The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1920-03-18
M.kA TILLICUM Is
BACK FROM SOUTH
March To- 1870

Editor Glacier 1t was as inevitable
a. fate that sometime between the
blooming Of ths Cugtooth vi0iets on
Buttons bottom and apple blossom
tine. the hCmiug instinct would assert
its II and Mika IllllCum would riock
no. Inward. So il was quite natural
tn. on March We mounted the pas
sci ger deck o our Waterbury gas bGL
AMI pointed her nose toward the OTti
poe. For several Gays nan less
lCIglng had FLIED our breast. We haG
II wn restless under the langUar Of
the southern skies, where We felt. /
imagine, as important as sponge torn
fro M its native hauuts or possibly d
Ion e-sick turuip with the nOsebIeed
w longed to breathe the crisp air Of
GU native hills, tempered by the lofty
HtOd and saVOred with the tang Of iir
and pine that makes every nhre of our
be ng surge and tIngle with life and
pc =.
As We had previously come down the
coast route from Oakland We chose To
me tor over the inland route on our re-
tuln. We left Long Beach at 1880 a
m. and motOred through the suburbs OF
Los Angeles VIA Slausen avenue t.
Vermont, thence on this as far a,
F Hollywood boulevard, which eventually
lea Us through San Fernando a small
city in the orange district with several
packing houses. also the site Of an ola
mi sion. We came over the so-csileC
ridge road, which is paved and ON easy
grade. though very winding ard crook
ed. At Sangus we began to climb for
a 30 or 40 mile ascent. We had not
gol far before we noticed a goodly
stream of water issuing from a tunne
on the mountain and 90 foaming dow
a sment tiume that lay on the eartt
like a paved highway, with cemen.
gua ards on the sides This led tht
wafer to a reservoir mile or two Il
cur left. This stream ! imagine is Los
Angeles water supply. which they
take from Owens river, and was
bfl ought in at cost of, | think, 26
million dollars.
4 AS we ascend the air grows cooler
ana the roadbed spirals and winds, ii
see ms. dangerously near the Jumping
f off place. One does not see sheer
prtciplces, but can look down thou
sands of feet into the canyons below.
~ 81 ,oo,ntoins a,a coverad IL ~,
by sagebrush and laurel, which soften
sl.'-S,nts Eifteen NILS sn honr -
~ snasd Enit here and one does rot
u,i.h fo hraak il ae ha cannot sea f.r
,h..'a ard .lu,,,s r,rgt Leo,, =, IT..
eAtrome right. that there may he no
t;.i,'f n,,or 4 ana fast and 10 eonId
en, 0,. Lraath a. tba sr,,,,,t rh;cL
,,es cold enomgb for snnf n We wera
s,1, INV the do,,n gra4e and IN d1s
tfn,a strnck The eoo, If Tho yallav
uE,.h soane moro liLa leval rlain
~ L,,ad and ,'as, Il III; Ernn, tbl Iase
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p.NIorsfold otrai,,,t os ON arr,.,, o,., a
aI ,,,,,od and a. I.-aI as a dooe Il
sraarentjv taner4 IN a mint sham as a
tditb,,icL orJ 80. ~ riar.a ttn bori,
,on uere il IN. snaaa danon,e nara-
Iisn Snmenno aatrbce ru and tnots
for right of uav sverve Ia M
,iobt and let the gaeifpd Iabn tbs
hattv u,healad Ciinins 4in hv IKE -
49, ,,,t of usJas cnn,o do,, ,na,Lo
someone will SIX Il way over INTO tht,
ni1iln If reu week and mss mn
daad man ouIcb And mi rever eatrE
IN in time to .nuttia svmnathetic sniff
And drench NV highly inAamed han
Dana With sraIdin@ tears tba onsb
from tbe wjndows of NV soul
r,;,ht eet fra r'aca for - time and load
tben1 a nerrv chaee hnt ran't talte
tho chanca besiaas I'm in no hurrv
4 man died in = hurry once If
should stem On the accelerator and
tisE,p old Hnnka .fnnk in the short
~ IN sncb a recl loss manner wo1li
eynect her to olive a snort or two and
6are nm in q brilliant disnlav If meta
6re,yorks and signal ~ Mars that
tn.,o 10 a fool horn e,o,, minute arr
ae there ia mate far pverv fool
I'M ! two 81 tbe nonuIation Il douhleo
on. NO ora aware No I'm inst let old
unn.a nnrr aIono at 20 Nils nor hon,
art rot ,nffle ber temne, hasjdes
MT world i nrnft me ia bave m,
or.t,hile luv.white comnlexinr br
sn.nglad and hesneck cd win morf
carhoni7ad frorkles than evar pracad )
olnun ~ u,oya aver dreamed ~ i,
uamlet,s eoliIonnv nv whiskars dive,
with smut NV siiken fressps annointee
and drooI;,n IN oil yb;Ia dodned iro,
hail uith niston ,ing iawaIrv nIavin,
horsee hoes round INV neck
than sorry.