The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-06-05

al hundred miles through the waters
of Puget Sound including a visit to
the largest salmon canneries in the
world, great Alaska Goldfish curing
plants, lumber and single mills to-
gether with a near view of Mt. Rain
Ter and the snow-clad Olympics have
been arranged for members of news
paper contest parties visiting Seattle
this summer.
Puget Sound is the greatest body
of water in the world and with its
bays, inIets and other attractions Of
fers more of the real beauties of ma
ture than might be found anywhere
on travelled highways.
Fast steamships will carry the
sightseers to Tacoma, to the Puget
Sound Navy Yard, to Anacrotes, Port
Townsend and to Ballingham, cover
ing every point of interest on this
great island sea. Visitors to the
Alaska Yukon-P Pacific Exposition will
marvel at the wonders of nature, at
the mountains, the rivers, the forests.
Surely it is a rare combination of
beautiful things, an inspiring high
way for the pilgrims of pleasure.
Two days will be required to make
the side trips already arranged. In
one day Tacoma, the metropolis of
Pierce County, and the Puget Sound
Navy Yard may be visited. At Brem-
erton Uncle Sam has on display some
of the largest battleships in the navy,
besides submarines, torpedo boats,
training ships and the largest dry
docks in the world.
The navy yard is situated fifteen
miles from Seattle and is reached by
the Port Orchard routes new steel
steamship, Fl. B. Kennedy, the latest
addition to the feet of magnificent
passenger boats on the Pacific, and
built especially for summer tourist
travel.
An afternoon can be proftably
spent in Tacoma, city of $4,000.
Surrounding Tacoma is perhaps the
most natural scenery in the world.
The city boasts of many attractive
public parks, automobile and carriage,
drives, beautiful residence districts
and long rows of warehouses where
vessels load cargoss for coastwise,
Alaska and foreign ports. Arrange
ments have been made to carry the
winners on the steel steamship In
dianapolis.
The second day is voyage to Port
Townsend, Bellinghsm and Anacrotes.
This trip will be made on the ocean
going steamship Chippewa, and will
require full day. Several hours
will be spent on the shore at Anacortes
Leaving Seattle the Chippewa will
steam out of the harbor giving fine
panoramic view of Greater Seattle
with, it's ten miles of water front
through quiet bodies of water. Port
Townsend, the seat of government ac-
tivity on the Sound, is reached in
three hours. Near at hand are Forts
Casey, Worden and Flagler At Port
Townsend are headquarters of the
customs service, immigration service
quarantine station, revenue cutter
service and many other branches Of
the government work.
On Port Townsend Bay is situated
the immense plant of the Hadlock lum-
Der mills, and the Irondale iron smell
ter and coke ovens The Sardine can
neries at Port Townsend are alone an
attractive feature. Arrangements
have been made by the Puget Sound
Navigation Company, operating the
steamship Chippewa, whereby the
winners will be admitted to mills, can
neries and other places of interest.
Anacortes is rightly called "Glou-
cester of the Pacific" and here it is no
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salmon in a single cannery ready for
packing, later to be shipped all over
the world. Here the various Gamer
les have a daily capacity of 10000
cases. This is the cycle year
in the salmon canning business.
Every fourth year the sockeye, the
great commercial food fish appear in
great numbers from the depths of the
ocean and this is an opportunity sell
dom offered tourists to gain knowl-
edge of just how the salmon are
caught, cured and packed for ship
ment.
The canning season lasts from May
70 November and every part of the big
plant will be open for inspection. In
are two Goldfish packing |
where the fish from Alaska |
ire cured and packed. The by-prod- |
lets of the various canneries go to |
make glue, and at Anacortes is an