, 1888-10-18
AGrowing Region With Golden
Opportunities.
History Of Its Founding, and a
Lesson in Orthography.
ITS Capacity for Production - Expected
Railroad Faciiities.--Its Business
Men and Buildings.
Especial Correspondence to the REVIEW.

Especial Correspondence to the REvIEw.1
LATAH, Oct. IL, 1888.
According to the Nez Perces tongue, the
name Latah means the place where we get
our living--our forage ground. This name
was directly applied to the camas fields on
the upper Hangman creek, where annually
gathered Indian tribes from the surround-
ing regions, the men to gamble and race
horses, and the women to dig the camas,
the principal food of the tribe.
MIR. b. +. Copcn, the founder of the
town, happily hit upon this little word as
preserving bit of the Indian language
and securing more euphonious title than
would have been Hangtown of Hangman
Creek.
OF right, the creek should also be called
by the name of Latah.
HOW TO SPEAK IT.
We pronounce the name by giving the
long sou nd of "a" in the first syllable and
the short sound Y the second; with accent
on the first syllable. Some of the Indians
pronounce the word with short "a" in both
syllables. We should like to know whether
our friends OF Latah county, Idaho, so pro-
nounce and interpret the namep
BY the way, Mr.. Editor, why do you
spell Spokan with finan "e" when the
last syllable has not the long "a, but the
sound of "a" as in can? If you would
spell it S-p-o.k-a.n, as all Indians pro-
nounce it, at the head of your influential
journal, the people would soon adopt and
prefer the correction.
EARLY SETTLERS.
The first settler in. this vicinity was
Major II. II. Wimpy in the fail of 1872.
members of his family in the spring fol-
lowing. Other early settlers are Messrs.
Giboins, Bell, Cowles, Campbell, etc. The
country has gradually 6lled with enter
prising, industrious families, and there is
now no government land. and little first
class railroad land near town. Soinviting
was the country that capitalists bought
large tracts and thereby held back i'm
proyements somewhat, but during the last
two years much land has been sold to set.
tiers on the six.yearly 10-bushel payment
plan, and the country will now soon be
one solid grain field But many of the first
holders and buyers have more land than
they can handle, or are in debt, and the
best of land can be bought very cheap. So
there is abundant opportunity here for the
enterprising immigrant. The people
hardly comprehend the value Of their
ands because of the hitherto poor markets
Fruit trees are now beginning to bear
freely so it is certain we can count on
that addition to our products and home
comforts.
Latah was founded four years ago The
town is well situated on a gently slop-
ing surface of rich soil facing east
south and west, and wells furnish good
water at the depth of from twenty to thir-
ty-five feet
RAILWAY EXPECTATIONS.
Delay in railway building has kept the
town back, but now the Pennington road
is building through the town, and large
handsome grounds are being laid out for
depot buildings, warehouses, sidetracks
| and switches; and new life is being in
| fused into the whole vicinity.
1t is probably the intention of the rail
road company to make this point the prin-
| cipal shipping place between Pennington
and Rockford, which would allow the
town about seventeen miles of the best
country along the road, by seven to ten
miles on each side. SO it is in the midst
of large agricultural region, which is as
fertile as ever crow flew over.
ITS MILL CAPACITY.
Part of the year the creek affords water
| power for the saw and grist mill, but
steam is used during the dry season.
Timber is not far distant.
| The mill is four.story structure. with
the latest roller process. the machinery
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