, 1889-07-18
A rRIYATE LnTrEn.
A Citizen Of Spokane Falls writes to
u Friend.


one Of the REyIEw's Missouri ex'
changes contains un extract from n per-
snnai letter written by q resident of this
CITY 10 a friend ut his former home, a
nreCncc to the letter states that it will he
a surprise 90 the writer to see the letter
i'm print Tho extract is as follows
This is undoubtedly the most wonder
rui ritv on the face OF the earth. over
20GO new buildings have been put up
within a yonr, and all good ones many
five four and three stories OF brick and
granite. Within three years the place
has grown from village OF 500 to over
2O,OOO The bank clearances arc nearly
a quarter of million u week, ana tho
real estate sales seldom fall short of holf
u million, The city. Is supplied with
electric light, gas light, water works
two uniformed messenger companies
telephone, two cable companies, and
in fact all modern metrnpon,an
now, hut there is more ac.
tiyity to tho square inch than amy other
place ever suw--Kansns City not ex.
ccpted. We have less than six weeks of
wintcr--tho hills carpeted with flowers
in February and last winter the thor-
mometer rcuched zero only one day Ill
summer the maximum is about 9O9 as
II rule, although 1t has gone higher Tho
nights are always cool. wear an over
coat homo every night, If YOU are fond
OF fishing for salmon and trout you can
! lind enjoyment in that line. have no
difficulty in catching them, but they al
ways get away from me. am In love
with Spirit lake, thirty y.eight miles north
east of here, Just over the Idaho line
and beyond Mount Carleton, whose
snow capped crest is now visible from
my window, The sole inhabitant of
that region Is II hermit, but he is not
aversc to company. The C@ur
: dAlenes, the Spokancs and the
| San puells once fought grea. battle
its now inhabit the waters and their war
cries may be heard any night thought
at first thov emanatCu from coyotes, and
while rowing one moonlight night loon
| flew over uttering shrek that would
make Il tImid mans hair stand on end.
| Then from all the hills came back SIM
liar shrek, indicating that there were
thousands of looms in that vicinity. |
concluded that this was an echo, but |
have the word of Chief Sko-las-kin that
il was the voice of the spirits. He was
surprised that my boat and | were not
tom of the lake. An Indian cannot be
induced TO look at 1t, although they
make pilgrimagcs to Mount Carleton and
spirit, VT %hoic 'i'''' wrath they hope
some day TO appcasc. This luke
~ supplied by melting snow from the
mountains, and like all waters in this
Sicily of the North, Is as clear as the at
mosphere. Its outlet is river nearly as
large as the Spokane. and at II distance
ofabout five miles the river plungcs into
the eartli and is lost sight of forever.
would like to have some of your scien-
tiiic gentlemen solve this mystery.
didn't start out with the intention of
describing this country--herCulean task,
but will add that in addition TO the
finest water power in the world, Spo-
kane Falls is the railroad and commer-
Cial center of the richest and most pro-
ductive agricultural region yet dis
: covored-.the Palouse country, the Big
Bend country and the Okanogan coun-
try, either of which Is greater in area
than many of the states of the union
, and is surrounded OH three sides bv the
! Cnur a. Aleue, Chloride, kootonui and
,, Okanogau mining regions. Why poo, Ia
should fight over Oklahoma W.il'f
much of this country remains 1850
pied, ! cannot imagine, 1t is the poll
the people here not TO "boom" the l..
or country, and we never advise a..
body to come, lest disappointment
might ensue. | believe it to be fact
, however, that no person who ever saw
, this country was dissatisfied with it, o
|, could be induced to leave it. Reverse
may come later; climate or mcteorolgi
cal conditions may change; the country
may become unproductive or unhcalth
, ful-nobody knows what the effect o
r settlcmcnt and cultivation will he, hcnc
+ We simply describe it as it exists, warn
: ing all who contemplate coming tina
, they must ro so on their own RESPONSE
, sibility anG assume all risks; then what
= ever may happen they will have nobod,
TO blame but themselves.