The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-04-12
OLD OREGON.
srokAxs FALLs, ApriI on, lsso.


ElaOrs Democrat:
The Spokane city election resulted in
elsetipg the citizens ticket with one excep-
ton. Republicans ran a straight ticket for
the first time In city elections, headed BY
Mr.. Burns, highly spoken of, but a con.
tractor, for Mayor, and this may have been
The cause ofdeseat. Bailey of the Windsor,
democrat, would have made fine Mayor
lie is hold over Councilman. The exac-
lions now on city officers for all sorts Of
improvements will make Il difficult to re-
duce the city debt. We offer a eompara-
live statement Three months at Spokane
Falls, ending March 3Is, this year, the real
estate sales amounted to S3so7.ooS7S This
i over $4,000 more than the real estate
sales Of Portland, East Portland and Albina
for the same length of time. Portland and
places named together have more than four
times the population of Spokane Falls.
Business men here are staggered at this
wonderful tide of development. There are
as many causes given as there are men,
nearly, for thisr rush into real estate. And
there seems to be no abatement of this
craze. Every indueement Is offered the
purchaser to effect sale. and but little
time Is wasted on trade. A large portion
or these sales a. e for Investment. The old
settlers promise Reaction in business.
and they have looked for it so long that
they are lift Still strangers are pouring
into the city.
The railroads that center here are the
North Pacific. the Seattle, Lake Shore and
Easern,fbe Spoil ane and Palouse, the Spo
kaae Eorhern, the Q X & \, with twenty
miles % finish, and TIE n p road that con-
nees win concr D'Alene Railway &
Navigation, running to sherman and the
mines
Iuaians IL this country have very large
boHs and are muscular race, tall, quick in
motion and braye They are pictures OF
eaIi1 This would indicate healthy
county Il ore vas acclimased. Inthe Pa
louse section and around tho Falls country
pa'ive horses have very large bone, much
larger than horses in western Oregon or
Washington. As with the Indians aud
horses farther west, there can be no favor.
able comparison in this respect with ths
.Iadians and horses in this eastern country
mentioned. This would indicate great
l:me belts, which follow in mineral regions
and which impregnate the water. Indians
are peaceable and law abiding without H.
quor.
There are street cars, molcr roads and
cable roads in tire city. Whoever gets
work receives good wages, but no one
should leave good situation elsewhere to
risk chance of getting work here. Every
man who comes here must take his foot IN
his hand and be ready to meet any misfor
tune that may arise, even to walking away.
II no misfortune overtakes him he may be
considered lucky. Young men of fixed
and good habits seldom go begging for
good situations In any country. They are
not as numerous now days as those little
flies that are found in hot biscuits of a
mornipg breakfast at Los Angeles Many
ihings arc expensive here, but as IN Oregon,
vegetables, except potatoes, are used from
California market, disgrace to the coun-
Try. Hams and bacon from eastern mark
e,s are cheaper than IN western Oregon.
The cost Of living may be on IN average a
tiAe higher than IN the Willamette OF
Poiiland But hotels and RESTRAINTS arc
20 higher. They are graded fro.n IS cents
meal up
g hat "il this country be when the lands
ofthc several Indian reservation are thrown
open Oklahoma will be no where.
Moses reservation would make nearly a
hundred miles square the Yakima, ,Couel
D'Alene and the UmaiilIa reservations are
no mean prctensioos compared with thai
OF Moses. Then comes the klamath res
crya,ion with, 10000 acres. Moses and
Comr D'Alene reservations are largel,
mineral. the latter predominating in lead
and gold, the former 10 silver. Though
both carry the same metals. The Okeno-
gan mines carry mere silver and less lead
than the Couer D'AIene. The klamath
coun.ry is better for stock and timber, and
settlers arc going in there in great mum.
bera Two hundred thousand acres OF the
Klamath j. all that VIII be required in the
allotment that will be made to the Indians.
Wha, Will Oregon and Washington be in
ten Years from this lime New people are