Mower County transcript., 1903-09-23
A WASHINGTO TRIP
"a flower County Young l.ady Writes
Charmingly Of Her ExpeEience .at aatt
"a Seattle and Tacoma a Trip in the.
Dense Forests Reauties Of the Pa
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~, 4 SEATTLE, w ASH, SEPT. /, 1908. E
EDIToR AND FRIENDS: .3ss Az 1
AS / look across the mountains my
thoughts often wander back to old
Minnesota and / Wonder if you ever.
think or realize what is in this far west:
and the pleasures it can afford. The
scenery is more than beautiful and the
climate beyond description. The days
sare never warm and the nights always
cool There is always a little breeze
from the bay that makes livery pleas
ant. 4 81 s 4 s5@ $E4 NJ 4 ,.555 "a "A
From my window 4 can see in the
distance the blue waters of the Puget
Sound over which we often watch the
ships pass. gs,E. 1 d .:3.z s:se .... 4 II:
There are vessels which sail from
here that carry lumber ito San Francis
co and South America Big steam
ers come here from Japan loaded
with rice, tea and silk, others return
from the north loaded with millions of
golden treasures. BY using, ,a;field glass
we have. learned to know the Union
Jack that floats from the British yes
sells and the white flag with the full
red moon that the Japanese ships carry.
But the most beautiful of all are the
Stars and Stripes that mark an Ameri,
can vessel. OF course we think them
the finest that float from the .mastheads
of the passing ships. & S
BY locking to the north we can see
Mt Baker with its white hood on, all
the year around, and facing the south
we see Mt. Rainier, tail and silent
wrapped in a white sheet like a giant
ghost. Between them stretch a long
high range of. the Cascade mountains,
:green with millions of fir trees but so
far away they look like grassy slopes.
And looking to the west we can
watch the, SUN set on the water over
which, it leaves a golden path as st.
slowly sinks osrt of sic in \ the midst.
.of the Pacific Ocean.
There is nothing that the eye can
see that is gran@ar than to be in one of
the large ocean going vessels at night,
where you can stand on the boW and
watch 'the large skips pass. :, .@ !
The electric lights are very bright
ON the water and they make a
boat lock beautiful as it sails on the
mighty deep. 1t is also very nice to sit
ON the beach and watch the tide come
and go. LIT seems remarkable to think
that the water can rise so fast at the
incoming of the tide. s,s~ - s..:.
The people here are ALL industrious.
The city is crowded everyday. The
streets on First, Second and Third
Avenues are always lined, almost as
many at aight as in the day. III "
They raise fruit of all kinds in this
locality and most of it is ripe at the
present time. The trees are loaded and
it is delicious. There is not very much
grain raised close by here as there are
only small farms. "# s55ss.t 'sE@
Recently we visited a ranch sixteen
miles from anyone. The people have
lived there twelve years. and toget
there we had to 60 through dense pines
that tower far into the air. Sometimes
the road looked too narrow to drive but
we managed to get through safely.
" l have the honor Of being the first
white woman that (: has ever driven. a
team over that forest road. We had to-
have guide or we would surely have
been lost in the pines. u #
We arrived at the ranch a little past.
noon and hungry as q pack of wolves.
After eating dinner, we started for an
other ride. visited one Of the largs
est logging camps in western Nv ashing-
ton. They use eight and ten horses to,
haul a single log which contains hun
:dreds Of feet of lumber, n To get to
where their camp was, we had b; to 5un-s 70 \
hitch our team and ride on horse back
over road made Of pine skids. We
got there in time for supper, and stayed.
all night They gave US every thing
we could ask for to eat, and we had q
very pleasant time. They had 50 many
little buildings there that their camp
was like q small town. W. rose bright
and early in the morning and started
for home, where we arrived safely
Another. enjoy oyment was q ride of
four hours on the salt water by moon,
light. II was indeed fine. From the
deck We could see ia the distance q light.
house here and there, with its red and
green lights As they keep steadily turn
ing from one ~ 4 athe5 other. Not 4 rip. ii y.
pie moved the " aters q the sound ItS
was calm and still In the distance We