The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, August 25, 1909, Page PAGE SEVEN, Image 7
THE SEATTLE EXPOSITION AND RETURN
HOME BY WAV OF YELLOWSTONE PARK.
(By Dr. H. K. Aiken.)
Following is a description of the
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition and
the return trip home, which comph tea
the articles by Dr. Aikeu:
July 20, 1909.
Way ktp in the endless rorestn of
white pine mid fir thai covi :? N*i rthern
California tin re is ti lovely spot, its
name is Shasta Springs on the main
line of the Southern Pacific from
Frisco to Portland. !t i.- up near
the northern boundary of an empire
known as the Sacramento valley.
Seven or etglii miles to the north, the
chief thing in sight is the majestic
bulk of .Ml. Sur.sia (.14,414 ft.),
whose crowning apex of snow pierces
the bluest of sl.ii s. To the west is
the Gncromento river. One of the
largest riv< rs of the state lower
down, it is as y< t. but the melted snow
coming rapidly down from the sen
tinel peaks of this region. To your
right is ;t wooded hill five hundred
feet high and almost perpendicular.
At the base of this bill are the depot
springs and bottling plant whilst
down the face Of the cliff almost bid
den by ferns and shrubbery pours the
melting snow in cascades and falls,
sprinkling the ballasted track on the
river's brink. All passenger trains
Stop here in minutes for passengers
to step about 10 lee! and drink of the
natural Apollonnris water. This
sparkling Shasta wahr Otitis ready
sale among those who cannot come
ntul gel it free from the springs. On
top of the hill is a hotel on the cot
tage plan, gro< n lawns, gravelled
walks, bath houses ;.::d rustic seats
among the splendid trees. To get up
to the Oat topped hill you can follow
a shady winding trail among the
mossy falls or you can take the
"bus" and be elevated in a tiny cable
ear that conies as near rising straight
lip In the air as you ever saw any
thing of Its kind do. \V< spent the
morning among all this natural beauty
that only pictures e;in give an idea
of Blld then continued northward.
Leaving Shasta Springs the train
climbs out of the canyon and then
you look out at Mount Sh;is:;i with
nothing to obstruct the view.
There is a fascination for me about
splendid mountain peaks that 1 can't
explain. There is a silence and
grandeur banishing ;ill ? phemernl
thoughts as you gaze upon 'the
eternal hills." Geologists class Mt.
Shasta as a typical volanco In ages
gone by. The moving ice streams
upon its summit (glaciers! are hun
dreds of feet thick. Leaving Shasta
behind the track begins to climb over
the Slsklyou range of mountains by
;i heavy grade. Two < nglnes are
needed and the road bed is a series
of carved shelves upon the mountain
side. Filially the summit is crossed
aiid down grade wo roil into the
state of Oregoh. Through Ashland.
Med ford, Grant's Pass, Rosehurg,
Rugene (seal of the State university).
Salem (the stnte capital) and other
thriving towns in the Rogue River
valley you pnss to (he VVtllinihette
valley and finally into Portland, the
metropolis of Oregon and one of (lie
three large cities of the coast. Frisco
nrtd Seattle being the other two.
Hotel Portland,
Port land. Oregon.
.Inly 21, 1909.
The state of Oregon is nearly
SfpiarO in form and within it-; hounds
are sixty million acres of valley, hill,
table land and mountain thai will
some day support a numerohs |iopii
Intlon. Oregon will he one of Ihe
richest of states. She has (he fertile
soils, a genial climate, a wealth of
timber and minerals and is lacking
only lh ndetjnate railroad lilies.
Milch of the traffic is upon her
fiavignbie streams. Chief Of which are
(IIO Columbia and (ho RliakC I'lyeiS
in 1842 a provisional state govern
moot was formed by nbdul trap
pers connected with the Hudson's
[lay I'm- Co.. a tew missionaries and
adventurers. In l^'ls it was admit
ted to the union as a territory. When
opposing its admission the bailer of
die opposition said in his argument,
? it is so tar off thai fi delegate to
congress could not reach the nation's
capital until a year after the expiration
ni' his term." That was true then but
railroads crossing the continent have
altered all that long ngo and the ex
nandonlsts who looked to the future
did a wise thing to admit her first as
n territory and in ISfifl as a state.
