The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-09-26
Lancaster Sept, 22-1913.
Editor Record:

Editor Record:
Please tell our friends a few things
concerning our trip to the Pacific coast.
We can only hit the high places, as an
attempt to go into detail would
only bewilder. One must see that
great country, with it's wonderful re-
sources, it's beautiful cities and its
wonderful, sublime scenery to realize
it's marvellous growth and its far reach
ing possibilities. Of the Is states in
which we travelled. Illinois, INDIANA,
Wisconsin, Minnesota and North Dako-
ia contribute most literally to the |
bread basket of the world, in corn and |
wheat Washington yields so to 60 |
bushels of wheat and, in some sections |
100 bushels of oats per acre, but, hav-
ing the snow-capped Cascade and Olym- !
pic mountains. the nights are too
COO, for an abundant production of corn
Seattle, the metropolis of Washington,
was our objective point. on account of
the dear relatives who reside there and
who did so much to make our visit the
most enjoyable one during life. The
| ties there and here are both strong,
but the trite saying, ''yOu can not
transplant an old tree, is true in this
case. We prefer our conservative en-
vironments rather than the rushing
whirlwind methods which prevail there
and which yield great results for the
young and active.
The spirit and growth of Seattle is
phenomenal. 1t is a young city and
contains 300, 900 souls. 1t is supported
by fruit, lumber, fisheries. the Alas
kan and oriental trade Peaches weigh
II ounces, and other fruits in proper
ton. Trees grow from five to eight
feet in diameter. One man built a
room on a stump, where he lives and
cultivates his ranch. A man sells goods
in log, it having been eXcavated,
with two windows and doors. 1t is
not unusual for ship to come in with
100, 600 pounds of fish. There are
more beautiful parks than any city l
have seen. The streets and bouIe-
wards are perfect, being made of as
phalt, some running several ME
from the city to PARKS, The hollands
took us over one of these roads to a
chicken ranch, of 20 acres, where we
saw 5000 white leghorns. There are
$4,000 automobiles in the State, the
e Ford being in the majority.
The buildings are beautiful and at
, tractive, some business houses having
from 80 to AZ stories. The tempera.
b ture is ideal, averaging about GA de.
k grees. The summers are cool, and the
| mercury seldom drops to freezing
l. The school system is the best in the
d nation, the per cent of illiteracy being
: less than in any city in the nation
h Over 1000 children entered the schools
= of Seattle on September first, on,
thousand teachers attended the insti
# tute for the county in which the cit,
is located, in August.
Seattle is the gateway to Alaska
the nearest American port on tn
Panama Canal route to the orient;
! now spending twenty million dollar
for additional terminal facilities; it
the port for over sixty different steam
% ship lines, and the Pacific Coast ter
minal for eight transcontinuntal raj
roads. 1t will have million of pee
* pie, or more We sailed in a steamer
al on Puget Sound to Bremerton to Sc
the U. S. Navy yards, where We sa'
If several large battle ships.
" The university of Washington is
n, Seattle, and costly school building
to and churches are scattered all over tn
I'd city. The people are law abiding an
the citizenship is high class. TIL
s laws are rigid, and are generally Ell
forced. For instance, a barber
G. fined $50 for shaving a man on Sunday
g. sent you a brief sketch from Ye
lcwstone Park, the wonders and my:
% teries of which eclipse anything W
have seen. We wish that all on
friends could see it. The weather wa
NJ cool while we were there and we wer
LII not annoyed by mosquitoes, though W
were told by our coach driver that
e. man had COW with bell to tell he
r. whereabouts. She and her calf stray
a. ed from the premises. After scare
Id the owner found that the musquitoe
lg had eaten the COW and were ringin
ne the bell for the calf.
c. Thanking our son for making tn
p trip possible, and thanking you in &C
ed vance for publishing this Imperfect
ds and huri lily written sketch, l am,
Yours truly,