The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-08-23
FROM IDAHO TO HAWAII.
DIR. o. A. Jeffreys Concludes Story
of Journey to Eternal
summer Land.

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Ilagerman, Idaho, to HOlualoa,
Hawaii. by auto and steamship.
They were former prominent resi-
dents of Nezperee and their jour
lneyings furnish interesting read
ing to our people.
HOlualoa, Hawaii, Aug. SD
itOr Herald: We were very for
tunate in obtaining passage on the
:. Wilhelmina" as all first class
j stateroOmS were engaged when we
reached San Francisco, this being
the season of the year when travel
to the Orient is the greatest; but
q party coming from the east was
delayed so that they could not
catch the boat and we got their
places Mrs, Jeffreys, solomon
and / had a staterOom to our.
selves, but Helen had TO share
hers with two sehoOlma ms who
were going over to the Hawaiian
islands to teach
We went down TO the wharf To
inspect the ship and be assigned |
our rooms The first impression |
that one receives when looking Ov- |
er an oil burning ship for the first
time Is the emaeulate neatneSs OF
everything. The woodwork is all |
done" in white enamel with fin
ishings IN brass.
After seeing our baggage pro
perry checked we walked MP the
gangplank with a feeling that We
were severing all ties with our
world and were going into new
one One young lady was going
to the islands TO be married. Her
friends surely gave her a proper
send off. Her stateroOm was well
decorated with flowers, rice. old
shoes and wearing apparel of var.
iOus kinds, shapes and sizes She
took it all in good part, but / saw
her utter a sigh of relief when the
boat pulled away.
The boat left at noon among
cheering, laughing and weeping
The Hawaiian band played Aloha
De as the $. ). Wilhelmina swung
out into the bay. We were stop
ped by the government inspee-
tor who found we were short two
life boats In about an hour these
were finished and off we sped /
Lunch was served as we smoothly
elided up the bay. The food and i
service on the WiIhelmina was ex-
eellent- We enjoyed the beautiful 1
scenery on each side of the BAY as c
we ate. We amused ourselves by
out on the shore the auto a
drives that we had taken during
the week Our meal was barely a
over before we were out of Golden i
Gate and riding the swells of the 3
mighty Pacific. We ran into a a
'enOOl of whales that evening. q,
they were squirting water all I,
lrOund the boat. / have been told I,
hat they go down deep In the wa. e,
er and get their mouths full Of +,
lsh and of course in doing this r,
hey suck in great lot of water IS
md this surplus water is what II
hey squirt out of the hole in the h
op of their heads, when they come a
o the surface. Il
None Of us were actually sea III
lex during the trip, but came h
cry nearly being TO the great de- m
ght Of the balance of the family. 10
missed one meal, but / got the N
iugh on Mrs. Jeffreys on one of
lterisland trips which I win tell In
on about in another letter. I felt ",
ither miserable for about three fe
avs All the passengers were ac- "
tainted before we were out to III
a very far. Some of our aquain- tn
noes made on shipboard have Dl
sum- kyi.a" done mvoy0rip co
pened into the staunchest friend
Ups. Some Of our fellow pas FL
myers have visited us here at
The DoctOrage" and we have pa
turned visits in HilO and Homo da
Ia.
The "get up" bugle sounded fro
SIX thirty a. m, and the break
st bu9le at seven thirty; then hi
2 had light lunch on deck at ten, ma
d the big lunch in the dining DIR,
ON at noon, then another light {
neh on deck at three p. m. and
nner at SIX, and finally fruit, If
ndies, cake, ETC., were served has
IN our staterooms at eight p. m. of
ant say that we were keen for Ho
these lunches and meals at I'm,
st, but after the third day out TO Mi
! we were in the first line lie
inches when there was any eat T.yl
Is going on. Tn,
It was disagreeably cold for the apr
st three or four days but after SO !
It the weather was fine and ev- I,vl
body, passengers and crew, gen
med out in white clothes. There 7
s dancing every night and mu- mai
all the time. All kinds Of hay
mes were rllaved an dec1r nv the