, 1889-03-14
SPOKANE VALLEY.
Richest Agricultural Region in
Washington.
Area of Sixty Square Miles that
Can't be Excelled.
olimpses or the Progressive Towns OF
Rockford, Lstah and
Tokoa,

Tskos.
A REVIEW representative made tour
most productive agricultural districts to
be found anywhere. Leaving. Spokane
Falls on Tozies Il Allman's four-horse
stage coaches delightful trip is made
over hill and dale or plunging into .
heavily timbered forest until at last we
come out on high promontory overlook
ing the picturesque town OF Rockford, the
present terminus of the Spokane branch of
the o. r. & N. Railway, and making 1t
rugged country.
Rockford, situated at the head of Rock
Creek valley, in Spokane county. and
twenty.eight miles from Spokane Falls, is
a very thriving and growing town Laving
doubled its population In six months
time. It is not only great wheat market
but is the lumber producing center for this
part of the territory. No less than eleven
saw mills are located here within radius
Of seven miles, turning out great many
thousand feet OF lumber annually.
THE PRINCIPAL MILLS :.
are A. f. Wallman & Co.'S, with daily
capacity of 20,0 feet; Wallman & Daw-
son, daily capacity 1900 feet; A. Buck; y,
10y, ually CdPhClbV AOsOVV kOCss - hov I.A'
by Brosenham & Olson, daily capacity
Is 900 feet. All the mills are run to their
fullest capacity. but the demand for lum'
bsr 10 80 great that they are
MONTHS BEHIND IN THEIR ORDERS.
A very good quality Of clay is found
here and this ought 10 be great brick
manufacturing center, owing to fuel being
90 handy. The only yard at present is
owned by David Taylor, who has con-
tract to furnish 1000, 900 the coming sea-
Cory Bros. have erected large ,imple-
msnt warehouse, costing $1,000. They
also have large and we'll stocked mer.
chsndise store In which 10 situated the
post Office.
McCrea & Co. have we'll stocked hard
ware store.
Hanson Bros, on the opposite side. of
the street, do the principal blacksmithinR
and carriage making, owning two shops
and employing number OF men.
The enterprising cornet and band boys,
composed Of the best citizens OF Rockford,
no. having a suitable place to hold their
meetings, concluded to put up their own
which IL credit to the town. They also
erected a pavilion on hill back OF town
in which to give open air concerts during
the sum msr.
All lines of business are we'll represent
ed. but there is
ROOM FOR MORE.
A irst. class gentlemen's furnishing house
would do well; bank is sadly needed,
and il started big amount of deposits
could be had; a 6rst-cass hotel would be
a paying institution. as the present two
hotels are crowded to their utmost and
one is in luck II he can secure bed; a
large graded school is a necessity and
Rockford should have had one long before
this; wake up gentlemen to this one
urgent necessity.
THE PRINCIPAL BUILDINGS
to be built this season are the G. A. r.
hall, corner Lake sxenue and First street,
two-story brick 20xlOO, cost $40, 900; Dell
s. Lashier will build two.story brick
store building to cost about $4,000 on
First street; adjoining this. Michael Nc
Laughlin and Or. d. F. Eakin will each
don, First and Short streets, two-storJ
Frame cost $500; Enterprise newspaper
building, corner Lake avenue and Wash
ington street, two-story frame, 24x50. cos,
$4,000; M. J. Good. two.story frame, 30x80
82500; seven four.room cottages by Mr.
Rooms of st. Louis, cost $500 each: 6
roller -four mill. 100 barrels daily, to bt
built next to the old mill by Sheldon
Son. The town will build bridge across
Rock creek on Lake street to cost $500
also u 1000, O0-gallon reservoir, to bs
built on d hill back of town, the water u
be brought through pipes from a larRt
spring mile distant, the whole to cos
S25, 900. An ordinance mas been passed Il
grade the streets and lay sidewalks on al
the principal streets.
The finances Of the town are very good
having $500 in the treasury after building
Jail. buying cemetery of twenty acres
graveling streets and putting down over 6
mile of eight-foot sidewalk last year.
A very handsome two.story depot build
ing has been built by the o, Il. K N. rail
way, costing $37OO, 1t is built of Oregon
fir with cedar interior finish and would b'
credit to any large city.
More business is done in Rockford thar
anyone not posted would have any idea of
on account of the close proximity to thu
mines.
Fourteen miles from Rockford, and OF
the Oregon Railway 4 Navigation rail
way, is the young town Of
LATAH.
also in Spokane county, and bound to be
town of some note In the near future. Th,
D. II. IL N. il building a fine depot SINH
lar to the one in Rockford and to cost tn
same. The grounds surrounding will b.
handsome laid out In walks. flower bed
and shrubbery, with large fountain i,
the center. Two section houses will ais,
be built.
The town 10 nicely located in Stra v ber
ry valley on bluff OF very rich soil. Ii
, the back yards Of the residences some o
the finest vegetables can be raised. Their
3 are three merchandise stores, the prin sipa
| one Of which is owned BY +. Ham & Son