The Kusko times., 1927-03-12

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 For "a dollar down and dollar a month" homes, furniture for the same, automobiles and everything else except immunity from collectors can be purchased all over the Pacific coast. At east that is the system being followed by many people, gaso- line and postage stamps being about the only things that can not be pro- cured on that basis.
 Aside From California.
 While Caiifornians allow that there are other tSates bordering on the Pa cific ocean, they look kiwith compassion upon anything not within her own confines. But all the same, California not the only clam shell on the Pa cific beach, great as she is. There are other States with cities and towns, gas and "dog" stands. There is Port land, Oregon, for example. It may sound some what incongruous, but as Portland has never had boom, she is still booming. That is, Portland is going ahead in her usual, quiet style, and spreading over new territory like measles, no town on the Pacific coast having made more substantial ad- vancement within the past few years than that same Rose City.
 And when it comes to multiplicity of sawmills and other industries, Ia come, the city with more residents that look like farmers than urbanites, has kept pace with her neighbors if not outstripped them. The water front from the extreme border of South Tacoma almost t oSteilacoom is solidly built up with manufactur- ing industries, largely lumber mills and other wood product plants. While Tacoma may have larger percentage of populace with milk specks on their shoes than any other city in the West, it substantial and rapidly growing business center.
 Then There Is Seattle.
 There was a time not many years ago when the suburban villa of Ere mont was on the very north from Se- attle, but it is now said that 60 per cent of Seattle's population resides north of Fremont. In fact,athe. course of empire has, taken it's way north ward in Seattle to the extent.that res idents of the extreme northern border of the city now find it almost as con- venient to send their children to school in Bellingham as in South Se- attle.
 Seattle has grown, is still growing, and will continue to grow. There were not the usual crowds of people on Second and Third avenues during the afternoons of last week, but the temperature was low for Seattle at that time, and--well, thos esalt-laden zephyrs are very pentrating when only thin silk is between them and bare knees, and under the circum- stances it was natural that Seattle ties should not wander far from their fresides. Seattle is growing to the extent that good, substantial buildings are being pulled down to be replaced with larger and better structures in compli- ance with the demands of increasing business. ;, 1t is not true that everybody in Se- attle lays for the unsuspecting North- erner with the view sof .4s selling him something. The writer met and talked with probably thousand Seattleites last week, and as many, as a dozen of | them-possibly more-never said a { word about selling him anything. Victoria and Vancouver.
 In Holy Writ the sun is reported to have stood still, but Victoria, B. C., is probably the only town on the North American continent that can be said to have followed tn eexample of the