The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1913-04-18
GAZETTE SCRIBE ABROAD
DRIFTING ABOUT SEATTLE HE
GATHERS SOME IMPRESSIONS
-% ARCHITECTURAL
PLEASING EFFECT OF v.nIETY
The Modest and the Elaborate Homes
Combine to Make Seattle Very
Attractive to the Stranger

There is no shortage Of features in
a city the size Of Seattle to interest
the visitor, and particularly visitor
from the outlying districts, where a
collection of few hundred habita-
!. tions is looked upon as approaching
] the assumption of city airs. Things
i that through familiarity have lost in
terest to those who have long been
I associated Herewith prove to be inter-
esting attractions to the stranger So
4 journing here briefly, and probably
any reference to such sources of inter-
est among old dwellers Of the paved
Il and Illuminated ways would at once
create an impression that the person
SO moved was fresh from the fields of
I alfalfa. Yet boldly facing the danger
@of being classed as a hayseed. yours
truly continues to drift about, in a
measure aimlessly. but with the OBJ
8 ject of seeing Seattle from every point
of vantage. and extracting as much
8 pleasure as possible from features of
4 all degrees that may appeal to the
x.sense of sight. This satisfaction Of
Is not on account of never
<having seen larger and more import
ant cities than Seattle, but more par
&ticularly because | saw Seattle in the
raw and now see it a finished product,
because Seattle is the metropolis of
the state. and no Washingtonian who
lakes a pride In his state can fail to
lake pride In its chief city, and fur
thermore. because there has been a
long hiatus from the date Of burying
yourselves among the mountains Of
Okanogan to the present opportunity
Of turning loose In community that
runs in numbers greater than few
hundred. The above is merely thrown
off as a wayward thought.
One of the charms of residence in
Seattle is the opportunity presented
4or excursions on the water. And in
\. the way Of water surface upon which
30 make excursions few cities are
more prodigally supplied. On the
vest the city front fringes the cres-
Gent shore line OF Elliott bay, while
much Of the eastern limits of Seattle
washed by the waters of Lake Wash
hgton. very large body of fresh wat
Dr.. Coming in and going out from the
Wharfs are innumerable crafts of all
descriptions. coming from or starting
70 the various towns on the Sound,
md any day or every day these craft
IRE plOwing way over and across
The water front, making an animated
( Dicture to look upon. These boats
larry both passengers and freight, al
though some are used exclusively for
Passenger traffic. and the number of
peOple using this means Of transporta-
mt day a more delightful and enjoy
Able trip cannot be conceived of than
. run either up or down the Sound,
md In summer the boats are crowded
with pleasure seekers. These trips
are not without attraction during the
winter months. but as rule the limit
Of observation is curtailed owing to
the murky weather so generally prev
alent at this season. However, at any
season, the person who visits Seattle
and fails to take one or more of the
trips on the Sound that are possible
any day in the year is depriving him
$or herself of one of the chief pleas.
S ures OF such a visit.