The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-26

Nancy Lex


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-E have many things far
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w@ can say aboat iofs 81
people waom We have known In the
next place ne are very prosperous IL
you DO not believe that ws are pfospsf-
Gus. read the newspapers and you VII OBJ
serve that we have money 70 burn IL
you are unconvfncet that the last state
ment liz not exaggerated, wait and see
what viii become Of the large amGaFt or
hard cash which NC haze lately loaned 70
Eastern banks. II did seem little
strange to me vhen read In the news
papers that We OF Seattle had loaned
money to an efrese East. IL DID appear 10
be a strange but altogether s3p~rb thing
20 do. 1t demonstrates maEy taings. II
shows that we are not niserly. and ii
proves that We are true Americans pin
ming orr faith on the motto of the United
States. which rssds In God We Trust"
our crops are abundant and wealth.
bestoxing. Our coal mines are gold miaes.
Our hop fields are the pride Of our hearts
beautiful IN greer yirgifiisy. but most
fascinating when ma,urea TO golden brown
iquidity-
Seattle has more to be thankful for than
most places. Have we not more land than
We ask for: Haven't we acres and acres
which We do not use. piled up in hill On
hiil~hiils 10 steep that We shndder to
walk them, and exercise feats III geonssf-
Yical and geographical calculation as TO
how 70 avoid them which strengthens our
eo-calied minds and broadens our so-eaiied
inteiIigenceg Have we not a Lake of
fresh water en- the east OF IL, In which
In summer the sun-god looks and smiles
after he has climbed the imperial Cas-
cades? Have We not On the west an ex-
panse Of salt water most fair and grace
fui 70 behold, especially designed Ia re-
ceiye the last gicams Of the sun-god al ne
sinks In red ap,.ndor behind the mystic
Oiyna.jesy Have not that white
headed old sentinel Mount Rainier on the
south. keeping ward and vigil that Ia
coma, our step-rister, does not fall on as
or sningie her municipality with ours?
Hace we moi or the north a large and
sandy park. which has In Its late transfer
broken many friendships. and one or two
packethooksf Are We not willing To In
vest $1,000 In nm arched gateway to show
our total disregard for filthy iaere?
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So much for our environment. Now for
our true inwardness. We dc not desire 10
be Philisiines. but We know that some
great and mighty force f. lighting for us.
When We were but small and tired com
nnniiy did not Providence In June. 1889.
kndle great fire. which acted like a
GLORIOUS beacon calling the world To look
upon Phoenix city which arose from its
ashes In seventy-;wo days. with large
hotel ready settled to receive ali tourists
desiring To see what Western grit and
Eastern rocks had accomplished
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When In 1874 the wall Of hunger anu
want swept the land from Maine 10 Flor
ida, AMI we 81 the West were I'm H. too.
did not Providence find ps way u,lf or
our monetary difficulties Did not the
Jure sun Ct 1897 shine upon Il people who
had found a profit in thr buirushes or
the kionjske, and the name IL the prophet
was goids Did We Of Seattle sit stlil UNI
der the burden of our mighty and master
fn discovery? Did We fa.i 10 work the
newspapers and magazines, or did We
falter ere we had induced Europe, Asia
and Africa 10 OUTFIT In Seattle ana rest
going and coming ~ dix for tile great
propeller of the nineteenth century man9
Did not Providence and Seattle work to-
gether as man and man to enlist the CO.
operation Of ali people that they might
unsarth goldT And II they discovered no
gold In the kiondike they at least found
Seattle.
Did not Providence still fight for US dur
Ing the late unpleasan.ness with Spain?
When Gen. Aiger. our secretary of war
first desired TO send cut great and swift
sailing transports TO Manila. where did ha
FIRST point his prophetic fofetnger9
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Puget sound. on which the Bailey build
Ing, erected by his son-ln-law. rears It's
gray stone stories In attractive arehl-
lecture. Gen, Aiser knew that he could
trust old Puget sound and from our
shores the transports sailed. while our
streets sehsed with the laugh Of the sol
dier and the bray Of the steed on which
the eavaltymsn topped shdly.
Yes. we know that We are 0 prosperous
city. Go down town tn the morning and
the Yukener, With his chain of nuggets
waits for Ncu on th6 corner Gstunps OF
men talking business are so thick tha;
women have 10 take 70 the highway ar
run into the nuegctsrs rs they stand on
the corners. The elevators are go crowded
In the larwe buildings that men cannot
lift their arms % remove thsir hats. as
some nien used 10 do when woman lovely
Nohl8fs VIZ Win khFf1, AffEd OF f3AFrF :
fy the electric cerd OF progress TIE res
taaFanis are 50 crHsnfSed tha, anly on
special oeeasions can you obtain a salts
factory dr3vunFr a Ia foUrchette The
barber shops ARE So packed that the bows
are sfsrontiaK hTlstiss and tile ule. wear.
Ing boards On Saturday nights Second
asenue ana Pike street are a mass II ha-
manity. frowry with hnstling and happy
with hustling Are rot twa big and
blooming railways agAtsnw for eur water
front on which u hutld an ea!iaes to hc
like the straddiing Apollo ~ Rhodes.
which kent his Tees well planted On both
sides of the harhor7
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Are se mot Occidental until W. ere
pretty neaTiy Oriental ma therefore a
lovely combination - corn ana eAvv<sn-
thciruwe Ire We nFt command the Orient.
demand Alaska AisbSnt the arusv contra
hand opium ard expand our resources
un,ii sise whsle United States oefus< a3r
way
II VOC are l0ukipg fag an Investment
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