White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1929-07-19
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Spokesman force has taken two auto
trips, as far north as Waterville and
Wenatchee and as rar east as Spo-
kane. In the nineteen years we have
lived in this valley, fourteen of which
Have been spent in publishing the
Spokesman, these are the first vaca-
tions-if they can be called such-that
this force has taken.
And while this is not intended as
medical endorsement or cigarette
ad, we would certainly recommend t.
any one suffering from "Gosh-what-
a-place" or "I-wish-I-were-some-
where else" or any of the similar
ailments, that they toss a few of the
necessities of life into the family car
and take little trip. If after seeing
with their own eyes and talking to
the tourists and local residents in thu
places visited, they do not come home
entirely cured and satisfied that they
are living in the best valley in the
whole West, their. case has not been
properly diagnosed.
4 Except where there is pavement or
y.nere the roads have been oiled, the
highways are a little rough but they
are passable and every place of any
size has a tourist camp and the main
highways are dotted with service sta
tons. Cold drink establishments and
quick lunch stands are also numerous,
and in the irrigated districts the fruit
ard vegetable booths appear fire.
quently.
The state this year has begun In
earnest the oiling Of some of the
main highways in Eastern Washing
ton, which will not only eliminate the
dust but will add greatly to the pleas
ure of driving for it will do away with
corrugated or washboard effect SO fire.
gently in the graveled roads where
there is heavy travel On the. road to
Spokane there is one stretch Of ~
miles between Lind and Ritzville,
oiled this spring, that is exceptional
" fine The state is now oiling be-
tween Ritzville and Sprague and from
there will continue on into Spokane
excert in the stretches where there is
pavement. "3 =,
It seems to have been pretty well
demonstrated that where the drainage
is good and where there are no low
or marshy places, the oiled roads are
by far the most satisfactory that can
be built in the eastern part OF the
state.
The wheat harvest has just begun
in the Lind-Ritzville country. The
The stand is fair the yield promises to
be good but the opening prices are
not very satisfactory to the growers.
Spokane has wonderful park in
the Natatorium, with just about every
kind OF amusement imaginable, and
every one going through that city
should plan, if possible, to spend a
few hours, or day, in the park. "-'.''
The wheat crop in the upper Big
Bend country, in general, between
Coulee City and Watervillc, does not
seem to be quite so good as in the
Pitzville district and one sees many
abandoned farms there.
Getting down out of the wheat
country and into the irrigated dis
tricts one is Immediately impressed
with the change, not only in the APP
peera7ce Of the well kept and pros
perous looking farms, but in the
frame of mind of the residents. The
CITY of We-atchee itself is now en-
joying quite little boom. There
must be in tie neighborhood OF zoo
new buildings going up there. These
not only include several business
blocks but numerous residences many
of the latter are constructed OF stucco
and similar materials, some OF them
being really artistic ,7Sd beautiful.
The orchards there seemed to be in
a very healthy condition, are bearing
a good crop Of fruit and appear to
have been planted in every available
ont of ground.
The drive up the Wenatchee val
ley through Cashmere and Monitot
and nearly to Peshastin before turn
ing off on the Blewett Pass road,
with the fine farms, nice ranch homes
and orchards crowding right down to
the road, testifies mutely but concld-
sively what can be accomplished by
faith. hard work, intelligent and sci
entific farming, backed up by an OPP
t;1nistic frame of r'r'nd.
The drive over Blewett Pass is
one that every one should make at
least once. They may not care to ever
drive it second time but they will
get a real thrill out OF that first ip.
The comp. atively narrow road wind
irg constantly and climbing steadily
along the side of the mountains for
several miles causes ones heart to
keep crowding up into his throat, his
toes to curl under and develops an
unconscious habit of leaning to the
right. But when one reaches the sum-
init, there in the shade Of the large
frs and pines is an attractive Inn,
built out OF logs ad furnished in mis-
zion style that looks irresistibly in
viting. "A sign at the side of the road
at the summit says the elevation there
is around 1000 feet.
Coming down the Pass on the west,
the miles roll away rapidly until a
connection is made with tine SnoduS!-
mic Pass road. The state is resurfac-
ing some of the road between Ellens-
burg and Gle Elum and the road is
rather soft for few miles west of Ell
lcnsburg. During the past year the
state has done considerable work on
the canyon road between Ellensburg
and Yakima, the narrow and dam
gerous turns have all been widened,
heavy guard rails ru: up and the road
has all been resurfaced and oiled.
This drive of 81 miles, always an at
tractive one, is now better than ever.
II But the big thrill Of any trip is
getting home to the Priest Rapids