TWO COAST CITIES AT WAR.
Portland and Seattle Jealous of Each
Other's Advancement.
The rivalry between Seattle, Wash., and Portland, Ore., for commercial supremacy is showing no signs of abatement. Frank W. Showers of Seattle was at the Hotel Baltimore in Kansas City yesterday. He is one of those who believe that Seattle has ever other city in the Pacific coast country bested.
"Seattle and Portland are at each other's throats all the time," Mr. Showers said. "This is especially noticeable in the open contests for conventions of importance, as well as the real battle to induce big commercial enterprises to locate there."
