, 1889-07-04
AT THE FRONT.
wAiia wallis Man Chats About spok ape
Fnlla.

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Charlie Davis writes to the Walla
| Walla Journal from Cheney, under date OF
! June ~, about Spokane Falls and In.
formerly OF WalIa Walla people now To-
Gated here. as follows.
Spokane is coming to the front. There
are la course OF erection 200 dwelling
houses. and they nteded them. | have
been all over tie city many times ana
never yet have seen nm euipty house. A
sign. "House to Let. would indeed be a
strange sight. People would walk u bloc K
20 see 1t. Spokane Is not over run with
idlers. Any Iaborer can get job ther. in
zen minutes 10y the watch. Just think uf
itf lpty are building u motor liue for "A
distance OF two miles and they use m apy
men. As soon IN they comprtr
the Monroe street bridge. active work
VIII commence all along the line and
theY Will want more m-n than they use
now. Then tue 800 0OO opera house no W
In course ct errclon will give employ
inent TO lUO or more men. and solid brick
blocks are sprinRiog w all over the city.
preeume thirty thtee'story or more stores
ana excavation tor as many more, and
they are grading streets ia every direction.
Inc continuous reports OF the hlasts re-
mind one OF an artillery bat,l,, Then
comes the SJokaue Il Northprn railro sd
along aa fast as men ana money can do It,
lhs ", IL. \. will also be In from Cot.
tou In hve weeks, aud more laborers will
De IN demand. Every body has money.
Nearly every customer you have
VIII 20 down in his pocket ana
produce ten or twenty. but 1t
need not surprise you, for any body can
get them here by working. Business is
good All over town, and as the miners
work all winter there is not 70 much diff
Terence In business in winter and sumner.
n fact, winter Is q lit lie better for the
larger business hrms. ! met many Walla
Walla people there. Amongst the for
tonate. DR.. Burch leads in wortb--a cool
500 900; Lane Gillian, about $50 900;
and kohlhauf about the same. You re.
member Harry Palmerston left Walla
Walla tive years ago, when he bouzh
few lots at Spokane and now is ranked
among the capitalists and Ia doing the
Eastern states and may junket it
around the world. Rev. HAvermale
made more money than all OF them and
then waRed war against the goddess Of
fortdne in San Diego. Lane arts the good
Samaritan, hooks up his blooded team
and takes pleasure in showing Walla
Walla people around. and will give them
great Inducements If they want to buy.
Harry Hay ward has made several thousand
and keeps going right along. A. r.
treese, as many know. is n partner in the
Windsor, and az the thinness Of his hair
Indicates wisdom, Is also wealthy. The
other day there was notice in the paper
twenty-five rooms for rent--a widow in
each room. There was a great demand
for rooms and this man Freese was the
hrst one there and paid room rent ia ad-
vance, but when the landlady Informed
MIN ~ was typographi al error, and
should read, "window ia each room," he
hung his head In sadness, and good man
too. Mr., Adams has control OF the RE
NtEfv and Frank BOYD is his coadjutor.
lhev make it the leading paper ia the
North west. Even the Oregonian takes "A
back seat as newspaper. The REVIEW
has all the teegraphic news one day in
advance. The Chronicle is newsy local
paper. in fact we are blessed all around
II Spokane only bad the agricultural
couatry surrounding it that you
have! The railroad company sold
every other section of land to capi.
tallsts, and when you 20 to Medical Lake
or CGu- d 'Alene you see nice. fine looking
country lying idle. these sharks waiting
fer 1T to turn up. Government land il in
much the same condition-held with as
little work az possible. We will not cele-
brate on the Fourth. but will have some
fine racing. That horse Spokane adyer.
tlSed our town In great shape. Spokane.
ties, tell you we watch all his move.
ments as q iond mother would a Guilds s
and rejoice exceedingly when he wins.
Ihere viii be weeping II he loses. TIE
burnt district in Cheney is being rebuilt
and many handsome bricks are sprinainp
up.