Ihe three Pacific coast states have
(10 per cent of (he Standing timber in
the i'. S. and of (his Oregon has more
than California or Washington. Ac
cording (o government figures Oregon
has three hundred billion feet of
I landing merchantable timber. Man
ufactured into lumber and sold at
?12 per thousand her forests would
he worth three billion six hundred
Million dollars, or more money than
the total circulating medium id the
If. S. at the present time. Von will
find here I'.S varities of evergreen.
cone-hearing trees, 17 leaf-shedding
Boft woods and forty kinds of hard
woods, a soll mid a > limate that will
l>roduco fir trees 0, S and 10 feet in
diameter and 300 lo ??"?' feel tall
as Crick as they Call stand Oil the
ground is obliged lo bo fertile and
after the lumber wealth is converted
Itito cash all the crops thnt arc
known to iho tcmi>eratc zone will be
grown on that kind of land. Oregon
is nearer the north than some of our
states hut it has a milder climate,
Altitude l ;>s as much to do with cli
mate ils latitude. A wise old
Scotchman once said to his son. "If
you would grow stock successfully,
go where the grass grows green and
the tre. s grow tall." Those uro the
conditions that obtain in the llrltish
Isles where all our improved breeds
of live stock originale. Oregon has
over millh n head of sheep, as well
as lino horses, hogs and cuttle. Tho
fish industry in the streams of Oregon
especially those of the Columbia
river brings In five or six million of
dollars annually.
The young salmon are nearly all
hatched artificially olid millions of
I hem are sent out each year. When
set free in fresh water they go to
the ocean and after four years they
return to the spot where they were
born to spawn, after which both male
and female die.
Pot Hand, metropolis of tho state, is
a splendid city. Famous for its
roses and beautiful homes. Its
streets and street railways ore fine.
Population between two and three
bundled thousand. it is a fresh
water port where the largest ocean
going vessels are loaded with wheat
Hour and lumber. Portland has 1'.12
miles of well paved streets and live
greit trans-continental railways have
terminals here. The view of the
City from Council Crest, an elevation
of twelve hundred feet back of i>
and reached within fifteen minutes
by trolley is superb.
Hotel Washington.
Seattle. July 24.
The city of Seattle is situated oil
Elliott's Pay, an arm of Puget Sound.
Fresh water lakes, occnu Inlets and
snow-tipped mountains join bands
out here. The air is cool and brac
ing with a peculiar blue haze?like
a chiffon veil, overhanging the scene
ry, The exposition while laid out
along lines that have become con
ventional, has a setting that is dif
ferent from nil previous ones. The
grounds ate reached by n five cents
fare from all parts of the city. The
site selected was a wooded peninsu
lar sloping up from Lakes I'nion ami
Washington and much of the original
pine forest has been left. The
buildings are well grouped and most
of them are permanent struct tires to
be turned over to iho I'Diversity of
Washington when (ho exposition
! (dos.-s. The government building Is
j pi i'hnpH tho best arranged of all of
' its kind.
Vlltskh Slid Canada, Hawaii and
the Philtjplhcs ea'h have separate
buildings filled with most Interesting
exhibits. Tito forestry building at
this exposition is superior to any i
.mve e. er RCClt. "lie counties of
(he . tat.' of Washington have separate
buildings like (hose the different
states usually erect. Tie- official
title of this exposition, Alaska-Vnkon
Pacilio, is indicative of its departure
from tll'6 well worn paths, carrying
you into regions ami among peoples
little known to the eastern and south
ern sections oi' the union. You get
away from the land of today and look
at the land of tomorrow. The
growth, the progress and the bound
less possibilities of Iho northwestern
quarter of cur continent is here
illustrated so admirably (hat its
educational value will repay iho
twenty million it has Cost. The at
tendance is now averaging about
thousand per day and before the (dose.
??tol ?;? !?'.. I Jinn, three million oi"
more will pciimps rojtrcschl the total
admissions.
Pugol Sound is a wonderful hotly
of water hi c\ieiit. in scotiory and 111
dust lies. Some of our party enjoyed
a da.v "s trip by steamer to Victoria, a
typical English town on the Island ol
Vancouver. Others of us journeyed
up the American side to Port Towns
end. Anncortes Island and Hellliighntn,
visiting the Salmon canneries there.
