Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-11-02

us west ar faT as Puget Sound
We lefi Lennox al 6 O'Clock Oh the
Great Northern and arrived al ST,
Cloud nexf morning aild IL aHa TIME,
the Great Northern flyer came along
and we got aboard, and from thai
time we were speeding WESTWARD OF
limited time, stopping only al import
ami Towns ana changing ''hOrses' and
conductors al division points We
reached Everett, Washington, oil
Sunday night III q O'Clock, where we
rested, and next morning took train
ifar Suanw0od where my mother ann
tour brothers reside.
Ninth Dakota LOOKS q good deal
like orr w beautiful state, minus
nlIr big a6ru fields while Montana lis
only tit for stock raising, and some u1
II is not fit for sheep.
We passed over the Rockies in The
night, bun from what we learned
they don't compare with the Cascade
rafge for grandeur, il WAS ali up
grade for a time and the grade at
places required WI engines To pull
and a THIRD 10 push. Ii made one
feel chilly 10 gaze from the WINDOWS
down into the deep and 1urDiaden
Inulclles hundreds OF feet deep. and II
Jim HiIlAs horses iIau stumbled on
Those fearful grades there wouldn't
have been enough left of us 10 fill d
hungry coyote. Then We passed
through tine great Cascade tunnel
four miles long and smaller tunnels
as we passed out Of the mountain.
Those deep guictEes and dark tunnels
made orte wish fnr Tine beautiful
prairies Of ON OWL good state.
Everett Is q fine city and has a
splendid water front, Dut Seattle Is
the boom town of the sound ut has
an immense shipping trade AND Is
now a great railroad center The
Great Northern runs through tine
CITY or rather under IL fdT a distance
OF TWO miles and comes from under
ignmd into one of the SWEETEST aepoIs
I have ever seen
Ny brutileF-ir-law, John Hall, and
two Of my brothers, gave LIS d ride On
the cars from Suanwood 10 Everett
and then by fast sreams To Seattle
where we stopped for the night.
Next morning we look a steamer Tor
Bremerton where good UneIe
Sam has an immense navy YARD ID
dry docks. The Cruiser Boston was IN
dry dock with iaer big guIis pointing
III every direction, blTt n al her
officers told me they were not loaded
and ] felt lots better after thai. The
Boston mad bumpte6 her nose against
something in the s0unu and some o ]
The blue Jackets thought II must
Close by we saw 1ile grand battle
ship Oregon resting Al a pier. This
Is the battleship thai left this place
and made The wonderful run down
and around South America and got
into the fight with the Spanish fleet
which was destroyed near Santiago.
The Oregon is the pride of the west
coast and every wood chopper and mop
raiser on the coast is willing u put
up his last dollar that sine CAD lick
anything tllat floats.
Uncle Sam mas about one Thousand
mel al work in the yards n a great
machinery building has just been
erected for naval purposes After q
very ENJOYABLE visit AT this war depot
we bearded a steamer for Seattle
The srener la the sound is beaubi
fnl, ann away of in the distance We
could see Mount RaiineT with its bald
head and snowy whiskers. Ii stands
in its stockings 145ss0 feet high and
wears a mantle of snow around It's
shoulders the YEA round 20 protect ii
from the hot dry winds Of summer
In Skagit county we saw some
| farms wfIprr uiley rzLiseu from loo 10
125 bushels of cats 10 the acre which
are sacked and shipped by bodt- Land
cleared nf Timber is worth ST.5 10
s2pe per acre. Land sessrHd with
Timber Is cheaper.
There are a larger number OF Stling-
he mills and saw mills along
the Sound. My brotlfer-in-law, Mr..
Hall, has a sllingle mill close 10 Fur
ence which turns ont LOO. 600 shingles
a day
VIZ STAYED four weeks in Washing
ton, visiting the various industries ~
that country They catch Red Sal-
mon with net and traps by The ton AT
a haul. Fruit was very plenty such
as apples, prunes. pears and black
berries and much OF IT going 10
waste.
Every thing has a N end and SO had
our visit because business al home in
good old Lincoln county demanded
orr attention. Webid our folks good
by and started east on q Jim Hill
flyer arriving safely at Lennnx IN nue
time and migiIrhy glad 10 get back 10
a country where we can catch carp
with a pitc1fnrk and read tiae Leader.
but nevertheless mighty well pleased
with our visit to Washington.
LEWIS LARSON.
Mrs. Judge Aizens and Mrs "A. @.
Milliman came down from Sioux Falls
to attend the Clifford reception
Mr.. and Mrs. Goodrich came mp
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