, 1884-01-19
ng was erected thls summer and

next season. Our public schools em-
plOy an excellent corps Of competent
teachers, AMI are conducted on an
advanced system. Children make
creditable advancement, and for a
preparatory course the school IS
equal to the best on the upper coast
The schools are well attended, we'll
conducted and are a credit to the
place. Besides the public school
there is a large, and magnificent
College at this place, just completed
a few weeks ago. The institution is
known as the Spokane College and Is
under the auspices Of che Methodist
! demo- inatiotS Thf 1eculty rrri.
bers some Of the mon learned and
capable educators in the country
and the college is bound to take its
place as leading educational insti-
tute. Besides this school the Cath
olics are building large and elegant
brick college after the plan of the
well known school at San Jose, Cal. ,
which will be ready for occupancy
I next summer. We farther hear It
TumOred that an Episcopal College is
to he built here at an early date. II
will thus be seen that Spokane is by
no means behind as to the education
al facilities.
As to the demands Of this market
| it would be impossible to innumerate
| them here, but at a glance at the ad-
vertising columns of the REVIEW
would throw a little light upon that
! head.
Brains VS.. Muscle-In all new
countries, and old ones, too, for that
matter, hard licks go further toward
| winning competency than brain
| work, although the brain Is an inn
pOrtant factor In the struggle. But
we do not exactly take hold of the
| question. Brains on toast have n
certain money value, and sometimes
one gets tooth into a piece Of meat
| wherein muscle seems to have had
| good price. Brains and muscle are
| pretty well divided in this section,
with, perhaps, a prepOnderance of
the latter. However, it would not
do for an emigrant to leave either
starting out west.
.Capital-There are many oppOrtu-
mites for men Of small means in this
| country. We cannot designate, not
knowing the tastes or inclinatiOns of
those having means. The fact that
] ! and per cent. per month is the
ruling interest ought 10 be sufficient
to make even small capital some
thing to feel good over
Houses, etC.-HabitEtiU. Of any
kind are very scarce and hard to
get. Notwithstanding over $50
dwellings were erected in 1888, there
are few if any to rent. A house Of
month, four rooms SIS to $50 and so
on. There is plenty of timber here,
the very best for building purposes,
in fact the city is surrounded BY a
dense pine forest, which extends
north and east far into the noun
tains. Lumber is comparatively
low, and there is an abundance of it.
1t is not necessary to bring a carpen-
ter, as we have number of expert
enced builders, but should he come
he would find enough to keep him
out of idleness. Wages runs from
$3.50 to $500 per day.
Help-We are under the impress
ion that domestic help is scarce, and
servants are able to command good
wages.
Indians and CHARS. People in
the east have a mistaken idea that
this country is a wilderness, and
that the residents thereof are sur
rounded with hardships and dangers.
| They were never more mistaken in
their lives. Spokane Falls is mod
ern city, surprising in many respects
places of equal size in the old inhab-
tied States. Our citizens enjoy all
the luXuries and cOnveniences of an
eastern city. There is as much cul-
ture and intelligence here as else
where. The city contains expensive
brick blocks, handsome residences,
good churches and schools. Law
and order prevails. Our stores carry
thousands of dollars worth of goods
of every description. Upon the
streets can be seen thrOngs Of we'll
dressed ladies and gentlemen. There
Is nothing Of the rOughness Of the
frontier. Daily you may see Indians.
on the streets, grOtesque in their
| primeval attire and dirt. No atten-
ton Is paid to them, and they,
wrapped in a greasy blanket and
| their own cOgitatiOns, pay no atten-
tiOn to encrOaching whites. As to.
varmiuts, il any exist, they cOurte-
Ously remain at home in the fastness
/ of the mountains, where they may
/ be prepared to entertain visitors but
/ happily never consider it advisable
] 30, na1 III 10
existed only few years ago has been
! relegaUed to the past. The star Of
| empire Ras done no lOaflng on its
way west, and the result is that
eastern Washington is being rapidly
populated ana developed.
Climate-This portion Of Wash
ing Territory is neither subject to eX-
cessive wet periods or long drOughts.
We do not claim that it combines
the mellow, delightful climate of
San Diego with the summer balmi-
ness of sunny Italy. Nor are we
subject TO the severity Of an Ice
landiC winter, While we have the
usual seasons of spring, summer, fall
and winter, Providence has so kind
ly adjusted the meteorological cOndi-
tiOns that the people escape the bitter
cold that Eastern States Of the same.
latitude suffer from in winter, or the
tOrrId heat Of midsummer. So far
this winter the thermometer has
only registered zero on two Occa-
siOns, and has been above 20a the
greater portion of the time. The al
titude is such, while not causing
any Inconvenience from rarity of at
mOsphere, that the cold IS not felt so
severely us at other places much
farther south. Snow falls here, but
is liable ut any moment TO be swept
away by the searI hing breath of a
'chinOOk," "A wind indigenous to
the country, which comes from the
Lord knows where and continues on
its voyage of erasurG until lost and
chilled among the mountain peaks.
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