The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-08-30


W. ala nerthxarsi aloag the >rssksr.
river Ia The Idaho lins. and IS h.sarssl.s
an the south bs the Oregon hne. IL
southern psr isn. saosn a. the Ia
hsss,e valley. Kiss partially settles
many vesrs ago. bHt the northern. q
or Great keflsl country. has onl,
ssac~n the touch os the plough am.
harrow since the arrival af the North
srn Pacific railroad. THIS greal
plateau to-day contains a population
IL uot les than ssi0a. scattered owe,
So area ei asa.tA&a sqasre miles.
Every sind Of crop j. grosn ppor
the plSia. though It's greatest ssanla /
wheat A moderate. estimate III IN,
ysesd i twenty-five bushels Ia n,
acre The cost of producing il Ger
taiaiy cannot exceed * cents pc,
hashel. Farmers who hire ali thei,
labor. whose personal relation 20 thsi,
agricultural enterprises Is merely thal
OF oysTSeer. show me theli
books, wherein il appesv,
thar they realize an syerar,
profit Of ave dollars an acre for all m,
wheat they grow. Fertility IL prrsenl
here IN IS many phases as in ouhe,
countries. and some of the land i.
quite arid: bat on the whole there i,
u sufficient rainfall for the production
of wheat over practically the entire
plateau. Irrigation. which would b,
exceedingly uifficult anyhow, OWNS
20 the high altitude ol the country
above the water levels, Is not deemed
nj all necessary. In q CONSTANT,
growing measure the Weld os this vas,
country is finding It's best aud larces,
market in Spokane. And now tha;
the people OF that town, by virtue ol
financial sacrifices which common,
most ereditahiy upon their local
PATRIOTISM and courage, have secured
= number oil railroad lines penetrating
into the richer portions OF the plain
and connecting IL with the two great
Pacific trunk lines, they will have foil
control OF all that is produced.
Much sagacity has been shown by
the people OF Spokane in the railro ii
resaiions they have been enabled to e.
tabi;Sh. IL would not be too much "a
say that 10 oatain these connections
they have Yielded up the entire profit,
of the last two years. A line i now
rapidly being built directly across the
state, connecting Spokane with Seattle
and Seattle with the Canadian Pacific
Another line penetrating into Canads
runs from Spokane along the Culum
bia river, through a valley rich In
agricultural products, in minerals. in
coal and In timber. through Ia the
kootenai mining district in Britt b
COLUMBIA. Another line extending
seuthward cqHneets Spokane with the
I mon Pacific. and gives the city all
the advantages that will proreeA from
Intimate business relations with DEN
yer and salt Lake. Still fourth line
runs along the witchlng Ceur d Allen,
into the lead and silver mines that
have reached such high and profit.
able state of development. These
mines extend over compara.
lively limited area. They arc close to.
gether, and their ores, producing gold
silver and lead. are all similar. Their
output for the last three wears has
been quite remarkable, and has placed
the Coeur d Aiene district among III,
foremost lead producing regions in
the country. Gold, associated with
iron, and treated by the free-milline
process, Is largely found in the north
ern part OF the district, but the great.
est amount of tonnage Is derived IRON
the southern country. where the ga
lena silver mines. a dozen or more in
number, have been discovered That
minerals IN large quantity existed in
this country has been known 10,
years. But the want of railroad IA.
ciiiiies for a long while prevented any
serious effort to get AT them. The
matter OF transportation is now laid
at rest, and within the last three wear.
million dollars has been spent in de-
velopment The returns have alread,
more than justified the investment.
Tributary To Spokane and reaches,
by the various railroads now in opera
ton are tive other mining districts, al
Colvile, okanogap, kootenai, Meta
line aud Pend do ellie. They are i,
various stages of development, bu
their wealth and availability hav,
been clearly ascertained. Spokane.
population, in degree greater thar
that OF most all these new cities. con
siSts of young men and young womet
from the New England and Middi,
states. They have enioved a remark
able and wholly uninterrupted periot
of prosperity. Some of them hav,
grown quickly and immensely rici
t'om real estate operations, bat tn,
great majority have vet 10 realize oI
their investments because of the larg.
sacrifices they have made IN buildin,
up the city. They are today In M
admirable position. As they hav,
made money they have spent il: spent
IL in street railroads, in the LAYING on
of drives, in the building Of conforta
bic houses. IN the establishment al
electrical plants. and in large mum
Der OF local improvements, every ons
OF which has borne its part In
making the city attractive. sup
pose that the people of spokane
own larger part OF the taxable
property in the city than l. the cas-
With the residents of any other town
in the Nor;hwestexcept Helena. They
are by no means unmindfui OF the adj
vantages afforded them BY foreign,
capital, bat they have not waited fo,
1t. They have gone right ahead and
done for themselves. Their needs a.
10 the city are stil great and con
spicuous. The. need hotels: the,
need manufactures; they need whole.
sale houses, and. IL one can ludg.
from superficial appearances, a grea,
variety os enterprises might today IL
pFoiitibly established in this new com
mnnity. Such OF then as the people
actually feel in need OF tiIsy are will
ing 10 do much Ia obtain. I'm New
York. Bo tom and fhiiadelphia on,
bears 4 great MANY complaints about
the want Of opportunity for the ~ai.
aud profitable investment Of capital
II the people who have capital onis
realized what they could do with i
out here by wise aud sensible opera
tons, there would be very little o
that sort of com piaint.
Eastern Washington Is going ~ b.
If itself great state. IL possesses IL
the ground and in the spirit Of IL
people ali the resources that are neces
saTy tn make a powerful aud usetu
q Eamon wealth Beyond the sea tha
Sgstes is western shore it has n limit
less msrEei. Already It's grain j. he
ing shipped 70 the Oriental countries
aud the time = not far distant wbei
Asia viii have been VIE, ted as 10 il
trade from the exclusive grasp Of Eng
land, and u hem every single grain d
wheat. corn aud barley THAI Is no
needed for the home consumption o
these reopse Themselves will Eye ~en
from pnges sound into the great ma,
kets OF China and Japan.
Progress 81 Railways
RsliSsy Age
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