El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-08

II is futile 10 attempt 10 describe the
beauty and grandeur Of this drive. as
well as many other places / have seen
and am due to vet see. brush cannot
paint il. the camera is failure, ana
mere words in any combination cannot
synress and bring out its subtle beau
ties / am reminded OF Christs words
on this subject when he said Of very
simple flower Consider the lily OF
the valley and vet Solomon
in all his glory was not arrayed like
one OF these" This COlum Dia river
highway probably has compressed
within a short distance as much OF per
haps more grandeur and varied beauty
than can be found any place else in
America that can readily be reached
by an automobile
At $50 a. m OF June 16- we LETT
Portland but did not take the usual
route by crossing the river 10 Nancou-
yer, Wash Instead. we kept down the
river on the Oregon side 70 Gobel,
where we took a ferry and crossed 10
Kalarna- a distance OF three miles
After lunch We started north and ar
rived in Olympia at seven The ROADS
were generally fair gravel-some
paved and some planked- For several
miles south OF WInlock, much OF the
road was planked and a peculiar 1ea-
uure TO me was that narrow plank SIDE
walks extended along the roadside Tor
several miles into the country. the
from curb TO curb with plank me
country did not appear marsny ano
was mostly in cultivation but 1 guess
II must get pretty SOfr~aL times
About mid afternoon we ferried the
COWlitZ river, running very swift AZ
flood stage, and when the current mt
the barge il sure took up the slack
in the pulley cable with snap Inc
next morning, over fair TO good roads, We
ran 10 Tacoma and on TO Seattle Dur
/ Just as we had entered the south side
Z of the city we had tire bloW-to pieces
l We did not have a spare ana mad 10
wait until A tire was sent US from up
I town. and we did not reach our hotel
After lunch on Tuesday. June 20. We
again started north in a drlZZlinB ram.
/ Waffle heavy timber was still stand
J ing, much OF the land was cut over
! and was a wilderness OF stumps from
| eight 10 10 feet high While We had
I some paved and Eraveled road, much
/ ~ our road was over famous private
] tracks and old wood roads and aionS
/ and over the abandoned and rusty rails
! of logging railroads. This detour v as
| caused by construction work on the
! regular routes Of travel, throwing Us
! off into byways- AFTER a SLOW, teQlous
I afternoon, but without serious diff
! Guilty, we reached BelIngham at SIX
At the Canadian Line.
| The next morning We reached Blaine
! on the boundary, at ten and nad IneH
, practically reached the most norm
/ westerly point OF " washington tnal cal
] he reached by auto. At the [. 5 Gus
! +or1 office We obtained the necessary
/ clearance papers 50 We could be sure
] we could come home again At the
I Canadian office, after had assured
i the inspector that we were neither
{ German nor Austrian, but native born
/ Americans since before the time Wneu
I We first licked England, the formalities
we're quickly concluded and We Wers
I permitted to proceed
] OTIncerg each
! tion very courteous and willing to give
! ms auv information that might aid US
( Immediately after crossing into Can
I ada we found a splendid gravel road
I constantly kept in perfect repair Jusi
! before reaching new Westminster-the
/ eo-caIIed Royal City OF Canada-ws
| deem. swiftly running stream The
! bridge over the river was very heavily
D Guarded by troops and here we had
{ 10 show our passports and We were al
Z lowed 10 proceed. We passed through
( New Westminster. and. taking the
/ Kings Highway, soon reached the cen
! ter Of Vancouver. B. g
Driving on Wrong Side OF Street.
will not soon forget Vancouver
B c. for there 1 sure graduated into
! the awkward class and besides, stood
( AT the head Of the class Up there. We
Z drive on the left side OF the road and
Z turn 10 the right on overtazinS and
/ passing a rig. On the sidewalk one
| follows the same rule and at first il
| stepped on and when crossed a street
| the autos all came from the wrong di-
] rection-the direction 1 wasn't watch
ing-and / had trouble keeping out OF
the hospital or morgue. until I became
city broken Canada In fact, I had