The catch of the Pacific-American Co
for the day was reported to be 23,000
salmon of an average weight of :',.*, lbs
each. By fi o'clock in the afternoon
nil the meat was canned. The cutting
machine called a "chink" automatic
ally adjusts Itself to the si/.e of the
fish, seizes It as it comes along, re
moves the head, tail and tins, splits
the fish. removes the intestines,
scrapes the backbone and washes the
pieces: all this at the rate of sixty
nsh every minute: Everything is
done by machinery except putting the
half or one pound steaks into the
cans. The meat Is cooked in the cans.
Spokane. Wash..
.Inly 26, lflOfl.
Leaving the region of Puget Sound,
HERE IS RELIEF FOR WOMEN.
If you have pa I as Id the back, Urinary, Bladder
or Kldnoy trouble and want * certaiu, pleasant
herb rellof from ^N?omen'? Ills, try Mother Gray'.
"A?STKAHAN-LEA1." It is a Mit?, reliable
regulator, and relieves all Female Weaknesses,
lucludlng Inflammation and nlcerations. Mother
dray's Au?tralinn-L.<m>r Is sold by PniL'l'ists or
sent by mail for 60 cts. Sample sent l'KKK.
Address, The Mother Gray Co., Lo Roy, N.Y.
enstbound, the traveller crosses the
Cascade inotuitnins (heavily timbered)
through tin1 Stampede tunnel two
miles in length. The train then fol
lows th.> Yukimn river rind valley for
a liuhdrcd and fifty miles to the Co
lumbia river hud then across tho
plains to Spokane. These people
IOhvc oft the e. The reception com
mittee of Ihe chamber of commerce
ni--1 us with special trolley cars und
took our party sigh! seeing for two
hour.-!. Spokane is twenty-six years
Old and litis a population of over a
hundred thousand. Iis line restau
rants and hotels are far famed. The
falls oi' ihe Spokane river in the cen
tre of the city are hnrilCSS'Hl for pow
er. A trolley road lo the famous
("oner d' Ah ne milling district starts
from Spokane. The city is an Im
portant business centre for a broad
ami very rich agricultural area.
Soon after leaving Spokane you en
ter Idaho ami ihe outlying peaks of
the Ifockles come in view. We skirt
ed ihe Flothend Indian reservation
that is lo he opened lo s ttlemeiit in
August. VI Mlssoulo, Montana,
crowds were registering for the land
drawing. Some of the valley to he
allotted looked fertile, but the high,
sharp peaks unless they contain min
eral wealth -are only good for hold
ing the world together. R?tte and
Helena. Montana, are great milling
centres with Immenso smelters and
reduction works. Tl o hillsides ; re
covered with smokestacks .m.l hoist
ing appliances.
At Livingston we hit the main line
of the Northern Pnciilc and camn out
?".a miles on a branch ro; d to thirdlner,
where is located the entrance arch to
the Yellowstone park. And here at
the gate I must leave my kind readers.
"On certain portions of our globo
Almighty Clod lias set a spe( lal im
print of divinity. The Alps, the Py
renees, the Mexican volcanoes, the
solemn grandeur of Norwegian fjords,
the sacred mountain of Japan, and (he
sublimity of India's Himalayas at
different epochs in a lite of travel
had tilled my soul with awe and ad
miration, hut since the summer of
1890 there has been ranked with these
in my remembrance the country of
the Yellowstone. Two-thirds across
the continent, hidden away in the
heart of the Rocky mountains, eight
thousand feet nbOVe the level of the
sen, there lies a marvelous section of
our earth, size UO by ut) miles in the
northwestern corner of Wyoming.
Oil three sides this area is guarded
by lofty, well-nigh Inaccessible mount
ains, as (hough the Infinite Himself
would not allow mankind to rashly
ent< r its sublime 'liclosure. In this
respect our govornmonl has wisely
imitated the Creator. Ii has pro
claimed to all the world the sanctity
of this peculiar section of the earth's
surface. It has received it as a : III
from Cod and as Ills trustee holds it
for the pleasure and ciijnyincnt of ihe
people. I though! my previous store
of memories was rich but to have add
ed to it Ihe recollections of Hi" S'eliow
siono will give a greater hniiplneKs to
life while life shall lust."
