Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-06-13
DecOrahian Home From 5000 Mile
Trip Which Took Him to Many
Places of Interest.
TRAVELLED 5000 MILES
BY RAIL IN CHINA
This Article Deals With His Trip
Through Eastern Asia, the
Home of the Yellow
Man.
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a lingering meat there and finally
we are allowed to steam into deck
and as we do so we see seven in
termed German ships, the Protheus
being on the other side of our deck.
This ship had its engines ruined and
when we landed here on our return
trip it with three others had been
towed to the Union Iron Works at
San Francisco for repairs, prepare
tory for entering the American ser
vice. the other three we're in dry
deck being scraped Of barnacles.
We are on our islands. the islands
that when school boy ] was il
structed were the most isolated
land on the globe. They are almost
exactly west of the city Of Mexico on
same line. These islands we're dis
covered by Captain Cook January L..
l17T8. Here on the island of Oahu
with his two ships the Resolution
and Discovery he landed AID took
possession in the name Of Great
Britain, named the island after the
first lord of the admiralty, the Earl
OF Sandwich. -
w As we land autos are on ell sides
and we are Informed there are $500
in Honolulu, city of about SO. 900
people. the most Of the machines
being Of the more expensive makes.
We took auto to the Alexander
Young Hotel, where we met q num-
Der Of world wanderers, who had
before met in other chimes. M See
1t was my birthday and for the
first time l found awaiting me a
wireless that mysterious means OF
communication. AS / read this mes
sage it came back to me how three
years before with the sender Of the
message, we had ridden from Jeru-
salem to Jericho on the anniversary.
One is amazed at the means placed
within the reach of the present gen.
Grafton to know Of the world.
Al auto ride over the island both
on our going and return trip gave us
pleasant impressions of many beau
tiful homes, great pineapple p-anta-
lions, immense sugar plantations
and seemingly very contented peo-
pie We went out to Pearl Harbor,
where our government is building
permanently to protect our navy.
Went across the island Of Pail.
that great precipice where Kane
hameha drove the Oahuan army over
the awful precipice 1900 feet high.
Here you look down on beautiful
pineapple plantations beyond which
you view the broad Pacific, on either
side Of you rise the mountains |
abruptly over $500 feet. Outside of |
a few tree ferns there is little vega- !
tation. The valley as we ride back |
to the city is the most complete |
bramble have ever seen, the brush !
being called haw brush seemingly |
to delight in its crooked growth. |
Othar than this crooked tree we see
little of timber other than that for
yards, except the allegro
ba. tree apparently of the locust
family that was brought there from
South America by Catholic Father |
in 1928 and has now scattered over
the island and found very useful
ll'@ sac
The temperature was just about |
and were it not for the
loneliness of the location would be
1 very satisfactory place for q win
ter home. I noticed with regret
many saloons and many debauched
natives but no doubt these will soon
have to go.
Our stay both coming and going |
1t the Young Hotel was most pleas
ant and one could not fail to appre-
,iate its management
On these islands are about ZOO |
BOO people, about $4,000 being
japanese and large number OF
portuguese. 1t was these Portuguese |
hat introduced the instrument now |
so popular and credit for which Is
given the native Hawaiians into
these islands that now charms SO
many the Ukalili. This instrument
Is not Hawaiian but Portuguese, put
the Hawaiians have mastered II as
hey do all music.
| am not going to dwell on TINS
island but travel to less frequented
places. Our ship was loaded Win
Japanese when we were ready 10
sail aid the scene on that wharf as
thew bid good bye to their depart
ing friends made a lasting impress
sion and an attractive picture.
It is about $500 miles from Homo
lulu to Yokohama, Japan, and the
trip requires eleven days, DECK
sports. cards and swapping stories
take up the day. while evenings the
Japs have a list of entertainments,
much of which is very novel ana IN
especially their wrestling
which for skill and strength would
nut an American to thinking.
One of the strange experiences 10
us was passing the correction hne
the 1Seth meridian. 1t was my sur
nrise to go to bed Saturday March 5
and to wake up Monday, March ., ana
on my return in crossing this line 70
have two Thursdays. as ve passed.
the line on that day.
To those who may not nave
Thought of this correction line WIZ
saw that should a man start SUNDAY
morning and go west as fast as the
sun the following morning without
any place to change the DAY ne
would be still travelling Sunday NOR,
ming when he should arrive round
the world and find his wife break
ING the sabbath by doing her Mon