Puget Sound and western Washington; cities--towns--scenery . MT. ST. HELENS FROM EAGLE PEAK IN MT. RAINIER NATIONAL PARK Mt. St. Helens has a cone of rare symmetry and beauty pnil is always ciaz/.lin«: snow-white, except for a fewweeks at the close of summer. The distance from Mt. Rainier, where the photograph was taken, to St. Helens isfifty miles in an air line. 24 Puget Sound and Western Washington. SALMON FISHERS AT KANAKA BAY, SAN JUAN ISLANDSLoading scows with salmon preparatory to towing the catch to the canneries. rail is a substantial second long-distancefactor, if not occupying first


Puget Sound and western Washington; cities--towns--scenery . MT. ST. HELENS FROM EAGLE PEAK IN MT. RAINIER NATIONAL PARK Mt. St. Helens has a cone of rare symmetry and beauty pnil is always ciaz/.lin«: snow-white, except for a fewweeks at the close of summer. The distance from Mt. Rainier, where the photograph was taken, to St. Helens isfifty miles in an air line. 24 Puget Sound and Western Washington. SALMON FISHERS AT KANAKA BAY, SAN JUAN ISLANDSLoading scows with salmon preparatory to towing the catch to the canneries. rail is a substantial second long-distancefactor, if not occupying first place. Whatthe automobile and the new highways maydo for this territory in common with theirworld development, can only be imagined,but it is evident that their part will be im-portant. LIFE IN THE CITIES AND TOWNSPerhaps the great natural process of as-similation ot 1, reign-born people with ourown native population could find no betterexample than that which has characterizedthe growth of Western Washington. Largecities and towns have sprung up within thelives of living men and have become cen-ters of culture. Universities, churches, hos-pitals, and thousands of homes of refine-ment are everywhere evident. The wealthproduced by enormous natural resources hasmade thousands of poor and unlearned menrich, and educational advantages quicklyfollow. Everywhere—in the ranch home, in the smallest


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