, 1882-10-28
WALLA WALLA.
a FlOurisIlinG City With a
Bright Outlook.
HANDSOME HOMES AND GOOD
SCHOOLS.
The Natural shipping Point for Large Sec.
ton Of Fertile Land 4 Future
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WALL, WaLLa, (W. T. Oct !, SO.
Walla Walla is a city Of between 50oG
and 6000 inhabitants, and is a thrifty en-
isrprisins place, with large local trade
and rapidly widening out its area of com
n,ercial interests. Not only is the city
rich in many beautiful homes, but Its
society as whole is not different from
tat IN places Of It's size and Importance
IN the Eastern States. Most Of the carly
residents came direct from the East,
bringing with them correct moral ideas,
an inherent love Of law and order, and
this sentiment is ore Of the first things
remarked by the stranger. Walla Walla
never segregated that class generally found
In isolated Western settlements. Frou
the start it has been the dominent idea Of
It's people TO take every advantage of Ma
ture and art, and to erect here city that
should prove an attractive place in which
TO live. After the frontier effort, leisure,
means and disposition were directed to
the embellishment of the city, and to-day
the streets are tree-lined, long colonnades
of silver-leafed Lombardy poplar, locust
and cottonwood appearing everywhere.
The fora Of this city Is something wonder
ful, both in its character and extent The
exception is Ia find spot in the whole
city that is not tiower-laden- Embossom-
ed IN these almost tropical growths are the
homes of our people, modern cottages or
more pretentious mansions The people,
or most of them, who occupy these homes,
came here with little more capital than
muscle and brave hearts. The tourist
who walks about among these homes will
De told that the residents were, at their
coming, much poorer than the average Of
those arriving now. To be sure, the op-
portunities for accumulation We're greater
then than now, Just as this region is nos
a more favorable field for operation than
the oyercrowded communities OF the East,
where every avenue almost is Tiled, and
inviting fields for investment closed t0all
except the capitalist.
EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES.
Firmly engrafted upon the sentiment
Of this new community was the desire for
culture, and from the earliest settlement
To the present date, the school house and
all educational methods have been kept
abreast of the times Every movement
for the advancement OF education has met
with hearty response The result is a
matter Of pride. In the eastern end Of
the city are now rising the brick walls OF
one Of the largest and most complete
school houses in this Territory. Across
the way is Whitman College, now having
within its walls about one hundred stu
dents There the regular college course
is taught to students from this and the
Territories of Idaho and Montana. Ad
Joining the church Of that name IS located
st. PauI's School for young ladies' and
lesser girls, under the principalship Of
Rev. DR.. Lathrop. Two blocks away is
st. Vncent's Ccnven., in the care Of Sis
ter Superior Oliver; then ST. Patrick S
School for boys, and added 10 these is ali
excellent district school in each precinct
There is large religious element IN
this city, the churches representing the
Presbyterian, Episcopalian, Methodist,
Baptist, Catholic, Congregational, Metho-
dist Church South, and Adventists- As
rule the congregations are quite large
and the support liberal. The general
community give fair support to pub
he library The Opera House is always
crowded when theatricals of genuine
merit are presented. There are three week
lies and two dailies here, with an adver-
Using sheet, and several new papers ready
to start to supply "long felt wants" Aside
from the home papers, those published
outside Of the city are generally circu-
lated.