Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-09-11
". |. JONES WRITES
OF FAR NORTHWEST
Astonished at Growth and Develop
ment Of Seattle.
NO DRUNKENNESS AT
YUKON EXPOSITION

City Beautiful Set on Hills, But
Still Likes Denver and Salt Late
City Better.
This paper has been favored With a
second letter from Mr.. w. l.. Jones,
this city. who has been touring the
West. His impressions OF Seattle and
the Youkon Exposition are wen writ
rem and will be read with much inter-
est. Mr.. Jones writes as follows:
Seattle, Washington,
August 81. 1909.
Editor The Evening World.
Having been here two weeks and
taken advantage of the time to look
around, / thought a few lines giving
my impressions might b. of interest.
OF the fair / shall say hut little, as
they are somewhat alike. ] have met
a number of persons from the East,
but when / ask them what part. it Is
generally Iowa, Nebraska, or Wiscon-
sin.
] have had the pleasure of seeing
the picture of Hen. Il. n. Bowers, but
must say it doesn't iiatter him a bit.
Makes him look Is years too old and
is altogether misleading as to his
build and appearance. ! also met Mr..
/ j. T. Snodgrass and Mr.. Trout, q
brother of Mr.. r. w. Trout. That
winds up the list of acquaintances
mel.
AS Tor the fair, ii is sad by Eastern
| Judges who have visited them all, to
be the ~cleanest and best conducted we
/ have ever had. Not a drop of liquor,
beer,or anything intoxicating is allow
ed TO be sold within a mile of the
grounds. ] have yet to see a single
person even Slightly under the infiu-
ence of liquor. From a money point of
view it is going to be a They
have already repaid nearly go per
cert. of the money subscribed and the
attendance is growing until they think
they see % per cent. profit
You will see everywhere you turn,
''Yuu will like Tacoma" and Watch
Seattle grew" while Spokane has in
blazing lights as Wei as big signs,
49,. miles to Spokane This all costs
money but i reckon II pays.
a block of houses consisting of ten
stores and many apartments was fin
isfIed a few days before / reached
here. Two stores were rented before
my arrival. ] see this morning that
only one remains ~unoecupied. ! only
mention fits to show now Seattle
grows. / think the a~rcnttects must
keep a lot of plans worked out and
ready for rush orders A block of
ground win change hands at a cost of
S150,000 or more and in about a week
they have a permit and are at work
%excavating Tor a fine hotel or business
book. This is a place where they 30
things" To properly understand what
I mean | must give you a little idea OF
the lay Of fne land.
Seattle is a city of Lil7s. 1nmedi-
ate1y behind the first row of hills is a
fresh water lake about the size of six
blocks in Martinsburg. A couple OF
miles further back is Lake Washing
ton, a beautiful body of fresh water
averaging three miles by twenty-five
miles and ten feet above sea level.
When a projected canal is finished the
government VIII have fresh water
storage for the Pacific feet. In the
early days of Seattle the level land
OF the sound was soon covered with
business houses and manufacturing
plants. This drove the residents to
the hills. AS business expanded the
valleys between the hills became COW
cred With stores. The only solution
was to cut down the hills and FIJI the
hollows. What would some Of our
people think Of cutting down a hill
ranging from ms hundred L twenty
FIVE feet high, with an average OF sew
enty feet. and extending from the pub
lie square to Mr.. A. +. Hess store and
in the other direction 70 the c. V. r.
r.? This one Hill contains over ten
million cubic yards Of earth. They
are moving 1t at. the rate of thousands
Of yards a week and dong ii with the
aid Of water through len inch mains
and three and a half inch lozzles,
IDey Keep nYe streams playing nlghl
and day. When It gets a little stiff
they loosen it up with d few charges
Of dynamite. 1t is all sand, Cay and
gravel, A rock the SIZE OF a keg is a
rarity. This is all washed through
fumes to the sound. The sound is SO
deep that it does not interfere with
navigating the largest vessels, AS fast
as a place is leveled Inc owner is
ready to begin a building.
What makes Seattle grow? Lumber.
grain, fruit, and fish, as well as the
gold, copper. and other metals from
Alaska. The bank c'earings averag
ing 81 100000 daily.
What for Il farmer fr!ends2 ! CO
c~asionally see a five acre farm adver-
tised as a bargain at $l75 per acre.
hut the rniing nrice Il 9295 an acre