The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-16
CITY OF SMOKESTACKS


car he rsarAe5 ~ q rcG-eshczt gcsx trail
hezten daEn as s-1eoga and hard as
~-r.e pzxennazx ~ rAA mountain goat.
-szecn ~ro-res 50zz frorn shs regions O.
r4-pesuzI szaw % tbs rzcA pasture
xrozrn- Tvsgr reasas1S s5s summit 81
these ela@s ta@ tourist finds himself zrzo1g
IRE r.SG1S- ard Gambling shore distance
farther RIA essz1s - besow. locking ex-
aczzy Ike nuge waves OF water. o11y
plerre1 1ers and there by The
higher 1ezks - oehz- raozrt2sns- Lying
s-x-ressAzfesy besox is an immense gizc1er
Ealzz sxrer6s 70 the brink OF an extreme
y deep szzyoz- 50 deep = x tAz< a stream
% water constantly poarisg over the
eags c< tEss g1zESe- falls hundreds % feet
through ire arr and 6-4Ly GsSsolves into
razss Ss<1-@ reaching the bottom, % the
szayoa. E4ows-s % every hGe grow In pro-
fzsso-. son-e ES-hi1 . few feet OF the
sn5w. T-i-gy~s-vsa different kinds were
gathered within very snail area and al
growing sssaln less than = quarter OF 4
r.3ss q tas Inc % perpetual snow. They
we're pressed y 2 beck. and exhibited b
~ ". Robe . wez. known tourist guide
living az Granite Falls
Lying directly east from Granite Falls
e PzI-h1cA zTsg41fas1. over s.45 feet high.
WHOSE summit ca1 easily be reached IN
ere day. II has an ice glacier and pe-pes-
equal 70 Meadow mountain and IS easier
% zc-sss. During the fishing season the
various rivers. creeks and lakes swarm
.x1th tzs an@=t o. trout which rise gTeessiiy
. ARTIFICIAL flies Sxa<Sx lake, one mile.
Wesnore lake. rwo and = half miles. Men
zsl lake. three -kl=s. and Twin lakes. four
miles from Granite Falls. and many other
smaller lakes are zsl stocked wiki ash-
Two hundred and 1fty-tive troGt have been
.-<s~ a kxsz. ffzF-z n y
rod ard line Bear and deer are plentiful.
and hE7cresss OF mountain goats can Dc
found IN the moursalnz-
Trout fishing 5 famous al along the
STRAINS OF the Eve-etx & Monte Cr4sto
railroad c. Z Flansery sent in q Dolly
Warden trout weighing eight pounds
caught az Gold Basin
sslverto-. located on the South FORK Of
the StiilzgEanz1sn river near the mouth
OF Deer creek. boasts some fine attractions
On The north Les Long mountain ard On
the south and southeast rise the raagnt1-
cent Silver gaIrh and Hairs peak noun
talns whose altitude reaches the s.1o
feet mark SlIyerfon has txo good hotels
and anyone desiring an outing IN SIZE
msr where superb -rolt fishing Is found
AMI some OF the most rugged and mag
nihesnt scenery OF the world viii ind
plenty 20 eat and good Accommodations a.
Granite Falls prevent salmon FROM running
I'D the stream, Renee the trout always
bite II IS asserted On the ysraciiy OF 3
Trustworthy disciple OF isaAk WalIoEs that
a common scrub fisherman has TO trouole
in catching from fifty 70 a hundred sroaT
a day. while a professional with Ills diner
en-. colored flies and hip rubber boots often
lands 30 in single day, among which Will
often be a dozen Dolly Nerdens varying
In size from three 10 ten pounds. II IS no
surprising tina; after booming the country
In stl1h fashion the fisherman dropped n
20 poetry and disappeared singing:
So-ua sing OF the tarpon with silver scale.
some OF the bass with his coat Of mall.
BIZ, the artists Joy and the anglers
dream
Is the speckle3 trout OF the mountain
stream.
There are good ps-uic grounds near sil-
1.rtoa cleared and supplied with tables
ara rusttes scattered here and there
where a party wishing 70 spend fsw
davs In the mountains could camp and
make themselves a home
Perry creek lies four miles east OF Sil-
.erton on the Everett g. Monte srisSo
railvxav. The valley a. this place wtdens
"a about four miles and contains seFeTa
natural meadows where COWS ana horses
are heried-
Gold basin lies six and half niles west
o, SFlyerton and IS IN the midst OF one Oh
tha most fertile districts IN the Naiiey
There are no high mountains near. only
small ridges. II IS r noted place for tEo1f
fishing.