THE HOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY. MAY 1, 1912
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MR. DABNEY WRITES
OFJRIP ABROAD
(Continued frclll lnnt wn k I
From Cork we wnl to Ilantry Huy
by rail, unci took Ktrutiifr uml crossed
to Cli'iinai'lIT, a little Irish village at
the foot of the mountains, and near
an arm of the bay, which contained
many little rocky islets, covered with
vurleiiated moss and shrubbery of dif
ferent kinds, Intermingled with the
bloom of various colored flowers, red,
blue and yellow, and to add to the
beauty was the heather with its tiny
white and purple feathery bloom.
A few rowboats were seen slowly
winding their way around the Islands
and the occupants now and then
plucking a flower as they passed by
them.
The peculiar formation of the rocks
In this section, wherein they have
straight seams with diagonal streaks
of white and gray, makes them very
pretty.
While all serene the waters lay
In the arms of Bantry Hay.
There are muny little glens around
the mountainsides, where muy be seen
the whitewashed cottages, surrounded
with small checkered fields of grain
and turnips, and tethered to the rocks
or bush nearby a goat or burro, with
perhaps half a dozen sheep slowly
feeding around them.
We are now leaving filengarlff for
the Killarney l-akes, via l'orknassila,
on Kenmere River. The distance is
; miles end there are two large motor
curs to carry 30 tourists. It Is s
o'clock and the warm sun Is fast driv
ing the shadows from the hills and
mountains, and we are on the smooth
hard road winding its way around the
different arms of the bay through
beautiful woods of birch, oak, etc. The
sky Is clear and not a leaf moving.
The warbling birds look down upon
us from the tree tops as we pass along
beneath them, while a deathly stillness
rests over the bay and hardly a ripple
can be seen, and as we glide along all
are jovial and happy. Now we are
passing through a small agricultural
district. The roads are lined on both
sides with stone fences four feet high,
the tops of which are covered with a
profusion of red flowering vines, and
now and then a thatch roof cottage
surrounded by fruit and evergreen
Watch For Our
Gold Fish Offer
It will be interesting.
We hope to give it
out next week
CARL A. PLATH
DRUGGIST
Store
trees may be seen. Now we are pass
ing a little red schoolhoiise, with a
dozen children gazing at us as we pass
by.
We are now climbing the mountains,
winding our way over the hard road,
passing many little lakes walled in by
mossy rocks. The lakes are fed by
tiny silvery streams with waterfalls,
and as we ascend higher and higher
the dark clouds which have apparently
been lying on top of the mountain,
begin to loll down over us. The wind
is blowing anil the lightning is making
tlery streaks do.. n through the clouds.
The rain is beginning to come down in
torrents. While the curtains of our
car are dropped we are riding along
quite comfortably.
Another half hour and our cars are
drawn up to the great hotel at I'ork
nassilla, where we had lunch and rest
for an hour. We are again rounding
and slowly ascending the mountain.
We see many little checkered fields
in secluded places on the small pla
teaus, and we meet burros, each with
two large baskets tilled with fruit, at
tached to them, and others with carts
loaded with the black turf.
The rain, which htd almost ceased,
is beginning to come down in sheets,
the wind is coming in gusts, and the
many little streams are now almost
like turbulent rivers. The little lakeB
are larger bodies of maddened waves;
the black clouds continue to roll up
over the mountains and tumble down,
and occasionally sending her fiery
darts around us, as slowly up the
grade we go.
We have now passed through the
tunnel to the other side of the moun
tain. The sky is bright and only a
few scattering clouds may be seen.
'I he birds are singing and all nature
seems aglow with beauty and happi
ness, and as the curtains of our cars
are raised we look at the beautiful
lakes ten miles away, and another
hour's ride down the winding road
we are landed al the Lake and other
hotels in the vicinity. Near the I-ike
Hotel there is a little rocky islet,
which contains the ruins of MacCarty-
j Mor Castle, which is very interesting.
Lakes of Killarney.
liy previous arrangement, the next
morning the carry-alls gathered the
tourists from the various hotels for a
I trip through Dunloe Cap and down the
; chain of lakes. This was market day
in Killarney. and we had nine miles
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I to travel w ith wagons through shaded
woods and passed between many rock
' walled enclosures, and in going that
'distance we met nearly 2uo carts, each
j drawn by a scrawny-looking burro, and
I on each cart there were from one to
j five people, the women generally doing
the driving, and if a man or children
! were along they were sitting with
; their feet hanging over the platform
or box, and with some their feet would
! nearly drag on the road. On every cart
there seemed to be something for the
market; on some there were a few
turnips and a ipiart or gallon of wild
berries, on others a few potatoes, a
dozen eggs, or a pound of butter; some
with half a dozen chickens, ducks or
1 geese, and so on.
' The people were dressed in all kinds
of style, and many of them without
style. So long as the driver kept the
; whip in use the burro would walk
moderately fast or go in a little dog
, t rot . but when it was not used 'ho
burro would slow down and lie appar
ently nearly asleep, as they journeyed
along the rocky road.
