, 1889-07-11
IN A GREAT CITY.
A Waitsburg Mans Impressions
of the Metropolis of the
Northwest.
A Record OF Rapid Growth I'm
precedented by Any City in
the Worlds History.

A citizen Of Waitsburg writes TO the
Enterprise of that place from Spokane
Falls, under date of June 20;
One recognizes that he is in city
when he arrives at Spokane Falls. There
is the increased speed and that shrek of
the whistle which trains always put on
when entering u metropOlis---ns IT in de-
spur of its arrival receiving notice. At
the depot there is the vuciicration of
bus men, and in the midst of the city
there Is the rllmbling of street cars, the
brisk step of those thronging the walks;
and the high brick building fringcd
about the shoulders of the second story,
as you look across the way, with bands
of telephone wires.
Spokane is u threc-dccker city, but
there are some five story buildings. The
one In which Mr.. II. :. Burgan manages
NJ. Seller, fine CrOCkcrv and glass hu-i-
ness has five stories. IL has taken three
men more than two weeks To uupaCk
and put on the shelves the stock for this
store, which opened the 25th. The lucu-
ton and business Is one of the best In the
city. Mrs. Burgan has not vet returned
from the East. Watson Gailv and James
Mccoy, both former students of Waits
burg Academy, are i'll the employ of Mr..
Burgan.
one privilege we enjoyed very much
while doing Spokane was the free
reading room In connection with the Y.
NJ G.. a. This was not more than twice
as large as the one in our academy, hut
seemed to bc well patronizcd We were
amused one day when some visitors, evil
IDENTIFY from u ranch. were shown the
room by friend One was very largo
man and one Il middle-aged woman As
she passed our seat she remarked half in
inquiry and half in wonder, 81, this all
you folks has got to. dor
This reminds us that we had tho prom
iSc of a Y. NJ. G. A, and reading room in
Waitsburg last winter. We think Il
should not be permitted to fall through
with.
MIR. Powcll's residence lots are in Ross
Park, about two miles from the post
office. He is Just across the river from
Judge Nash. This park Is on the new
motor line, and has already q number of
elegant mansions. The view here i very
fine. the river flows at the base of u
slight incline, and the city lower down
i, In full sight. \ little further on i one
of the proposed sites of the new PrCSby
torian college.
ON the dav we arrived we met the
hcarsc and II lone carriage followed the
body of "a suicide, an actor. We were
told that five men were killed or mortal
ly hurt in the city in three days, most of
them bN their own hands, and all in dis
reputable connection.
We found Mr.. Mckay, ono of Waits
burg best young men, and VIM. Me
Gov, well known by our citizens, who
has drug store, largely patronizcd. lie
is as genial and popular rs ever. Be
sides wc met number of old eastern
friends.
Prof. c. T.. Bolton, whose wife, Sarah
X. bolton, il well known as an author of
national rcpute, gave four nights
series of entertainments in the Falls
CITY opera house to Il paC ked audience of
the most cultured people of Spokane.
| The entertainments consisted OF lectures
of travel, illustrated by views thrown on
large canvas by the magic lantern.
His apparatus was one of the best of the
kind used so much now in scientific and
descriptive lectures.
| The highest price paid for lots in Spo-
kane was SEQ, 600 to Judge Nash for II lot
which he bought eight years ago for
$3.50. There are lots valued higher The
| wonderful thing about this city is that so
much money has been made and hardly
| anv lost. One of the phrases you hear
often is "that If man would shut his
ewes and back up to 4 piece of property
and buy it, he would make money" But
we think those who. say many of the
buildings would look well in New York"
do not know much about 1t.
/ As an instance of the business lheral-
/ ity of Spokanc-Ye heard one rca, estate
man who proposed to give $4,000 for a
new state normal school say that he had
| subscribed $1,000 to give away this
wear, We say "business liberality," for
he expected to get this all back and
much more
Mr.. A. NJ. Cannon, who kindly ad-
| mitted knowing us by eputation-hav-
! ing lived in the same city in Illinois
| saws Spokane will he acity of 100, 600, as
| soon as Denver was; there is no doubt OF
! it," We agree with him.
If this letter were not now too long
we would tell how we had to take our,
| turn-ahout the tenth usually--at the
! postottice, and had small chance to stop
! and discuss with the clerks how il came
we did not get any mail. II would be
very inconvenient ifit were that way at
| WaitShurg.
! Stepping on the cars, who should we
see hut Prof. Bruce Wolvcrton, formerly
| of DAYTON. He has just returned from
| the Sound on Il trip. We were not sur
| priscd when he handed us his card us
| real estate and insurance agent, for every
I teacher in the city had done it.
/ The foundation for the $500, 600 opera
| house is finished.
| The Gable street road and the Electric
| Motor line are almost completed. With
| these, when the Spokane a. Northern
| connects with the Canadian Pacific, the
| Seattle road is open clear through, and
/ the o. X. a y. enters from the south,
| there is no question that Spokane will
make record of growth not equaled in
| its past history.