. Travel January 1915 . ericans that they are the most religions pe< -pic on the face of the earth. We profess to stand for a seven-days-aweek faith, a religion of business. We are seriously interestedvice crusades, in movements for better foods, for stronger childreiand sturdier men. We battle against Tammany with all the lustinesthat St. George lunged at the proverbial Dragon. We are a race oreformers. When we enter a new land we set about cleaning thstreets and wiping out disease. We stand uu- a people governed, ncruled. And these ideals are written indelibly on our skylines, in theffici
. Travel January 1915 . ericans that they are the most religions pe< -pic on the face of the earth. We profess to stand for a seven-days-aweek faith, a religion of business. We are seriously interestedvice crusades, in movements for better foods, for stronger childreiand sturdier men. We battle against Tammany with all the lustinesthat St. George lunged at the proverbial Dragon. We are a race oreformers. When we enter a new land we set about cleaning thstreets and wiping out disease. We stand uu- a people governed, ncruled. And these ideals are written indelibly on our skylines, in thefficiency of our roofs. Compare the aspiration of the needled spires oi an older generationto the strong, masterful hulks of buildings that reach up above orAmerican cities. Temples they are of the new order, even as th<spires were of the old. Hands pointing to Heaven.* the olden spireswere characterized. Can it not be said of our skyscrapers that the)are mighty arms held up, like those of Moses on the mountain ! 36 i I 1. The Man Who Brought a New Railroad to Spokane STRAHORN is his name, and his title is, or used to be, vice-presi-dent of the Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Com-pany. But Spokane prefers to know him as the man who broughtit a brand new railroad—on a silver platter, if you please. And whenthe other day not only that new railroad, but still another importantsystem—the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, if you wish to be ex-plicit—began running its trains into Spokane, it was Robert who struck the final ringing blows with the heavy sledge-hammer that united two ends of tracks and gave two railroads aSplendid pathway through the heart of the town. Of course you know Spo-kane, or know of it. Per-haps you can pronounce itsname correctlv, which is noordinary feat. Certainlyyou must know of its mar-velous growth—open lotsand real estate agents yes-terday and to-day real es-tate agents still, but a well-built, metropolitan city ofsome 150,000 perso
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