The Newtown bee., 1909-04-30
From the Roswell lNew Msslea) Reg
 lster.Tribune.

From the Roswell tNew Msxieal Reg
 lster.Tribune.
 On the morning of December lst, 1908, We bade adieu to Roswell and were rapidly whirled over the bound less plains, The trlp to Amarillo us- ually so tlresome, recalled to my mind saying of an Eastern lady in Colo fad0, that on leaving Colorado Springs she always drew the shade to the window. as there was nothing to be seen between there and Boston" [" That would have been her impression of the trip between here and Amar- lilo, After short stay with friends in the sprinss and in Denver, We re- suped our journey over the Northern Pacific, passing valleys dotted here and there with homes. past lakes, the rugged Black Hills, on to the Won der City" of the West, Spokane, 200 miles east of the Cascade Range, 75 miles west of the great Continental Divide. Spokane is delightfully."- lo- cated, surrounded by mountains and foot hills, the store house of a wealth of minerals, and covered with forests of great commercial value.
 The river Spokaneplunges through tle city, the precipitous falls of over l32 feet forming the power that lights the city and propels the elec- tric cars. Spokane is the home of lO0,0 ,000 people and growing at the rate of 1000 a month, and so near the home of the red apple, it was appr0' prlately selected to hold the National Apple Fair. On the morning of De- cember q, the usual demonstrations accompanying the opening of a fair were indulged in and after a pro- gram the people dispersed through the uu.lGing. Apples, apples, such q bewilder,hg array. in piles, barrels, boxes, and jars. The golden of the Bc,lnower, deep red of the Wine Sap, and the purple fed Of the Arkansas Black and the green of the NewtOwn pippiE and countless other varieties all iended to please ani grai!fy the eve. iil,at taste and artistic designs wore I 7. syel in the arrangcmr 1t. A flag made up of three varieties of apples, a salmon and other designs were worthy of notice. It was un- fortunate that many of the Eastern exhibits of apples were so damaged in shipment that it was deemed best not to display them. The carloads of apples competing for the 5000 prize attracted great attention. The car of $50 boxes from Wenatchee, was the prize winner and was composed of nine varieties of apples, and were picked by one man and packed by an- other, great care being taken that all should be uniform in size and color So many points had to be considered that it seemed the judges more than had their hanus full in giving their decision, but they were equal to the task before them. Many prizes were offered for plate, box and barrel eX- hibits and also for largest apple. Be- side the apple display, many appli- ances connected with the fruit indus try were displayed which, of course attracted much attention. The young ladies of the Washington State Col lege tempted the appetite of the passerby with delicious apple pies, and apple dumplings which were de- monstrated as well as other ways of preparing the apples. Their book of 125 ways of cooking the apple met with ready sale. Over 100000 peo- pie attended the fair, thus showing the interest manifested. Another fair is to be held at Spokane this coming fall and no doubt there will be greater interest and competition. Although the color of the northe{p apple is, superior to the Pecos Valley apple still we think ours can compare in flavor.
 After few days, we resumed our journey stopping at North Yakima, wide awake town of 5000 inhabl- tants, surrounded by fine orchards. We visited one orchard and were shown trees that yielded 20 bushels to the tree. But we could not tarry, and on we went to Seattle, the rust ling, busy city of the great North west, and growing at a rapid rate, ideally located on the Sound. In spite of the inclemency of the wealth .r, we were able to take a number Of side trips of which there are so many out of Seattle A 30 mile trip up the Sound by boat to Evertt, noted for it's harbor and lumber industry, a growi, g city. We enjoyed a four aour ,.:l, passing little wooded isles, little resorts and small towns on to Victoria. the capital of British Co., .umbia. ,n attractive English tGu Ii with fine government buildings and beautiful homes "The Evergreen City of Canada" as it is called, is coming to the frant as summer re- sort. AS has been said of it, "the one spot that fingers longest and greenest in the memory of all tour ists." Another day was spent in go- ing on the water to Mermonton, the U. 8. Navy Yard, where the old Ore gon" attracted attention, waiting to be repaired and repainted. Another pleasure was granted us in going on board tte cruisers "St Louis and Milwaukee" making ready for sail ing. Work is progressing rapidly on the buildings of the Alaska-Yukon ExYcsit lon, where exhitits showing the resoul res of the great Northwest region will bp displayed. IL spite of the rain, fogs and damp weather, the inhabitants of Washington seemed to revel in the storms and, in fact, told us rhev considered it much more healthful in that region than clear o l~ D~,,t t1N, ,,SJ