, 1882-11-04
Spokane FallS

Every stranger visiting the city on the
Spokane, is ready to repeat all the hearty
encomium. lavi.hed upon it, and the yisI,or
who goes there two or three times a v..- :,
always surprised at its almost m.rvelo,.
growth and thrifty appearance, and unre.
servediY e1claims with Lieut. SYmon.: 1T
certainly is une1celled in the whole world
as a town SITE" But the little city is no.
allowed to rest quietly in picturesque idle
ness, Tor thrifty, enterprising people, hswers
OF wood and drawers Of water, have located
there and propose to make Of the place not
only beautiful, but a Commercial educ,-
tional, and, if possible, a manufacturing cen.
ter. OF the last, Lieut.. Symons says:
The number Of manufacturing enterprises
Tor which this place seems adapted. i. very
great 1 may enumerste, besides those mer.
toned above, the manufacture Of all kinds
OF wooden ware, OF agricultural and farm i'm.
piements, wagons, carriages, furniture
leather, harness, boots and shoes, pork her
and iron and metal works in great VARIETY
Large numbers of emigrsnts have been ,n5
are coming INTO thi. Spokane countrv lpraJ
hlther by the tine agricultural prospects. bv
the abundance OF remunerative labor. the
prospects OF large manufacturing e,t.bl;sb-
menfs, and the bright mining outlook"
1t has been the custom to say that the
Spokane soil is not productive not suitable
for agriculture. Lieut. Symons has made a
careful and disinterested examination of the
soil in question, and of it says:
ut would be mistake, however To sun.
pose that these plains are valueless. They
are well adapted 10 grazing purposes, and
throughout there are large patches and strip,
where the rich soil la, collected in sufficient
quantity and depth to give most excellent
farming lands Some OF the garden farms
on these fertile patches are already lannon's
for the quality and quantity of their pro-
ducts"
In the city proper the work of develop
ment goes rapidly on. The new flour mill.
gram elevator and chop MILL erected by
Messrs. Haverm,le & Co., one of the largest
IN Eastern Washington. is rapidly nearing
completion. 1t is situated on what is known
as the Small Island, directly in front Of the
town
The new bank building erected by A. NJ.
Cannon, merchant, banker and mill owner,
is one of the largest and handsomest struc.
lures IN the territory. 1t i. three stories
high with mansard roof, and i. in architec-
ture and general appearance, companion
bGlding 10 the Ladd bank building in Port
land. 1t viii cost about S26, 600, when all
complete
". c. Gray has completed the additions
to his hotel, the CalIfOrnia House, and now
has the very best accommodations for one
hundred guests.
y company has been formed with the OBJ
iect Of ting brick block on Riverside
avenue opposite Mr.. Caancn's new building.
that viii he 900 feet front, 80 feet deep.
and three stories high
The new banking house ops rated by F. r.
Moore 4 Co.. will be opened at Spokane
Falls in week or two.
The Sprague Hotel, recently erected near
the depot, is about completed, and will be
thrown open on the 18th of November.
Gen. Sprague has presented the house with
splendid flag, which, when given TO the
breeze, will float over one of the largest,
best furnished and most convenient hotels in
fIg prrar .,uu,ry