The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-05
SHADE OF OLD
WALKER! HIS
LAND IS DIRTY

/ did not go 10 church Sunday
For that matter. dld not 90 70
church Sunday before last The
chances are ! viii not go to church
next Sunday I have fallen ont OF
the habit Of going 10 church
For not g0ing "a church on East
or Sunday I have Il good excuse.
spent the day looking for spots
on seattle's vest"
G. NJ. Williams. chairman OF the
conventions cleanup and paint-up
bureau, took a number Of us news
paper reporters on what he called
Ia critical survey ~ the situation
AZ u stands on the first day VI
cleanup week"
We went in Williams automo-
bile
II was for me an assignment
and regarded Il aa somewhat Of q
chore. But. later II was borne To-
upon me that I could not have OBJ
served the day more fittingly
Spring WIS., In the air Dead
roots were coming TO life ~ the
warm. moist earth. The sap waa
rising IN the trees. would rather
aoe lilies 20 n field than on a
grave or IN an altar.
The miracle Of Resurrection iH
repeated IN Nature every spring
And | am not sure " IL n not
stretching the point.-but that q
similar miracle IL being performed
10 the hearts OF ms who live in
Seattle. aud that 81 aB IL being
born spirit Of interdependcnce
and individual responsibility.
II II not as easy 90 find spots
az Il was a week or more ago,
We have become epxcrts 10 this
matter az finding spots
More than once Williams. during
the trip. remarked = distinctly
remember that that vacant LOT Was
covered with weeds when ! saw II
last"
We did" the downtown district
We went out the Rainier valley.
We turned over 10 the Mount Bak.
er Park district Then we hit the
boulevard. touching I.eschl We
crossed "the hills" We visited the
lake end NJ East Madison. We sur.
veyed the University district the
Woodland park district Green
Lake. Fremont. Ballard and Queen
Anne hill
I WAS prepared with list Of
spots" But hair OF them TO my
pleased surprise. had been EponE.
cd off since ! last saw them
And. folks. take Il by and large.
this ~ one fine town. II il a bet.
ter town than Il Was two weeks
aEo-a cleaner. pieasanter town.
More shame on him VINO ietH a
spot" remain
In n city the size Of Seattle there
must be spots Tho visitor expects
them ia slum districts. IN factory
districts. and IN places whore re-
construction work Is IN progress
Il Is the unnecessary spots that
The Star calls the attention OF It's
readers 10.
There "a one part of Seattle
would be ashamed TO take a Wis
itor I refer 20 the lake.end Of
the East Madison e. line.
Here. Equaited around the ferry
dock. is group Of cheap. ugly
little shackh. an inheritance Of
the White City. Some OF them
are falling down. All need paint.
This tract belongs to the Puget
Mills Co
Poor Cyrus walker, He sci
dom paid for anything II by a
trick he could get It for nothing.
He never improved anything. HIS
motto was. Grab and stand patti
Ne Jet others. by their enterprise
and industry. increase the value
OF his holdings He wanted mon.
ey. and he got lt--mtllions OF q.
Then he died--and he couldn't
take his money with him. And.
though he "a dead. his spirit
seems 20 live IN the Puget Mills
Co. which he founded.
The Star knows les limitations.
Some needed only the suggestion
they cleaned mp their neglected
property for the common GOOD
Others had to be ooaxed
but The Star is poWerless 10
pierce the epidcrmis OF the Puget
Mills Co. Nothing that we can
say can bring the blush OF shame
10 the faces Of the members ~
that vast corporation which Cyrus
al