The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-06-28
FROM IDAHO TO HAWAII.
DR.. o. A. Jeffreys Continues the
Interesting story Of His.
Long Trip.


IN our issue OF -ApIli H. 0pktCAt-
ed the first installment of a we'll
told story by o. A. Jeffreys of the
thrilling journey by auto and 9TH
erwise of himself and family from
Hagerman. Idaho, to HOlualOa,
Hawaiian Islands. These good
people having been among our
best known residents for some six
years, this story was read with
much general interest here.
We are glad now to give the
second chapter. This takes up the
story where the former left off
the Doctor and party having just
finished their eventful trip over
the snow-eovered mountains into
Oakland and were gladly weleom-
ed at the home Of Francis and Ivy
Walters. The second letter fol-
lows:
Holualoa, Hawaii, T. H, june
IA, 1917.-The delay in the snow
storm on the summit of the Sierra
Nevada mountains caused us to
miss the steamer on which we
were intending to sail, by about
five hours, but our disappoint-
ment turned to gratitude when we
realized that we were going to
spend a week sightseeing in the
Golden State with some of our
best friends. We were agreeably
surprised to find the StiversOn
family living in the same flat with
Ivy and Francis Walters. Mr..
Stiverson was the pastor of the
Brethren church IN Weiser when
we lived there. He has car and
consequently was familiar with
all the scenic routes around San
Francisco and Oakland.
One day we took the tunnel
drive, so called from the fact that
the road instead of doing over
the hill goes through it by means
Of an electric lighted tunnel. At
the outlet of the tunnel on the
west we had grand view of San
Francisco Bay and the cities sur
rounding it. San Francisco, Oak
land. Berkley and several others.
In the distance we could see the
ever famous beautiful Golden
Gate and the ships passing in and
out. It was one of the most i'm
pressively interesting sights that
we had ever beheld.
Trains were hurrying over ele-
waited tracks, gigantic ferrybOats
were going here and there inees-
sanity footing their whistles, a
u. 8. man-of-war was slowly and
majesfica1ly going into her slip
at the wharf, an English freight
steamer with the English flag and
her name painted in large letters
on her side steamed out Of the har-
Dor for some distant foreign port.
As we looked over this great CEN
ter Of industry everything and ev-
erybody seemed TO be in constant
activity.
We passed through the tunnel
and the view from the eastern en-
trance was vastly different. Peace
full, quiet, sublimity only partly
expresses it. We saw rolling green
grass covered hills, with trees here
and there whose green veFdure
would never be touched by win
ter's frosts, herds Of blooded dairy
cattle were grazing on the hill
sides, prosperous looking farm
houses were scattered irregularly
over the landscape.
We could trace the well paved
road for miles as it ran over hin
and through dale. Picturesque
little villages nestled in the val
legs between the hills. The hills
became higher and higher towards
the east until they reached the
horizon which was formed by the
snow covered peaks Of the Sierras
whose continuity was broken at
one place by the renowned Immi-
grant Gap where the day before
with numb fingers and half froz-
en- feet we had Intellectually shov-
eled snow in a vain effort to cross
its blizzard eneOmpassed summit.
While now we were smoothly Gid
ing over excellent paved roads
being comfortably warmed by
California s sunshine and breath
ing the fragrance Of millions Of
blooming flowers along the road
side.
On another day we drove on the
ferry boat at the Oakland dock
with one hundred or more other
motor ears and were soon taken
across the bay and landed in San
Francisco. Hundreds of sea gulls
follow the boats as they go back
and forth across the bay. They
dive down on the water and pick
10 al The refuse that IS thrown
from the boats. Il was very anus
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