87
Wild Elk in The Olympics (C.) Grant Humes 90
The Angler's Reward B. C. Collier 92
Spokane Scenes (Gr.) 94
Our Leading Educational Institutions (Gr.) 99
Our Earliest Pioneers (Gr.) 102
Seattle's Boulevards (Gr.) 105
Tacoma's Parks (Gr.) 108
Alaska, Land of the North (Gr.) 111
Those marked (Gr.) are groups; (C.) means copyright.

[Illustration: DEEP LAKE--A TYPICAL SCENE IN THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS.

Photo by Curtis & Miller.]

[Illustration: The EVERGREEN STATE

"O beautiful and grand,
My own my Native Land!
Of thee I boast
Great Empire of the West,
The dearest and the best,
Made up of all the rest,
I loved thee most."]

The state of Washington, most northwesterly state in the Union, named
for the "Father of His Country" and popularly called the "Evergreen
State," brings greetings.

For all who would behold, at close range, Nature in her most beautiful
expression when all component elements have been harmoniously combined,
these words of welcome are written. You are invited to come and share
the joy that emanates from the satisfaction of living in a country as
nearly perfect as any that earth has to offer.

In the creation of this region nothing was overlooked that might appeal
to the most fastidious. An empire within itself, it is provided with all
things for ministering both to man's physical needs and to his innermost
longings. All forces have contributed towards its glory. More careful
preparation was never made for the coming of man in any clime. Mountains
that reach to heaven and echo the music of celestial choirs in their
innumerable streams and waterfalls; valleys and plateaus that spring
into life when pricked by the harrow of the husbandman; forests of big
trees, perpetually green, to adorn and protect; the greatest of oceans
to temper with its breezes; inland seas and azure lakes to embellish and
attract--such are a few of the elements that make the State of
Washington and provide beauteous homes for its people.

[Illustration: SNOQUALMIE FALLS (268 FEET)--"THE NIAGARA OF THE WEST."

Copyright by Romans Photo Co.]

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