The Harrison times., 1914-11-21
Seeing the West.

Editor Times
Allow me a little of your space to
inform the readers Of the Times" as
to some of the sights have seen and
the pleasures | have enjoyed since
leaving Arkansas,
arrived in Portland in company
with my sister from Chicago. on the
31st, of Oct. Our trip was unevent-
ful but quite pleasant as our coach
came through without any change.
Portland'is beautiful city of some
27O,OOO inhabitants, and is desig'
mated as the City Of Roses which
title it richly deserves for on every
side you see roses, roses, roses.
am making my home with sister
who is with her son and a cousin; a
cousin had not seen since she was
1G and | q. Her husband is ply
sician, and has an Auto, and four
grown girls. have been Auto rid.
ing over the principal boulevards of
the city, and out On the country
roads all Of which are macadamized
Just like the Streets going one way
through garden and dairy sections,
where intensive farming is adopted
to perfection, and back through the
orchard and farming region. This
is in some ways a wonderful country
quite different from ours, yet in some
respects it is much like it, that one
can see what our country could be,
if it ever was found by a class OF in
tensive agriculturists or our farmers
were to wake up to their opportnni-
ties. The improvements indicate
prosperity, and Portland is, think
one of the clcanest cities have seen;
and what seems strange TO me 1t
has no allies, all connections to the
rear Of business or residence lots IS
from the front, consequently there
are no dirty or filthy allies, and am
almost persuaded that Tor beauty
and cleanliness it is better, although
TO me it seemed quite inconyenient,
The city has many beautiful parks
and many interesting nearby resorts
and have had the pleasure Of visit
ing several OF them.
|, in company with my cousin and
one of her daughters, visited one day
last week the noted Hood River APP
pie and strawberry section 60 miles
up the Columbia river We went
Z miles up one side and bacR on
the other side Of the valley, verify il
is a sight worth seeing The uni
formity in shape and size Of the trees
the immense loads Of apples Of uni
form size, with as many as % pco
pie under Il tree, the care in hand
ling indicates not only a locality ad,
dapted to the growth and produc
tion Of fruit, but most Of all intclli
gent cultivation and management,
found the Ark, Black nearly up
TO our production, but smaller The
Jonathan Cuow in season. is nearly
up TO our Jonathans in flavor, but
all other varieties of fruit are inleri
or, consequently ! am not eating
many apples,
As am out for pleasure have not
been industrious in getting inIorma'
ton, but am having the fun all
right.
Think Of four girls in the family
and am the only boy, and an autc
and one OF the girls an expert Chouf
feur, then from what you know o
me do you think am likely to miss
any fun,
Il is not uncommon for us TO max,
80 miles a day in sightseeing ant
then 10 to 80 milcs at night ioyrid
ing,
am happily situated in shoyinl
two homes, one with my cousin will
four girls where ! don sleep hardly
any and the other with my Nephew
where they let me sleep until II
o'clock,
expect to stay in the West Unit
spring, and visit San Francisco, Los
Angeles and Long Beach,
For the benefit oI any who might
want TO write 20 me give my od'
dress below
/, II, SCnwElTYER
Portland, Oregon
No. 1904 12nd st. s 3,