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VOL.
N E W B E R G , Y A M H IL L COU
now they are op their w ay to small stream lull of salmon,
Juoeau again, where they are creek trickle* down fro*
glacier. There ie a email w
going into business.
A t last to onr great relief our tall in it and right over the
good ship g o t under w ay. The a bridge is built. H e r e i n »
the toortot. aB g o to w
day was a beautiful one and
all en joyed. to the utmost our
trip across Puget Sound-
A t was simply I
about 4 o ’clock we came to the the full tide
straits near P o rt Townsend they o*
which mark the end o f '
the banks.
-■ On July 29 Mrs.
Sound. This time o f the year at
Vincent, the dangbti
to be
very
Ed. S. ‘ Lanner, w rote a letter this particular place it is as a
bom etetlingofbertrip to Jnnean, rule very calm, but a violent teresting t
Alaska, which we ted sure the wind sprang up ju st Ssw i
m atter how
reader*'«! the Graphic w ill enjoy the straits and we had a very failed o r how
reading. Th frk tter follow «:
heavy sea to plow through. It were washed back after
Oar boat was scheduled to sail takes about tw o hours to pass once made the rocks a t the
at 11 p.m. Tuesday so between through these straits and during they still kept a t it.
8 and 9 o ’clock all the passengers that length o f time all but tw o them kept trying till they
came on board. The day bad or three of the passengers w ere finally dashed to pieces.
been exceedingly warm and we obliged to remain in their berths.
Ketchican itself is a
Prom
the
straits
we
emerged
were all glad enough to be able
looking place, a tow n o f si
to sit on dech-and get the benefit into the regular channel which and unpainted buildings, coi
o f the cool Puget Sound bfeete. extends from Seattle to as far buildings and sidewalks
We were all w aiting to see the north as Sitka. Daring the night things o f unusual rarity in
boat start bat a t about 12 we passed V ictoria and Van ka. There are tw o co
o ’clock we heard that ow ing to couver. Thursday afternoon at buildings in Ketchican,
an unexpected consignment of about 2 o'clock we came’to the are spoken o f in terms of gl<
freight we would not leave nntil Seymour Narrows,” so called ing pride by her citizens,
because the channel is so very tow n site is very rough and
the next morning.
narrow
in places. Sometimes and it is not very pretty right
So we were all up bright and
early Wednesday morning as we S k w o e only a stones’ throw the tow n. H ow ever if you b
did p o t w ant any part o f the from the mainland on one side courage enough to climb one
voyage to escape us. A t break and y the islands on the m other.
the hills you w ill find the view
Hare is where the real scenery w orth observing.
fast however, we were told we
-. | '
begins,
mountains,
lakes,
islands
would not be under w ay till
Huckleberrits grow in abun
noon. We managed to spend and waterfalls in one long pano dance and some of us picked a
the morning very pleasantly get rama o f beauty. The grass, to e s goodly supply and carried them
tin g acquainted w jth one an and hashes were as bright a back to the cook, who ki
green aa if it were spring and converted them into most
other and w ith tile ship.
The “ A lki” is the slowest the w ater seemed like a large petfepg pies.
vessel on the run between Seattle river, so smooth and still and
Saturday evening a t
and Juneau, taking 5 days to blue. One moment w c would toe o'clock we stopped a t a i
make the trip while others go in m a narrow passage and the cannery to load on freight.
87>r 4. . H ardly anv tou ristsor next we would find ourselves in
pleasure seekers travel on the a large sheet o f w ater w ith in b o a t of the “ Alki.” bound fo r
•‘ A lki” because o f its slowness. lands all around ns, little islands Seattle stopped there a half hour
All Alaska people however go pn and big islands, and back o f the later. They had tq w ait fo r us
the “ Alki.”
M ore women with islands, the inevitable range o f to unload so the tw o ships got
children travel on it than on a n y ynonntaina. The next point of along side o f one another. The
other boat, because they are al- interest is Queen Charlotte passengers o f the “ Dispatch”
Sound, where we are on the open boafded the “ A lki” and we of
lowed more liberty.
This trip the ship was oot ocean for about lour hour*. the “ A lki” boarded the “ Dis
crowded, there being only about Luckily for us however we passed patch.”
