The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-01-01

Among the questions which every
prudent and thoughtful parent asks
before entering upon the great under
taking of transferring his family and
all his interests to the far West are
those which relate to the climate, so
cial. educational and religious advant-
ages the new home may possess. In
viting openings for great and almost
certain business success are important
considerations in selecting a field of
life-work for oneself and family, but
they are not after all the chief ele-
ments OF happiness and prosperity.
Wealth gained at the cost of health,
with the loss OF social culture and edu-
cation, and with the possible moral
ruin of one or more in a loved family
circle. is curse rather than bless
/ ing. Better remain in a home where
daily toll brings meagre financial re-
wards if this may have the environ
ments of healthful physical, mental
and moral conditions rather than risk
I the perils their absence is certain to
entail 1t is the purpose of this article
to give a candid and impartial state
ment of some of the facts regarding
/ the Northwest Pacific coast which
may aid the inquirer in forming a re-
liable Judgment concerning its adj
yantages as home
THE CLIMATIC coSDITIoNs.
Two distinct and widely different
areas of climate are found in Wash
/ ington Territory. In Eastern Wash
( ington-that part of the territory lying
east OF the Cascade range-the climate
/ as a rule is clear and cool in winter
/ and warm and dry in summer. Snow
/ falls during the winter months To con
! siderable depth, bat does not remain
| long-the warm current 1.-THE Chinook
wind) sweeping up from the ocean
through the great valley of the Column
bia river, quickly melts and dissipates
ii, bringing q summer temperature into
the midst of winter. Flowing and
seeding are often done in February,
while states east of the Rocky noun
tains are buried deep in snow and ice.
The clear crisp air OF winter with the
possibilities of daily outdoor life. give
a stimulating tone to the system and
is favorable TO general health and
vigor
SOCIAL CULTURE AND CONVENIENCE.
There is no more mistaken notion
than some Eastern people entertain,
that the far West IS a land OF SEMI
barbarism, .hat in making the trans
ition one must expect TO leave behind
the ccnverEences and luxuries OF civil
zation, and the associations of cultured
and refined society. As far as the
cities of Washington Territory are
concernes they offer, in nearly every
respect, equal advantages with regard
TO modem Improvements and iuven-
tons, wtk New York and Boston.
The electric motors, cable lines, tele-
phone, deetric signals and light, steam
boats AID railroads, all are here The
capacio2s and elegant stores, are over
liowini with all kinds of merchandise
that en- be found in any metropolis of
the Est. and az prices but very little
in advance OF Eastern markets. Many 7
OF tn rareT products of the old world
of ]hina and Japan. are only found
in tie baZaars of the Pacific coast
fourd here with a real japanese or
Chilese trader to enhance their value /
ane give assurance of their genuine I
mes. The society at large Is of course .
cosmopolitan, all nations are repre-
seted, yet one can have as select and
rdined circle of acquaintance as at
lIs Eastern home, and this for the rea-
son that largely the best and most pro-
Tessiye class of Eastern people are
lere. This is especially true of the
business men Of the city, in the trades
and the professions. 1t is the men of
push and pluck, of industry and brains
that have had the enterprise and cour-
age to break away from their sur
and make for themselves
fortune and home in this new eoun-
try. We believe that more college
graduates can be found in Seattle and
Tacoma than in any Eastern city of
the same size. Not only are the so
called learned professions of theology,
medicine and law fully and ably repre-
scented, but in the equally potent
realms of influence and power-the
school and the press-are found many
Of the most earnest and brilliant
minds of the land. Music and art are
rapidly finding their congenial centers
in this wonderland of sounds and
sights, and seem destined by the
law Vi Hlilt.S " ItAiu nGIG GHl- .
mination of beauty and power.
In the country, with its dense for
ests, where homesteads are taken and
claims are bought, as vet the popula-
ton is scattered. and as in all new
social life is restricted. Yet
many of the best cultured men and
woman of the East are among the
pioneers. who are making with much
-nfl AND rrfU0ffAna hat.,a g. &
themselves amidst the evergreen for
,sts. 1t is only a question OF a few
Years, when even here. society with
III its eleyating and refining influences,
sill be as good and as readily found as
IN country homes in the Eastern
'tates.
EDUCATIONAL OUTLOOK.
In regard to institutions of learning. {
heir number. grade and character OF
afforded, Washington Ter
'itory presents an excellent record. i
Early in its organization generous pro- :
Tision was made for public education /
ind wherever enough families have !
iettled TO furnish the requisite quota ]
II pupils, there the common school
las been planted. Il
In most districts, the log school (
house, as in the days OF our forefathers.
las first been erected, and in many
places can still be found, but it is not
to have the graduate OF |
'ome Eastern normal school or college.
Employed as instructor. In the cities
GRADED schools are found, from the |
primary TO the high school, and in !
buildings and apparatus. in teachers ;
md methods employed, they will COM ;
pare favorably with the best city
'chools in towns OF the same size in
he East.
At an early date in the history OF :
he territory, an ample land grant !
ESs given by the Legislature for the !
oundation of a state university.
Through the generous gift of a slightly
md valuable campus by one of its
most generous and philosophical citi-
ems, the city of Seattle secured the loca-
ion. Suitable buildings were at once :
'rected and the university commenced {
Is work OF higher education. With {
TaTying prosperity it has held on its
way, steadily increasing its facilities
or instruction and adding TO its corp
II teachers until il now offers excels :
ent advantages for preparatory and
FORMAL work and for the full univer-
ity course, Music and art are also
aught rs important adjuncts. The {
'resident L gentleman of large and {
uceessful experience as an educator Z