, 1885-04-25
COME AND PARTtKE.
The Inducements Held Dat to Imui-
grants By Spokane and Ste.
Vehs Countles.

We would call the attention Of
Immigrants who are eiming 'uut
west' for the plrp0se Of settling
down and securing home to the nd
vantags's Of that PARTON Of Washing.
ton Territory embraced In SPOKANE
and Stevens counties, situated In the
extreme northeastern corner NJ the
territory. Il Is not our intention to
convey the impression that thrsr
two counties were sliced 0Ot Of para
disc, for the benefit Of mankind who
1T this late day may be looking for
locations, but whea they nre placed
side by side with the sine extent Of
real estate taken from any porllon of
the northwest, we are Of the opinion
that these two counties will stand
the crucial test Of comparison. The
Que chief desire and hupe Of the man
who turns his hack on his old hoine,
and trHvels far away to pastures new,
h to improve his conditions, and II
he Is not careful In the locality he
chOses to scttle down 10, he nmy be
sadly disappointed, and In following
years mastiCate the unsavory eud Of
reflection In which the ghost Of 81
wish hadn't" will cuiSa conspiru-
Gus figure. In presenting the In
ductments held out by this particu-
lar locality It Is not the wish Of the
writer 10 throw a glAmOr over SET
tiun that will not pan out on inspec-
tion, nor do we wish to awaken the
lnsane idea that there exists in
Washington territory, or elsewhere,
any blessed spot where the sponta-
neous productions Of the earth insure
a man lie Of indolent ease with
constant growth of his bank account
II immigrants are looking for a place
where labor Is = wori strange to the
Language Of the people; where some
hody Is 10 help somebody else into
afiiuence; where life Is nll rose
rolOred, and the palm Of every mans
hand Is silken unto the touch, they
do not want to get OF here, NOR fur
ther west, nor in fact anywhere on
this mundane sphere, 50 far as heard |
from In fact 10 get there baggage
will have to be checked over an air
route, ln direction that the engi-
neering skill Of man has not as yet
been able to run line. But to the
industrious, the energetic, the tena-
ciOus Of purpos'.; to the man WIN
comes to the cOast with the aim and
the intention Of making a home
and remaining with It, 10 grow up
or old with the country, we feel that
Inducements to hold him exit rIpht
here The opportunities that are
now presented will all be taken ad-
vantage Of within. a few years, and
in the matter Of land, ~ ali things
else, Il Is the rule that the first come
Is he-firSt served, 50 that those who
are after claims should make no de-
lay in securing the same. The
openings here are varied Ms else
wherr where the ingenuity or main
strength Of man Is enlisted to earn n
livelihood. While Spokane and
Stevens counties are located at a
point alnrlningly nOrthward as seen
on map, yet the climate Is so mild
compared with the same latitude In
the east, that the resident here fire.
quently doubts the accuracy Of the
map-maker. Occasionally the mer-
curry in the thermometer has the
very bad taste to try and crawl out
Of sight, and II has been known to
be as low as 80 degrees below zero,
but this never lasts more than a day
or 40, and almost before the settler
really realizes how cold II Is, the
merury glides up with a kind Of
apologeticAl rapIdlty, and comfort
Hgaln reigns over the face Of nature.
Snow falls to various depths, depend
inga good deal upon the humOr Of the
weather clerk, and remains probably
for two months, n the chinook does
not happen along and rub it off In
single day. Winter does not gener-
ally set IN until hate in December,an
II is no unfrpquent 81 iEht tn see plow-
ing progressing In February. The
enervating, deHth-dealing heat Of
the eastern states Is not known here,
and after sundOwn In summer the
tired huslandman ean sit In his door-
wny and have his beaded brow
cOoled by the gentle zephyrs Of
night, that almost always make II
blanket comfortable appendage to
abed. The character of lhs country Is
diversified. There Is n large portion
NJ It level plateau, rolling prairie,
creek bottom, btnrh lands, heavy
tImher land, some p0rtiUn mount,in-
Gus and broken, and a quantity Of
scab, or rocky lands. The soil IL n
llack loan, and in pL,res sandy,
gravely and clayey. The land Is ex-
ceedingly fertile, and very large
yields Of wheat, birIry, oats, burk-
wheat, rye, corn and other griin-
are repnrtPd every season. II l. not
rs god corn lands ss the pr,irirs Of
Illinois and low =, hut we have seen
-Dme samples grown here that WIS
equal To the corn raised anywhrr'.
According tn carefully rOmpiltd sta-
iistl,s. the soil 0f Washington terri.
tory yields larger average to the
acre in many gr'ins than any state
In the Union. The average Of bur-
ley to the acre Is 90 bushels; ia K
wheat, ~ bushels; corn, 10 i'ushrls;
oats, Il bushels; rye, II bushels;
wheat, "a bushels, figures that the
choicest sections elsewhere cannot
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