The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1909-08-26
The PAY STREAK
OF THE A. Y. P.

Every great worlds fair must needs
have some place of general amuse
ment; some place to crafty both the
normal and the abnormal inclination
Of mankind TOR that which is curious,
strange or wonderful. Great ocoa
sions, like the worlds fair, seem &c
develop 10 people superabundanct
Of exhuberanoe requiring some place
to give 1t vent, like the safety valve
OF steam engine; a subway or side
exposition for all kinds OF rema kable
shows, distinct from the main expo
sition itself. Understand that many
OF these shows are intensely interest
ing as well as instructive and useful,
Others while interesting, are, never
theless, on the fake order; that is,
they take your money without giving
you value received. So Chicago had its
Midway Plaissnce, st. Louis, The Pike
Portland, The Trail, and Seattle has
The Pay Streak, Western miners
phrase, here meaning, perhaps, rich
Ia amusement and fun.
We visited just three shows on the
Pay Streak, first, the Eskimo village,
just as they appear In their far away
home In the North h-lsnd; houses made
Of the skins of animals or Of ice (im-
itation ice, in this case. There we
saw native Eskimo man who who
is said to have accompanied Capt.
Peary in his famous Arctic expedi.
tion in which he reached point nearer
the North Pole than any former ex-
plorer. Here we also saw a young Es-
kimo girl sixteen years OF age who
was born in Chicago when her parents
we're attending the worlds fair in
that city In 1893 This giil has since
spent some time In the public schools
of New York City, and now speaks
the English language we'll. Those
who are judges say that she, dressed
in her rich suit OF sealskin furs, is
good looking. The Eskimos are a
slow moving people.
Next we visited the Igorrote Will
age, the wild men of the tropics, the
inlandeis, or more properly, the high
landers of Luzon in the Philippine
Islands' the head hunters, the dog.
eaters, the cannibals. The men, gorg-
eously arrsyed in their breech clouts
of extremely meager dimensions. en-
tertajned us with wild exultant dance
around some imaginary captive, rem
derins the occasion more hideous by
an unceasing montonous din on their
harsh metal drums and tam. tams. A
variation was presented in an exhibit
Of their skill 10 casting spears at
post (supposed to represent man,
placed few rods distant; the thTusteI
when successful In making his spear
stick without falling out would de.
mand a nickle of some hystander.
Some of the men we're engaged in
forging or manufacturing these spears
and any gentleman Cor lady tor that
matter) who desired to go on head
hunting raid, could purchase one of
these spears for the meager sum of
Sl.75.
The Igorrotes are really an inter-
esting people. Four years age at Port
land, l thought they we're hardly
worth seeing, but think differently of
them now. An eminent professor
from the Oxford University of Eng
land, who Is now giving course OF
lectures in the summer school Of the
Washington State University, is max
ing a special study of the Igorrotes.
It:is related that the professor Ieoently
presented them with a short haired
dog for table use, whereupon they re-
the courtesy by extending
to him an invitation 10 dine with
them, which he did; the professor
pronounced The dog meat tshort- haired
dog meat, mind YOU gastronomic
delicacy. just prior 60 the time Of
our visit to this village we had par
taken of a sumptuous repast consist
ing of a cup of tea and couple of
waters at the famous Fcrmosa tea
house on the opposite side of the
grounds, hence felt no inclination to
paTtake of the dog meat or man
steaks either. But seriously the Igor
rotes are not such savage appearing