The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-09-26

rock was received there from Prince
Edwards Island the day of our visit
The most of the town is built on the
mountain slope and outside of the
narrow valley next to the sound the
streets have been leveled off from
the mountain side one after the other
to the top and on these slopes are
some of the prettiest homes and
flower gardens | ever saw. There
are many beautiful parks in which
citizens find recreation. Point Defi-
anee park consists of Gao acres and
is four miles from the heart of the
city. 1t was reserved by the govern
ment until recently for park purpos-
es. The timber in 1t has never been
molested and here we saw some of
the monster trees growing, speci
mems of which | have already de-
scribed
Miles of pike roads have been con-
structed in this park and one of the
largest herds of elk in the West is
kept in a pen of several acres A
large fat elk weighs from 400 to 500
pounds When a pioneer settler kill
ed one of these he had plenty of meat.
This country is the home of the elk
and moose. both the largest and pret-
tiest of the deer species. Several
bears are also kept confined in pens
in this park The pens are built front
ing the mountain side and holes are
dug in the mountain in which the
bears live In the same as in their wild
state. The mountains of Colorado,
Oregon and Washington still have a
great many bears, elk. deer and
moose in them. Since We have been
here / have read in a paper where a
bear got the best of one hunter and
part of his bones and his gun were
found where the encounter took
place.
After spending a day and night at
Tacoma we bought round trip tickets
to Seattle for so cents. Seattle Is
forty miles up Puget sound. This
sound remins me of Columbia river
near its mouth Seattle now has a
population of IT'S 600 and is built on
mountain side that Is much sleeper
than the location of Tacoma. II is
certainly the most rushing business
place | was ever in. Ii is almost
straight up from First to Second and
Third streets. The business part of
the city has been followed out of the
mountain side. More elegance and
wealth is displayed in the buildings
than any other city in this whole
western country. Cable cars are run
up and down the mountain sides at
high rate of speed. and I found my
self cInching the seats to hold on as
the reckless driver sent them whirl-
ing up and down and around the
mountain. Some Of the most elegant
and expensive homes. flower gardens
and green lawns to be found on the
continent are at Seattle Lake Wash
ington, an immense body of fresh
water, is five miles back of Seattle
and 1t Is a city all the way there. A
large park Is on the bank OF this
lake and the land anywhere near the
street car line is worth $1,000 per
acre. Seattle is the gateway TO the
rich gold fields of Alaska and mil
lions have been expended here by
men who made their fortunes In Alas
ka. They take ships here for that
far away northern region and when
the miners return Seattle is the first
place they hit. 1t takes a steamer
from fourteen to twenty days to
Alaska, and nearly all that country's
supplies are shipped from Seattle
and Tacoma Besides the rich timber.
farming and mining regions tributary
TO these two cities, they draw the
trade of Alaska. which also belongs
to the United States. One office
building in Seattle, erected at a cost
of nearly one million dollars. is call
a a 4
on which IL stands cost $3.50, 600, and
this magnificent structure was
built by one or two men who
made their fortunes in Alaska.
saw wagons hauling goods through
the streets which were marked TO
firms in Nome and places in Youkon
territory The rivalry between Ia
coma and Seattle Is spirited
The highest mountain peak in the
United States is so or so miles from