Show ja 9 at 5 faai SA ai in hollind holland no in the tha state of washington arv r e d by Nat national ionta society flo clely washington h naton D 0 service ITH largo groups of men WITH W returning to lumber mills and d of campa weekly ono one n W all hing ons leading industries to la showing signs of new life after 30 months virtual shutdown washington with mill only brief moments of economic sef finch has been forging allend ahead agriculturally since november 1851 when 24 white plon pioneers cers 12 adults and 12 children dis embarked from a schooner in I 1 kellott bay nn an arm of illgen sound cheerless Ohe erless the land hind looked to these pioneers plon eera HE as they bet act ab about oll t making their new homesite habl habitable ta the women and children dis cons olitte huddled under trees near the waters edgo edge while the in men L n scrambled to rescue their belongings from the fast incoming tide one of if tile tho women clasping her two months old child ent on a log and wept to her the primeval I 1 evergreen forest sweeping up from the gray waste of the sound to misted misled heights of snow capped mountains suggested only nostalgic longing to so go balul to tile tho illinois prairies had the young mother been ablo able to envisage what tile the son sha elio held in her arms was wag destined to took look upon her tears would have been forgotten in a dream of wonder and delight for that son has lived to see the settlement of 21 24 2 1 grow brow to a city of nearly seattle the story of seattle mirrors that of the whole commonwealth of washington in less than a hundred years the evergreen state ling has emerged from wilderness to modern civilization crowding three centuries of history into one spokane largest city of eastern washington I 1 with will n of more than celebrated in september sexteal ber INK its fiftieth anniversary tile the united states cebaus census of 1800 found in washington territory fewer it than I 1 an persons that of 1030 1930 recorded more than a million and a half in tho the state frontier life still there the evergreen state Is so close to its beginnings that in parts of it frontier life far from being a half forgotten memory Is a thing or of tho the living present within PO no miles or of seattle skyscrapers hardy pioneers are wresting their living from the wilds of the olympic peninsula just HE as did their fathers of tho the oregon trall trail many of them must backpack back pack supplies leq to their homes up tip mountain trails that wind through well nigh impenetrable fastnesses fast nesses of untouched forest A state serin senator tor from jefferson county the son of one of the earliest peninsula settlers sett lors boug bought lit an automobile mobile only a few years ngo ago and built for it na as convenient a garage ns HE possible BS 15 miles from his house I 1 to see washington for the first time Is to experience the thrill of discovering n now new country to live within then to go BO away from it and return after a few epars absence la Is to know that thrill again krom from islands to mountain heights la Is only a step in washington the amazing contrasts of scenery tire are keynotes of the states perpetual charm shukman Shuk san feet high geo geology Reolo logt gl enily one of the oldest mountains in north america thrusts its rag ang god pinn neles against a sky of perfect blue vertical ridges and rug ped ged crags of bare rock rack showing mark among otters of ice fee gorges and fonn itna cataracts from the serrated peaks banners of snow wave in a high clean wind while mists rise like smoke from the forests below the tc I 1 line now wrapping a hold promontory in downy whiteness now breaking free to lly fly away in clouda holland of america one of the last of ive washington volcanoes to nine fling arth orth its tires mount tinker still occasionally 6 aiom om several near its summit but its liend bond rising to nn an altitude of to ia fak betts fet Is ts turbaned ned with eternal snow tind and enst fields of tee ice send 32 12 major glaciers coursing down its GRIM bides from the sublime heights tilt road flows down to pastoral lowlands and fertile fields Wha tcora county Is known as the holland 0 of f america for it to la the home of dutch bulb culture in the northwest aror more than 20 years commercial bulb growing which now Is spreading throughout the entire illgen sound area has been an important industry there tile the little town of lynden shipped 14 carloads 0 of f bulbs in 1031 1931 when the tha tulips daffodils hyacinths and narcissi or are in springtime bloom it t takes little for a visitor to fancy himself in the netherlands dutch farmers and their wives and children working the gardens wear wooden shoes alaby quaint old customs us toms of the netherlands tire are followed in the countryside about lynden where hundreds of bulb growers from the mother country moke make their homes A jolly old Gelder iander fashions the shoes of alder wood working with knives and chisels lie ile can make six pairs a day to his customers measures tile wooden shoes tire worn only q the fields at night they are set in orderly rows on tho the back bach porches rathers mothers and the childrens in graduated 8 sizes izes like goldilocks bears belling liam the tulip city cit y fourth in size in washington and sent seat of the largest of the three state normal schools presents a kaleidoscope its marine drive a splendid paved highway hewed from froin tho the high shoulder of mountainous hills bills overlooking bellingham ham bay and tile the lovely san juan islands Is one or of the wonder roads of tho the state everywhere throughout on t the city are green lawns and lowers flowers they even display their restful charm niong along the water front among industrial plants and about the entrance of the coil coal mine that supplies hundreds of industries up and down the pacific coast lumber and agriculture fishing Is nn an important source of income to many towns find and cities about the sound but lumbering and agriculture hold the major positions near isear bellingham Is the government experimental farm where dutch bulbs are cultivated and set acl improved tind not far away la ili a large operative cooperative co poultry hatchery devoted to building up su superior perlor chicken breeds the poultry station boasts the champion laying hen of tho the united states whose record of eggs in days Is surpassed only by that of a canadian hen ten years ngo ago Wha county imported most of its supply of eggs today eggs tire among its principal exports dairying Is no whit behind poultry raising and sugar beet culture Is growing by leaps and bounds the striking thing Is that such ill dl versified versifier versi fied resources have been developed in a country whose greatest wealth ling has been had still Is in its forests la Is the lumber capital of america a charming old world seeming city on commencement bay the famous deepwater deep water harbor surveyed in 1811 1841 by charles Charlos Wilkes the discoverer or of the antarctic continent ships from many distant ports come to the docks tor for cargoes not only of lumber and all sorts of lumber and timber prod acts but of flour refined ores and the nhun abundant dant produce of the puyallup valley yakima Is famous for its apples but to visit tho the apple capital of the world one goes to We wenatchee natchee tile the town of population that has shipped car carloads londs of at applei appleq in a single year par together tchee and yakima shipped carloads of apples in 1930 more than 40 per cent of the coun arys com commercial mercIll apple crop and despite the lowest prices in history realized a profit spokane Is in the tha center of a grent great playground within CO 50 miles of it are arc 60 lakes inkes tho the citizen who emulates izaakl walton can fish in a different lale lake every week weekend end of tile the year and have some likely an alers C dens left for holidays or it if he prefers fishing in running water w he can nick flick a fly to in any one 0 of a hundred trout streams oms |