The Delta independent., 1918-10-04

Whence came the right of Boston to
say "out west" or to start the sun
on his courses? The city of Portland
is doing that. The United States has
driven the last spike in it's Alaskan
railroad. The citizens of Alaska are
on the firing-line in Europe and are
using its polar bears to haul their
sledges. Portland and it's sister cities
of the Pacific coast, while starting
operations as they did from the grass
roots" are beating the east to stand
still in the production of ships and
munitions of war and of commerce.
After counting thirty or more ships
at the wharves recently launched,
some Of which were already camou-
flaged and ready to sail, and having
seen a score of others nearing COM
pletion while four others took water
in as many days, / said; Damn the
kaiser and his submarines. If need be
Uncle Sam is able to stretch a line
of ships within megaphone call of each
other that will reach clear across to
Europe.
The wonderful city of Seattle on
Puget Sound, Washington claims $780,
900 souls. The sound stretches 12O
miles from Tacoma, north, into the
Canadian strait of Georgia, but it has
its American outlet through the Strait
of Juan de Fuca. which is above Sc
attic. The city is 1S5 miles north of
Portland and like it, is supplied, even
far out in its suburbs, with costly
pavements, both of asphalt and of
brick. Built along the front of the
sound. fifteen miles long. every foot
of which is devoted to costly dockage
and manufactures the city rises grad
ually and gracefully back and up
from the waterfor $50 feet in height
then gracefullyrecedes to great fresh
water lake whish is twenty-five miles
long and is connected at its
northern end by ship canal
and lock to admit great hardships.
Seattle is the greatest harbor
of all nations in the United States
especially of the orient The city's
elevation referred to indicates its ad-
vantages for terrace work while this
high ridge. being very much broken.
lends itself to a multitude of specta-
.cular and beautiful improvements.
While Seattle has roses in plenty. and
various semi-tropic embellishments. it
Is rather the city of the brain and
Drawn of commerce and of manufac-
ture induced in its variety by its semi
isolation from the east by the Rocky
Mountains.
Here are many great shipyards
where three shifts of men utilize twen-
ty-four hours each day constructing
ships of large size and mostly of steel.
dined In the dining-room at one of
The yards where there were two floors
filled with tables seating more than
| eight hundred at one sitting.
, An interesting sight in a ride about
The city, is a park of five acres on the
outskirts. devoted to the storage of
millions of dollars worth of different
kinds of munitions and machinery,
boxed and bound for n sea voyage. 1t
is designed for shipment to Russia but
the sending of it is now deferred until
Trotsky an d germany get through.
The public library is most elaborate
and beautiful edifice. The University
| of Washington occupies, on com
manding height, 2S0 acres of ground
all beautifully parked and improved.
The beauty and delights of the paved
drives among stately trees. up and
down. with ever changing direction.
wear adjectives to FRAGILE.
I Very regretfully | must now drop
Seattle with the title of beautiful
hymn. THE Half Has Never Yet Been
Told