Their boat was much
60 passengers. There were some over it in the night. The next smaller than ours. The chief as
very interesting people among stretch o f rough w ater is Mil- set am ong their passengers was
them; people on board a ship bank Sound which we passed at 12 young lady school teachers
make acquaintances very easily 11 o ’c lock Friday morning. It who w ere on a sight seeing trip.
aad by the evening o f the first only takes an hour to go over They w rte from Portland and
day everyone knew everybody this place, but the d ay was so were making the round trip their
bright and ¿sir that it was as vacation.
else aad all about them.
They were a jo lly
There were hardly any young smooth as the regular channel.
bunch but were rather lonesome,
In the afternoon the scenery as there was but obe man pas
unmarried people so w e wére not
bothered w ith any “ ship-board began to get especially beautiful. senger aboard the “ Dispatch.”
flirtations” o f die ordinary varie The mountains became higher
Sunday morning we stopped
and the w aterfalls more frequent. a t W rangell for an hour. This
ty
Am ong the passengers were On the side of one mountain one is a small fishing village. rA few
one young couple on their honey o f the officers pointed out t o 'Us o f us went ashore but all we
moon (w h o . were of course the the beginning o f the form ation could see was tw o or three
greatest objects of interest on o f a glacier.
stores, five churches, a handful
board) a Seattle police sergeant
The next day (Saturday) we o f shacks, and tw o or three
and his wife on their vacation, a passed over Dixon’s Entrance, usen saloons.
grizzled old Alaska pioneer who the last stretch o f rough water
Sunday afternoon was the
had been to Seattle to sell some on the trip. It tabes tw o hours most beautiful part of the
o f his mining claims, tw o young to cross this sound. Like when journey. We were p a s s i n g
women going to jo in tbeir hus we passed over Milbank Sound, through the “ Wrangell Narrow s”
bands, a young Seattle girl gé- it was as smooth as the other all afternoon, and they were even
ing to make a two-m onths’ visit part of the journey. .
better than the “ Seymour Nar
The weather during the whole row s.” I t is so narrow here
to her m otherland a jo lly old
couple making- their first trip trip was particularly fine. We that at one place we had to
w ho were going to see their did not even hate to wear wraps anchor fo r several hours and let
“ babies” in Ketchican. A touch till late In the evening. One day the tide come in before we could
of tragedy was added by thé •we actually suffered from the start through.
We came to
presence of an old lady who was heat. It seemed more like we Petersburg a t about 7 o ’clock
going after her busbaqd’scorpse* were drifting down some large and stopped here for several
T o me, the most interesting river in the Southern tropics, hours. Like Ketchican and
people of all were Mr. and Mrs. than th at we were traveling to W rangell, it is situated on a
Fitzgerald. He was a typfeal Alaska on the ocean.
large island.
Irishman, brimming over With
We were now between British
M ostly fisherman live here but
w it and humor. 1 was lucky and American territory both. it is a much prettier place than
enough to sit at the same table The mainland was still British either W rangell or Ketchican.
w ith them, and our table was in Columbia, but the islands were Here we went through one of
o f Alaska. Juneau is the the canneries, but we were glad
an uproar most o f the time.
They have been in Alaska 20 first im portant tow n on the to get aw ay. M onday we came
years, and hi fensiMss sight years mainland.
in to the region o f icebergs and
A t about 3 o ’clock, Saturday glaciers. We passed several ice
in Jnnean. T w o years ago they
decided to settle d o w o and not afternoon yre made our first bergs of moderate size and
w ork, but boy a home, raise 4 port, Ketchidan, Alaska. I t is a glaciers were on both odes of us,
little fruit and vegetables and fishing a n d m i n i n g t o w n although especially large on the
eqjoy themselves to t the rest # litaAtsd on .a large island. We mainland.
f
their lives. They went to New- had four hours ashore here and
This was onr last day and we
bergj* Oregon, and bought * a we were all more than w illin g to were all in a state o f exdtment.
home. H ow ever they discovered spend tw o or three hours o ff the Only tw o pa ssengers were going
boat. The most im portant point on to Sitka. The days were be-
ally in iNswberg. so o f interest in Ketchican is a
JH P
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SflHfsSIr
ON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1915
stayed up till after m idnight
every night. The weather was
so pleasant and the scenery so
lovely th a t we begrudged vthe
time we had to spend asleep. .
