The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1922-11-03

AT STATE CLUB
MEETING

My trip to Pullman, Wash, to at
tend the eighth annual assembly,
Washington Association of Commef-
cial Organization Secretaries: Left
LeaVenWorth on train No. 10 We'd
nesday morning, was met at Wenat-
chez by Mr.. Clearman, managing sec
retary of the Wenatchee Commercial
club, who had extended to us an invi-
tation to drive through with him We
crossed the Columbia River about a
half mile east Of Wenatchee and we're
on our journey, going by way of Wat
erville, where We stopped for water
and to tighten a nut on a bolt on the
front fender. l want to add that this
was the only stop we made between
Wenatchee and Spokane, except for
lunch at Almira. The ride up Pine
Canyon was beautiful, and to say the
roads We're good is putting it mildly.
We continued our journey through
Douglas, Farmer Spencer, Baird,
Coulee City, Coulee Junction, Hart
line, stopping at Almira for lunch.
where you get very good meal. The
roads were simply grand and
thought if we only had such roads in
our vicinity what an asset it would be.
as there had been rain the night be-
fore and there was no dust We alriv-
rived at Almira at 11:15 and had to
wait until 11:30 for the dining room
to open and it was 1910 when
we continued our journey. We passed
through Wilbur, c 7 Q n
and Davenport, the county
| seat of Lincoln county, also Reardon,
Deep Creek and was in Spokane at
3 p. m. driving the 1907 miles in six
hours and ten minutes, an average of
2S miles per hour. The laws of Lin
| coin county will not permit YOU to
drive more than 80 miles per hour,
but most of the roads are good for 40.
We spent the night at Spokane, leav-
ing Thursday morning at 9 a. m. for
Pullman.
At Spokane we picked up Miss Hell
en- Hillman, secretary of the Fllens-
burg Commercial club, and Mr.. Nor
lis Of Aberdeen. The trip down
through Spangle, Plaza, Rosalia,
Oaksdale, and into Pullman was one
of intense delight, through the heart
of the Palouse country-the dark
loamy soil and excellent farm build
ings showed the thrift and prosperity
of the Palouse farmer. We arrived
at our destination about 1870, cover
ing the so miles in two and a half
hours. From rise of ground just
before you drive into the little city of
Pullman you get a most beautiful
view of the State College of Wash
| ington, with its 25 buildings graceful
ly arranged in a double quadrangle
| and which lies on an elevation just
east Of the business section.
Our meeting was called to order at
/ 80 p. M. 30 minutes late according
to the program schedule This was
necessary on account of the train be-
ing late. The delegates that came in
over the Northern Pacific were un-
able to meet sooner Mr. F. c. For
rest, president Of the Pullman Cham
Der of Commerce, made the address
of welcome, to which Orpheus C
Scots responded. This was followed
by very interesting paper, The
Tourist and His Auto Park" BY T. w
Matthias, secretary q the Hoquiau'
Commercial club From this paper
we learn that the average tourist doe,
not care for the "frills," the main req
uisite being good water, some sort Of
a stove for cooking the meals. Wit
wood. tables and benches and police
protection, it being advisable to have
the park as close to the city as pos
sible, this for the convenience of the
tourist to make what purchases ht
may need Each auto park shoul,
have a register which viii show tn,
name. address, make Of car. amoun
Of purchases and from whom.
Prof. A NJ. Doerner, in charge O
Landscape Gardening at the Statt
College, gave us a very interesting
I and Instructive talk on ''ChoOsinp AM
Equipping a Park" Make the parl
as near to a natural state as possible
and if it is necessary TO plant tree
choose the more sturdy varieties, a
they VIII last for generations to come
. Do not use Box Elders or Poplars
Developing an Essential Indus
try" This paper was presented b,
Herbert Cuthbert. Sec Pacific North
west Tourist Assn. About sever hun
dred thousand tourists were in thi