Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-09
our TraveIogue No. 10.

Seattle. Wash, is a city of two seasons
June, July and August and rain. Thus
the abbreviation of Washington to
Wash" is quite apropos. Seattle adver-
tises that its climate is exceedingly
healthful and inviting. It Is. II you don't
live there.
The business district OF Seattle runs
along three streets, First, Second and
Third avenues. Edward Peyton Weston
could have a good time shopping in Sc
attic, but the ordinary Individual would
do better to take Pullman in taking
the trip along one of the above avenues.
Seattle used to have one other street
of more importance than First, Second
or Third avenues. That was Pike street.
But on January l. 1916. they hung crepe
on Pike street. so the avenues now have
the edge. Yesler Way is another thor
oughfare of Seattle with distinction.
Yesler Way is the one perpendicular
street OF the United States. You can fall
down it or roll down. either method is
good. Going up you ride in a cable car
and try to keep from falling out of the
Nar by grabbing the gripman around the
ear.
Seattle is also some city OF hills. Rome
boasts of seven hills, but Seattle has
Rome cheated by about eight hundred
thousand. Mount Mckinley is said to be
in Alaska, but its twin brother is some
where in Seattle.
Seattle has a Totem Pole. Weird tales
of the theft of this Totem Pole from the
Indians ofaAlaska are always related for
the edification of visitors. The citizens
declare it is the only genuine Totem
Pole in the United States. Then you go
down to Tacoma, some thirty-three miles
south, and lamp another Totem Pole in
! the public square. Tacoma insists its
Totem Pole is the only genuine one. and
applies such uncomplimentary phrases as
| 'four-flushers. liars, scoundrels. knock
ers and buns" to the citizens OF Seattle.
Seattle and Tacoma also have another
row on. 1t is over a certain peak nearby.
! Seattle calls the said peak Mount Rainier.
| Tacoma calls it Mount Tacoma All Of
which is something to fight over. as the
| peak doesn't do either town any good.
| Seattle Is one of the several towns of
I these United States which did not greet
! 1916 with open arms and eclat. For when
| the young new year heaved into view he
J began TO run things. He started out by
/ closing the gates OF Sealtie Irrigation
project And Seattle had some irrigation
! project More people could be seen on
the streets of Seattle at II o'clock at
night than at Sixteenth and Farnam
streets at midday. And the large ma
! jority were always well irrigated. Now
| all the irrigation is confined to water,
/ and the people OF Seattle are for the first
! time learning that water is used for
! other things besides running under
/ bridges. They will play slow and sad
music in Seattle in distant years when
] 1916 is mentioned.
But 1916 will make one thing possible
in Seattle. Its people may be able TO
4 pronounce the name OF the morning
newspaper there. 1t is the Post-Intelli-
gencer, In the past this handle was too
much TO tackle. so they merely called it
/ the P.-I.
Seattle has forty-two- story. building.
and TO hear EN- talk about 1t you'd think
the Woolworth. Singer and Metropolitan
| buildings didn't exist
Seattle is chiefly noted for the fact