, 1883-07-07

somed on the present site the growth
has been steady and rapid, and of
that permancy Of character that be-
tokened future supremacy from the
very beginning. Its natural situa-
tion makes it the entrepot for all
mat vast domain lying adjacent and
In easy Communication, that is now
settling up with marvellous rapidity,
and it will ever be the chief distrib-
uting point for all this upper country.
The quality Of the buildings under
construction and already built DEM
onstrates the faith of its people in
the city, and their willingness to in
vest their means in substantial i'm
/ provements. Houses are going up
Z "a every hand. In the business Sec
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eOcks that would be credit to any
9ity, are under way, while the eye
cannot rest on a single street which
does not give evidence of the man
ipulatiOns of the hard-wOrked car
penter and mason. There are whole
sale and retail establishments of
every description, the sales Of which
foot up to many thousands of dollars
annually, two newspapers, two -four
ishing banks, number Of manuflc-
tories, several wcll-attended churches
the best of school facilities, while
every branch Of trade Is represented,
The people are active, energetic,
wde-awake, and making money.
Strangers are welcome to their midst
ard every encouragement is held out
lC the better class of immigrants.
Real estate is sold at reasonable fig
ures, but is steadily increasing in
value, making an investment now
N assurance Of a rich return hereaf-
tar. Few places can be found where
nOney can be put into land to a bet
tr advantage, nor where a greater
Potit is as certain to be derived by
tie buyer. Every piece Of land that
en- be purchased, and the number of
lds is limited, as the many owners
peter to hold OF, Is 50 situated as to
lIsure an advance inpricc, and can
b readily used for building pur-
pses. Within close proximity to
tie city property has made remark
able advance, not by any means, all
things considered, either unnatural
or too great, and the way men Of
means with large experience are in
vesting it is safe to say that before
two years the same property win
have doubled or quadrupled in value.
Every day new arrivals interview
the numerous real estate agents loca-
ted here for the purpose of making
purchases, and no one has been found
VINO has expressed an idea that land
IS too high, or that the present prices
viii not sink into insisrnihaanos. an
comparison with what they will be.
- WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
The future, as well as the present
prospects of Spokane Falls are unde-
niably fattering, and assume such a
shape as warrants the people in being
enthusiastic. 1t is not an imaginary
fantasy, either, for the causes that
are to effect the anticipated growth
Of the city are real and tangible.
The city is not builded upon the
sands Of possibility, but founded on
the rock of certainty. 1t has not
shot up into prominence under the
influence of substanceless exaggera-
ton, or from the mOmentary effect
Of "bOoming" but has stood upon its
merits, backed by its unlimited re-
sources, that are to lift it up to a
place among the leading cities Of the
Pacific slope. Leaving st, Paul, COM
ing west, the traveller traverses a
wide scope, sees many places Of in
viting appearance, but not until he
reaches Spokane Fall does his eyes
rest upon a city that so attracts his
attention and awakes a desire for
further investigation. The result is
he stops over and when once here he
has no wish to prolong his journey.
Starting from Portland, eastward
bound, Spokane Falls is likewise the
first place worthy of note on the
route, and the voyager may go on,
but he never overcOmes the feeling
that had he pitched his tent at Spo-
kane he would have realized that
content that he may never find else
where. Other places in Washington
Territory may spring up and flourish
for a time, new towns and older in-
habited cities may thrive and look
toward the Falls with envy, and,
perhaps, outstrip it for a day, but
Spokane will move calmly along and
in a few years there will be in exist
ence on this spot metropolis of vast
extent, numbering its inhabitants by
the thousands, its wealth by millions,
and its power will be beyond the
present estimate of man.
SAKE.
CHOOSING "ABE'' CAPTAIN.