Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-08-17

| other. The Canadian people are very
pleasant, kind and cordial and are moi
SO much for the almighty dollar as the
Americans take more time for home
life and to be sociable. But we decided
they were not so nice looking or as well
dressed as the Americans. Van Couvel
is growing very rapidly. They told us
it would double in size the next ter
years. 1t is city of hundred and
twenty five thousand now and there il
to be three hundred million dollars
worth of Railroad built the next five
years.
We left the next morning for Seattle
by boat, the Princess Charlotte, feeling
greatly repaid for our visit to Vancou.
yer. Our water trip was delightful,
were up on deck most all day, five or
six hundred on board. Among the
crowd were 100 people, including
many teachers enroute from Boston to
San Francisco to the Teachers Conven-
tion and for q pleasure trip. The dining
room service was fine on the boat and
nice state rooms. The boat stopped for
two hours at Victoria and we rushed off
to see the Parliament building and to
take street car ride. Saw some more
roses. high fences, vines and pretty
homes. We arrived at Seattle at $50
in the evening and for sometime before
reaching there had splendid view of
the City on the Hills" surrounding the
water. The lights of the city looked
very beautiful from the water. One
could not help wondering why city
should be built ON such steep bluffs
above the water where millions of
dollars have been spent to make it pos
sible to build homes. There are very
steep hills in the business section of the
city and even up in the resident portion
1t seemed like it was hills everywhere
to us, but there are many beautiful
homes and the roses and vines much in
evidence there also Seattle is noisy
hustling city, a second Chicago, with a
population about two hundred and fifty
thousand. They say it is very dull
there now and also at Tacoma. Sup
pose things are getting rather quiet over
the country now will be felt first and
more in these coast cities that have
been doomed so much the past few
years. They make plenty of noise and
move lively enough, too much so, to
suit me in Seattle, whether they, have
much business or not. We met num-
Der of friends and acquaintance.
Found Mr.. Priebes, formerly of Audu-
bon. living in their summer cottage on
the beach in a suburb of the city
Everyone we see are boosters for their
country and city.
On Monday we left for Tacoma which
is only % miles from Seattle and when
we reached here were all stiff and
weary from our much climbing of hills
at Seattle and being constantly on the
wing since leaving home, 50 we were
very glad to rent a cottage for month
and rest little. Tacoma Is city of
eighty-five thousand built on the water
but not so billy as Seattle. A more
desirable place to live than Seattle but
perhaps not so good for business, altho
there are number of factories here.
We are enjoying camp life very much
certainly q treat to us who have always
lived inland ia. he right sifst ssss err
At high tide the water comes up TO
within 12 or is feet of our cottage and
in low tide is sometimes q block away.
We enjoy bathing in the salt water and
it is just glorious to be out on the
water rowing some OF these beautiful
mornings and evenings. We spent
much time in digging CLAIMS and pre-
pairing them to eat at first, but it has
grown old to US now. But several
families of us on the beach, close neigh
bors, had clam bake in front of our
cottage last night and a huge log fire
which we greatly enjoyed. This island is
from to miles wide and about IA miles
long. Many business people spend two or
three months on the various beaches of
the island and take the $3.50 or 1880 boat
to the city each day 1t Is q delightful
hours ride from here to Tacoma. There
are five stops that the boat makes on
its way to Burton from Tacoma and
three beyond u.s. This island is located
between Seattle and Tacoma and the
Seattle people have their summer homes
up along the other end of the coast
This is great place for Strawberries
many thousand crates being sent from
this island every year. We have had
all we could eat until the last few days
The season is over now but there are
many raspberires, logan berries and
blackberries raised on mainland here
and quite crop Of them on the island
too; also pears and cherries. This island
is covered with woods of fir, cedar,
alder and madrone and it means much
hard work to clean it and get it ready
for cultivation. Only a small part
cleared as it costs from $3.50 to $500 per
acre to clear it. The strawberries
raised here are delicious much sweeter
than our Iowa berries.
will close for this time hoping that
Audubon people are enjoying cooler
weather and are having plenty of rain
to make the corn grow. Sincerely,
ANNA ELLIOTT