These elotpioiil lines are n< ( ;i y ?v n
but represent Hie critical Judgment
of that prince of iruvelers : ml delight*
fill w riter. .Ino. I.. Sloihlitrd. Read his
volume devoted to California, (Irnnd
canyon and Yellowstone park. Few
hooks as di llghtftil hnv< ever come my
way. Alter a week in the park we
resuhlod our cars, stopped a day in
St. Paul and Minneapolis aid theft
on to Chicago the uiyni of the mid.lb
west. Chicago is an Illustration of
how hi:; a city can grtl 10 be when
there is plenty of |e\e| land for it to
fcpretltl Olil over. Kvcryhndy bad
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homo were jiurchuscii ai d Thursday
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spoils to Cincinnati, Wim re tlie C,
O. look us across the mohntains of
Wist Virginia and Virginia lo Kk-h*
moud. 11- re our old friend (he S.
A. h. received us with loving hands
and on August 7th. IftOf), we were
safe at home within ten minutes of
the time sei for our return live week*
before, We bad been into and across
L,y> states, covered ten thousand mile.,
of rail without mlssllig fl meal, a
mail or a connection. At hake Tend
d' Orelllo ihe conches left us and at
Huhmpie, Iowa, we left the < oaehes.
but both separations wore temporary
and brief. People away from home
do many things they would not do at
home. It's human nature. Some
one in the old maids car hail erected
an Idol called "Little Denver." some
sort of Billlken-Tcddy bear affair, and
'twas said that nightly most uncivil
ized IncnntatlOllH were performed
there to ibis heathen god. The
fates rebuked this (DCbUqukcd it
is Heiter? but the last (hing I saw as
wo whirled through Raleigh was the
High "rlestess kissing "Little I)en
i ver."
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3 a good instrument. It is furnished us by L. A. q
8 McCord, the piano and organ man and is guar= 2
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Laurens Advertiser
NOT! CK.
State of Pout h t'a rollna.
Notice is hereby given that in pur
suance of ;i commission lssne<] to
?;.<? undersigned, by the Secretary nf
State of s;ti<l State, hooks of subscrip
tion hi (Ireenvllle-t.roon wood & An
'.-.iota Railroad Company will be
oik*nod ai Itooni (Ith in 'In* I'litmctto
I Ituilding in Hie City of (Jreenvlllo,
South Carolina, on September ISIh,
]!'??'?. ai I I'. M.
Notice I? further given tliut Hie
undersigned will apply to the Soor??;
(iiry Of Slate at his oflipo in Col II III -
! blrt. S. ('.. on the "."th day of Septi 111
| her, 1 :<o;i. a! II o'clock A. M.. for
charter :''?.? said fin.villo-tJroiuiwood
& \ugusta Hallway Company, with
power (.ii ih?' part ol sold Company
to condemn lands for the right ol wh)
for its proposed railroad, which will
I run from the City ol OrOonvilie, H. ('.,
through lim city <d Croon wood, and
iiii- lov. ii of Kdgollold, to sonn! point
(?n Savannah Itivor opposite or h< ur
|y opposite (lie city of Augusta, ami
which will pass through the eily ol
(ircenVllle, ami the following town
ships, or ?ninc of thehi. in Laurcns
County, to wit:- Sullivan and W'aiei
loo and 11, rough the. Idwn ol Prince
loll.
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What about protecting*
your property against loss
by fire. We have as good
as the best in the way of
Insurance.
Lau rens Hre I n
surance Agency
('. W. McCRAVY, Mgr.
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i Laurens Wholesale Grocery Co
J> R. C. Gray, Manager i
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I We are selling for this week only/
I Flour, Majestic 1st pat. jjj^ <j
f| White Swan Best pat. f i
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A 2nd pat. Flour
5.60!
I Sugar E 3A <
I O.OU 2
I Meal unbolted |_2^ ?
prn ? .071 2c
l0ats .65cts|
^ Just arrived one car of Bagging and l ies, see us before yon buy as %
? we can save you money. Now is the time to buy your flour as all mills ^
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