Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-11-17

tent, and is used by the American gov
eminent as a park. Niagara falls can
well be called one of the seven won
/ ders of the world, and there is enough
tpower going to waste there to furnish
power to all the Eastern states.
We were shown place by one OF
| the guides where a man two weeks be-
fore jumped over the falls to his death,
and it was three days before his body
was recovered. There are two small
lsteamers in the river below the falls,
and there are hundreds of people that
take advantage of the opportunity to
see the falls. from below. AS you know,
there are always venturesome people
among the travelling public, and the
steamer crew is always there to take
/ their money.
Our party thought we would find the
conditions around Niagara falls the
same as we found them elsewhere,
with only a few houses around and
not very many conVeniences; but quite
the contrary were these conditions, for
there Is permanent population of be.
tween 10000 and $4,000 people-quite
a city l assure you.
Cut Out The Song
i! Old delapidated buildings and old
farm implements are all along the
boulevard around Buffalo, the same as
Everywhere else where we have been.
Some Of these old buildings are in as
bad condition as anything along Ka-
lakaua avenue. On one of the main
boulevards near a roadhouse, the Anti
Saloon people have posted a sign that
reads: Where there Is drink there is
danger" And a little further along,
someone has posted a sign which
reads: Wine, women and song, has
ruined many q man, so we suggest
cut out the song" These are rather
safety first" signs, we understand.
After leaving Buffalo this morning,
our drive was one of the most pictur-
esque Of our entire journey,-fine
brick, concrete and macadam roads,
the entire trip to Syracuse. We had
to detour once on account Of repairs
being made in the road. We were told
on our arrival at Buffalo that the state
of New York had roads second to
none, and SO far we find the roads
nearly perfect, and the surrounding
country is very beautiful, green and
somewhat rolling. We certainly are
travelling through the state of New
York during the very best time of the
year
AS we were about to leave our hotel
this morning, thunder and lightning
rain storm came up over Buffalo, and
we were delayed some time, but final.
ly started out in the rain, and it was
afternoon before it cleared up, and we
had no more rain during our journey
to Syracuse. We reached there about
6 p. m.,. and put up at the Yater's
hotel, and while there we were told for
the second time that Florida was very
cold; that people go there under the
Impression that it is very warm, and
the people there want you to keep that
impression, SO they have no fire-places
prepared, and the visitors all but
freeze, SO of course Mr.. Lewis invited
them to the islands to spend their
T'inters where it is always warm.
/ About forty miles out of Albany we
were shown Fort Johnson, established
in 1742, by Sir VIM. Johnson, and the
place is very active at present. "
Beautiful Country
|
was very much as our journey from
Butfalo, except that we had no rain.
The surrounding country is green and
beautiful. About the only thing that
was particularly noticeable was the
fact that in passing through the vari-
GUS towns, great or small, one could
not but observe that all the "big bugs"
had their large homes on the upper
side Of the streets, and the man of
small means must be content with his
small house on the lower side. Our
travels today were over brick, sheet
asphalt and straight concrete roads,
At one place, Mr.. Lewis turned out to
the side of the road where they were
putting the hot sheet asphalt on the
4 concrete. The country was rolling and
very green, and the farms with their
acres OF green sweet corn all in high
state of cultivation; probably not as
= many orchards as yesterday, but acres
of vegetables for the local markets,
and cabbage-hundreds of acres,
enough to supply every one with sauer.
kraut for two years. ...
New York state is like a great many
other states as regards water supply.
Water can be obtained in any quaint
ties just under the surface. We travel
ed today for nearly one hundred miles
alongside of the Mohawk river, and
every few miles there was a dam
across the river with immense. gates
so that the water can be controlled at
! will, and used for irrigation purposes.
There we're soldiers stationed at each
and every dam, war measure.
Labor Day in Utica Ill.,. - ......
Monday. September 3.-This, as YOU
know, is Labor Day, and every town
We have passed through has its flags
and decorations out, and at Utica,
where we had lunch, the parade had
just passed along the main street be-
fore We got there, and was on street
higher up in the city. There were
thousands of people on the streets, and
We saw no less than three bands, all
} attired in their gold braid and brass
buttons. We arrived at the Ten Eyeck
kotel.in Albany at p. m. ..-...@. i.
After reaching Albany, Mr.. Lewis
telephoned to a gentleman by the
name Of Mr.. WEIGH, a large lumber
dealer in Albany. Mr.. WEIGH had
the mast two or three .uyintorS i, IJaxo