, 1882-01-28
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sr..su. ". T.. jan n 1889.


Sraasul. ". T.. jan 4 lsS@.
Eprron SrArxsAAS.-In your issue %
January 2lst notice IN article IN rsea.u
fo our thriving little village, and from inc
tone ef il there seems to be doubt about
our prosperity and the country arocna
shout US, and by your permission l shan
endeavor to give you tthoush crude! =
truthful account. No one can judge OF .
country by merely passing through 1t on
the cars, and persons who give sncn a
opinion do wrong, both to Themselves and
the place. they speak of, and create q"
impression which, though false, create An
impression which 1t takes time to oo-
hterate.
Sprague is los miles east OF Ains"ortn'
and nest les right in the midst OF as hne
an agricultural country As can be iouho
in the great Northwest Timber Is not
as plentiful as might be, but there Is
enough for present use. Lumber can De
laid down here for from SlS to $z2 per
thousand. Water is plentiful and OF the
best quality. The necessaries of life are
pretty high, but competition viii soon
lessen the burden. Bindings Of all kinds
are going up in town. Two hotels are In
full blast, kept by John Cody and l. D.
Newton. There are also five private
boarding houses Conway 4 Layton have
about completed large and commodious
hotel. Dewitt Brown is also erecting
large building to be used as hotel and
stores. E NJ. Kinnear and E Dane
have each respectively general merchan-
disc establishment where large stock of
goods are 10 be found but l think an
other store would do well, and get share
of the increasing business /; and with q
bakery, restaurant, 10 saloons and Chi
nese wash house, l think We deserve the
name of town to say the least Of it. The
n. P. r. R Co. are putting up extensive
buildings here. A round house to hold
II locomotives, car shop 75x225, and
machine shop 76xl22 also turn table,
blacksmith shop and other buildings
They have also in course of erection a
splendid building to be used as offices,
which, l am informed by Mr.. l. d. New
ton, under whose charge it will be put
up, will cost in the neighborhood of $780,
900; 1t is being pushed to completion as
fast as possible.
am reliably informed that very nearly
all the government land within o radius
of twenty miles has been taken up; 30
also has a large quantity Of railroad land,
which go to show that We have country
to back US Up. Men who have lived here
for the last fifteen years, Say that this
cannot be beat as wheat producing re-
gion, and from samples that l have seen,
it will compare with the best wheat that
was ever raised on the Colusa plains OF
California. Fruit, as far as tried. has
done well, and all kinds of vegetables are
raised in abundance-in fact anything
that grows in the temperate zone will
grow here, and all the land lacks is the
touch of the plowman, when nature will
respond in way that will make this a
paradise.
Sprague is also the nearest aud most
direct route to the Big Bend country and
Forts Spokane and Colville, all other re-
ports notwithstanding. Wilson, Crab,
Deep Cole and other creeks depend on
this place Tor their supplies. Several
pack trains have left here within the last
two months for the Kootenai country in
British America, and think Sprague as
distributing center has no equal this
side of Portland
Frank Powers, carpenter employed
on the company's work, fell from the top
of the car shop, some 80 feet, and sus-
tanned injuries which it is thought will
prove fatal. As this is the first accident
that has happened since the commence
ment of work, it goes to chow that care
in every respect Is taken. COLUsA.