, 1888-05-17
A CONTRAsr.

attributed the happy life which he and his
wife had lead for more than forty years, to
the fact, that he was away from home dur
that time about three weeks out Of every
four. Looking beyond the witticism OF this
remark, there is to be discovered In 1t the
bedrock Of sound philosophy and OF true
compliment. It is only by going abroad
that We are able to appreciate what We have
ut home. II IL only necessary for citizen
Of Spokane to cross the Mississippi and get
q whin Of the air Of the Atlantic seabosrd,
to sigh and to sigh deeply for the life and
ways OF this great western land and western
town. The old enete, worn.out, thread
bare, modes and manners Of that life, can
not be borne by one, who has drank the
ecstatic ozone OF this free and happy west
ern country
Think Of an eastern housekeeper going
out to the passing wagon OF farmer and
bargaining for ten minutes for five cents
worth of apples or six cents worth of toma-
toes. Contrast that with land where
you are always ready to buy anything for
two bits. even fyou have to make the
sacrifice Of having 1t charged.
OOutTuSt ttuesDcuSChcu hho hhS'J
OF the east. as 1t rolls to the opera, to this
land of freedom where the bootblack Is
swell fellow at the play and a good all
round fellow anywhere. Contrast land
where inherited money answers not only
for shape and talent. but for society, cul.
ture, morality and religion to land where
men spend their time In tracing mineral, in
stead OF ancestral veins, and when they
"strike 1t rick" "blow 1t in" for the good
OF their fellows and the comfort of the peo.
pie generally.
"That girl has fine figure" remarked
an eastern wit, lone hundred thousand
dollars" Here in the free west the girl who
Is the prettiest and dances best Is the belle
of the ball, no matter whose daughter she
Is. This Is indeed freedoms own land. II
you don't like Spokane and the west. go
east and try II month, and then il you are
out of money, beg, borrow or steal your
way back here. Take any town in the east
with population Of fifteen thousand and
compare It with ours, where Is there any
other place to which the people are going
at the rate OF one hundred day? Where is
there another place where buildings OF such
magnifcence are being erected. and so many
of them? East or west, north or south,
where is the equal Of our own Spokane in
progress and prosperity? Go look OF our
falls then put every dollar you have on earth
In real estate here. Get on our street cars
and ride out to the west end, and when you
get out there and see the beautiful resi-
dences. where only two years ago there
was wilderness, be man enough to
go home and kiss your wife and be thank
full that there will be a chance
one day for you to sit
under the wins and fig tree Of your
own brown stone front. With three railroads
here and three in sight. there will be a
chance for us all to leave who don't like
the place.but it is more than likely that the
rush then will be into and not out of the
Union depot. The truth Is. the real naked
truth Is, that when contrasted with eastern
towns, 1t is plain that no one Of them all
will ever be able to get horizontal view
of Spoksne's coat tail in this world, and
contrasted with western towns we can
knock the chip of OF any Of their shoulders
without standing on tiptoe.