Arizona republican., 1907-06-29
SOME SIDE TRIPS
 FOR tNDfAVORERS
The Entertainment Which Seattle Has
 Prepared for Visitors Next Month.

Seattle. June 23.-(Special Cores pondence of The Republican.)-Dele gates to the Christian EndeaN or con- Nention to be held in Seattle Suly 10
 to l5 will be given opportunities to
 make man.' short cheap excursions
 that can scarcely be equaled in any other city in the union. The pleasant
 Sound summer days may be spent in
 short journeys to various sound
 points. many of them within half a days steamer ride from Seattie. each of them with a new center Of interest. and each of them affording new know ledge and valuable information regard
 ing the resources, wealth and oppor-
 tunities afforded by the state and the west in general A trip to the Olym-
 pic peninsula, where one third of the remaining standing timber of the Unit
 ed States is to be found. may be made
 in a day. A short distance from the city is the Neah Indian reservation where the last of the Sound Indians.
 living for the most part in primitive SaVagery are to be found Mount
 Rainier. SO miles away. is accessible
 to the ambitious mountain climber and the lower peaks in the Cascades may be reached without difficulty. The
 Puget Sound navy yard is but a few
 miles from Seattle and on visitors days. the battleships Oregon, the bull dog of the navy and others of Uncle Sam's fighting craft are to be seen. A trip to Alaska has been arranged for fEnSe xt hn xriSh fn fh he of the hoyth and trip to Vancouver and Victoria. B. C.. typical English cities, though less than hundred miles from Seattle. may be made in a single day
 A trip to Whidby Island is long to be remembered by the easy graceful charm of the scenery en route. the traveller is afforded glimpses of nature on the four-hour journey. Mountain scenery and lowland views are inimita- hly combined with sea scenes of sur prising beauty. A sunset on the sound viewed from the dOck>Df a steamer, the azure blue of the clear heavens first changed to-all the colOrs of the rain bow. then slowly darkening while the afterglow turns the snow-clad noun tain peaks of gold. and in the minds Of some travellers even surpasses the famous Bay of Naples sunsets.
 One of the best sound trips that may be arranged is a trip to Victoria. a typical English city. and the western terminus of the Canadian Pacific rail- way. There are many points of in terest
 one or the most popular excursions that the sound affords is a trip to beautiful Lake Crescent. situated in she heart of the mammoth forest re- serves on the olympic peninsula. The lake Hes seven hundred feet above sea level and sixteen miles Tn back of Port Angeles, thriving iitt,e a,,H ,""n al the head of the straits. The Iake Is easily reached and the trip costs little.
 ih a i-.i. ssTS iIn lever. the sylvan Pulet or the lake will be broken by the noisy Whistles of Locomotives and the panting puff of engines drawing heavily loaded trains. The Chicago Milwaukee & Si. Paul. the Union Pa ciiic. and inc Northern Pacific rail- roads are competing in fierce rivalry Tor The forests of the peninsula. Rail- road building will be begun before inc end Of the year. and within A short space of time sawmiIis wifi mar inc perfect landscape
 run on Friday Hartor Orcas Is- land or Lopez Island. or other islands m the San Juan group will finger ples- sanity in the memory of the traveller who makes tsss trip. The fare is Iovv
 A steamer mas be taken early in the ''HN ana Tacoma. inc City of Destiny. may be reached in space of two hours Street cars await the arrival oi me boat at each trip and for small sum take the traveller to Amari can Lake. d few miles outside inc ci,v limits Of Tacoma. where hours may he spent wandering through the thick woods and admiring the wild nud beautiful shores of the lake
 IT more strenuous enjoyment is re- quire6. street ears may be boarded for Sppanaway lake. where all the plea- surers of d modern amusemen, resort may be encountered. Canoes and row. boats are for hire and quiet few hours may he enjoyed on The limpid waters or the lake. Point Defiance and the Narrows half hours ride rom the steamboat dock. give the To- Yer of nature chance to view her best A orks.
 Directly across the harbor from Se- 'ttie Is Bremerton. the site of ,he navy ard Pudget Sound. Here nlarnmoth may be seer in dry dock and undergoing repairs. The new bat l'esh'p Wisconsin is tied vp q; Brem- 'rton. and the oregon. tine aattlesh;p