, 1889-03-14
A rHRIvING TOWN.
Fsrmin gton and Its Natural Advsnta.r.
and Rapid Progress.

Pennington and ~: Natural Advantages
and Rapid Progress.
In one Of the richest farming regions In
Eastern Washington and about seventy
miles southwest from Spokane Falls, on
the Washington branch OF the U. r. & N,
railway, 10 situated the thriving town Of
Pennington, In Whitman county, tuilt up
with substantial business blocks, hand.
some dwellings, and bustling, energetic
set of people. The country surrounding
is O rich rolling plain, almost every acre
being superb land for the p!ow, and yields
large crops of wheat, oats, barley, rye, po.
tstoes, and apples, pears. plums, cherries
and s%. n1d 1Gss sfe% 70 o and
rich agricultural district; 1t is o mineral
district as we'll. Not far from the town q
valuable iron ore bed, or rather mountain,
has been discovered, equaling the famous
Pennsylvania hematite ore, and II Spokane
should ever get her smelter IL will play an
important part in furnishing auxes, and
also material for other industries.
A very fine quality OF gran
ite and red sandstone suitable
for building purposes Is also found here in
mineral which the REVIEW is requested 10
say nothing about for the present, but will
eventually cause quite stir.
All classes OF business are we'll repre-
sented, and some carrying. q very large
stock. Among them may be mentioned
Cooper Bros. and Galland Bros, merchsn-
disc, stock valued at ono hundred and
TWENTY-FIVE thousand dollsrsj w. r. Wal
ker has merchandise and also . furni-
ture store carrying full and complete
stock In both. The two principle hard
and +. p. Doris; both carry fine line Of
goods which would be q credit to town
twice the size. Mrs. Evans owns the
principal millinery store. snd certainly de-
serves credit for the fine stock Of goods ON
hand. There are two well-kept hotels
the Whitman house, owned BY
t;;;,,; =; 4. Fi1Hn,ssy. Can large two.:.oIy .yy
by an addition 8O140 with veranda run.
ming around the whole. The Pioneer ho-
tel. also . two story building, 10 owned BY
Mrs. Fultz, who by.the.by is the Oldest
pioneer In Washington territory, coming
Mr.. d. X. Good has quite menagerie
adjoining his saloon, consisting of tive
deer, one bear. one coyote and two opos-
SONS and other animals on the road.
The Oregon Railway & Navigation
Company have sunk an artesian well.
something very seldom seen in this part OF
the country. II Is eighty feet deep, send
ing up constant supply Tor the sh0ps,
round-house and water tank.
Two 6ne school buildings have been
built, one lately at cost OF $4,000. II il
furnished with bell weighing 700
pounds.
The new buildings contemplated are an
elevator by Minneapolis parties, TO be
built at once, a large planning mill for the
man ufacture Of sash, doors, mouldings.
ETC., by Mr.. Starkey, and number Of
dwellings.
The population of the city is about 600.
This is the terminus OF the Washington
& Idaho branch of the o. r. & N. railway
running TO the Ceur d'Alene mining
country. When the o. X. K N. road il
completed from Rockford TO Spokane.
which will be this summer. as engineers
are now at Rockford for the purpose Of re-
locating the line, Farmington will then be
. city OF some note, and new comers will
have q chance of seeing rich farming
country that has been heretofore avoided.