Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-12-18
PICTURESQUE DWELLINGS TIA,
FRINGE TACOMA BAY.
Homes Across whose Threshold the Rent
CoIIec' .. fever rlsses-Where II IL
Easy For Zach Naa o. Rear and Main
taia ~. tsiVu Gale.


krd.l pid ;.o rad nam ais wigwan. bat
no ono e. csc li9w''ivc habitGtion, T.
more Gisi vi!vc and Co.. 0acteristic IL the
surraunGlI. '1ndi; ion, # life than the
g. J; Cf iI5pr,r H. me Puget SOUND
reg. TIL lucSy "aMarried lahor!ug
ma. she rthwosi has no implN ,ble
N0ir..tug mo. r To satisfy wcckly. He
pays 10 rent furnished room. His mar
RED irHte d a. not anticipate with fear
and 'r':nb.h The monthly visit 81 me
lanGl wld wants n largo percentage -
his e., ing down on tie nail No. lIe
lives in hi, own shack, and rent. That ing
bear 10 the poor in eastern cities Is NJ
known 10 him
The shack in itself, II temporary. Ia
complete. or ma&cshilt residence, i, "}plt
aid comprehensive Tho conditions 49,
gave II birth and make its exist, ~ posi-
BILE require clucidation 10 be scrr t'rar!, t.
the turbid rision OF those whn it" am '1l
less favorable circumstances i'ia2hrit !"
trlligiblo onc mast contrast Tie CoLtl'iun'
OF the commonwealth in ihc ucrthMcsi
and Iho.t oil the NtlaD'.r scuHO3rh. J.
The lni;er Cnee tho o." difference in
CLASSIC ami the peAu"' .ic!."a cu.dl,io.
OF Tie lower InaS-'s INIT siriEii Z CON
tr,.sts lairfsl in t., t..shust de- zee 1" IT,
a,trui>, .c tb~prVcr.
p,gilp, here Il .cct!on ~ country
IN the world ~ ~ 'rui" I, '.'',.I ,t1r-,
NIX dis,mjI..gitI,, .. TIC. :et sp...'t
basin, IN tie westeI D.. ~. o. t..'.. Dmpu,'>
tivcly new state OF VA. agtun. This
happy condition of affairs 49,, from W.
Gus causes. the main ones being natural
Lat the country is rs yet undevc,, GO;
anL at the lines between the rich al,
Il In incnlnnn
TOM, are still undcnucd, and that the re
gion is singuar,y rich in resources, aDc
Of "a most s,.iubrious ard he .lthful Oh
mate.
Secondly, Puget sound las "a shore In,
of 100 miles and Is denscly wooded &c
the Very edge Of the water with the finest
:imher remaining on the North American
continent. AT intervals OF few miles 81
along this vast boundary are sawmills,
gradually gnawing their way into the
primeval forest and the broad waters OF
the sound are constantly covered with I'M
mense booms or RATS, of great sawlogs
being lowed from the logging camps TO
the mills, or ships bearing away TO ali
parts of tho globe the manufactured prod
uCt.
Is it any wonder, the above state oil
things existing, and the price of sawed
lumber being only - per thousand feet,
and sometimes less, with slabs TO be had
for the taking that the laborer who finds
II desirable to build him one Of those tenn
porary residences called shacks finds the
lumber involved in the proposition no
great impcdiment 10 the fullillment o. his
wishes III he cannot find it adrift, or
strewn along the shore by the tide, days
work will supply the cash necessary FOR
its purchase. Then, with hammer anG
pound or so of nails, the shack goes mer-
rily up and at nightfall the builder Is n
longer IA homeless man.
Again. in all the northwestern cities
more land is plated" than will be built
upon for 90 or 100 years to come, Seattle,
for instance, Incorporates slightly less area
than Chicago, and the bare places, which
il must be acknowledged, are USUALLY TIE
least desirable from residential point oil
view are utilized by the shack builder, ;
for such a thing AS ground rent Is IN.
Known except on business streets Then,
again, there is the water in the bays, full
of building possibilities, with the best OF
foundations eligible, with no more trou
bic than the rolling together and fastening
Of a few of the great logs which lie un.
claimed in prodigal variety along the
beach. Enough unclaimed and rejected
timber lies cast up on the shores of Puget
sound 10 build shacks for the whole army
OF unemployed.
The bustling city Of Tacoma on Cora
mencement bay contains rather more than
the usual proportion of shack jewellers, and
they have become "a common phase of the
life of that city Most of the shacks here
arc occupied by mill laborers- Tacoma
being large lumber shipping point
while unmarried workingmcn generally dc
not disdain 10 live in them, and thus save
board and lodgirg-froquently moro Is
the pity-to squander the amount in some
other way.
Often the shacks are unsightIy to the
eye and rude and primitive in the highest
hAoraN :ut more frouucntly they are u!V
More Truth Than Poetry.
The constant dropping Of the rill will
wear away the rock; the constant plac-
ing Of an "ad VIII lid you Of your
stock. The truism contained in this dog
Rcrel is none the less true because of the
character Of the doggerel We have had
something 90 say before about the value
of persistent advertising and the mis-
take that j. made by the merchant who
- . l'tlNAAlbAiR HA.AA WI AtAA tGAAv III 4iAS
advertising. Nothing pays better than
consistency. The merchant may not be
able TO afford "A large sam of money,
but small amount may be spent to
great advantage, and Ealf a loaf is bet
ter by far than no bread Macon Tel4-
graph, .--.------
In Extraordinary Wager.
The series of bravado bets which hay.
osen 50 frequent in Paris reached eli.
rlaX whom shop assistant, named Alex.
and"r, laid wager Of 500 francs that
ne would swallow a yard of galvanized
roh stove piping The bet was accept
I'd aud witnesses and referee appoint
sd, Alexander and oao of the witnesses
went to buy Ito piping, which was
about one-siXteClrn Ct an inch in thick
uess and five inches IN diameter. Alex
ander took il = Z whites'uith and re
quested him to file i, down into a pow.
dor in the urpsppcn of the witness who