, 1879-01-09
PORT OF ENTRY.

the whole earth was once SAID OF an
ancient city renowned in story and
in song. But not less appropriately
would this description apply TO the
little city that sits queenhke 10y the
gate of Puget Sound. Such terms
as splendid, superb, would be but
tame descriptive adjrctlves to pic
ture the fine scene that is presented
to the view Of the traveller, this
bright Christmas morning, either
looking toward Port Townsend, with
its beautiful villa residence dotting
the esplanade of green that slopes
50 grandIy to the brow of the hun
dred fact bluff above the smooth
broad rim of the Sound, and backed
bv its ruff of evergreen, 0r looking
out seaward from the rlppling beach
over the wide, gIi;tering expanse Of
he Sound, and resting final Y on the
silver and blue outlines of the dist.
ant mountains that rim the vista all
around. The best thing about Port
Townsend is, that it is
A CLEAN CITY.
Notwithstanding the traditional
taint that long clung to the memory
Of the place from the sIanderous mar
ratives of Ross Browne and Theo.
dore Winthrop relative to the "an
cie1t fishlike odor" that exhaled from
the oeach, probably derived from the
circumstance Of its having been the
immemorial maritime rendezvous Of
the nations Of the kalams, of whom
the ancient chief Duke Of York and
Il few others are now the sole repre-
seutatives lett. The white sand and
well washed beach gravel aud she'll,
which abound SO pIenti(ully there
about and with which the princi pal
business streets have lately been
nacadamized, have practically abol.
ished from the town the curse OF
muddy streets, and walks and cross
lngs, which have become such re-
proach to the more preIentlous met
ropolltan city of Seattle. They are
also negatively blessed with the ab
seuce of rotten sawdust on the main
business thuroughfares, which is such
a nuisance in our city. Taking this
of the cleanliness of
this town and the attendant thor
ough drainage, together with the
fact that Port Townsend has never
yet been afflicted with a single case
OF
DIPHTHERIA,
we are furnished with proof positive
Of the correctness of the medical
theory which We have 81 persistently
insisted upon that the drecI cause of
this dreadful scourge and murderer
of the innocents, for which negligent
city officials are directly responsible,
is underground accumulations of un
mentlonabI filth which exhale a
deadly miasma of poison and disease
into the air around US. We find that
Seattle is getting to have an unen.
viahIe notoriety over the Sound for
its disgracelul streets aud bad sew.
ers and consequent diphtheria, which
is principal cause that deter many
families from coming and settling
among us which they otherwise
would do for the acknowledged su.
perlor business facilities of the place.
This Indifference to the condition of
our streets and the matters affecting
the lives and health of our citizens,
is more serious drawback to the
prospects and business advancement
of our city than we realize. We
trust that our present live and thor
ough going Board of Councllmen
will retrieve the fair name and stand
ing of the city in this regard. Port
Townsend is
HEALTHY TOWN,
as well as beautiful one, and these
two factors of growth will insure it's
permanent stability and progress,
But it has more tangible resources.
Aside from being the Port Of Entry
and
GREAT RENDEZVOUS OF PUGET SOUND
COMMERCE,
and the United States military post
and garrison close by; it also has
very considerable agricultural and
fishing resources tributary to it. 1t
has WILDLY Island with its garden
spot and beautiful soil directly nnnn