The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-06-30
CALDWELL BEATING TACOMA
Rev. II. c. Ethel Says We Are Build
ing Faster Than Washington City

| Spokane, who had been attracted to
that region, and had come here to
find land for a troop of boys. The
train was so crowded with tourists
that we had to pass the night in a
smoking car and good many of our
| companions were Cinnamon and Ital-
ians.
Almost all the way through Ore
gon there were striking evidences
of the destructive floods which had
lately visited this region. We were
delayed to the extent of several
hours, both east and west of Pen
dleton, by bad track.
The sight of Hot Lakes, in the
evening twilight, was one of the most
interesting OF the earlier part of
our journey.
This trip has given me my first
sight of tide water We caught a
near, but quickly passing view OF
the cruiser Chicago, lying in the
Willamette river, as we were pass
ing into Portland. | had nearly four
hours in the afternoon in Portland,
and ] was moving about the business
part of it nearly all the time and
do not think there are as many
building and improvement enterpris-
es going on in the whole city as
there are in Caldwell
| had, as far as | remember, my
first experience of being ferried ov-
er river on train, in crossing the
Here ! began to see Ocean-going
steamers and sailors. | caught my
first glimpse of the waters of Puget
Sound at Tacoma, Wednesday even
ing. l reached Seattle little be-
tore midnight, slept until morning,
and left hurridly about 9 o'clock
so l did not see much of the city,
or of the shipping, until after we
started out. But evidently Seattle
is a right smart chunk of a town
The people of this region think it
If, indeed, it has not already come
They estimate it's population from
175,000 to 225,0O0, according to a
late directory or one they are going
to get out soon, l certainly did not
see that many people there, but they
may be there, if they count the peo-
pie of Ballard, up the sound, west
of Seattle, across the bay. Bremen
ton, the government naval settle
ment, and other outlying places.
| / happened to note in a Seattle
paper that day the recent sale of
an unimproved corner lot in Seattle,
6Ox120 feet, for 100000 little
above any price | have heard of a
Caldwell lot bringing. The seller
had bought 1t for $4,000 two and
one-half years ago, and had only
paid $4,000 and the interest on it.
His clear profit on this little invest
ment was about $4,000. The pre-
ceeding owner had bought it a year
before for $4,000; her predecessor
had paid 1925 for 1t in 1873.
spent a good part of Thursday at
Everett; and had plenty of time to
ramble over the town, get view of
the sound, watch the tide come in,
and see steamers and sailing vessels
mostly the latter coming in, load
ing. and going out. found that a
| good way to interest strangers and
make acquaintences was to let it be
known that l was from Iowa; and in
this way | made the acquaintance on
the wharf of a man who took great
pains to explain all that he knew
of the strange things l saw, connect.
ed with sea-faring and sea-coast
life. Just before we separated,
found out that he was a neighboI
of T. B. Roberts and family while
they were in Emmett.
| Avon, the place where | am hold
ing meeting, Is struggling village
on the bank of the Skagit river
tprounced SkadgiD about ter
miles from the sound. 1t is the sea,
of a sawmill and a shingle mill
Steamboats, from Seattle ply up anC
down the river for about fifty miles
All the land have seen north O
the Columbia is, or has been covered
withdense forests of pine. fir, cedar
alder, etc. All the farms are mad,
in clearings in the timber and ar,
generally small. l suppose the be
ginning of nearly all these clearing
was the cuttings of trees for tn,
mills. laundering, dairying an,
fishing l should say are the thre
greatest industries in western Wash
ington.
Among the most common, and a
the same time most striking object
of local interest which the denizen
of each town, from the largest to tn,
smallest, point out To tourists. ar,
the mammoth. well-preseryed stump