, 1883-12-29
SPOKANE FALLS.
A Kind word Frs,m the Portland
Standard

The following interesting article
ON Spokane Falls we take from the
Portland Standard, and the author is
none other than G. B. Carlisle, as
one can easily realize from the
warmth Of the effusion:
"As a specimen city Of the Pacific
Northwest, Spokane Falls, Washing
ton Territory, takes the lead. II, as
il hls been aptly termed, the North
ern Pacific Railway is Il rosary of
beautiful and thriving towns and
cities, the Standard is cosmopolitan
enough to experience pleasure and
qualification in knowing, and saying,
that for rapid, yet permanent growth,
for enterprise and thrift Spokane
Falls among all the towns in Wash
ington Territory, is the gem; stands
pre-eminent. 1t IS doubtful if the
Western slope Of the continent can
produce Il better eXemplifcatiOn of
indOmitable pluck and push, a proud
er result of genuine American enter
prise than Is afforded by the career
of Spokane Falls.
Less than thirty months ago, SpO-
kane Falls was village Of about 300
people; raw in growth in all that per-
tanned to progress. To-day, a bustling
city Of more than two thousand peO-
pie, with bright newspapers, church
and college edifices, opera house and
public halls, bank and business blocks
Of metropolitan size and character,
elegant residences, parks, and drives,
municipal arrangements for gas and
W tor wOl ks ,detiantly challe lges pub
-aSc-dttentiOn. The city gives an open
armed welcome to all cOmers, and
prides itself upon doing the hOnors
royalty; especially if there is that in
the credentials of the stranger which
guarantees an addition to the moral,
social, financial stength Of the COM
munity.
Spokane Falls is no longer mere
promise. but performance. 1t is the
Vestibule or gateway into vast, and
as yet comparatively new Territory
on the North; an empire yet to be
taken from the only isolated portion
of the continent and transformed
into inviting and prosperous homes
for hundreds of thousands of people;
a region already available for the
farmer, the miner, the stOCkman
and the lumberman. To the South
lies tributary an agricultural domain
unequaled in production; to the West
stretches away the famous Big Bend
country, and on the Fast, the farm
ing lands merge into the mining dis
triCt OF the CPur d. Alenes; the Com
stock of the Pacific Northwest. For
these mines, for all the immense do
main we have mapped out, Spokane
Falls is the commercial metropolis,
the base Of supply, the market for
production, and nothing but the
Llindest stupidity or narrow selfish
policy can forfeit this advantage.
Within the gates we find citizen
ship that while it is phenOminally
liberal in the interest Of all that adj
VanCes the moral, social, religious
and educational status, gives quick
recognition to the multiplying re-
sources Of that locality. 1t is pleas
ant for the Standard to make this
statement; not intending any invid-
iOus comparisons with other towns
in that region, which are big with
the muttering greatness of coming
municipalities, but to simply chrOni-
Gle that which Is highly creditable to
the people Of the community in ques-
tion, Of interest to our local readers,
and information to the intending i'm
migrant" =