, 1889-06-20
months ago IN the Morning mine through
recklessness in handling giant poSd
N considered him insane,
a Talk With kx.Muyor Tuil from the
Mstr"p"iis of the Iuiand Empire.


Mstropolis Of the lUlAud Empire.
The Tacoma Ledger OF Thursday hss the
following, under the above headlines:
IF NJ. rull, Spokane Falls" il u sig-
nature ou the register Of the Hotel Gam
doifo.
Three years ago = darkskinned. raw
boued man. whose appearance indicated
what 10 vulsarly and generally depomi.
mated as " "Hoosicr," landed ut the ms
tr"polis Of the Inland Empire, by which
name Spokane Falls Ia now known. he
cau,e from Wichita, and according to his
own admission WAS INSTANTLY put down M
~ sucker from Kansas" The oouutry.
looking stranger cast his eyes about for an
invest ment In real estate, and 5000 found
what he wanted ut the corner OF Riverside
avenue and Stesens street. All tie "snow-
ing ones" winked Significantly anu said,
"a fool and his money coon part. Ihis
WAS three years ago. To cut long story
short It might be said that the raw .boned.
dark.skinned man was +. NJ. Tull, Tho
property for which he paid $4,000
three years ago is to-day worth 5000. 600,
and on 1t stands one Of the most magnls.
cent business blocks in Spokane Falls.
The "sucker from Kansas" is now one OF
tie leading politicians. A yerr after his
| arrival he was elected as u member ot the
city council, later to fill an unex pir-d term
for mayor, nd then again TO the council,
| OF which he Ia now one OF the foremost
mem strs.
GROWTH OF sPoKANE
81 am more tnau gratited with the
thrift, progress and enterprise l notice
here" said Mr.. Toll to u Ledger reporter
last evening. This Sound country is
bound to be great. But let me tell you
that we have one OF the prettiest cities in
the world. Spokane Falls has grown
wonderfully. Nowhere in Washiuuton
territory will you find finer and more sub
stantiai buildings. lts business enterprise
Cannot be excelled. and AZ for growth
that has been marvellous. Within the last
| fifteen months We have erected 1000 new
buildings, OF which $500 are on the north
side Of the city, their aggregate cost being
", 900 600 Among them are many nev
business blocks, three, four and Ave storieS
high. Our population Is now estimated at
25, O0o Two years ago it was 1000.
But our railroad Improvement are the
greatest Of all. First. we are building
cable line. two miles Of which are already
completed Then, we are building an
electric road. and when that IL completed
we will have the entire city covered with
street cars.
A RAILROAD CENTER.
The Northern Pacific aud o. r. K ".
are brilding parallel lines into the Ceur
d'Alene country, which will insure closer
connection and better transportation to
and from the mines Work on the Spo-
kane 4 Northern, which is TO connect with
the Canadian Pacific. ~ being pushed rap
idly, forty.fve miles already tei ng graded.
The .. X, y n. is building a spur OF
twenty. five miles from Rockford to make
connection for its line with Spokane, and
when these lines are built Spokane can
boast of being the center of three trans.
continental lines"
1.-Two new banks have been opened late
" and two more have been OrHani zed
They will begin business as soon as they
can secure location. This win give
Spokane Falls nine banks. According to
a recent report when there we're only five
banks. they had o.. 500. 900 on deposit. A
pretty good showing. isn't itp"
During the day Mr.. Tull paid u visit TO
Mayor Wheelwrieht who received him
cordially and with fratcrnal greeting. The
visitor will remain until next Monday and
attend the council meeting Saturday night
Ito see how they do business here" Next
Monday MIR. lull leaves for Portland
where be will remain week.