The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-01-06
THE STATE AROUSED.
Mr.. Meany's Glowing Reports
ON His Worlds Fair Tour.
EVERY COUNTY IS ORGANIZED.
He Finds All Preparing to Exhibit the
States Resources to Advantage
His Work Reviewed.

ington Worlds Fair Association, yester-
day, 81 would not exchange for one mo-
ment my experience in the recent World s
fair trip I have made around our own
state of Washington for all the Wanted
pleasures of travel in far lands. Scenery
unsurpassed, resources unheard OF and
people unequaled in generosity and enter
prise have been among the tangible and
valuable proofs that have fallen in my
way. We have thirty-four counties In
Washington, and of these / have now Wis
tied all but two, Skamania and Okanogan.
Two other counties, Jefferson and Clallam,
had visited several times prior to my
appointment on the Worlds fair work,
and so found it possible TO do the pre-
liminary work required of me in those
counties by correspondence, but all OF the
other thirty counties | have visited IN
person during the past sixty days
at is scarcely necessary TO say that
travel in some of these counties is still
carried on in the crude and not too CON-
Portable conveyances of the frontier.
SPOKANE COUNTY.
Spokane Falls was my real starting point,
for at the close of the Northwestern In
dustrial Exposition there found little
less than sixty days on hand in which TO
make the needful tour Of the state Spo-
kane Falls is appropriately called the
Magic City, for the word magic can alone
describe the wonders you behold on every
side in that Eastern Washington metropo-
lis. Here yon see the haunt of the lone
Indian fisherman of few years ago trans
formed into city which is metropolitan
in every respect. Scared and torn by con-
Stunning flames one year ago. you now see
no heaps of ashes and blackened debris.
but in their places you behold massive
brick and granite ednices, which, for archi-
tectural beauty are not excelled anywhere
in the state of Washington. The foaming
waters of the Spokane are no longer
claimed alone bv the Indian and his prey.
but they are harnessed and are doing
wonderful work in many mills and fac
tories. In this city you find more atten-
ton paid to electricity than anywhere else
in the world. In fact the Electrical World,
OF New York. in recent edition, gave
many illustrations and an extended article
on the great central station for electric
lighting and power in Spokane Falls, and
made the surprising announcement that
mt Spokane Falls. Wash. is found the
largest water power electric light plant In
the whole world.
'sNo wonder that Spokane Falls is called
the Magic City. DO You imagine for a
ZANE county will be well represented at the
Worlds fair?
LINCOLN COUNTY
"At Sprague. the county seat of Lincoln
county, found matters badly shaken up.
They had just emerged from bitter county
seat contest with Davenport. Under the
new law three-fifths vote was required to
make that change and Davenport lacked
but 100 votes of that number. Sprague re-
loiced, therefore, hut it was not very
robust rejoicing. But Lincoln has many
ducemeuts to offer to settlers, with three
snch cities as Sprague. Davenport and Will
bur to help. All these advantages will be
shown clearly to the visitors at Chicago
in 1898
ADAMS COUNTY.
''This is the present home of the giant
who represented the county at the Spo-
kane exposition. Ritzvillc is the county
seat, and. although the passenger who
rides through the town on the Northern
Pacific coaches might imagine that little
or no business was done there. he would
he greatly surprised to stop off for dav
and drive around enough to see some of
the wonderful farming land adjacent to
the town. Thousands upon thousands Of
bushels of wheat were shipped from
there this year, and the business done at
hundreds of thousands of dollars. The
Adams County Board of Trade very
PROMPTLY elected its delegates To the
Worlds fair and State Board of Trade or
CARNATIONS.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Enumeration Of this county recalls the
well known admonition keep your eve on
Pasco,' and you would do well to obey
that Injunction. for Pasco will surprise us
all some day. The county has sold its ir-
rigating bonds and ere we assemble at
Chicago with Washington products the
SANDY desert lands about Pasco will he
transformed into broad acres of productive
farms with peanuts. watermelons, citrons
and similar productions abundant for ex-
hihition.
YAKIMA COUNTY.
This county glories in what it can do
as result of irrigation Everybody is
familiar with Yakima melons and Yakima
hops. but is not prepared for the Worlds
tair surprises that are being worked up in
Yakima county. 1t is the purpose of the
enterprising people there to rent twenty
acre farm. and devote il TO Worlds fair
products from this time on. | can only
say to tho other counties: Look out for
Nakiman
KITTIrAs COUNTY.
"lf ever city and county enjoyed geo
graphical advantages, certainly Elensburr
and kittitss county do. kittitas county
IS in the geographical center of this state
The kittItaS valley Il in the center of the
county and Elleusburg is in the center of
the valley. This was the ground on which
Ellensburg fought for the state eapitol
Ellensburg Is another of the unfortunafe
cities OF Washington which received =
baptism of IRE in 1850 and. like the others
she Is now arising brick city from the
ashes of wooden town. There is scarcely
q county IN the state that will be able to
snow more diversified resources at the
Worlds fair than kittitas
KING COUNTY.
'our own county's name is typical of
its power in wealth and resources II i
certainly the monarch county and Seattle
is recognized rs the Queen City. so the rest
OF the state viii expect us TO don our regal
robes III iSsS and proclaim 70 the world
the advantages of our domain.
sNoHoMsH COUNTY.
For years this county has been looked
upon as the especial heritage and home of
the logger, but, as the many valleys OF
farming land and the mines of wealth. arc
being added 10 her great timber resources
We are beginning TO know that Suohonfsb
Il IN The line OF progress. and that Sno-
Daddy of the Town. is both able and Do.
termined 10 take her fgll share of the vork
and the honor of the Worlds fair work.
KTrsAP COUNTY.
This has always been known as the
sswmiu county of Washington. and she
has earned her reputation, for she holds
the wonderful Blakeley. Madison and
Gamble mills, and there are no greater
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