, 1889-05-16
A BLINDFoLpED WITNESS.


Frank King and Jacob Eckert returned
from Spokane Falls last week, where they
went recently with bunch of fine horses,
which they sold at good prices. except
span Of Black Hawks, which Mr.. X lett
lin charge Of his boy, Eddie. Mr.. X ng
says that the Spokane market is overduue
with scrub stock, but that there is a ready
sale at good prices Tor heavy draft horses
and roadsters. The Immigration to- the
Falls he says Is as heavy AS ever, and the
principal business OF the town seems to be-
10 live off the transient population, but IL
q live town with live people Tor all that
Idaho County Free Press.
If the gentleman above referred to had
taken the pains to remove the bandages
from his eyes aud observe the sources of
revenue In this city he certainly would not
have made the reckless statement attrib-
uted to him, that 1.-The principal business
OF the town seems TO be to live off the
transient population. He would have
found here a permanent population OF
twenty thousand; q new railroad built
last year, and another in process of con.
struction now. employing a thousand mem
a mi ming region unequaed In the world
drawing ito supplies from this point. and
the profits of many OF the best mines flow.
ing back for Investment by the owners. u
great many of whom reside here; an uu.
rivaled agricultural country supplied
from here and N turn sending
its products to this market; extensive
lumber mills planning mills, -four and oat.
meal mills, sash and door factories, mar,
hle works and hundreds Of other manufac.
tories In operation, employing thousands
of pecple not less than thousand build.
ings in course of erection and two thou.
sand others completed within the past
year, some of which are more expensive
than any in Idaho, and not vacant house
in the city; a cable road in course of con-
struction ut Il cost Of 100000 and employ
ing 80 men; an electric road, horse cars and
moter line; gas aud electric light and tee-
phone plants in full operation; mammoth
Wholesale and retail establishments in all
lines; ten banks, doing q profitable busl-
ness; hotels, equal in all respects to the
best in the land; livery stables, stock mar.
ket, cab, truck and transfer companies,
messenger service, stage tines; eight rail-
roads. unloading and receiving more goods
than are handled at any other point
in the Pacific Northwest; the best daily
ana weekly newspaper in the three North
west territories-in fact, everything es.
sential to the maintenance of n busy,
prosperous city. With all this in plain
sight it is difficult TO conceive how any
man with his eyes open could arrive at the
conclusion that ''the principal business of
the town seems to be living off the tran.
sient population" Ii is true that the so.
called transient populstion-people COM
ing to this central point either for obser.
walton, for business or to proceed bv one
OF the diverging routes to the mining or.
agricultural regions adjacent and tributa.
ry to this city--have been of
great benefit to our commerce; but
should not another transient person
stop here during the next ten years Spo-
kane Falls would stiIl be ''live town with
live people, for all that" and the effect
wonid scarcely be perceptibie on the pro.
Rress OF the city. The prosperous people
already here and in the mining
and agricultural re0iots. the Pa.
louise. the Big Bend, the Colville
the Calispel, and the Ohanog,n countries.
are sufficient in uumbers and energy, and
their resources are ample to maintain
Spokane Falls in it's present position as
the largest, busiest and mos, prosperous
city between Minneapolis and Puget
Sound. But it is not content TO stop at
this, and will continue to invite thrifty
i'm migrants and offer them all the induce
ments which this magnificent country af.
fords, until its permanent population
reaches 100000, which will be inside of
ten years from this date If MIR. King
knows OF any more 6ne horses or good
people that may be spared let him send
then, to Spokane Falls. but remem Der that
this Is no place for 'scrub stook," quad |
rIped or biped,