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have spread over the valley the jSjie silt to which its remarkable fer- 

 tility is due. A generalized section of the vaUoy is showTi in figure 2. 

 The domuiant industry in the vicinity of Kent is dairyings and 

 herds of Holsteui cattle may be seen in the fields. There are con- 

 densed-milk factories at Kent and Auburn, and the 

 two have a combined average daily output of about 

 96,000 cans, or 25 carloads. The red-berried elder 

 (Samhucus callicarpa), a showy shrub in June, is 

 likely to attract the traveler's attention along this 

 part of the route. On the left, a mile away, is the 

 bluff of the great gravel pit of the Northern Pacific 

 Railway, which shows the structure of the ancient 

 delta of Green River. Near the pit are tho Nortliern 

 Pacific transfer yards, containing 37 miles of track. 



Kent, 



Elevation 40 feet. 

 Population 1,90S. 

 Seattle 17 iniles. 



Auburn. 



"Elevation 74 feet. 

 Population 957. 



Seattle 22 miles. 



On the east (left) side of the valley, 3 miles northeast of Sumner, 

 is the power plant of the Puget Sound Light & Traction Co., where 

 water drawn from Lake Tapps, on the upland a few miles to the 

 southeast, develops 80,000 horsepower. 





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Sumner, 



Elevation 70 feet. 

 Population S92. 

 Seattle 29 miles. 



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FiGtTEE 2.— Generalized section of "WTiite River valley at Kent, Wash. , showing alluvium-filled depression 

 in glacial deposits, including (a) Vashon drift, (&) Orting gravel, (c) Admiralty drift, and {d) deposits 

 of present stream. 



As Sumner is approached a yeast factory can he seen on the left. 



On the rightj near the station^ is the grarel pit of 

 the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, which 

 shows the general composition of the gravel cliffs m- 

 closing the valley. 

 The Sumner and Puyallup country, once noted for its hops, is now 

 hetter kno^\Ti for its fresh and canned fruit, especially raspberries 

 and blackberries. Here the Cuthbert red raspberry reaches perfec- 

 tion and is grown in enormous quantities. The Puyallup & Sumner 

 Fruit Growers' Association, consisting of 1,400 growers, has its own 

 refrigerating plant and in 1913 shipped 600 cars of fresh fruit to the 

 eastern markets. 



Puyallup is the home of Ezra Meeker, a pioneer who in 1S52 with 

 an ox team crossed the plains and mountains to Puget Sound. In 

 North Puyallup ^^^^ ^^ returned by the same means of conveyance 

 Seattle 31 miles ^ "^^^^ Puyallup to New York City, marking the Oregon 



Trail at many points by monuments. The brilliant 

 yellow flowers of the gosmore, or cat's ear {HypocJtseris radicata), a 

 near relative of the dandelion, abound by the wayside. At North 

 Puyallup, with its beny farms, the railroad enters the Puyalhip 



