, 1888-10-25


up winter and summer. That OF the past
wear has been marvellous, but In point or
numbers it Is expected that the arrivals or
| 1889 will many times double those OF %.
THE BACK NUMBER.
However, to return. As heretofore
mentioned, the most interesting feature
of this back number Of the REVIEW Is
resume of the building operations for that
year. The seeds of enterprise that BIOS
somed forth in such marked and extra
ordinary display of advancement during
the summer of 1888. were planted the
year before. Some considerable building
was carried on during 80, and the plans
were then laid by the residents of means
for the architectural additions that sprang
| 80 rapidly into existence the season follow
ing, and which was the forerunner of the
prodigal expectations in practical struc.
lures that have been made in later years.
The com mencement of the remarkably
rapid growth of Spokane Fails
may nearly be said to date
new era in the history of the place. just
as proud, enthusiastic and self.satished
we're the inhabitants over the result OF the
seasons work at the close of the year 1888
as are the people Of the city to-day over
the phenomenal advancement Of the Falls
during the past ten months. Very mod
est and inexpensive were the buildings
erected that year as compared with the
magnificent mammoth brick, iron and
stone edi6ces that have taken shape under
the hands of the artisan this summer
that stand as monuments to the faith and
liberality of our people, and which are
architectural decorations that any city
might well feel proud Of.
And small indeed was the amount ex-
pended in Improvements in the year 1888,
as weighed against the enormous treasure
that has been invested in building opera
tions this year. Nevertheless the lauda.
tory comments and grandiloquent congrat-
ulatory announcement Of the good work
accomplished that appears in the REVIEW
before US is not a whit less extravaRant nor
more honestly earnest than will be the
record and comments thereon as they ap.
pear in the press Of the city at the close
Of the present year. The earnest jealous
and lurid loyalty displayed by the
REVIEW on that occasion gave evi.
dence that the editor had large stock
of faith in the city and the
result of the past five years demon
strates that this confidence was not mis-
placed.
WORDS OF PREDlCTlON.
II is interesting to read over the sum
mary as then published under half col.
umn of flaming headlines that appealed to
the reader after the following fashion:
"An Epoch in the History of Spokane
Falls--Its Magical Growth. Its Substan-
tial Prosperity and Its Promising Future
A Season Marked by the Most Lavish Ex-
penditures, etc., etc, etc.
Our purpose is to now quote few ex-
tracts from the article in question, so as to
give the reader of the present day slight
idea of the unfaltering faith of the REVIEW
and the old settlers. even at that early
day. in the prospective future of Spokane
Falls. 1t shows the. spirit that
animated amin sna the population; at that
which are one and all Indebted for the
beautiful city that exists here to day. The
subject is handled with q great deal of
exuberancy. The editor fairly efferves-
ces in his fullhess of heart over the
successful season and the happy outlook
The appearance of brick walls and an in-
fux of new faces are auguries Of approach
ing greatness, that moves him to lift up
his voice and chant, and he goes on thus
with a feeling of doubt as to our
dolilUy W Lrcdb IHt suUJtCU IN manner
that its importance deserves, we take this
opportunity at the close of the old year to
record the wonderful changes that have
taken place in this city since the begin
nipg of 1888, while our residence here only
dates back as far as the first of May. Yet
we visited the city in the early part of
January, and as the greater portion of the
improvements that have so changed the
appearance of the place have taken shape
since spring, we are In position to recog
nize and appreciate the transformation
that has spread over the city during the
spring, summer and fall months. In the
histories of future towns there has always
been recorded seasons of phenomenal ac-
tIvity, when the inducements for building
up town have been such as to justify
placing any confidence in future for the
place. We have read, in years gone by
OF the magical and wonderful
growth of certain favored places,
when the surroundings have
held out great inducements to settlers, but
we doubt if, outside of a rich mining
camp, there ever existed city on the Pa.
cihc slope that could honestly boast of
such an extraordinary development as has
taken place in Spokane Falls during the
past summer. Where boom has been
founded upon imaginary advantages the
spirit of life infused in the place dies out
as suddenly as it cane into existence, and
such places in short time sink into de-
serted villages, and the blocks of build
ings erected at heavy cost lay idle and
tenantless, while glaos and solitude take
possession of the streets. But
Spokane Falls was not built upon such a
trarsitory foundation. Its resources are
not prospective, but ever present 1t does
not depend upon nourishment and support
from problematical uncertainties, but
from resources never failing and inexhaus-
tible.'
Then the writer goes on tn enumerate
the undeveloped and varied resources that
we're and are still tributary to the city
dwelling at considerable length upon the
C9ur d'Alene mines, then Just coming