The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-04-26

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e0ue Is tie beef Fes5de1<x de11kn&-
He kne Inxefv conspte<ed me oe<18us
/ for residences for Mr. J. r. GloFer nd
Mr. Frank r. Moore khst VII cost
/ from 50 go b 80 90 eaeslv t1sf are ef
erezf beauty. Host 81 de Er1e rezz-
dfnees are fes1sg buIIt ~ the high
ground on the sGath s51< 81 the r1fy-
There II q scattering growth o. trees
h<xe. and sorne rukxed b1zaikic roekss
whseh add 30 The picfuresuueress u
the locality. The view Of ffte city ard
Waller below Il superb. Far - the
ncr1k /. 4 iow range ~ incunfzlas,
eonae 81 which hare p<aks covered
with srox. but AZ O. kn< intervening
coustry Il bezutisa;sy open ard level
and i now ce4ersd with growth ct
Sc xrxen<st rraxx / eoEEd NOS at
sxurt TO enter into any great deSAl a.
10 tke natural ard scqlasresi beauties a.
Spokane, hnf hare seen few places IN
nay traTels that we're 1T onS,e 30 pleas
I ing Ia outward respects It's rapid
9rDxtis ought TO excite no feelings
81 rivalry ii Seattle Spokane u shout
90 msfes from HsIena Oh one side and
800 miles srons Seattle on the other
There ii room enough for Ill three on
the grest east and west trartscOntinen-
TAI best. There i very friendly feei-
ing for Seattle here, ami there viii. Of
course. Be s still closer band OF unity
when the Lake Shore Il Eastern shall
be eofnpieted-
I have nset here Mr.. Harvey W
scott. the editor and one CT the pro-
pyiets}ys gt the Dyerensaa. Of Portland
Mr. scott and bits business associate
Own the majority interest in the Re-
rseu. the only morning rar<r here.
aud he came up 10 look OYER the
ground with q view % making marked
improvements 70 his Spokane paper.
and the erection OF building here.
He Is well preserved. stalwart-iook-
iag man Of lIfty-fiye or ahereahcut.
He told me he had not been 70 Paget
sound since 1855, when he went up
10 eight the Indians. Ia giving me an
account OF his impression Of the
sound country 81 that time he told
NE an interesting story OF the name OF
Tacoma. II don't think the name
Tacoma was ever heard of. said Sir.
scott. IT'LL the publication of book
written By young Theodore Wtnthrep.
Of Boston. who aas killed ut the battle
81 Biz Bethel. In Virginia. In 1862.
Winthrop belonged 10 the famous
New England family Of that name.
and having fortune and restless,
adventurous disposition, he came
around Cape Horn In a sailing vessel
Ia 1853. and went up rs high a. Puget
sound and travelled all over that body
Of water in canoe. He then got q
horse and rode across the Cascades,
over very much the same line as that
alterward adopted by the Northern
Pacific. crossed the plains, and tray
eIsss on horseback all the way back TO
Boston. His book was called Canoe
and Saddle, and was written In q
breezy, entertaining style. ] read IL,
I remember, in 1854. and In II he gives
an Indian legend, founding il in the
country between the Cascades and the
sound, and In that story occurs the
name Tacoma. He may have OBJ
tanned the name from the Indians. but
/ am disposed 70 believe be created IL
himself. | never heard IL in all my
travel through the Sound coun-
try. and not. indeed, till l
read Winthropss book. | don't
think, therefore, that our friends OF the
fiourishing city OF Tacoma can go very
far back for their authority for the
name OF Mount Tacoma. l don't
think anybody In Oregon or Washing
| ton or anywhere in this country ever
heard Of Mount Tacoma or even the
word Tacoma until after the publica-
| ton OF Winthrop's book
I must ask forgiveness for this
diversion fsom the principal theme of
| this letter on the ground that the
name Tacoma Il nov question of
burning interest between the rcspec-
| tive followers OF Mount Rainier aud
Mount Tacoma; so much so, indeed,
that 70 fall between the two Is very
much like falling between two mill
stones. The conflict has arisen TO
such pitch thar, as very charming
young lady from she East, now visiting
seattle. recently said. If q stranger
wishes 10 maintain friendly relations
With both Tacoma and Seattle he
should content himself by simply say
] ing the mountain.
| Ii looks As though there would he
an exciting movement in real estate
here this summer. So far q remark
| able conservatism has characterized
the growth of Spokane, rapid as il has
been. Ii has not been widely adver-
tlsed IN the East and there has been
an entire absence of the clap-trap
| hurrah style of whooping things up.
But the real estate sales for last week
| observe, amounted TO almost $500 600.
Such business as this. OF
course, cannot long continue without
attracting wide attention. Some OF
the heaviest purchases are being made
by lucky mining men who have made
| fortunes in the country adjacent TO
| Spokane, and who seek this as an
| agreeable place TO make their homes
and invest their money. This, like
Helena, will probably be q very rich
city In proportion to It's size. There
are already nuRlber of millionaires
| here, and some of them are young
men, And there are dozens of young
men here worth from 5000 10 $500, :
GOO who have made their money in
either the neighboring mines or in
real estate here during the last two
years. 1t turns an ordinary head
dizzy to hear OF fortunes made "a
quickly and So easily. The result 81
oil this Is that Spokane * one of the
most animated places in the world
There Is everywhere the evidences oil
new blood. new life, new fortune.
Everybody seems fresh and cheerful.
There are no tramps and beg
gars on the streets But on
/ the ether hand movement and thrift
ami hopefulness The streets are
crowded with huge freight wagons
loading for the mining camps ana for
/ the new agricultural districts being
/ opened up ahead of the bu;idtnf, ~
the railroads The busy scenes of the
day turn 10 the leiSurely bat more
brilliant spectacle Of the evening.
! Electric lights extend in long rows up
( the wide avenues. and in the center oil
the city there moves hither and
/ thifher thronE AZ CAV and even more
( picturesque than one might see in
( Paris. The world will vet hear a great
deal about Spokane.
ioas r. kRaygs.