The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-11

destination of my railroad ticket,
was supposed to turn homewar,
from that city-because. as a con
temporary kindly remarked, 9TH,
trouble with some people is wheI
they go on a trip they buy a round
trip ticket Having bought i;
round-trip ticket, 4 now start home
ward, but go some l,50O OF 1900
miles in an opposite direction b,
way of making this start.
From San Francisco to Portland
went by steamer, thinking to var!
to some extent the long journey by
rail I would advise others, how.
ever, who make this trip, to cover
the distance between these two
cities by rail- Otherwise they will
miss some interesting and beautiful
scenery, and there is no advantage
in going by water. The ships OF
the San Francisco and Portland
Steamship Co. are very good. and
the service fair, but whoever named
the Pacific ocean evidently went by
that law of contraries which seems
to rule most nomenclature. My ex-
perience with this body of water
leads me to believe that the man
who named it was one of those sa-
tirists who always means just what
he doesn't say. During our pas
sage the Pacific was cantankerous
Added to a choppy sea was an ali
sence of freight on the ship, which
caused 1t to stand high up in the
water, and it rolled and pitched in
/ fashion that proved very unset
Ting to the passengers "innards. y
OF possibly two or three hundred
teople aboard, there was hardly a
score who were not afflicted with
NAL de mer-some of them called it
even worse names than that. 1t is
bad enough to have to share a state
room with two perfectly strange
persons (of your own sex, at that
and to attempt to sleep on mantel
shelf, without having the horrors of
sea-sickness added to these discom-
forts However, any man who has
ever been on ship where a large
number of the passengers were sick
without being himself affected, has
felt the sensation Of supreme super
iority over his fellowmen, coupled
with a plying condescension for the
weakness of the sufferers, and sup
pose this was sufficient compensa
tion for any discomforts that may
have attended the passage.
The last 100 miles of the trip is
up the Columbia river. and as We
enter its peaceful waters people
whom we remarked yesterday as
pallid and woe-begone are bright |
and cheerful; indeed, we learn, they
were never seasick at all-nOt eX-
actly seasick, that is-just didn't ,
feel very well. or have much appe- |
lite, you know. A stop of couple
hours made at Astoria gave us an
to look over that quaint
little city, near the month of the
Columbia. Fishing is the main in
iustry here, one would Judge FROM
he innumerable fishing boats that
cover the river. The streets of AS
.oria are unique in their paving.
which is composed of heavy timbers,
aid lengthwise of the street The
idewalks are also of wood, of light
r timbers. laid at right angles with
hose which cover the streets. Wood
s doubtless the cheapest and most
valuable material for these pur-
oses. the country adjacent being
yell timbered.
The trip up the Columbia is in
eresting and the scenery is pic
uresque. The green, wooded hills
re refreshing in contrast with the
memory of the dry, brown, OF bar
en- elevations of California. A short
istance before Portland is reached
re leave the Columbia river and
inter- the Willamette, on which the
ity is located.
Portland is live progressive city
+ approximately 100000 popula-
on, with large shipping interests
lumber being the principal export n
surrounded by country of great II
nd varied industries. Strange to say
rough nearly 900 miles further II
orth than San Francisco, the
Gather is considerably warmer.
.rried In this city only few hours.
ping thence by rail-via the Ore
IN Washington Railway and Navi- NJ
alton Co.-to Seattle. which i'm HI
-essed me, from a brief inspection, III
the livest town on the coast, with NJ
e exception of Los Angeles. II has III
population o. about $4,000. a III
lie harbor, many factories and 9th III
industries. VI
At Seattle we embarked on the III