Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 October 1912 — George Babcock Now In Tacoma. [ARTICLE]

George Babcock Now In Tacom a .

George M. Babcock, eldest son The Democrat editor and fore lintoype operator on this paper, w lth ' has been jn the west for the past t' ay ’ months, writes a letter home und' re date of October 9, and among othc things says: ' re

I left Seattle yesterday and can, over here to Tacoma by boat, sever miles from Seattle. The trip is of fine one, mountains on each side \ the sound and summer homes r. ‘ over the mountain sides. to They have only one big shop he# r ’s They publish a morning and attend noon paper. I “hung up my On the board. When I came ba< at 6 o’clock I was slipped up f two days at $5.50 each day. L. night I set 1650 lines in 7 hov of The “dead line’’ is 1,350; that eve if you set any better than 1,350 11 ... your job is safe. Several of dir ‘ regulars worked seven days *LI-,) lyeek on account of the scarcity;res“subs.” I hope to get in a wet q c work here, then go to Portk Ore., and from there by boat San Francisco. It is about 700 m to San Francisco from Portland, ,‘lfth 400 more to Los Angeles, the ’ 2 gest machine town on the co “ They halve nearly one hundred i e . chines altogether in Los Angeles? ali - The weather here in Taconwrisjust like a nice cool summer mo our ing, everything is as green. as be. Flowers are very much in < yery de nee here. People say the gi r a is just beginning to grow age

that it will be prettier here than it is now.

Tacoma is a considerably larger and more up-to-date city than Lafayette, in buildings, parks, etc. You remember the old cable cars that were used in Chicago several years ago. In Seattle and Tacoma they use them for cross-town service, having tile trolley cars for the best runs.

Tacoma is about as hilly as Seatitle. You can walk five blocks north of the Ledger-News office and then on turning around it is impossible to see the business district, which is located near the water fronlt. Some of the inclines are fifty feet to the block. Everybody here has wheels equipped with coaster brake. On the trip over here one can see the clouds hanging down about the mountains, and fog settles here each night. Snow covers all the high peaks of the mountains around Spokane, Seattle and Tacoma.