The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1921-08-26

them loose over the state. II is a
fine place to hunt and fish We Wis
tied Springfield and Junction City.
two nice towns near Eugene. They
have paved roads through the
county.
After spending two days in Eugene
we again took the Southern Pacific
ltJr Portland. Passed up through the
Willamette Valley and seen pretty
homes, nice orchards and fields of
ripening grain. Passed through Sa-
lem, the state capital, a pretty town
land after night and the following
morning We visited the Chamber OF
Commerce building.
The secretary showed US through
all the exhibits of farm and orchard
products and a specimen OF all the
game and birds. He showed us also
the mineral exhibits and finfshed pro-
ducts of the lumber industry OF Ore
gon. He had some of the exhibits
they used at the Worlds Fair at San
Francisco. Portland is a beautiful
city situated on the Columbia River,
and is great shipping point We
went to the highest point OF the city
ON street car and got a splendid
view of the town from the observa-
ton tower IL was wonderful seen
cry going up those mountains. Beau
tiful homes up in those mountains.
We next visited the city park and ZOO
The little boys enjoyed the monkeys
land the wild animals. The park has
"a large collection OF pretty flowers
and large trees and shrubbery. Port
land has an annual flower show dur
ing the month of June, and they say
il is great event always and attend
ed by thousands OF people
We left on the Great Northern in
the afternoon for Seattle, Washing
ton. Passed through the numbering
districts of Washington aud orchards
on the way. Pretty scenery and nice
towns. We arrived in Seattle after
might and the following morning we
took a street car for Aurora Avenue
and had the pleasure Of meeting Mrs
Nora Cover, a daughter OF b. b. Gard
'ner. We had pleasant visit with her
and her little girl Visited the city
park in the afternoon and the zoo.
They have a beautiful park and large
collection of animals We next went
to Volunteer Park and observation
tower and took a look over the city.
Seattle is large, progressive city
and built on the hills. We next Wis
tied the park auditorium and hun
dreds of people were in there with a
/ collection OF all kinds OF flowers anG
shrubbery on the tables for exhibi-
ton. 1t was a beautiful sight. One
of the city officials was awarding
prizes and calling them off for the
best exhibit.
( The next morning we visited the
4 Washington State University and the
residence districts. They have beau
! tiful homes and the University build
igs and campus were something Won
dortul Quite a number of students
were there taking summer courses
At the far end of the campus we Wis
tied the state museum. II is a large
building constructed out OF Wash
.iugton fir. large logs split with the
bark on them. 1t gives il rustic
appearance and is very pretty They
removed it from the Worlds Fair
at San Francisco. They have a collec-
ton OF all the field and orchard pro-
Ducts grown in Washington. minerals
and lumber. specimens OF animals
and game, relics of the early settlers.
petrified stone and also petrided trees
in their natural state and a nice col
lection of paintings.
In the afternoon we visited the
wharfs and docks OF Seattle harbor
They were bringing in all kinds of
merchandise from the foreign coun-
tries and shipping our products out
| Large steamers and freighters ready
to sail for Alaska. China. Japan, ST.
teria, Hawaiian Islands and other for
eign countries We never saw so
much fish in all our lives being ship
ped in on those boats We took a
government launch and went out to
the Navy Hospital Ship where they
care for the sick sailors. We visited
all over the boat with guide. which
took about an hour. Everything was