Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-04

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We arrived at the Olympus hotel In
Tacoma at l p. m. Friday, and one Of
the bellboys said that we were the
first travellers from Hawaii to reach
their hotel this season, and asked
Mr. Lewis II he drove all the way
from Honolulu, II he had much tire
trouble, ETC., etc.
After having our lunch and resting
up a bit, We started on a sixty mile
drive over the sta.e highway for NJ.
Rainier, or rather, Mt. Tacoma, a. the
people Of Tacoma claim. We under.
stand there Is considerable hard feel.
ing between the people Of Seattle and
Tacoma over the naming Of this noun
tain; the Seattle people wish the
present name to stand, a. II has been
so named since history. with all OF
the old traditions, etc., tut the Taco
ma people want it named Mt Tacoma
for advertising purposes, and they even
took the case to the courts, but lost
out. We left the Olympus hotel about
2:35 p. m. for Mt. Rainier, passing
over the state highway-all concrete.
They had some trouble with this con-
crete, as 1t cracked In every direc.
ton, some Of the cracks being across
the road, and some lengthwise, ex-
tending a distance Of four or five
spaces Of the expansion joints, but the
road does not seem to be weakened In
any way, as the cracks are filled WITH
tar Of some kind, and the auto passes
along like flying bird. Along this
state highway we passed by the frs:
chicken ranches we had seen 1.-TWO.
story chicken houses, il you pleased,
also encountered more dairy herds,
and lots of grain fields, the grain
being nearly ready for the harvest;
also saw orchards and berries by the
acre.
.Canyoda Lodge Is on the bluff OF
beautiful canyon that looks to be
nearly 5000 feet deep, with q sign
reading Camp, Fish and Rest; Come
Back Next Year." etc., and stfll moth.
ing advertising the islands. We pass.
ed through miles and miles of large
timber, and moro miles Of timber that
had been burnt up; the old monarchs
Of the forest still standing, but dead.
Birds OF every kind and color, and
squirrels everywhere.
We arrived at the entrance Of the
national park, eleven miles from Mt
Glacier, about $50 p. m, and here
the U. s. government have their az
ents, and one has to get . permit to
enter the reserve. Each machine that
enters has to pay something like $3.50,
and each and every person has to
register. We spent the night at Long
mire hotel, named after Longmira
spring, which Is Just above the hotel.
After dinner and a little rest, we walk
ed up the valley little ways to watch
the stream Of water that was roaring
away there, and stones were rolling
down by the dozen. It certainly was
a grand sight, ard to think that all
Of this, water started at Mt. Glacier,
just a few miles (less than five) up
the valley, from melting snow and
ice. Mt. Glacier, in reality, is a very
deep canyon, something like 5000 fee.
deep, and the bottom is from to ~
miles wide, and solid ice is formed
there from side to side; the ice melts
more from the under side, next to old
Mother Earth, than it does from the
outside, coming out to view from
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