Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-07-20
HEADED TOR CANADA.
THE NATIONAL EDITORS ON
THEIR EXCURSION TRIP TO
THE D0xrx1ox.
HEnCO PEOPLE ER VHITE IEi.
Took Dinner VITA a Cousin Of Neal
vOOrhiss- History Of Tacoma
awonderful city-An Former
Missourians Prosperous
-RM wAstes Letter.

Edsnral csr-rspunasnes q M Lsagsr.
TACOMA, WASH, July B-After .
very pseasnBt visit to Oregon We are
in Tnooma, en- route for Canada. !
met Judge ]. A. Guthrie's cousin al
salem, Oregon, and be is delighted
with this country. We took dinner
with Col VOORHEES, At MedfoEds Ore
He is a cousin Of O. @. vcorhies, and
has = ans fruit ranch. At Tacoma We
met Fenley Bryan formerly CITY At
torney Of Mexico. Mr.. Bryan has .
nns practice and,we are glad TO knov,
is y.rcspering. A. w. Johnson
fOrnsrly Of Centralla, l. doing nicely
al Salem, Oregon. We met quite .
number Of Missourians at Tacoma sud
they are al prospsrons-
Tacoma Is situated on an arm Of the
Pacific Ocean called Puget Sound At =
point where ships meet the cArs at the
furthest point inland. Tacoma Il not
the result Of accident. Nearly thirty
years ago the Northern Pacific Rail-
road Co. made exhaustive examina-
lions OF the entire northwest and de-
cIded that Tacoma was the best place
to terminate It's road, with the view Of
building q great city which would help
the State and the road.
The paIie Of 1873 came Don after
and Tacoma's progress was slow for
years. The second panic came and
again arrested her growth In some re-
spects, but she has now entered upon
an area Of prosperity which will un-
doubtedly prove to be lasting. 1t h
difficult to write truthfuIly about the
State of Washington and the city Of
Tacoma without writing enthusiastic
ally and without escaping the charge
of exaggeratiou, but there lie no state
ment in this srticle which cannot be
substantiated.
No city Of the same size in the
United States has the same things
well established, which undoubtedly
builds great cities.
1t is on the established highway o.
nations, the shortest route between
the Oecident and Orient. 1t IL ths
terminus Of one OF the greatest sys'
TENS Of railroads, whose magnincen'
shope, wharves and other termina
conveniences cost nearly nine million
dollars.
Mt. Tacoma, or as Il Is called OF
some maps, ant. Ranier,n Is one o
: the grandeat mountain peaks in thI
! world, and when Il lie better know
!, will be visited by tourists from ever,
, part Of the world. Il rises majestic
ally to it's everlasting snow clad peak
nearly 3 miles IN height and, milk
: other great mountains, there u moth
ing to mtercept q view Of It's gran
/ and beantEiul proportions, from IN
. sea level to lie highest elevation.
a The attractions Of MI. Blanc M IL
accent and two insignificant glacierI
Q The ascent Of Mt. Tacoma is 40 diH
: cult as that Of Mt. Blanc, but the sur
D rounding attractions are beyond com
paFiaons greater than those OF Ii
Suisse French mountain-15 glacier
its beautiful natural parks, with lake.
: waterfalls, flowers and other delight
G full features make q panorama Z
charming variety for = circuit Of q
miles at the base Of the snow line
b Prof. Kari Little, OF Munich, a geo.
: ogist familiar with all Europe, an
Hon. James Boyle, member OF th
. English Alpine Club, wrote q joint let
e ter in which they say:
/. "The scenery Of Tacoma Is OF rar
9 and varied beauty. The peak itself
as noble q mountain as we have eve
d seen In It's line Of structure. We hav
seen nothing more beautiful in switz
e eriand or TyroI, in Norway or In tn
Y Pyrenese, than the Carbon River gla
e cier and the great Puyallup glacier
The combination Of ice scenery wit
woodland scenery Of the grandestt typ
is TO be found nowhere in the world
: unless 1t be In the Himalayas, and, 81
c far IS We know, nowhere else OF th
: American CONTINENT
, We leave here tonight for Seattle
: where We stay one day and then q
into Canada via Vancouver, after TAX
8 ing an all day steamboat trip Of
!, Puget Sound. R. M. WHITE.