Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-12-04
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Every mail brings in additional en-
tries to The Herald's contest for the
most popular teacher-a contest which
will result in twelve school teachers
being sent on a trip to the Seattle ex-
position for two weeks at The Herald
expense.
In the Los Angeles city entries Miss
Nellie Gray already has HOO votes to
her credit. Miss Una Burritt of Long
Beach has Sill.
Some of the newer entries are Miss
Anna McLaury, Miss Clara Harding,
Miss Jennie M Gearhardt, Miss Ella
Robertson of Los Angeles city, ana
Miss Mary Doyle of Los Angeles
county.
outside contestants include Miss Jes-
sic Lee and Orrie Grace of San Ber-
nardino, and Miss Sloan of Long
Beach; also Mrs. Celia Morris, Miss
Winifred Timmons and Irma Wilkin-
son, all of Bakersfield.
Seattle a City on Hills
Aside from the attractions at the
Alaska ukon-Pacific show there is
much to see in Seattle itself
Seattle, the largest city in the north
west, is built on a series of hills over
looking Elliott bay, one of the land
locked arms of Puget sound. 1t is
typical western city of western energy
and rapid growth Since the Klondike
discoveries in the Northwest Territory,
the later gold discoveries In Alaska and
the beginning of the development of
Puget sound trade with the Orient, it
has gone forward by leaps until from
population of $4,000 in 1890 it has
grown to a city of 100000 or more. The
city limits have been extended, taking
in Ballard, West Seattle and East Sc
attic.
Like many of the localities in the
northwest; and particularly in the state
of Washington its name is an Indian
one. 1t was given in honor of Chief
Seattle, or Sealth, as it is sometimes
written. The old chief was a respected
friend of the whites, even when others
of the natives counseled hostilities. IL
was through his efforts largely that
the relations of the settlers and aborig-
ines on Puget sound were usually
peaceable.
The old chief himself has been dead
many years, but up until a Few years
ago the bent and decrepit figure of his
daughter Princess Angelina, was a IA
miliar one on the streets of the city,
when she too died. In attendance at
her funeral were many of the pioneers
of early days, now among the most
prominent men of the city. A huge
boulder of rough granite marks her
resting place in Lake View cemetery.
Fine Parks There
In and about Seattle are number of
fine parks. On the shores of Lake
Washington are Madison, Madrona and
Leschi-none of them more than twenty
minutes ride from the heart of the
city. The shores about and between
the three are lined with the house
boats of summer residents from May
till long into the fall.
At Madison and Leschi during the
summer on alternate evenings, Wag-
ner's Second Regiment band gives con-
certs. woodland park, about five miles
from the city on Green lake, is reached
by trolley cars. Green lake itself is
small body of water. plentifully stocked
with trout. Ravenna park is a natural
park. about the same distance from
the city, on the state university car
line. A mineral spring is one of its
attractions.