Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-13

said to have saved Rome, when the
cackling geese reused the slumbering
! city In time TO beat back the invading
| Gauls. In the midst OF the work OF
| ruin when II seemed that nothing
could stay the destruction, great flochs
! OF gulls appeared filling the air with
their white wings and piaintiye cries,
/ They settled down upon the half ruin
/ ed field; at first il looked as II they
I came 10 help the crickets destroy, but
! their real purpose was soon apparent,
! They came TO frey upon the destroy.
/ ers. All day long they Sorged them
| selves, disgorged, and Toasted again
| upon the black crickets like hosts OF
heaven and hell contending until the
pests were vanished and the people
saved. The birds then returned 10 the
, Lake Island leaving the grateful set
tiers TO she'd tears of JOY over their
timely deliverance
The entire City of Salt Lake is laid
out in ten-aere lots and the sidewalks
are q feet wide and all streets ave-
rage 1870 feet and the entire city has
permanent streets. In the afternoon
We took the train for bathing resort,
Saltair, a great pier built out into one
OF the great lakes, about a thirty min
ute ride from our hotel. The train is
a local one as it does not seem to go
anywhere else. The pier proved to be
The same one we had seen the nigh.
before on our way to the city, as we
could see a building out III the lake
that was very brightly lighted. and
looked like numerous stars. Besides
swimming, there al the usual amuse-
Elcnts thl- one finds around Places
Of that kind, such as dancing, skat-
ing, merry-go-rounds and sideshows
without number; ice cream and soda
water parlors. The dancing pavilion
Is the largest to be found in the
states anywhere. The scenic ride is
very tame compared with the one in
Sacramento.
No Hawaiian Village
There is nothing left of the Ha-
waiian village, as far as Hawailans
go; we stopped at the post office, but
could neither find nor see any one
around the houses. The location
seemed to be in about the poorest
part of the state. 1t was rather low
and swampy where they were suppos-
ed to do farming, and we were told
later by a Hawaiian we met in the
city that his people had all left the
state. They have a double track
street car service all over the city.
We later visited the parks of the
city, and they have a great variety of
animals and birds, such as timber,
wolf, bear, elks, deer, ostriches,,
pheasants, donkeys, goats, rabbits,
ducks. geese. There is about 100
acres in this park, and there are some
very beautiful flowers and several
pens of coyotes.
There is no question but that the
people of Utah are trying to live up
to what .Ex-President Roosevelt says
is the making of good citizen, pre-.
venting race suicide, and raising
family of more than five children,
judging from what the E. H., Lewis
party saw. While driving around Salt
Lake City almost every family we saw
out driving had from five to eight
children in the machine; all in one,
two, three order.
Visit Fort Douglas
Tuesday, the 7th of July, the party
visited Fort Douglas; this fort was
in 1862, and there are over
500 soldiers there at the present time, |
and judging from their dress and &C.
tions, most of them must be new re.
cruits, as a great number, were drill. |