Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-17
SCOTT c. BONE PLEASED
WITH LIFE IN SEATTLE
Writes GIowingIy of the Coun-
try on Other Side of
Continent.

Scott c. Bone for many years WASH
fngton newspaper man. and now editor
of the Seattle, Wash. Post-Intelligencer.
has few regrets at his removal to the
other edge of the continent, to judge by
letter just received from him. Mr..
Bone says: II think of old friends daily.
Of course, but have been too busy for
any Inconsistencies OF Seattle and the
Puget Sound country, Mr.. Bone writes:
IAN eastern man can transplant him.
self to this wonderful Puget Sound
country without the least shock. Having
undergone such a test happily, I speak
knowingly.
Seattle is a city worth living in.
washington city. only quarter of a
century ago, would have been put to
shame by contrast or comparison with
the Seattle of today.
with a natural environment incom-
parably beautiful by reason of the scenic
combination of water and mountain,
Seattle possesses a never ending charm
to the resident, and this is true likewise
of all the Puget Sound cities, large or
small
Zone finds in I'd avenue of Seattle a
thoroughfare that suggests the great
white way of Gotham, and If not so
wide, infinitely more presentable than
Pennsylvania avenue at the National
Capital.
Spirit Active and Alert.
"Seattle's hotels are as good. it's busi-
ness buildings as imposing and it's shop
windows as well dressed as those Of any
other American city 1 have ever seen
and I have seen most of them. Its
streets are kept clean. its traffic is well
1i1v;1 nd n
spirit is ever active and alert.
Seattle is more eastern than western and
distinctively cosmopolitan. To call 1t
miniature New York is but to state a
simple fact. 1t is all of that. and mere.
Having started right and builded for
| the future, Seattle is growing right. II
has fewer mistakes of growth to correct,
perhaps than any other city. Its fore
sight has been singularly wise. its am
| bition high and it's achievements sur
passingly fine It's park and boulevard
system excels anything of the kind to be
found in older and larger communities.
"Cities that have had their growth and
attained the settled age are only begin
ming to provide for the health and pleas
Seattle provided these things stimuli
| taneously with its growth. Therein Sc
attic excels, and excels handsomely.
Port and harbor improvements. now
people, will involve an outlay Of $4,000
600 approximately in the next five years
Thus is Seattle providing for the in
creased commerce that will surely follow
the opening of the Panama canal. The
present population of 275,OOO undoubtedly
will be doubled in a few years.
Always a City Beautiful.
Seattle will ever be city beautiful
| and a city useful. Already, in many re-
spects, the greatest city on the Pacific
coast, it is destined surely to be one OF
the great cities of the world.
ITO live in this Puget Sound country
| means to be healthy Optimist. There is
optimism in the air. Everything is con-
ducive to good cheer. It is a land of
mild winters and perfect summers A
beneficent Providence smiles upon the
Puget Sound country and has blessed it
beyond expression.
Dreams of earlier days are realized
now: and each progressive day brings
nearer the realization of finer dreams.
Seattle, Tacoma, Spokane. Portland
all the fine cities of the great Pacific
northwest-are working together for the
common good. They have interests in
Vulnerable, opportunities incalculable, in
common. There is room enough and en-
during glory and greatness enough for
all. The most promising aspect of the
future is the spirit of cooperation and
mutual helpfulness now so strongly mani
fest throughout the whole Pacific north
west country.
Il am a Puget Sound optimist-a full
hedged optimist, and my optimism is
growing daily