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table miner to marketable shape,
Around and about, extending miles
upon miles in every direction are in
exhaustible forests Of pine, cedar and
other woods from which is manufac-
tured excellent lumber, an industry
still in its infancy, and which does
and will always pay heavy revenue
to all engaged in it. At the very
door of the city exists one of the
most extensive, practicable and un-
limitable water powers on the cOnti-
nent, not excepting that Of Minneap-
oils, which has been the wonder Of
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has been the primary source Of the
growth of that great manufacturing
metropolis. Here there is room and
sufficient water to keep constantly in
motion, year in and year out, thous-
ands of factories, and it is the exist
ing belief that in future years the
power will be utilized to its utmost
capacity and that the banks Of the
noble stream will be lined with pom
derous buildings, while the hum of
machinery will reverberate over
the roofs Of a city containing thou.
sands of happy and prosperous people.
RAILROADS.
The Northern Pacific, that double
belt of iron that spans the country
from the Pacific ocean to the great
lakes, passes through Spokane Falls.
Its completion is only matter of a
few weeks, when the place has direct
and rapid communication east and
west. The railroad magnates have
so much confidence in Spokane Falls
they discriminate in its favor by
making it the only point on the west
ern end of the line, except the ter
minus, to which through tickets are
sold, the difference in the price be-
! ing so marked as to make it an OBJ
ject to the settler to purchase his
ticket only this far, thus throwing
him in the very midst Of the country
that he is most anxious to visit and
settle in. Besides the main line
feeders are to be throws out north,
south and westerly Tom this point.
! A branch is about to be constructed
nom the F.Jls up through the Col
vile Valley, an extensive and rich
AGRICULTURAL grazing and mineral
bet, and will probably be extended
TO tap the Canadian PaciRe. A line
is contemplated, and in time Is GER
tain to be built from Spokane,
through the Big Bend region, and
the northern tier OF counties, strik-
ing shipping point somewhere on
the sound, perhaps at WhatcOm.
Another projected road is to run
from here up the Hangmln Creek,
tapping the rich grain producing
lands, that are so extensively culti-
waited in that section. These various
lines, and others, are promised and
when completed, as they are certain
to be, will make the whole country
within Il radius Of hundreds Of miles
pay tribute to this city, also making
the Falls a railroad center Of consid-
cradle magnitude. Speaking Of rail-
road centers, it Is aprOpOs to state
that Illinois has its Chicago, Indiana
its indianapolis, Missouri its Kansas
City, and in time Washington will
have its Spokane Falls.
THE FALLS,
Besides their utility for furnishing
motive power to machinery, is one
of the greatest natural curiosities in
the North. A short distance above
the city the river is split into sew
eral branches, forming numerous
islands of all sizes, from small bear
rock anchored in mid stream, to
wooded islands several acres in ex.
tent. The water is cold, pure and
remarkably clear, furnished by the
melting SHOWS and springs that CON
centrate in Lake Ceur d d'Alene, from
which Spokane river takes its source,
and the current chafes and frets
over its rocky bed in bewildering
and frantic undulations, hurrying on
ward to the great leap with the ve-
locity of thought. 1t first breaks in
numerous cascades and lesser falls,
until, opposite Post street, it throws
itsclfintoa mass Of immaculate foam
and lacy spray, down a declivity of
many feet and the angry waters
seem hOarsely to roar out their dis
gust at being compelled to undergo
such extraordinary exertions.
METEOROLOGICAL.
The climate at Spokane Falls is
peculiarly conducive to good health,
and is free from the severeties Of
that Of other portions Of the Union
In the same, or lower latitudcs.
Nothing in the shape Of weather
could be an Improvement on that Of
this season of the year. The warm
sun savors Of summer, but 1t is so
temperate that oppressive sultriness
is absent, while the evenings are
cool and delightful In the months
Of July and August there is some
hot weather, yet the thermometer
seldom indicates heat above 100 de-
grees, while the nights are so COM
Portable that one can always sleep
under blankets. In the winter snow
falls at times, and some cold is ex-
perienced but nothing to compare
in duration and intensity with the
stinging, vigorous severity Of the icy
winter months OF the Northern
States, and even at that season the