The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1906-08-18

me ahoYs cut wa sketrhea from
o. offselai nap patllsnsd by tne
u.sartment 81 The Interior Of the
resaiuian % Canada. showing tas
rss1fs and The Pacific eaasf tsFfni-
nus az Port sfrnpsnn q the Grand
Trssnk Pacific railroad Plans pre-
vaagax far terminals 81 Port Simr-
sos hsVs ben filed wIsh the Rail
ssy degartmsns mt ottawa ~ Mr..
Jasspa lia6sea chisf vuxlue@r tof
TIE Graaa TFunk IarifIe railroad
TIE following editorial appeared N
fks DAILY Pros iuc~ u Vancouver. y.
C Ths announcement that the
t9and Trunk Faetftr railroad had
81 last fiis3 its Pacific coast ter
usHal sits aad had chosen Port
slmgeou az thx place as whleh the
steel a the rad uHid connect stfn
xals water. Was the ore topic 81 CON
ssfsntlpn IN Vancouver to-day.
Thia sketch wili also snoe a vast
alstFtet IN sHuglre tu tiself rich
o. Agricultural and timber lands.
Tkis district affcrs housss fo4 mil.
hnns cf pecffe amd alrsadY fhoas
sands have taken advantage % the
eppoFtunity - settle there. The
chl~f reason shy this territory has
h@~a - lenx aHdsss fapsa 10 ths lack
q railroad ffaurpostatfau. II has
besn IN > way oTcupisd b. the trad
lsx posts % the tiudson Hap conn
paay h traffic with TIE Indians.
Taasr who have gone there have
bern res aFdsd Tor labor In rteh hAf-
vests
rwsnty years axo the state Of
Washington vas loossd upon b.
TIE people IN the east - a wilder
rsNsL There were ~ lnFae cities TIE
industries uera undsveiaped. ths
natural wealth Was unknown and 20
have rsophssi~d 20 eastern people
~ that time that tosiay such Won
d@ffui ehanEse wuuid take place.
yea wouia have hseu looked upau IS
a ~ sutfset fer an asylum. Hut the
charges have BEEN made. The
world haa locked with ondef upon
the riches found here. The vast
forests have supplied the finest
iursbsr for the weird the noun
tsirs haze given forth their wealth
% precious install the rivers and
hays have contributed their fish.
Great cities have grown in every
section 81 ,he state.
All this has beer done IN wash
ington during the tast twenty years.
The skeutie has been convinced ~
TIE wealth and wonders here. There
Is no necessity % telling the world
% shat can b. found IN the state
Of washington. because the world
has been shown.
What would you have said had
SOMEONE told you twenty years $50
that Alasta VS. one Of the richest
mining districts ~ the wnDis world :
You u0uia have simply laughed at
TIE suggestion that couutry. sup
posed ~ BE- covered the year around
With ics should even be thought Of
~ eonneeiian with the word wealth.
Bm Alaska has shown the world
The advent 81 the railroad n
Washington made settlement and
the iocafion ~ enterprises possible
The more railroads. the greater the
Development
This vast district ~ British Co
iumbie. nov untouched BY rail-
loads laying between Alaska and
washington. has wealth ~ abund-
sHFe There are immense deposits
~ mineral. forests - vast and
treat a. those ~ washington aud
Orsson agricultural lands that are
a. fieh.as any So the world.
The average Yield ~ wheat last
ts.f Dol Northwestern Canada was
more fhan double the average Yield
f0f ths United states. For all -
caHsda the Weld vas % bushels per
Acre and frr tho United States the
yieid vas d. bushels per acre. The
Jieid ~ the country back % Port
Hlmpaou nas even greater thnt that
y THE whole q Canada.
What faauRee can you see iudE
inF BY the past Of this state, for this
Frszt district
The railroads VIII 10 there within
the nsHt three years. The Canadian