Everyone had a hearty ap
petite the whole trip. They
serve four meals a day on the
boat, but there were none who
declined to eat any o f them.
Lunch Is served between 9 and
11 a t night. H o t coffee and tea,
cold meats of all sorts, and
«team ing pots of baked beans
were relished by everyone.
We reached Jnnean at about 7
o ’clock, Monday evening. There
was a large crowd at the pier to
meet us, as everyone likes to
the steamers arrive. Juneau is
entirely different from the other
Alaskan towns we visited. There
re between 5,000 and 10.000
pie here. The tow n is built
igbt between the bay and M t.
nneau, a mountain which tow -
over a thousand feet above
Juneau seems more like a city
an the other towns did. The
are nice as in any town
its size in the States, and you
see a few Fords once in a while,
is is a very busy tow n and
ou
S ot find all classes o f people liv-
bere.
.
ft The weather has been very
warm since I h ive been here.
The day after I g o t here it was
98 in the shade. Of course
h this sort of weather is
y unusual for Alaska.
Tbev have several concrete
ildinga, a fine large capitol
hall and a
-are
coming here from Seward as
they say there is nothing doing
at aQ there. Juneau has the
richest mines in the world back
o f it, and is bound to progress.
SORRISE PARTY FOR
MRS. ADA m U Y
The Ladies’ Aid Society o f the
Methodist church had planned
for a surprise on their highly
esteemed member Mrs. Ada Mc-
Nây.
This was carried out-on Wed
nesday afternoon, August 18, a t
the home o f Mrs. Rosa Dunahoo
on North College street.
Mrs.
McNay was invited to take
luncheon w ith her friend, Mrs.
Dunohoo and later on they went
for a long walk, very much
against the wish o f Mrs. McNay,
it . being such A hot afternoon.
Daring their absence from the
house, the ladies’ aid took pos
session of Mrs. Dunohoo’s home
and upon their return found,*to
Mrs. M cN ay’s surprise, the aid
there.
; -
Mrs. M cNay w ill leave soon,
to be absent from Newberg at
least until next spring. She goes
to visit her sons, one at San
Antonio, Texas, and one at
O ftk n , Kansas. She w ill be
ly missed in the aid and in
the departments o f the church
work, she being a faithful and
beloved member.
The afternoon was spent in a
social w ay, w ith conversation
and fancy work. Several hymns
r sang and a duett by Mrs.
Gould and Mrs.Zum wald. Very
nice refreshments were served.
All ladies present expressed their
regret o f Mrs. M cNay’« de
parture, wished her ,a pleasant
winter and assured her o f a very
hearty welcome upon her return
to Newberg.
Not His Job.
City Boy— I suppose yon hatch
all these chickens yourself?
Pknner Boy—Nope; we’ve go t
todo that.
COUNTY CONVENTION
The Annual Mssting « f tha
C T. U. Wffl B « Held in
Newberg Friday.
The sessions w ill be 1
the Presbyterian church,
program follow s:
10:00.—EvangaUstie Service.....
1 ^ .— .................. Mies Edith Minchin
ecal Union...
by Mm EttsMeore
$0548.—Report of Correepondinr Sec
retory...........Mm EUssbeth Johnson
10:66.—Report of Loyal Temperance
Legion Secretary ..Mr«. Beulah Powell
U JS.—Reports of Department Super
intendents.
11.-46.—Memorial Service. .........
........................ M m M. J. NewHn
Noontide Prayer....Mrs. L. P. Round
1:16.—Devotionak, Rev. George H. Lee
1-J0.—County President’« Annual
Addis — ....v..Mrs. Elizabeth Meyer
1 JO.-Muds.
The executive committee of the
W illam ette Club met last Mon-
evening a t the home o f B ert
and laid plans for the
management of the clnb for the
coming fall and winter season.
The present executive officers are:
Bert M iller, president; Jo Nelson,
vice-president; Chester Znm walt,
secret^ry; John Hanson, treas
urer, and Earl B aird 'ath letic
manager. 1 ’
Plans were made fo r securing
winter quarters for the dab, and
the arrangements were left w ith
W alter B artlett and Chester
Znmwalt. It is* hoped that
rooms may be furnished and
equipped for the organization
during the next few months.
2 JO.—Paper...........-M m Mary Scott
2:10.—Local Presidents Symposium.
What My Union Hop— to Ac
complish This Year.
