Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-05-27

There are in Washington about 200
here in the city who have
an organization known as the Colorado
society with a membership of about
cial amusement. and incidentally to
advance the interest of Seattle and
The initiation. fee and
one years dues is but 81. There is
but one obligation to assume and that
is to boost for the state (thus my
feeble effort at this time). At the
annual banquet given last month the
program was SO replete with bright
oratory and musical selection of the
most enchanting order that 1t became
necessary to continue the entertain
ment for two evenings. Among other
things said one of the wits of the
town had the temerity to make the
following declaration: "The three
great powers that control the universe
today the initial letter Of their names
is p. 1t is my good fortune here to-
night to represent the one who occu-
pies the middle position of the three
ard Is therefore the balance of power
which may sway or seal the destiny
of nation or the sovereign power
of your fireside. The three P's rep
resent the Pulpit. the Press and the
Pettycoat."
| visited the United States navy
yard at Brenerman where they EN-
ploy 700 mechanics and has the only
lrydock on the Pacific coast large
enough to dock first-class battle ship.
saw the Oregon the pride of the
navy there in drydock where she is
having s1000.000 expended upon her
In having her adjusted to burn oil and
with wireless system. The battle
ship Nebraska, the first ever built in
Seattle at a cost of $S.5O0000 will be
nut in commission July An. that being
the fifth anniversary of the laying OF
her keel.
The Lepsic. the hero of the Ameri
can navy in the typhoon at Apia, Sa
| moa, few years ago when our gov
| ernment lost two vessels and forty
| seven men and the German govern
inent four vessels and 100 men and
the ships of nearly all the nations
Of the earth were crushed as though
they were egg shells. She withstood
| the storm and received the plaudits
| Of the German emperor for so gallant
| ly saving n number of his marines
She is there now as the prison ship Of
| r1 fG 4
| note the decadence of one who sc
nobly carried to the front the ban
ner of our nation and to contrast II
to the humble position she now fills
In comparing the three mast diminu
tive old hull of few years ago tc
the present battle ships we can bu
note the progress of time as wrought
in few decades. and who can tel
what century hence our presen
| giants of the sea may be relegated tC
an ignominous a fate as that of the
Lepsic. The Philadelphia is there
and is used as training ship for the
new recruits. She can accommodate
1900 with room and board.
| It was my pleasure to so through
her and to form some idea of tht
| life of sailor No one but he who
has cone down to the fourth ant
fifth lower decks of a battleship car
form the slightest conception of tn,
stupendous mechanism that go t.
form the motive power and the me
chanical life OF one of these leviathans
That the past eighteen months ma!
been the most prolific period eve
known in Seattle and perhaps eve
| will be again for amusing immense
fortunes and for speculative purposes
there can be no doubt The impetu!
| given real estate by the purchasing
of lots and building houses by thos'
who were benefited by the railroad
purchases was the incentive to thu
boom, but there will be no setbacl
such as has befallen other towns foI
the area is limited and the demand
today for homes is greater than tn,
supply. Seattle has attained such ;
commercial importance in the eyes o
the world that it would be impossible
to retard her progress. Her resource.
are as yet only in the incipiency O
development
When the three transcontinenta
roads who are extending their line.
here are completed and Alaska ha.
been girdled by roads as the eastern
states are, then she will become al
inland empire of herself.
The exposition of 1909 is consid
cred but an incident in the progress
of her future greatness.
You may think my enthusiasm
knows no bound but there are Others
who in their zeal are equally as ef
fervescent as the following lines viii
attest:
The Queen of Puget Sound.
She's the queen, on the arm of the
ocean.
She smiles DER Elliott bay;
She courtesles low, as the ships come
| and go,
And they bow at her feet every day
Her palaces crown the green hills OF
| the sound,
Her courtyards are filed with the