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

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er6xAsx Fats AfSh a. Hers -
tbis metropolis os Eastern Washington
s tie prornise of 4 isfye snd beaasifai
city. They claim . sopsslstiop u ~
90 now. and In year they expeet -
90. II looks a. thcugh they might
have Il. People are coming In here
y<ry rapidly. The streets xrs fhrefsrssl
and the boseEs ara ali crowded. Tst
there - no idIers In town; worksas-
anen III al classes are IN desnsnd- a
railroad contractor U.s. compelled 70
send xIl the r4v 20 Gan Frsncisco last
ueek Tor 80 more men thzn be could
and here. There IL the greafess A.
tsvify not only In tbs city proper bsss
m Sc the country surrounding. Con-
tracts have been LEI for the entire lire
Of the spokane & Northern Railroad
between hers and GoIvfIft, distance
81 eighth snsIes. aud / 40 men are en-
1sos~i nj the woTkk - this end. Mr.. ~.
q. rprt;in says the road viii be egIn-
u5~fed before September Theirs II .
rood deal Of mining In tire solyssse
ronnf~y ard the building OF The spo-
kane a xortf1eFu has giving great
Iu,petus to Il ard sent tfsitifer many
hs1fsdreds Of miners. EfsD are earning
froni sz 10 IS day. spokane II par
tiea.arIy fortunate III being The central
rss,flt from which o number Of local
raiEroads rnaiase into mining and az
vicnIturaI REGIONS. she has d iine run
sainr into the Cesur d Aiene mining
district. another running through the
rich Palouse agricultural country, an
other III the seattle, Lake Shore and
Eastern running into the Zig Bend
aeYieuifufa, cgantrv. and viii soon
have the Spokane A Northern into the
Coly5iIe rosgntry. One other road the
Post Falls. Is under survey, and Is Is
pfeffv well settled that kf1e Oregon
kaIlxav 4 Navigation will come In
here this summer. All this outside
the Northern Pacific. | see no reason
whv Spokane ahonid nos become quite
- great . railroad center ~ Denver.
quite IS great = mining ecnier ana
quite As fine city IN ail respects.
I took run yesterday cut 10 the
terminus Of the Seattle. Lake shore Il
Eastern. 1t runs forty miles % the
west. bat IL takes nearly ten miles OF
the forty 10 get Away from spokane
on account Of engineering difficulties
In crossing the spok0ue river and gst-
ting 10 the ievel 81 the bill on the other
side. The bunch-grass country II en-
tered twelve or fifteen miiss from the
city. and the remainder Of the line Of
The terminus, except mile or two 81
Medical lake, rs1ns through q rapidly
filling wheat region. This Medical
lake L remarkable body Of water.
A town Ii springing up there and q
great many people are going there to
bathe In the waters. There h no
question bat that the water has very
powerful medical properties. ]
haven't the analysis al hand, but one
Of the properties Is Il forms into a
lather when violently agifaied or
rubbed on the person by hand. NO
fish. frog or living thing Il found in
The water, and II has a muddy, repui-
sive appearance. IL cures people oi
rheumatism and plays havoc with any
sort III skin disease. There IN not a
tree from Medical lake 20 the end of
the Lake shore Il Eastern. and 1t does
not look al though there would be any
found all the way 10 the Columbia
river. but there are millions Of acres
OF beautifully rolling bunch-grass
land that will produce from twenty.
I've to fifty bushels OF wheat 70 the
acre. The ranehers are lust making 9
start. some OF them grew small
patches OF wseat last year. but the
yield this year viii be very large.
saw number Of fields Of 80 TO iU
acres and hundreds of from ~ TO a
acres. The Big Bend country, fhroagl
which the Lake Shore q Eastern runs
will econ have q large and prosperous:
population.
Spokane has great element ri
wealth aud prosperity In her surround.
Ing agricultural country. What i
known AZ the Palonse valley Is 4 body
of land 80 by 100 miles in extent. and
from what | have seen OF *, | should
say IL was as tine an agricultural
region "a there Is In America. or the
world. There viii be vast quantities
et wheat grown there and IN the Big
Bend country for expert Much OF il
will come TO Spokane and he ground
into -four by the great mills to 80
erected n'erw the fails here. The
~4ter .ass .. Thesis falls has not been
understood. From the beginning al
The first TALL o. the end OF the lower
fall the decline Is about $50 feet and
tile surface distance is about a quarter
OF mile The channel OF the river
hrvaks np into numerous branches
aud tho bed and banks are al basalt.
On account. therefore, OF the division
Of the main stream aud The solidity d
the bed and hanks there are sxcen.
tonal opportunities for the building oil
mills and the construction Of water
power machinery. From a single 20.
sition was able % count nine distinci
channels and falls The total amount
of power 10 be had here Is incalcuiahle
IL II far greater than that OF the falls
of st. Aathony NJ Minneapolis. and
has the additional advantage of hay
lng no obstruction from ice. The
thermometer sometimes slcscenas 4
gooJ deal below xerD here. bat they tel
me the Spokane river MAS never known
a freeze over. and that not a piece al
Heating les was eSer seen on Is sur.
facn- Moreover. zee water 4 aiwas,
pstfsetly clear Whether low or high
whether in Spflne, summer ar ausnmr
the water has always a peeaiiaT clear
deep hlae color. Why IL should
moi fseeSs ! au ut a iasS 10 under
stanss uns~ be that il u kupsiiaxl
by very large springs Spokane i iusl
eleven years cid In fsss MssSss. A
Nj. Cannon and j ! nrowne came
along thtS waS aud found MIR. ] n
slny.r Ia sole possession. There was
uest three houses in the place and mol
hall dozen white people. Meszrs
Cannon and Browne offered "a pus.
chase q half interest from Mr.. Clever
but there Was disagreement about
the price, and the two former gentle
men made ep their minds 10 81 else.
where. One night they rode Oft "a
srangle. eighteen miles distant. After
be had gone 10 bed Mr.. Cannon hegar
Ia think the suhlerf over and be con
ciusse,s he assd his associate had made
a mistake. He became So worried
about Is he could NOT ~leep, and das
bad hardly broken when he easiea
Browne aud told him af his cancsu
sion. browne had himself come IN
xilailzs conclusion. and thcy rode bach
"a Spokane. arriving there - earl,
thai Clever did rot discover their al
sence. ard negotiations were reneseS
which resulted In the purchase b,
Cannon aiid Browne al hall inserus
su the falls and the land uISsn which
Spokane now stands for kS9N
tslosers Cannon and Rrowne are al
living here to-day and are all banker
and mlilsenzirvS. Glover bad tn
teNn lss3 aut by NJ old jcselle