, 1889-02-21
SPOKANE IN PRINT.
The Contract Let for the De-
scriptive Pamphlet.
There will be 10000 Instead
of 10000 Copies.
Enterprising Citizens Contribute to the
Success OF tho Publication More
Money Needed.

Money Needed.
Instead Of 10000 there will be $50, 900
contract for the publicati on has been let to
Pool 4 Co.. Of Chicago, who will do the
work for $1,000.
The council voted $1,000 for this purpose
Aad the enterprising members OF the
board of trade who have taken such great
i0tereet IN the matter, have pledged them.
selves for the remaining sum and will
raise the amount by subscription.
For the past few days Messrs John d.
Sherwood and H. Bolster have been in.
dustriously circulating subscri ption lists,
and have thus far secured 4798. But they
will not stop there. They intend to raise
times l50, 600 ofthe pamphlets. than which
uothing better can be gotten up to benefit /
the city, and they think that too many can.
not be printed. The Northern Pacific
RAILROAD Company will distribute any
number OF the books. as will be seen BY
the following important letter:
GRNERAL PASSENGER ANp TICKET
DEPARTMENT,
Sr. PAUL, MINI, FEB. 4, 1888
j. ID. Sherwood, Esq, Spokane Falls,
DEAR SIR--I have your telegram Of jan
uary 80, stating that the Spokane pamph
let will probably be ready by the middle
OF February. l would like to have you ad-
wise me ON receipt of this letter just how
many pamphlets you will be able to farm
ish the N. r. h. II. for distribution. In
receiving In regard to Washington, and
those received by our travelling agents.
who have parties forming all over the
country for Montana and the Pacific
coast.
We shall be very glad indeed to help out
the city OF Spokane by distributing these
pamphlets; in fact, have already adver.
ttsed your city directly to q greater extent
than any other city east Of Spokane on the
line Of our road, except possibly the town
Of Duluth. We have circulated at an ex-
pense Of several thousand dollars q very
large number Of the special edition Of an
Eastern paper, covering Spokan Falls aud
its interests, AMI afterwards had this print
ed In pamphlet form and circulated to the
extent of something like 10000 or $4,000
copies. As stated In previous letters we
shall not be able in our general folder on
Washington territory to devote but com.
paratively little space to towns along the
line. and a. our supply OF spokane Falls
pamphlets In almost exhausted we shall
therefore be able to make excellent use Of
the publication TO which you refer.
An early answer is respectfully re.
CHAs 8. FEE,
q. p. & I. A.
TT is my opinion that the Northern Pa
cifc Railroad Company can distribute 150-
900 copies of our pamphlet alone. A half
million COPIES would not be too many, il
we could raise the money to get them out, /"
said Mr.. Sherwood yesterday. Seattle
and other cities issued descriptive pam
phlets in unlimited quantities, and they
lost nothing by it, Let us profit by their
The pamphlet will consist of forty
pages and will be handsomely illustrated
with a cut Of the falls. copy Of the pic,
ture banging in Bolster 4 Co. 3 Office, and
probably cuts of the leading buildings in
the city. 1t will contain history of facts
about Spokane and the country tributary
to II In compact form, readable and inter-
estin0.
The gentlemen who have asked for sub
scriptious have 30 far met with good sue
cess. As the pamphlet will be of incalcu-
liable benefit to the city they expect, Of
course, that everybody interested in the
welfare Of the town will subscribe, and in
this way they hope to raise $1,000 or $4,000
in order to issue large number Of the
cured the necessary amount for the present
order for which they are responsible, but
they have no tear about their appeals for
the good cause meeting with refusal. The
petition placed in circulation, and the sub
scribers who have affixed their names to
the list are as follows:
We, the undersigned, hereby agree to
subscribe the sums set opposite our re.
spective names toward defraying the ex.
pense of issuing q pamphlet illustrating
the resources Of Spokane Falls and tribu;;
tary country, said pamphlet to be issued
under the direction and to have the en-.
dorsement of the city council and board
OF trade of Spokane Falls. 1t being un-
derstood that each person subscribing as
aforesaid shall be entitled to such pro-
portion of the total issue OF pamphlets as
his subscription shall bear to the total
amount subscribed.
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II. Bolster q CO........"......... 6S
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Dillman, ROuthe & Co ........ .......". 6l
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