, 1881-11-19
UP COUNTRY ITEMS
From the Spokane Chronick. ]

From the Spokane thronlcE'l
Since the Inauguration nf tie university
movement. = large number OF building lots
have been purchased oa The north side OF
the river.
There are .5S children Of school ag' IN
this county-i6ss enumerated; not eau
merated So; children in the county 2S'S
Last year the number of children OF sclooi
.ye was about ons-half of the number gwen
above.
Il can be fairly shown that more actual
money, profit and family comfort can be. ana
has been made this year out forty acre
farm in Eastern Washington than ont 81 an
ordinary 200 acre rented farm IN the state OF
Indiana, Kanaaa. IIIinois OF ohin.
Certainly labor is very scare here and IN
the adjoining country. Those who haul
wood to this place tell rs that it Is almost
impossible to iind choppers or laborers OF any
kind To find a man to do common labor
.bout a store or house h, re In town Is SIMPLY
not possible.
John Squier brings us good report Oh the
business in the Pend dOrriile country lie
s.vs there are evidences on all aides Of the
most rapid pushing of work by the railway
COMPANY, snd it is likely to continue through
ON, the winter. John brought In q wagon
load of money and orders cut OF that country
Father Ca'aldo returned from Colrilie on
Thursday last, wbe;e lie met strong encour-
.eement in behalf Of his educational 'nst'tn-
,;on In tl,is Locality there IL an unusual
enthusiasm ret a.Ging this enterprise, and
that it viii h. carried ont aud hr,nI to
Spokane Falls greater and br'ter results
than almost anything ye' maugnrat"d, th're
can be 10 donbt.
After some canvass among rewSp-p'r men
il has been decided t. attempt tie oTSin!zA-
t,ou of a Press AssociatiDn, which shall hr
dist,net:vely Of E.sten Washing on. "A
newspaper e,Il,ors and ~ri'rrs ~ho iav"r ti't
movement, and aii! loIH 1t, are Requested L"
notify the editor OF tins pap,r by letter.
Ont OF tine On go";an Palmer dIsPute
comes the knowledge that the ''big. imo.'yl
journa. is Publishing ta.'nt ontsIdri. II
must lie pleasant Tor cdit1rs OF c"I"tfY
papers, patrunlzing patent oHts.de'' t" Nn""
they are dubbed ..crnbs, by the man to
" hom they are pa, g mon'y from week to
week.
Having now 4 memorial, asking tohcress
to mite the Fan Hanle OF Idaho Nth East
ern Washing ton, We hope Delegate Hr'nts
will not Oulg urge t'i-. but the matter o.
our statehood Naturally. yOgraphieai'y,
and according To- the sh of the majority II
the people III kootrnn county, 1t Iei"hg' L"
East I'll Waghinl,..n. III. people at h""t-
nai e0uury ILahn, All, nr'er 4 hv s1"at fhe
matt.r. are oaruos'ly III i..r"c - ii" a'1 ex-
alton
Tie sn.dlers Il. f.rt iUiNrie not ""iy
rails 4 about 400 h,.si els nf the largest ani
finest eating p.t,t.es "a tar iGdr.d IN tins
section Of ,.oGntry. hat an mm'nse an"""t
Of cabbage. S..in.. % the C,lyiile cabbage
shown by K. W. Forrest last week vas as
LARGE rs \ half Lnshel meas W., aLd as hne III
quality as any ..ne c,.u!I ~isi. With a soil
that producrs potatoes, eabhage.. tnmlps'
melons. wheat, oats and harley, which " onld
take the premium at any state far m the
east. the farmer in that se:tlon has all that
Gan be desired in that direction. and can
fairly commend his locality to the Immigrant