A committee was appointed
2:40.—Medical
Mary Mallett, State
fo r the purpose o f securing new
8:10.—Reading.... Mi— Ruth
membership, comprising the fol
2 JO.—Addre—.... Mrs. Lottie Hannon
low ing members: John Hanson,
W alter B artlett and Lee C ow gill.
This committee w ill w ork am ong
new students a t the high school,
On last Thursday afternoon as well as from " other sources
Miss Lanrcne Otis entertained a a b o u t the city.
number o f her girl friends to an
The athletic prospects for the
nounce September 21st as the
club at the present tim e are ex
date of her marriage to W alter
ceedingly good. W ith such high
O. Van Atta.
school stars as C ow gill, Nelson,
The invitations were written
Baird, H arrington, Young, etc.,
on prescription blanks in pre
argumented by other promising
scription form and enclosed with
material, it is hoped that the
these were the announcement
d ob w ill make a ’ name for ita d f
cards.
t|fe lines of athletic en-
A color scheme o f la
Arrangemcnts w ill soon
and ptnk was used throughout
be made tor the organisation
the rooms. The curtains were
and managessent o f a football
drawn and the lights, beneath
team, and a first class coach w ill
large shades -of ,crepe paper and
be seemed, if possible.
tuelle in these colors, gave a
Mach gratification was ex
pleasing effect. Large fluffy bows
pressed by the Executive Com
of tulle were suspended in the
mittee at the unanimous support
arches, and streamers draped to
given by the honorary member
either side. Bow ls of heliotrope
ship. The hearty interest taken
and lavender and pink asters
by this membership has ably
were used in the living rooms.
demonstrated the fact th at they
In the dining room, where cov
are behind the movement, much
ers were laid for seventeen, the
to the credit o f the high stand
color scheme was carried out in
ards o f onr d ty .
the three-coarse luncheon. Tulle
A business meeting o f the clnb
was draped from the center of
w ill be * held w ithin the next
the ceiling to the lour corners o f
month when new officers w ill be
the long table, ending m large elected and installed.
A
bows.
«.The favors were minature mor
tars and pestles, tied with rib
bons in the tw o colors, while a
huge m ortar and pestle, dec
It don’t m atter much w hat
orated w ith a large bow o f tulle, the program" is, when a lo t o f
formed a unique centerpiece. The former Indiana people get to
flowers used here were bowls o f gether thev have a good time.
sweet peas on either end oi the Th at is what is going to take
table.
place at the city park on next
L ittle pill boxes were (ised tor Saturday, which is to be picnic
place cards, and in these were day.
four-line jingles, composed by the
Last year there was a big feast
hostess, about the different and a royal good time. This
guests. These caused much mer year it w ill be bigger and better
riment as they were read be if you w ill attend and bring all
tween courses.
your Indiana friends w ho are in
The invited guests were Mrs. reach.
Clarence Kienle, Mrs. Elgin Van
Dinner w ill be served a t noon
Blaricom, the Misses Pansy Col on long tables where all can
by, Vera Stannard, Reta Mc help themselves in neighborly,1
Donald, Hazel E lliott, Gertrude get-acquainted fashion.
Bring
Hollingsworth, Evah Colcord, your lunch basket well filled, as
Madge C olbyr Helen Stannard, early as 11:00 o ’clock if possible,
Alice Christenson, Florence El and don’t
forget the fried
liott, Esther
Hollingsworth, chicken, pumpkin pie and other
Prances E lliott, Esther Hollings good things. As for drinks you
worth, Gwendolyn Stannard, may take your choice between
Dorothy Chambers, Charlcia hot coffee and ice cold butter
Buckley, of Sheridan, and M arie milk.
Anthony and Carrie McKee, of
After the rats there w ill be time
McMinnville.
given tor visiting in groups w ith
.old friends and new acquaint
Tha Ganda Exterior.
ances that may be formed on the
spot.
“ What I admire,” said the
L ater a short program w ill be
statesman, “ is the hand of iron given, made up m ostly o f roll
in the glove at vdvet.
call and short talks.
“ Yes, indeed,” replied Miss
All former Indiana
Cayenne. “ It is much more un invited to take a
usual than the bead of bone in participate in the
the hat o f silk.”
the occasion.
ANNOUNCEMENT PARTY
SATURDAY INDIANA DAY