The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-06-01
IS IT SEEMS
TO ME
DANA SLEETH

-r there Be. with the sole
Mi exception OF the Colun-
~ hia highway. between
- Portland and Hood
~ River. another 50 won
hrrsl drive close to a big city.
. ecm seattle 10 Gle Eium. u has
-,~sa my motoring pcrigrlna.
,sss ard they have been cxten.
sw.
rsren,ly made this round trip
dav on one OF thcre DAYS
.s~e IL rained. and hailed. and
ryssd and the sun shonc. and AZ
!. various attitudes one found
rrisr. summer. autumn and win.
~ season after season crowding
NJ The other.
lar day would have been more
| xssant. but the storm clouds over
| i. mountains. the shafts OF gold
AZ crimson and orange stabbing
&ur thru the blue and gray
-.,ss and the challenging clouds
nzs swept over tho summit and
sssslsed you. these were gifts
rrh, from the colorfsi heart Of
~ eternal
@HE mar who can drop
down the east slop~
from the summit. and
-, who can drive along
- that wonderful lake. ard
81 the rush of the rare mountain
s-. and sc the miles on miles Of
ia and lake. and cloudiand glory
rfpliinx itself such a man who
~ 20 that and who Ia not lifted
~ exalted. and who does not re
~ his fAlth IN tho ultimate good
s-s Of natures cour~s--why.
Efk man IS no man at all. and
/ n sooner he begins 70 grow q
xr. hng tail. and praetic. tho
E<srt family habit OF ieaping
tun sough 10 bongh. the sooner
VI he b. fitted to cohahltats with
hsoshz asss-
mS1T WAS no, all glory and
beauty. This side the
summit was a mute
epic dashed on the
mountain. Four great
ksrfric locomotives had left the
ra<k and plunged hundreds cr
~ tOwn the precipice. Two OF
nes rants big ~ a small house
~ hssvy a. great one. had
sznrsd from giant stumps like
rieo<r balls. and had smashed
ers irngis and unierErowth and
Fosed ,hru bouldcrs and forest
Axs iorpe,Ioes
Narret. twisted. their great
afvi osams pulled into knots. and
~ heavy steel plates crumpled
y Toa would a shert ~ paper.
snearrd on the desolate hill.
ss1 Neglected wrecks. with tho
VT story q their dreadful. re
f'ssss plunge written In every
cs7ies Of their wrenched BODIES,
~ esds the ruined engineers
"a Of the most battered engine
WI Tas a twisted dinner pail
nH which the crows were ex.
f'eans the lat crumbs of some
~ mans lunch
sN all the heroes 20 70 war.
ne of them stay al home and
aszs their fate on the knees o,
an b. rushing over threads or
~ stuck 10 a wall Of granite up
snsng the clouds.
A QUIET wooded glade be-
tA side a wonderful noun
ain stream bore anoth-
81 er monument Of sorrow.
a few buildings were
efed In this little cIearing.
ssaliaTs with nailed .up door. ana
.a'ors, deserted. the little clear.
!. s''hg back to wilderness. and
ne roof and walls of the house
- 'arns and sheds. in great let
Tere painted these signs.
p,.a ~ Goat Farm-KiIled By the
:, An Effort al Homo. uaktny
% fatile by Secretary Lane"
!. y never Refuse 70 Relin1uish
r Co. ''''' ~ 4. X.
Nanted-House Mover to Move
,,s,.. Buildings to Scrip Loca.
!. Ana last Of all. a final sho, Ies,
u nrsefoot letters. 'eDont I,e,
inxs.s i" lhese Build-
..sosntly somebody had started
,e,ning that was suddenly
~ ss'aoned because Of some federal
kns. WI wnat or why do not
x1. s'at whoever had that
M am I'fi somewhat peeved.
49,. "ss Senator Miles Poin.
= ! would hire somebody 10
r,,,. ~ sppease this handy sign
d.. ana have him efface that
IAN ~ up in the top story
0 ana on the roof OF a long
shed were perhaps a
aozen goats.
l. b,,s The goats seemed 10
sIer. r'ng down the location an
u WY they were left there bv
rznd Seper | don't under
b. n,,.y .ney certainly did complete
rs,bIra be.'re Of desolatlon There is
nat. more mournfui IN all ami.