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Show THE STATE OF WASHINGTON. Only those who are on the ground realize by what leaps and bounds the state of Washington is advancing. Alaska is her special suburb; she is the chief supply station for the great new northwest, the chief depot for the treasures that come down from the lands of the midnight sun. Then from her ports opens the shortest lines to the Orient and time is everything to modern travel and commerce. The men of Seattle are already al-ready disputing with San Francisco the problem of ultimate greatness, and while we do not think any west coast city can lower the prestige of the Queen City, we. think it is true that Seattle may aspire to be to San Francisco wh, Boston is to New York. Our west is pretty much of a great country. |