, 1888-11-22

dictive but anonymous joker.
THE REVIEW STAFF.
j. A. Crisler, of Mica postoffice, fifteen
miles Southeast of Spokane on the Rock
ford and Spokane stage road, came to the
city on Friday and returned home yester.
| day. At the REVIEW office, reporter
took occasion to inquire concerning the
conditions and surroundings Of that fertile
and progressive region. and ascertained
the following facts:
Mica is the name of the postofiice, as
above stated, and the postmaster Is Mr.
| Goodrich, who also keeps store. 10 is ait.
uated nine miles southeast of Rockford.
MIR, Crisler has farm of 800 acres one.
fourth of mile South of the small town,
| of which $50 acres are inclosed, with sew.
enty.five acres under cultivation. The past
season he leased bis ranch to Thomas
Rambo, meantime he himself was engaged
in running the steam and water sawmill
of Joe Henreich n Co., near by. He says
that wheat and oats are the best fodder
| for stock. Quite good many cattle are
raised thereabouts by the farmers. al.
though it is not especially "A cattle country.
| The land is not all settled upon, as
| about one-half of it is owned by spectators.
| According to the land surveys that town
ship is twenty-four north, range forty.
| four east.
RAILROAD PROBABILITIES.
There is much talk about the Washing.
| ton Il Idaho. that being built from Farm.
| ington nearly thirty-hve miles southeast
| to Rockford, also the other line, the Seat
| tie 4 Lake Shore, coming down from Spo.
kane Falls to connect at Rockford, and the
inhabitants expect Il depot will be built
there or near by, from one of these two
roads.
CIVILIZATION
The farmers thereabouts are industri.
Gus, hopeful and enterprising. They have
a good school which held two terms dur.
ing the past sumner Miss Katie Bruce
is the capable teacher, who lives about
three miles from the school house and
rides her pony to and from the school each
day.
THE RANCHERos.
Within an area of three miles from the
Mica pOstoffice, the following named hon.
eat, healthy, muscular citizens reside:
c. Nelson, 100 acres; Mr.. Mulouine, the
California ranch, 1000 acres-raises wheat,
oats and barley-has 100 head of cattle. is
prosperous man land a bachelor) who
has lived there twelve or fifteen years;
the three Rinear brothers, who live ada.
ceat to each other on seperate tracts-of
these, two have l60 acres each, and the
other 240 acres; William Rambo, eighty
acIes-one-half of which is under cultiva-
tioo; James rutherford, eighty acres; A.
G. Rubeck, 100 acres; John Sahli, l60
acres; Hans Olsen. 100 acres; Mr.. Gun
deron, 100 acres; j. Davey, 800 acres
r. Davey. 100 acres, and c. Fl. More.
house, 100 acres. This latter farmer
raias large quantity of all kinds of veg.
etatles In twelve acre field. He sends
the products to the mines.
1r THE KIND OF LAND.
Two kinds of soil characterize the
earth in that noighsoshood. One is red
dish clay and the other black loan. IL
is Of good depth, and we'll adapted for the
growing of wheat and all kinds of fine
large vegetables. The farmers consume
the bulk of their products at present, but
ship heir surplus wheat to Spokane Falls.
They plow for the spring crop
each year just as the ground gets
moisened by the fall rains, in Sep.
tembg and October, as the rain
happens to come; and plant just as soon
as theground gets in good condition IN
the spriug. along from the middle of |
March to the middle of May.
THE LUMBER INDUSTRY. ]
The land is rolling and contains much !
good pine timber. Joe Heinrich & Co.,
at Their mill. have the water power of
Rock Creek, for the motive power of their !
mill, and steam power to use when the
water n low. Twenty-horse power is re-
quiredfor running the works. They have
been saving lumber there during the past
five years and furnish a fair supply of
lumbeL 1t has three double circular saws
with gang edger. The engine is 30.
horse power, with capacity of $4,000 #. a
day. II turned out l.500.0 900 feet of lum-
ber durng this season. AS q sure indica-
tion of ;he regular growth of that vicinity,
this entire product has been sold to, and
used ur by the neighboring farmers. for
building houses, graineries, barns and
fences
ROCK CREEK.
This fine stream of water flows into
Hangmsn' 8 creek that enters the Spokane
just below Spokane Falls" said MIR. Girls.
Ter:
"Hansman creek?" said the tenderfoot
reporter, what an odious name for such
beautifp stream near such great city
"Yes, that is so, and it ought to be
changed am told that its old name was
Latah, aid although | do not know what
that means, it " ould not be suitable. 1t is
reproaCh to Spokane to tolerate such a
Dame. Itcoma changed the name of Mount
Rainier t. that of Mount Tacoma"
well. my friend,' said the editor of
the REVIEW, who chanced to overhear this
conversation, las this is entirely your sug-
gestiop, 'uppose you change it. When
you go back to Mica. call on Miss Bruce,
the teacher, and you two put your heads
together ind select new name for that
stream. II you do SO. have due regard
for suitability as to its situation and sur
rounding scenery. If YOU do not, we
know of another party that will; but you
first. and now take one month. until the
18th of December, when if no name is
furnished by you, it will fail to other
brains to DO so"
Prnmisiap To nnt his head alnn uside of