from depot to ship docks and office /
We had fine dinner OF fried CLAIMS. !
After securing tickets and brrths on
the ship Altar ce for the following
morning, walked on the wharf and
viewed the many boats and tide lai ds
In many places the honses and streets
are built few feet up from the ground,
on piling. and many have water under
tfem when the tide comes in. We met
an old sea captain with whom we got
acquainted. coming down. He was
nicely dressed, well posted and jolly
He remembered us by Dewey, who wAen
'asick war ted to walk awhile He
said "Tell the purser you a-e friend of
Captain Hollns and see if he don't
treat you nice"
Tuesday morning: After breakfast
we take the flyer, the boat that takes
u to the ship at North nd, mi es
distant All is gay ETY.. Everybody
smiles and with h ,nds full of flowers
and souvenirs and II continual waving
and shouting, greetings or. goodbye;
ladies waving goodbye to friends, those
waving to some friend or shouting to
them; pen haps some fel ow boozed up
little gets in and if he has no friends
none is wiser fer he can get in and
wave and gesticulate, there are so many
that no one knows who each is waving
/ to then. | counted over 60 standing on
the upper deck on the flyer besides
those on the lower deck and in the
cabins. When we get to- our ship, the
Alliance, all is hustle for Il few minutes
till we each find our staterooms, the
number tf whi:h is shown on onr
II ket. All is gayety till we start out
over the bar. This crossing is governed
by the tide, We must go out at high
tide. The crossing is particularly
rough, the gayety ceases, one after
al other gets very sick, some 90 to bed,
Others hang over the railing feeding the
fish. After crossing the bar there is a
very rough sta ard facing strong
head wind we make slow time: all dav
fine meals and few able to eat, though
some on their first trip escape and eat
every meal
Next morning all is changed; very
still sea for old ocean though the good
ship kept up continual roaring up in
front, jumping breaker, then kicking
up behind, then laying clear over ON
one side, then q ickly the 9th ar way; as
the Dutchman said of his mule, "He 90
every way at oLce." After we near
Tillamook things of interest show up
laster than can scribbe. We sailed
between the light house and shore,
something they don't do in years, and
to dest ribe the fine buildings and
equipment would require too much
time and space. The wreck of large
4-masted vessel was in sight, also sea-
side camps, many tents and people,
then Tillamook nesting at the foot #
hills and sloping on down near the sea, =,
then another big wreck washed high
and dry till they can't float her, then
fine beach and big buildings to accom-
modate pleasure seekers. Soon we
cross the bar as the tide is right, and
are now between the big jetty and the
wash bank of the Columbia. We ate
our first meal that stayed with us. By
this time we near Astoria which looked
good to us. The city showed up fine.
We had been nearly freezing on old
ocean; here the air is soft and balmy
You will think funny they unioi d d
lumber here from Narshtied. 1t was
fine, finished, white cedar.
On boar ship, all converse, JOKE and
have royal good time except those
who have second-class tickets They
have dens at one end of the ship, can't
come TO the dining halls nor on any of
the decks. Though they save So on Il e
ticket it looks like they stand good
show to get ticks, bed bugs, or.
Passed the city of Astoria; can see
settlements on either side, many houses
little hanilets and small boats Pass, d
anot Ter boat that was al andont v
the owners and crew got part of her
safe and they claim her value, which is
| understand about $4,000.
Along the shore are fish houses n
osts every little ways, making o e
think OF claim shacks on the broad
prairie, except one is the water, the
other on the land, then we see little
boats every little ways with only two or
three in them, and Il ele seems to be s
many getting their living oa the wal, r
as ON the same amount of land and
many. old and young, say they would
starve taken away from tie water front
They keep horses out in these house ),
miles from shore. to pull in their fish
nets. Then boats can land with sup.
plies or take away fish. Passed three
men wading waist.deep and pulling in