Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-11
LEWIS PARTY
MOTORS over
oregon ROADS
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Of il. We would pass through I
dry district, no trees Of any kind, H.:
even the little family orchard ,-.a:
then We would come on TO beaUt..4l
orchards, large forest areas, and ::
fine stand of grains, showing lhIt
1t was only dry in sections or dis
tricts, very much as we have it OF
the Island OF Hawaii, dry in Hamakua
district, and raining and everything
green in the kona district, but some
one is making capital out Of the dry
sections to keep the prices up. And
in all Of this dry district, water can
be had just below the surface of the
ground, certainly less than 10 feet
anywhere, and great rivers of water
passing right through the dry dis,
| tricts. but with very few exceptions
no effort was being made to use any
OF it. Around the little towns of Kali
ANA and Carus, there had recently
been great floods, as houses and barns
were half fined with water and sew.
eral houses had turned over en- their
sides, so the drought they have in
Oregon does not necessarily mean q
shortage of water.
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Oregon are better off than the Cana.
dian farmers. AS yet there has not
been as many of the men taken from
the farms for the war in the two
mentioned states as from Canada, but
Oregon is getting very short of men
that will work. The parks in Portland
are filled with men, but none of them
will 60 to the farm. There are tons
of fruit of all kinds being left on the
trees, because there is no one to pick
it. One place we passed they had
placed a blackboard wagon under a
cherry tree, and there was an old
bent-over Grandma picking berries.
Just on the divide line between
Washington and Oregon We passed
over our first toll bridge, the ticket
office is right on the line, so that
part of the machine is in Washington
and the other part in Oregon.
We arrived at the Imperial hotel
in Portland about 1880 p. M, and the
sun was nearly an hour high, and we
! were given a room on one Of the main
streets, and besides the everlasting
noise of the street cars, the news boys
start selling the morning papers about
| 10 D. m. with all their loud and varf-
Gus voices making noise enough to be
heard two blocks away. For the life
of me, don't see how any one can
buy their papers. .~.<.. ~. s.
We passed along the Columbia high.
way for nearly so miles, as far as
the Cascade locks and rapids. There
| Is grand scenery along this highway.
The Lauterell falls are 220 feet high;
the Multnomah falls $40 feet, and the
spray from the falling water blows
around for several hundred feet.
At one vantage point, by the side
of the Columbia river they have built
out q concrete wall, so that visitors
have a splendid view of the river
and the surrounding country.
Some few months ago, the state Of
Oregon voted SS,000,000 for the i'm.
provement OF their roads, and this
amount has to be expended In three
years. so you can imagine what won
derful roads they will have at the
end of the coming three years.
They have few pinheads in Ore
gon, as well as in Honolulu One lit
| tie district in Oregon, the proportion
of the loan would amount to $4,000,
and there are 81 voters in the dis.
trict and SO of the voters voted
against the loan, so of course that
district will have to be satisfied with
their present roads.
At this vantage point mentioned
above. there is q comfort or rest
house. all finished in marble, on con:
crete, large enough to accommodate
40 or 80 people at one time.
Along this highway there is a wa.
terfali and railroad station named On.
eonta. suppose this is where the
people got the name for your local
race horse that is owned by Mrs.
Dillingham;. ->.~. !. = ~.
The Cascade locks are just oppo'
site the narrowest part of the Colum,
bia river where the water PUSHES
through the rapids at race horse
speed, and this sight alone is well
worth tire "trip.
One of the most wonderful things
about Oregon is that you can leave
| the paved road you may be travelling
on, and go mile or SO to any side
road, and you will come to paved
road as good and smooth as the one
you had just left; seemingly endless
miles of paved roads all through the
farming districts, real auto para
disc. ID ..-. .~.-t5 I'll.
On Tuesday, the 10th Of July, the
manager of the Imperial hotel got
on the front seat with Mr.. Lewis, and
acting as our guide, took us through
one OF Portland's parks, and over the
Fairmont boulevard that gives you a
grand view of the city at an elevation
of 900 feet. This park has animals
and birds Of various kinds, two-story
bear houses, monkeys, canaries, spot
ted deer, guinea pigs by the dozen,
badgers, raccoons, rattlesnakes and
numerous other animals, and the park
filled with children. 49,.
The caretaker Of the park seems to
care nothing about the high cost Of
living, as there were whole loaves of
bread in the bear pens that were I'M
touched.
There does not seem to be any laws
governing the auto traffic or auto
stands, ETC., up this way, as every
business street is lined with autos on
both sides Of the street, and the ma
chimes turn around anywhere they
want to in the center Of the block, or
back I'D to a crossing or do most
- L. M