The Irish standard., 1900-09-15
Irish Standard is a Favorits in
the Great Northwest.
TIE WONDERFUL CITY OF SEATTLE
Things Seen that Brought Back
Fond Recollections.

In my last letter published in the
Irish Standard I referred to certain
towns and cities and people and
things in Montana where had been
but will be in the mountain state
again In IL few days and will write
you from either Anaconda, Butte or
Great Falls. This letts: will deal
principally with the state OF Washing.
ton, it's cities that 1 have visited and
anything worth relating that I have
seen and the good people lhat have
met. l will wind UP this letter with
Portland, Oregon, where l now am
and about through with. will there.
fore start in with Spokane Falls, as
1t was formerly called. 1t Is now
plain Spokane there and all over the
Pacific coast, although the falls have
not dropped. They are there in their
original majesty and grandeur with
power enough to turn all the wheels
in the Twin Cities. This Spokane is
marvel Of a town. Being perfectly
new 1t is up to date in every possible
cOntrfvance that goes to make mod.
ern city. In fact, it is fifty years
ahead Of any old city in the eastern
states in every way. All kinds of
genuine American western prosperity
are here OH every side you turn to. The
great Hilliard railroad shops, the
smelters, the saw mills, the flour mills.
and the immense capital invested in
the great wholesale stores and facto-
ries are truly amazing for this purely
Interior western city. 1t is situated
close to Montana, Idaho, British Co.
lumbfa and Oregon, with all their inn
mense gold. silver, copper, lead and
coal mines. There is timber all round
in inexhaustible quantity, and fruit of
all kinds in abundance In fact, Spo-
kane fs n greater fruit center than
any of the western cities. 1t was
here that Congressman Cushman
made the remark originally that
"Dewey saved the Philippine islands
from the Germans" who, he said,
were only n little better than the Span-
ish. The Germans are up in arms and
will vote solidly against the party lead
ers who so fiagrantly insult them.
met I. ID. Buchanan, G. Crowley, Sher-
III Dempsey. p. Clarke, NJ. NJ. Crow
ley, Peter Peterson (the great Scandi-
navian who swears by the Irish
Standarl and is daily spreading the
hight among his people here), ID. J.
Sheehan, r. ]. McManus, M. Brown.
Mrs. ]. Conway, +. II. Howley, DIR. T..
8. Byrne. w. NJ. Culbert. G. a. Flem-
ming, J. ]. King, NJ. G. Dunno. sGs.M.
POrtch. Sergt. Sullivan. l. r. Aharn,
J.'J. Daily, ]. Cronin, Frank QuiHfRn,
and Frank Wilson. all constant sui,
scribers Of the Irish Standard. ".
After being lost III amnzement at
the sublime scenery along the line Of
the Northern Pacific rnilroad, next
fnd myself Mt Tacoma, and the feeling
that came over me as first smelled
the salt water on the branch Of the
great ocean running in here, will
never be forgotten. The tide coming
in and the tide going out! Such
phenomenon had not seen in thirty
years. 1t brought back boyhood days
when l often gathered up the shells
Coo Mt H.
Shannon. Here also saw for the hrs..
time, in abundance, since left Ire.
land, the ivy. holly, laurel, box. frrze
and every variety of pine that ever
grew. Talk about roses, pears,
peaches, plums, apples, prunes, black
berries, they We're to be seen in pro-
fusion everywhere.
In Tacoma is situated the St. Paul
and Tacoma Lumber Co., one OF the
greatest concerns OH the caost, employ
ing hundreds of men. Here also are
the Northern Pacific railroad shops,
as fine as can be seen from ocean to
ocean, where they repair and make the
SesI lOCOlllOIlfeS t1lc WOIlu sOE
mountain use. There are smelters
and saw mills, lots of fine churches
and fine hotels for tourists. The
Grand Central Hotel, conducted sby D..
p. Foley, is most popular resort for
people from the east. We have here
also creditable list. met few of the
Irish Standard readers as follows: Ed.
itsJ..iWalsh, j. NJ. Boyle, w. NJ. Farrell,
N. p. Harrison, NJ. Christian, NJ. Shea.
II. ID. Coleman, Fraser Brothers, W.. j.
Mcdonnell, ex-postmaster of South
Tacoma, John Hunt, z. J. O'Leary,
s,Wm. Rooney, R. O. Kennedy, T. Hop.
kins, NJ. Maloney, DR.. Kehoe, ]. Nc
Garrigle. J. w. Sullivan, Thos. Cor
ham, M. Driscoll, p. Scaplan, M. Nc
Laughlin, j. McKeown, Michael Wood,
/ John Kelly, Michael Clant;Y, b
Lynch and Peter 7 IBeglen. 4 { s;
U u Next comes Seattle. 1t is the busies:
f0wn Ii ever saw, especially at the
asvharyes, hotels, restaurants, saloons
seattle has all the nerve and gall OF s. q q
u. f.. faN