We are now at our Journey's end
with o ir present conveyance, at Kate
Kearney's Cottage, which is now
owned by a descendant of that great
Irish beauty. Here we mounted sturdy
mountain ponies. There were 7o or
so tourists, some of whom had never
ridden horseback, and the owners of
the ponies, about 5 i in number, acted
as footmen, and indeed some of them
were needed for the amateurs The
footmen all carried whips to time the
ponies along, or they were ready to
hold them back If they went too fast
We are now on the winding, rocky
trail which leads through the rlehl ol
the mountains, crossing :md recross
Ing the Kiver I.oe and passing many
little waterfalls and lakes, where pre
cipitous rocks overhang on each side
of us. On the mountainside the large
rocks are so thick in places that there
is no vegetation except moss and the
heather that grows on and around
them. There is now and then a gar
den and house, where the rocks have
been cleared off, and a few chickens
may be seen wandering around, also
one or two goats.
There are many beggars along the
way. To obtain money they will sell
an echo, their voices resounding from
the cavernous rocks, or they will
pluck a shamrock along t he way and
insist on one buying it. Others have
music to cheer the weary traveler if
they are paid for it. some old bare
footed women trying to sell home
made beer, a pair of wool socks or a
bit of lace, and so on, while others
would ask for a shilling or sixpence to
keep them from starving next winter,
and the good I-ord only knows what
those oor creatures are living on be
fore winter comes. We are now at our
journey's end, after seven miles with
the ponies, and the footmen are rid
ing back to their place of abode.
Weird Irish Mountains.
We are now at Lord Brandon's cot
tage at the upper lake, where the hotel
boats with lunch on board have met
us, and we are in a more wild, weird
country" than any previously passed
through. The mountains are almost
like prison walls, confining the beauti
ful lakes, studded with many islands
adorned with trees, shrubbery, flow
ers, ferns and mossy rocks, and not a
sound is heard except from those im
mediately around us and the swish of
the gentle waves as they beat upon
the rocky shores.
There were in all twelve boats in
the flotilla, each holding from six to
ten people. They were each manned
by four strong oarsmen, and as we
glide along it seems that the scenery
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ESS, EVERYWHERE SS&K
(were it possible) becomes more grand
and beautiful, the piiet, still waters
t.iklng on different colors green, blue,
purple, or crystal, just according to
the shades of the mountains.
once in a while could be seen the
wild deer feeding along the mountain
side, or a goat leaping from rock to
rock as they looked down on our flo
tilla in wonderment, and sometimes a
lonely eagle's nest out on some rocky
crag was visible.
We are now going down the long
range, which is a river connecting the
upper with the middle and lower lakes,
and In some places the water is very
swift and our boats shoal down
through it at a rapid rate. We are
passing uinler the old bridge near the
meeting of the waters, and from which
many a story has been outlined and
many a verse written.
(To lie continued )
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lunclicH ut noon, .'."i ceuts. Try one,
then come every day.
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panied by ti Hhort, dry cough, Indi
cate mi lntlumed condition of the
lungH. To relieve It buy a bottle of
I'.allurd'B Horebound Syrup; you get
with each bottle a free Merrick's Ked
Pepper Poronn l'lnster for the chest.
The nymp relaxes the tightness and
the plaster drawn out the Intllatnma
tlon. It Is an Meal combination for
curing cold settled In the lungs.
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Kate. Fire Insurance on BuiMiriKS in
Course of Construction, Free.
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50 Cheaper than Paint
look bttr and wean loasar. W want
you to iue tham
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and durable made ol
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Shingle perfedly mixed sad
c. . ground in creosote and
MamS unseed oil.
la 5-GaJlon
Cana (crated)
60cl'Uaa
Ul-Cal.Cana
70e par Cailoa
We make thousands
of aallooi of this stain
and sell it "dued to the
user el half what you
pay fot this quantity at
paint Cores.
Write today and wa will mail you rrea,
12 stainad cadar shingles showing
colors of our creosote ataia
Blossom Festival Guests
'OU will no doubt have visitors this week for
the Blossom Festival and you must feed them.
If you buy your Groceries nere it will make a
good impression on those guests.
JUST REMEMBER
Cold Modml Butter Haa no equal.
Chase & Sanborn's Coffees and Tea The finest grown.
Armour' Simon Puro Lard lOO Per Cent Leaf Lard.
Diamond W Canned Goods Much the Beet.
Olymplo Flour Beat Made on the Coast.
Cold Medal Flour Eastern Hard Wheat Flour.
S tar Hants The ham what am.
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Groceries, Furnishings, Shoes, Hardware, Etc.
I Agents for Bane Wagons, Racine Hacks,
I Buggies and Farm Implements
Phone 20J2-M
Pine Grove Grange Building Vaniiorn Station
W. S. GR1BBLE
The Mt. Hood Store
General Merchandise
Flour, Feed, Spray Material
Farm Implements :: and n Stumping Powder
J. A. LITEL
MT. HOOD, ORE.
Blacksmith and Wagonmaker
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In making its weekly bid for the patronage, which the citizens of Hood River may
see fit to bestow, asks only for such patronage as it deserves by virtue of its low rates,
its reliable service, and permanency in the community.
Its rates are materially lower than the competing company for the reason that we
have three-fourths of the customers and our competitors have almost one-fourth. We
have 90 per cent of the heavy power business, and the large number of consumers can,
of course, be served at less cost per capita than the smaller number.
The advantage of the duplicate plants, either of which can be operated in case the
other is shut down, is an insurance feature, the value of which is not commonly
recognized.
The permanency of this company in the field is assured by virtue of its solid finan
cial backing and its ability to give reliable service at lowest rates.
The Hood River Glacier, judging by its editorial, desires the people to support the
Hydro Electric Company. It does not make itself plain as to whether this support
should be given on account of the higher rates of the Hydro Electric Company or the
reliability of its service, or simply for the reason that it is the Hydro Electric Company.
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