Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-20

~ -Tcet wide. sidewalks j. feet and
tneIc are blocks Of sidewalks wiGE
only two or three houses on block
:oT the boom that was expected was
never realized Inc Motel where We
stayed was'built by the same promot,
erg and has go rooms, but 1t - sadly
IL need OF repairs 40 meals are
served there and one mas to 20 OCT for
them.
We were on our way again the next
morning at ) a r.. ard the farms ard
lands that We were passing through
were not UP to much; very poor stands
of grain. Ne had lunch AZ little
town by the name OF Idaho Falls, ard
as We entered the cafe the cashier put
in a Hawaiian record on the phOno-
graph She did not know that We
were from Hawaii. because the writer
spoke to her after finishing lFrcA.
thanked her and asked how she rec
ogniZed that we were from the Para
disc OF the Pacific. She said she did
hot know, but had just put the record
On as. she had done many times before.
Second Day
On our second day in passing
through Idaho We saw lands and farms
much better than the vast fields Of
wheat, barley, and alfalfa of the day
before. There does not seem to be
any reason why there should be a
shortage OF grains and hay this year,
judging from whit one can see from
the road, and as good as the Idaho
crops are, they do not compare WITH
Utah.
We arrived at the national forest
line OF Yellowstone park about /
O'Clock D. m. and the road was rough.
hilly and narrow for nearly two hours
drive, and then We came to some fair
ly open country and passable roads. As
a storm was threatening and we
were nearly fifty miles from hotel ac'
commodations In the park, Mr.. Lewis
decided to stop at the first house We
came to, which proved to be owned by
family by the name OF Ripley. We
had not taken all of our things out of
the machine when II commenced to
pour in. torrents, and great Chaps o.:
thunder and flashes OF .'ghtning came
from every direction but in an hour or
so the storm passed and the heavens
frightened up The ladies in Mr.. Rip
ley's home served US !, good a meal
as any one would care to eat.
No Competition.
The beet fields We passed before
getting into the national forest reserve
did not look up to very much. Certain
~ the people of the islands need not
fear competition in the sugar business
from any beet industry that We saw
yesterday. This morning we passed
two sugar mills. ..."
Dur party left the Ripley ranch
house August 10th at $3.50 a. m. The
state authorities will have to do coil
siderable work on the roads there
abouts before they will be real de-
light for the auto tourist.
Our party found people camping out
3 everywhere. There was no real need
of us camping out. except through
choice, as we could get hotel and farm
home accommodations every night.
The Yellowstone national park has
ar area of 334S square miles, in which
nature has crowded more phenomena.
than most any part of the world
mountains, streams, plains, springs.
seathing craters, kissing jets, hills OF
forests and geysers guciing high in
the air that rival the charms OF any
place in the world For those who
have not yet toured the Yellowstone
park, there awaits a treat unequaled
for scenic splendor anywhere-unlikc
even our own Hawaiian volcano.
Reach Yellowstone
forgot to mention that the temper
ature at the Ripley ranch was 46 de-
grees at 8 o'clock in the morning.
We passed the Idaho-Montana state
line about 1920 a. m and soon after
arrived at the entrance of tue devel-
oped part of the park, where we got
our tickets permitting us to enter.
Here all guns are taken from the tour
list or sealed TO be opened only after
leaving the park The first thing Of
interest to us were the hot water lake
and spring, and we drove along the
Madison river for nearly $50 miles. In
the improved part of the park the gov
eminent has built hundreds Of miles
of good road and is still making fur
ther improvements. We finally reach
ed Old Faithful Inn, which has accom-
modations for nearly as many guests
as the Moana hotel. and one Of the
several Hobbies is 200 by 800 feet
square. After lunch we waited some
forty-fiYe minutes for Old Faithful
geyser to spout up, and true to her
trust, the hot water was thrown high
in the air, and we had fairly good
picture of 1t. There is a notice in the
inn giving Just the time you can ex-
pect Old Faithful to spout, day or
night, and we thought that it was one
of the most wonderful works of nature
that at regular intervals steam in the
inner regions blows off, and has
been doing so for many genera
tons. The particular spoatlng thai
we witnessed continued for nearly six
minutes, and after il subsidized We
started on another thirty mile drive
over mountain roads to the Wylie Way
hotel aud camping ground, which We
reached about o'clock p. m. Hera
We found young tent city of 200 tents
or more. and nearly every tent filled
with guests. A few rather unwelcome
guests were also around. There were
no less than seven bears in sight at
one time, and black mamma had her
little cub right behind her They did