Life — December 22, 1927 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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All-America Travel Contest | Weekl riz Seattle ‘Minneapolis | eekly Prizes Spokane" apo For the best answer to cach of Kay Vernon's letters: Portlan B ne ssHFalo Bosto First Prize - - - - - = $75.00 / Wr in Three Second Prizes of $25.00 each ( Salt Lake City, K NE eho St. Teer Final Grand Prizes \ For those who have the best record throughout the Los Angeles eulsa Dallas atianta Contest as a whole: y . 2 San Di New Orlean. y First Prize - - - - - - $400.00 an Ries ELPaso Hovston ee vile | Second Prize - - - - $200.00 “San Antonio Tampa Mi F Third Prize - - - $100.00 S \ Miami tleston THIS IS KAY’S FIFTH LETTER VAR Epiror: America. We saw long lines of Northern Pacific rail ttle at last! Aeroplane — road cars, all bearing the stencilled im of a mountain travel may be all right for the goat. I enjoyed playing with the tame grizzly bears, “dumb” type of girl, but, honestly, and seeing the Triple Divide, waters from whose summit I feel positively bursting with con- flow into the Gulf of Mexico. versation, after traveling miles and We flew over Spokane with its famous hotel, the €\ miles without being able to say a Hayden, and beautiful Lake Davenport shimmering in word! the sunshine, and then soared across the Sierras to We stopped off at St. Paul, where I had my first attle and Tacoma—known as the “Sister Cities glimpse of the Mississippi River. Just east of St. Paul, They are divided by a huge mountain, which is called across the river, lies Minneapolis, its principal suburb; “Mt. Seattle” or “Mt. Tacoma,” depending on where and I heard a lot of talk over there about the two places you happen to be standing at the tim Tacoma is on being combined soon under the one name—St. Paul. Puget Sound, where those darling crew men from. the Minneapolis was once famous as the home of James University of Washington do their practicing for the J. Hill and Schlitz beer, but now St. Paul leads in New London regatta manufacturing, and besides it has the state capital and The principal point of interest in Seattle (“The Lum the beautiful St. Paul's cathedral. ber Capital of America’) is a huge tower where the Well, after a perfectly thrilling day, we hopped off famous Smith Brothers coughdrops are made for the weit, passing over Phalen Park, with its won- Lovingly, derful Japanese Gardens, and flying over the Lincoln straight towards our next stop, which was National Park, in Wyomir inally the stamping-ground of the N know they stamp terribly when they dance). The first thing we saw when we taxied the plane up P. S. To-morrow we leave Sea and follow the line to the Glacier Park Inn was the shining summit of of the ColumbiagRiver south to Portland and then to Going-to-the-Sun Mountain, the tallest peak in North California. Hooray! ADVICE TO CONTESTANTS EAD the conditions carefully! They mark the corresponding number of Kay's p weekly cash prizes—whether you . will be found on page 31 letter. Fe your answers this have competed before in the Contest or Be sure that your name ad- should J “A. « pre of Kay's letters you ever, the better will be your 0 win one of the Grand Priz words, and address, The Judges will consider only the write ‘them neatly bly or_your . be counted. ansirert which conform to the simple At the top of each answer you send in, You are eligible for one or more of rules o« stated in the conditions. Answer Kay’s letter! Correct her mistakes! comicbooks.com