Today we conclude Mr. Perkins’ Bellevue poem, first published in a March, 1915 issue of the Kirkland News-Independent. “Downey’s mountain height,” in the third line of the poem, is now the Vuecrest neighborhood.

The view is here all right, all right.

It’s certainly a magnificent sight,

To look from Downey’s mountain height,

The landscape o’er.

And then again at dewy eve,

When the city lights one can perceive;

If mist and fog will only leave,

The atmosphere.

Bellevue can boast a boulevard

And also a short-cut Redmond road

Takes a 10-ton truck for a one-horse load.

Isn’t it immense?

Soon the flowers will be in bud,

The streets will gradually lose their mud;

And cows, as now, stop chewing cud

To rip up the fence.

The Improvement Club entertains us all.

It meets once a month in Community Hall.

Those not members are invited to call

On the secretary.

It has the enthusiasm of a baseball fan,

To improve the town on any plan;

Even to illuminate the old tin can.

And that’s hard – very.

The ladies assist and share the work,

They are all reliable and never shirk.

Attraction and energy around them lurk.

They are always right.

You may consider it rather tough

If compelled to listen to more such stuff.

We agree that this is quite enough.

My friends, all – good-night!

To learn more about Bellevue and Eastside history, contact the Eastside Heritage Center at 425-450-1049 or visit www.EastsideHeritageCenter.org