Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1921-03-02

Dear Aunt Madge;
must tell you about visit we
aaa 70 Nettie Clay Herrick, a
| former Bluehill girl.
| We left Seattle in the carry li'oi
| , on the Great Northern rallroad'
and travelled all day through lhe
of Washington and Oregon.
Our first stopping place was at la
| coma. ;s
| r,oo,a a city of Washington, is
| ;.,,,od on Puget Sound at the heao
| If navigation. The city is built on
,,lrN 200 feet high overlooking the
| sound and the Cascade range win
| ry neaks of Mt. Tacoma IN
| the distance. A., no
rha citv was laid out by the Ia
| ,,a land Co., organized by the
| u, of the Northern PACING
nau,yav which bought in 1873, l6'ooo
- land near the little village
| If Tacoma, consisting then Oh one
Iii and the homes of it's work
| man They made IT the terminus VI
| , o.d and have built there two
| 6na hotels. one of them costing s'oV-
non u &c a beautiful building with
| oxtansive grounds. The large Veran-
dab is an ldeal pla'e w ~
| or lunch. 1t was thronged the DAY
we were there, and many coioreu
| norters were serving guests, many OF
them being tourists.
Great hanging baskets filled with
vines and blossoming plants gave
| festive air to the lively and animated
scene On the wall of the great sa-
loon lust back of the verandah was a
full-length, life-size portrait OF
| christ wondered how many of the
great throng of people rushing
| through the room gave the picture a
| passing thought,
There is a regular transport ser
vice between Tacoma and London.
| Trains laden with lumber, minerals
| and hops meet steamers in New IoFk
! city The Tacoma Lumber Co. covers
| eighty acres in the city, and 1t
| owns 10000 acres of timberland. and
! 5000 acres of coal land Many steam
| ships load at the wharves of the city
| for China, Japan and Australia
| There are also large smelling works
| The city has population of
| $4,000.
| AS the train sped on we saw large
! farms devoted to loganberry culture.
| The bushes are set out in rows wide
| enough apart SO horses are used in
| cultivating them. and not weed or
| bit of grass is seen. There were
many factories for canning the ber-
ries and making logaaberry juice.
! We also saw many numbering plants,
| for they lumber the year round In
| Washington and Oregon.
| We We're much interested in the
| great steam log haulers. One of
them was in operation on the precipi-
! !ous side of a hin. And the way the
great cables and pulleys landed logs
at the side of the railroad was
| testimonial to the skill of the in
| ventor, Sometimes we saw man.
moth trucks loaded with the
mighty logs of fir and pine on their
! way to the mills.
An aeroplane followed our train
p, and dipped and curved 50 near us
that we could head the letters on
the wings.
| We passed through Centralia and
Chehalis, both populous cities in
| Washington. Then came Vancouver
on the Columbia river. Our train
| rushed over o long bridge at this
point, and we We're in Oregon. This
state is in the same latitude as New
| England. but it's climate resembles
| that of Maryland The winters are
mild and the summers not oppres-
| sive and the rainfall is abundant
| Stock raising and wool growing are
| Important industries,
| Coal and iron are abundant and
| the yield of silver and gold is very
|
| cellent fish and immense quantities
| of salmon are canned and exported
| Most of the cities i'm Oregon are in
| the western part of the state.
| The large Malheur Indian reserva-
| ton is in the eastern part of the
state. near the Des Chutes river and
| Lake. Harvey. Portland on the
| Willamette river, is the largest city,
and it is the shipping and distribute
ing center of Oregon. The ,Shriners
had their annual meeting in Portland
the week before we visited there,
| and the city was still decorated for
the grand event. The great arch of
| welcome was still standing and
Arabian statuary was everywhere l
don't know what the building ma
terial was, but it was creamy white
|
| mache.
The statues reminded me of An
tony and Cleopatra that l had seen
in museums, but l was told in Port
| land that the order of Sinners
originated in Arabia, and the designs
| for the statuary came from there.
The city paid out $4,000 for decora-
tions and the entertainment of it's
| guests. There We're eighty four
bands to make music for the occa
sion. the convention a memorable
make the convention memorable
occasion.
The Columbia drive in Portland is
the most famous drive in the world
1t commands wonderful view of the
Cascade mountains. and those who
take it are thrilled the entire dis
lance by the diversity and grandeur
of the mountain scenery.
Mr.. Herrick was waiting for us a
the station. and after a pleasant troll
ley ride of three and one-half mile.