Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1910-08-26
paddles are about equal to an acre.
Windows OF Paper.

Windows OF Paper.
Most of their windows are made OF
oiled rice paper in squares Of about
exs inches. We visited their modern
department store. of which they have
one in Toxic. 1t is a three-story brick
building 100x1OO feet and is not much
different from our department stores
| in the United States except its floors
are covered with mating every
one is required to place canvas cover
/ ing on his shoes before entering They
employ about 700 people and do about
| $2.500,000 business yearly. Gas, cleo
trio and oil lamps are all used in the
city, and in some of the medium siz-
ed stores / saw all three going at
once They have modern street cars
on the wider and principal streets.
which are no different from our own
Very few horses or oxen are to be
seen. The twO-wheel cart driven by a
native does most of the heavy dray-
ing. These carts are very similar
the express and baggage carts used
at our depOts. / have seen ten bales
Of merchandise on one of these carts
drawn by one man and pushed by an
other. Most everything is made by
hand. no woodworking machinery to
speak Of. although we saw one small
sawmill and several turning lathes
running by footpower
A shop carpenter, blacksmith or tin
smith squats on the floor while work |
ing, and in planning a board they draw
the plane instead of pushing it. 1t is
safe to say one of our good carpenters
can do as much work in one day as
one japanese can in five days, each
using the present methods.
Saw Stars and Stripes.
During our sightseeing procession
he streets were lined on either side,
eaying narrow passage of about six
eet for our rickshaws to pass, all wav-
ng the japanese and United States
lags, the children raising their arms I
md shouting "Ohio" or "Banzai." I
his was kept up all through our Z
march, which took about two hours. &
his was repeated at all the cities s
listed.
After a visit to few Of the larger I
tiles of Japan, one is almost led to s
elieye that the principal occupation '
) raising children and showing tenn +
les, as the children are present
verywhere by the thousands, and it v
a poor town that cannot boast of il
ne or two temples Even the railway b
ations have signs up stating such
'mple is five, ten or twenty minutes p
ON the station. If
Toxic, like other cities in japan, d
well supplied with schools and uni 81
universities have en- u
'llments of 1000 to 1900 and the c.
AIDED schools 500 to 600. d,
We visited the principal parks but CT
e too early for the cherry bios hi
ms; five weeks later would be much di
tier in which to visit Japan to see al
at its best. 10
on for NikkO. to
on Sunday. February 28th, at 5 D. 81
we took train for Nikko, about II
nety miles north, making the run in -
lr and one-half hours Our train ~
10 a snoofoI o,d 80. -,iee.-. ak
nm all Tanar,s frs, o1as, 4.ot,a - ha
: narrow guage with seats run eA
ig lengthwise of the coach, broken
toilet rooms in center of car. Some
the cars are made in compartments mi
lding four to six people The seats 10
low and rather tiresome to a six of
tier. ell.
At Nikko we were met by hundreds ba
rickshaws and made a very pictur- lin
ue procession up the slightly in WI
ned street of about two miles to ba!
hotels located at the foothills back Ing
the town. Each rickshaw had COZ
lted japanese lantern attached at sec
right of the shaft; they looked alb,
2 hundreds of firehies weaving in tw,
out on cross streets and around int
ldings. We were housed for the Z
mt at the Kanaya hotel, a large Ho
'-story building used mostly as a ane
inner hotel. Here are located the peo
st temples in Japan, built about teri
years ago by Shoguns, Ieyasu and ma
grandson Iemitsu. Here, too are sho
r tombs. The five-story pagoda To- on
ID near the main temple decorated two
harmonious colors rising to Thi
,ht of 10f feet. the stone tori, vess
mes, store houses, bell towers, fire
N towers and other structures are sooi
decorated with fine wood carvings
flowers. birds and other objects. -
~ relics of the Shoguns and pres
from foreign countries are pre-
ed here. The sacred bridge is also =, =, 6
ted at this place, built of stone -
red lacquered wood; it spans the ~
"a river and is closed to all ex- -
the imperial family. Another SUE
lre worthy Of mention is the ave- ',,e
of Cryptomerias trees (similar to Jus
CEDAR which extends about twen-
We miles out of the city. These ~
were planted about 800 years
Nikko has population OF about -,
20. terri
then
Government Recognition. sim
II Nikko at p. m. for Yokoha- 1t
arriving $3.50. March End being coul,
day for seeing Yokohama. we ing
rickshaws and visited the regu- good
n parks, public buildings and time
, the usual parade through the two
Is, putting in considerable time
ng the shops. where most of us
relieved OF considerable surplus