Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-03-14

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so instead OF q journey of toll you will
be on journey of pleasure. Tonight
l will show you illustrations that you
may not have expected to see. will
show you a country where some of
the grandest natural scenery known
to man can be gazed upon; mountains
torn apart through the. lconvulsiJns of
nature; mountains standing like grim
sentinels guarding treasures as preci-
GUS to us as were the golden apples in
tho sstaassen@sf' 'shc 11eispefides; q conn-
try where waters fall from crags' and
cliffs down deep gorges until their
body is mutilated by the heavy plunge,
yet rises to kiss the clouds under a
veil of mist; where in the sunlight
you can see water jewels spring from
crystal sprays and dance before your
eye until the vision is stunned by the
beauty OF the many. translucent col
ors; where you can stand upon the
shores of lakes on table of pure
white marble and see the grandest
carnage of colors that the world has
ever known: rocks of heliotrope, rocks
of emerald, rocks of ebony, rocks of
pearl, all blending together until the
whole horizon is as picturesque in its
combination of colors as the mighty
stained window of Gothic cathedral.
[Applansc.l
In 1859, it would have been seri-
GUS undertaking to penetrate into that
which is now the State of Washington.
AT present it is as safe to travel to the
Pacific Coast as to go from here to
New York. With modern inventions,
such as the dining-car and the palace
sleeper, even the invalid can go West
with every degree of comfort.
l make no discrimination against
any road or highway of travel be-
tween the East and the West; we re-
spect all railroads; each is doing all
in its power to assist in the advance
ment of our country, and the smallest
corporation should be respected and
patronized equally with the Great
Trunk lines. Personally, 1 have no
favorite. The Union Tactic, that
starts at Omaha, passes through lovely
lands and glorious mountain scenery /;
still, the same can be said of the
Northern Pacific. There being a unity
of rates between the roads, it is simply
the toss OF penny which one I would
take to reach this wonderland.
For years that which constitutes our
new State was portion of Oregon,
and was but sparsely settled, for the
reason that there was an uncertainty
about the boundary line between the
United States and Canada. For many
years it was, claimed that the line OF
the United States should have been
farther north than its present loca-
ton. 1t even entered into a Presi-
Dental canvass, and q battle cry OF
the Pierce campaign was Fifty-four-
Forty or Fght" Had this, which
was the correct understanding, been
adhered to, the boundary line OF Amer
lea would have been four hundred
miles farther north than at present /;
and while it is sad thing to see the
shedding of blood, yet / am forced to
say that the United States made o Sc
rious mistake in not insisting upon
her rights. 1t would have given us
an area twice as large as the State OF
Washington, and country capable oi
sustaining millions of people. Final
ly, the last question was settled, in
1872, by the King of Germany, to
whom our differences were referred
for arbitration. Washington was
made Territory in 1853, State last
year. 1t is about 360 miles long, $50
miles wide, and is diversified by a
chain OF mountains known as the
Cascade Range, that runs north and
south a little west OF the centre, and
divides the State into two distinct
climates; the east, dry and crisp,
moistened by rain that occur in sea-
sons; the west, soft, calm, and prolific
in rainfalls. That portion of our area
east of the mountains receives its
equable character-which bears a SIM
liar resemblance to Tennessee and
North Carolina-from the effects of
the Chinook winds. The western por-
ton reminds one OF the south of Eng
land. This mild effect is brought
about by the air streams of the Pacific
Ocean, that come from the south in
the winter and from the north in the
summer. Now and then, snow falls
in Washington, but it is u very unu-
sual circumstance to see two inches OF
snow i'll the western, or foot in
the eastern portion. When snow
falls in the western section, it
rests rs lightly as bashful kiss, and
then melts away through the warm
passion OF mother earth. Our landed
area is 69,OO0 square miles,-1O,OOO
more than the Empire State-and our
acreage is about 45,O0O,OOO acres, di-
vided into timber, agricultural, miner
al, and grazing lands.
The great State of Pennsylvania is
pointed out as criterion for ambi-
tious States, and it is said that wall
could be constructed around its bound
aries without much detriment to its
population that the people would not
need to 60 outside to obtain the neces-
sites of life. This is true and very
fortunate. Yet, when the circum-
stances are considered, it is really not
such remarkable condition of affairs
Pennsylvania has been blest with rich
farming lands, with vast mineral
tracts, and an industrious Dutch and
American population, and the necessi-