The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-06-20
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sha sueghaniez. beside whose towering
SUBMITS % course Mount Hope was very
Erssesstseargf. With the impressions ~ the
CANYONS of the Cascades. the glaciers Of
the seiklrks ard the mighty -uonarchs os
the Rockies hardly YET faded from my
ewes II vas only with an EFFORT that I re-
strained my sense Of the righteousness q
TIE situation. ard tirnidjy suggested that
...h~re we're mountains farther West that
ACRE. even higher than the Agsegfanies.
aoh. YES ne rerlfed. "bus I was re-
ferrsng TO mountains tina; people know
anything about"
Then | pleaded guilty 70 having emerged
from that unknown region beyond those
mountains and vas ne. with tina: old.
time worn chsStnut" which. ! supposed.
ordinary American intelligence had long
since buried.
And you live away out in Washington
territory
TIE lights Of Newport were lust coming
close 10 hand and my nenigfs.esi compan-
ion vas 20 get Of there; hut I improved
the few moments remaining by giving him
an opportunity TO swallow a few morseis
OF facts concerning his own country.
which. trust wren property digested.
will make him less provincial and more
American Just here let sne remark by
way OF contrast. that q 1o-ycar-old New
Jersey schooIboy told me today that In his
geoera ply class he had learned that the
state Of Washington mad uncut timber yet
remaining sufficient to supply the nation
for Go years Evidently our resources
are not 10 remain forever unknown.
Northern New Jersey IS the wheelman's
paradise. The streets are not paved with
geld. but they are laid with the best mac
adam. The l.. A. W. motto I'VE Want
Good Roads" was adopted by Essex coun-
~ twenty-five years ago. Union, Passaic
ard other counties later took up the good
work. The various cities. towns and VIII
lagos have supplemented the work of the
county authorities. and today Northern
New Jersey Is a network OF magnificent
thoroughfares Bordered with overhang-
ing shade trees Of a generations growth.
with graceful curves and easy. undulating
grades. they follow the valleys and the
hiiIsideS. Others find easy asceRIs over
the Orange mountain and into the valleys
and over the hills beyond. In Essex coun-
" all are qualifications of a grand system
OF county highways leading into the city
OF Newark. Good roads are to be found
everywhere. In every direction and is il
any surprise that We find call the world
awheei' In such locality? Here are the
great cycling highways not only for the
half million of population who live along
and near them, but IL Is the great outing
HELD Tor the entire metropolitan district or
Greater New York Seek some shady
place TO rest few moments alongside one
of these thoroughfares any pleasant day
and 1t is a real pleasure 10 watch the
neyer-ending lines OF cyclists merrily
whirling along The wheels OF varying
shades of color, with brightly shining
nickel work: the natty, artistic costumes
and the happy faces of the riders, all CON-
bine to make one feel that life rs some
thing else beside a treadmiii of toll and
that the bicycle has opened wide the doors
TO healthful pleasure.
All the worlds awheei" in this vicinity
without distinctions OF age sex. race or
employment There are riders for pleas
ure and riders on duty. Society makes It's
calls awheel and the newsboy delivers his
morning papers likewise. The grand
fathers OF 20 and the boy or girl of 5 alike
have their mounts" The tandem is a
prime favorfte, and has entirely super
seeded the oid-fashioned afternoon buggy
( ride. The easy. safe grades and smooth
roadways seem to Invite frequent oppor-
tunities for 'coasting." and A line of
coasters" following each other In quick