, 1889-05-30
A GRuwISG TOWN,
Interesting Fac,s ,u.ut Wilbur and ns
Vicinity.

Vicinity.
WILBUR w, T., May 20, Corresponn.
eDce. As Wilbur 10 an unknown town.
comparatively 80 to the people Of your
WIDE awake and thriving city, | though
1t only fair TO the people of this, the
interior of the Biz Bend proper, that the
outside world should know something of
the rapid growth of our young town, and
also the progress and steady development
OF this imtnense farming empire.
First. then, Wilbur (without any rail.
road hooms) has grown from burg OF u
few houses last winter to an Incorporated
town OF soue forty or fifty respectful ble
buildings, and would have had half AZ
many more buildings up now, but mate.
rial could not be had at any price. How
ever, some pushing and live parties are
paving big price for seasoned lumber
shipped from the coast to Davenport and
then paying for teams to haul from there
to Wilbur about S8 more per thousand
feet, making good lumber cost $40 or $50
per thousand, delivered here. And build.
material that can be had at the local
mills. There Is IA new saw mill now be-
ing put up near town. There is need of
another saw mill or two and a shInple
mill or two, ~ such mai erial is in great
demand here. and the demand for both
rough and also the best of building mate.
rial is growing and increasing fast
There is also needed very badly u grist
mill at this place to make -four for this
empire OF farm country and also to supply
Hour to the Salmon river mines, for which
Wilbur Ia the Quitting point,
Wilbur il situated about thirty miles
west of Davenport, the present terminus
OF the Central Washington railroad, and
the surveyors and engineers are here now
preparing to locate the road end set grade
stakes perm anently. and the talk ia 10 the
effect that work will begiu Immediately
on the grade and that the road will reach
Wilbur In four to eight weeks, ut least in
time to ship the fall crops.
The Seattle, Lake Shore K Eastern will
no doubt build into Davenport, as there
is natural AID easy grade from the pres
pnt terminus at Wheatdale, and it would
he greatly to the advantage of the COM
pany and the community at large, for 1t
would give US direct outlet TO Spokane
Falls, our only Wholesale market, and we
must have easy access there. too As il
now is and one or two others whom bust.
ness compelled us to get there in q hurry.
started from Wilbur on horseback and al.
most beat the G. w. to Spokane Falls,
thirty miles west of Davenport. and made
the round trip with less expense than Il g
would haye cost US. So the Seattle
folks will at once see the advnn-
tage 1t would have over any other
lines that have or may build in the near
future, and the 8. l. s. 4 +. will no doubt
tuke advantage of this their advantage and
build into Davenport and Wilbur. Bust
ness is llSely and farmers are wide awake
and generally have sown very large
acreage of grain in the prospect Of chip
ping accom- modatiors in the near future.
And 1t Is surprising to ride over the eoun.
try ana see the vast amount of newly
broken sod, especially where some have
turned the prairie over in one solid piece
one mile long. Weather has been spleu-
did ana rain plenty 80 crops prospectively
are to be in,mense. Wilbur 10 on the direct
road to about the only vacant land of sny
consequence or in u body as land hunters
are hooding the country and in the older
settled parts OF the Bend all the little cor.
ners OF odd eighties and even forties, both
government and railroad and lien land ID
very scarce. and all smugRled lands are
being hunted out very fast. Wilbur Is
alive with emigrants who are campcd near
town along both sides of the creek. They
/. have come TO stay audwill either take rail-
road land or buy decided lands. The days
OF frontier life are all over for the Big
Bend and soon will be a boundless wheat
field from Spokane Falls to the Columbia
river on the west. We of Wilbur are sit
uated on NJ fine q stream OF good (spriup)
water as any one ought to wish for. One
thing very much needed Is one or two
good i've churches and a live minister are
two things greatly needed to raise The
morals and souls Of certain class TO life
We have two saloons but no church, but
this we hope to obtain at no distant date.
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