, 1880-10-23
The Spokan Country.
fren spokan 10 waIsa Walia VITA Celfax,
LeWlstoa and Dayssa.

The Spokan Prairie is abou; 30 miles lon.
and from s to 10 miles wide, through the
center of which runs the Spokan river
The soil is generally composed Of fine
black losm with slight admixture oi
tight gravel. l have seen \ section fenc'
ed and sown with wheat which produced
better crop than any have seen in a
200 mile ride from the North, through
the most fertile portions Of this Valley
Although the edges of The rolling hills,
every foot where water ian be found is
taken up and cultivated; all the vegeta-
bies and fruits that c.rn be raised in the
wALLA wALIA VALLEY
can Re and are pr, duced in the Spokan
Country; ana stock ra;sirg viii always be
an important aud highly reaamera;ive in
dustry, as they eau winter without Iced
The Occur d d'AleneLake Country is cap
able of supplying it with all the cellar and
other timber it is eysr likely to require,
but it is IL Pen d Oreiile that railroad
men look far their ties and tin,l er for
construction purposes, as IT Is capable Of
supplying the whole Territory for a cen-
Jury. The railroad crosses the Lahe at
Sardy Point following up the north side
Of the Lake for 30 miles The gap he
tween Helena and Pen i Oleille, = dis
t,nce of POO miles, is the hardest portion
Of the construction On the whole line Of
the Northern Pacific from Dlluth to the
waters OF the Pacific.
Chief Eng neer Mccartney has body
of men surveying the South side pf the
Lake preparatory to Continuing the grad
ing The ties ar piled along the line Of
survey up 10 the head of the Prairie. The
timber lands ont sue of the Spokan are
good for cultiva -I"n, and the land on
either side Of the Like when cleaned of
timber Will be eA'remely rich and incap-
able Of exhanstivr Cedar lumber brought
from Portland sell, readily at Walla Walla
Tor $40 or $40 per thousand feet, with the
completion of the
PEN poREILLE DIVISION
OF the Northern F,c dc railroad, it can be
supplied from $ okan at one third the
price The Occur II Al,ne Military Post
mas fOnr companies of soldiers, and like
Colvil!e and Mss ala, beng on the 40
parallel, must IT, permanent because Of
hostile Indians ON either side ut the bor-
der Water can be obtained on the Fral-
ri s by'sinking from l2,o - feet. 1t is
almost an absolute certainty that large
town VIII he eventually built up at some
pom. near the Pen Il 0reiile Lake Spo-
kan Falls contains many tne large build
ings An addition of % more rooms is
being made TO The Columbia Hotel
Glenn Smith, the Stage man, has larger
livery stable than any IN Walla Walia,
and is still adding additions; in short Spo-
kan Falls, In many respects Will cdmpare
fayorably with Walla Walla in proportion
to lis population and advantages The
great want of the Spokan country is n free
bridge across the Spokan river and it
would pay the United States Government
to construct it as it pays Jerry toll enough
in one year to build the bridge. The
telegraph line is in the hands of the Unit
ed States, and they not only transmit
messages for % per cent. less than other
lines, but you are sure of getting decent
and civil answer to an inquiry McCan-
non has charge Of
WELLS, FARGO & cos OFFICE,
the highest point the company have at
tanned as yet; with the construction OF the
railroad they will connect with Missoula-
We left Spokan at 4 A. NJ behind splen-
did stock in charge of a eentlemanly dri-
yer and dashed along the line OF the rai!-
road. Everywhere the work of cOnstruc-
,ion is in progress, and camps Of white
men and Cinnamon, with horses, plnws
and scrapers are ac lively at work Here
we got off the regular trail and brought
up at Colfax During the whole day s
travel We passed through farms and
farms and farms; at every point as
far as the eye could see extended
before the ''srsns" Of the white man were
few and far between Camped along the
water COURSES are the wagons aud teuts
crowded with mea, women and children
fresh from the Western States and all de-
lighted with the country. Even S,ep.oe
Butte, the highest point III the country is
in a high state of cultivation; cabbages
and potatoes growing right Oh its summit.
The harvest was being gathered as We
passed through and good judges estimate
the crops of the whole country AZ not
mere than 20 bushels to the acre, there
being great falling off this year both in
quantity and quality. Railroad construc-
ton is lending an enOrnIus impulse to the
settlers and mex. year the vast acreage
which will be under cultivation 1t Will
AsToNIsH THE WORLD,
when We have direct railroad commnnica-
handling of grain, this country viii possess
ton with Puget Sound and with cnly one
a bonanza by the side Of which dozen
Comstock l,des will he nowhere.
One farmer says he can make good
living at 30 cents; can lay up money at GO
cents and grow rich with wheat at 81 per
bushel Collar is lively and progressive
place, but it is not advantagcously located
but from the price Of town lots its inhabi-
tants don't think 50. Both ColfaI and
Dayton expect, as well as Walla Walla,
that ell the railroads are gong TO center
there, they are both thoroughbred enter
prising little towns, full Of energy and
hope, and surrounded by rich agricultural
communities. The stores there are most
ly supplied by the great mercantile hrms
of Schxabacher & Co., johnson, Rees &
nd h.r
Bros. Ct Walla Walla, who also supply the
Spokan, Colyille and KootenAi countries
Considerable interest is manifested by the
people living north as to whether the n.
P, Railroad will
CONNECT WITH WALLA WALLA
or not. They hold the opinion generally
that if it does MT SO Connect, IT will GRIP
pie it somewhat, and if 30. then property
in this city is at its maximum price and
high rents cannot be maintained II the
properly holders Of Walla walla wish to
maintain the supremacy Of the city the
obvious remedy fer them Is to encourage
manufactures and home industries. and
this can only be done by reducing the
price Of real estate and coming down from
the eItortionate high rents which makes
Walla Walla to-day the most expensive
place 10 live in in the interior
II is five years since the writer has vis-
tied Walla Walla and the change in this
time is startling. Five yea1 ago the city
had one dray and DR.. Baker vas solicit
ing money from citizens to build his
srsAP-IRoS RAILROAD
In thu CITY. Beautiful and costly strue-