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the cotton-fields and is becoming impor- 

 tant in the shipment of raw cotton and 

 cotton fabrics for the Oriental market. 

 When a steamship leaves Seattle in 

 summer the crowded decks and docks 

 resemble the busy and inspiring scene 

 upon the departure of an Atlantic liner 

 at New York. The fact that most of 



now building hotels, making roads, cut- 

 ting paths and procuring guides, so that 

 scenery may be enjoyed to the best ad- 

 vantage and under comfortable circum- 

 stances. Our scenery, from the White 

 Mountains to the Pacific coast ranges, 

 may be included among our resources, 

 as substantial a source of gain as the 



From Geo. M. Weister 



Portland, Oregon, Mt Hood in the Distance 

 " Our Pacific coast, unlike our eastern seaboard, is high and rocky " 



those passengers are not going to seek 

 gold should convince us that it is time 

 to count scenery among the important 

 assets of the country. Every year in- 

 creasing crowds are drawn to Alaska by 

 the mighty glaciers, the rugged fiords, 

 the snow mountains and the splendid, 

 bracing air in that part of our domain. 

 Among our western mountains men are 



Alps of Switzerland which bring into 

 that country millions of dollars every 

 year. 



OUR COASTAL PLAINS 



The United States, in the main, is a 

 great central plain bordered on the east 

 by mountains of no great elevation, and 

 on the west by plateaus and mountains 



