, 1889-09-19
The Fictitious Boom of California
Contrasted With Our Sub
stantial Growth.
The Marvellous Region Lying
North of Spokane Falls and
It's Wonderful Resources.
ESPECIAL coRREsPospEScE REvtEw.l
WAIKER's PpAtpfr Sent. 2

about the Los Angeles boom, therefore
IL would be needless for me to attempt
to tell you anything about 1t, any more
than that we were there and found out
that tho boom is considered q thing of
the past; that IL had been knocked silly
some timn ago, and that the only mark
left to indicate that the boom had worked
any marvel of note, outside of the city
of Los Angeles, were staked oil tracts of
land in various parts of the several
counties. In Los Angeles yaping signs
of the once "rustling" real estate agent
can he seen ON all the de.
serted streets. POGO heights look dcsolatc
and lonely. We were disappointed
in what we saw of Southern California,
consequently remained there but n brief
period. From thence we visited Fresno,
l.athrop land saw the restaurant in
which Judge Terry was killed., MERGED,
Sacramento, San Francisco and most of
the towns of note along the line of the
California d Oregon railroad from san
Francisco to Portland. We found most
OF the California towns very attractive,
nicely located and well supplied with or
nnmcntn shade trees, plants and flow
ers. We were far moro faYorably inn
pressed with Northern California than
We were with the land of oranges, "mag-
niiiccnt distances" and sand. We saw
but little of Portland, On, as we were
there only one night, but from the rustlc
and hustle of the city, We should pro-
nouncc her prosperous. Next comes
sroKASE FALLS.
1t was our intention when we left Ohio
to visit California, Oregon, and event
ually wind up IN Spokane Falls. Our
home papers have had more To say
about your city than any of
the cities of ihc great Northwest. fdon't
know that they termed your city the
"Switaerund of America" as seems TO
be the style nowadays, but they have
been noting your progress, possibilities
and Probabilities, calling your city "the
Chicago of the Great Northwest" etc.
Ii Is not so strange, either, that your
city should be 40 termed when wo take
into consideration her many natural adj
vantages, her vast water power, her inn
mcnse mining districts and her unsur-
passabiU farming country.
Tho mere fact that Spokane Falls
guined u population Of 10000 people in
perhaps less time than was ever known
to have been gained 10y city so young
is cnough to cause one to reflect oil your
possibilities and think, us we ali think,
that Spokane Falls Is destined TO be-
come, saying the least, great inland
city. spokane Falls marks an epoch in
tho mighty march of prosperity that
Is unoxeclied by any OF the Pacific coast
citiesdt She las gratifying pros
poets laid out before her of
course viewing your city now Is
no criterion ofwhut she was before the
fire, 50 far as looks arc concerned. How
ever, the push and enterprise of tho citi.
zens Is u feature of attraction that ii at
once noticed 10y all strangers. From ali
signs IL looks now as IL one could bc safe
in surmising that the lire was Il blessing
~ Spokane Falls and that within
cightcen months time she viii be n
grandcr and more beautiful city than
ever. She will stand, pre.emincntly
above where she stood when the dcyn,-
tating elements cluimcd her II victim.
With her vast railroads constantly send
ing forth their branches and giving
transportation facilities to every section
of the state VIC may well marvel az the
degree OF development TO which she has
attained. she liNs made u giant stride
in the p1il of progress, yet the fountain,
of wealth OF the country have scarcely
been tapped.
sPoHANE & NORTHERN RAILROAD.
Last Thursday we boarded passcn-
ger ear hearing the foregoing name and
rode up us far n Springtalc. This road
will when completed be valuable uc.
QUESTION to the city OF Spokane Falls,
1t will open up country that viii
prove u rich feeder 10 that city. The
road is in good running order as far as
Springdale, aud the work ofbuilding the
ROAD from there to Chewclah is being
rapidly pushed. Springdalc is II new
town situated on sheep creek, about
forty five miles north of Spokane Fails.
IL bids well TO become u good trading
and shipping point tor Walkers prairie
on the south and and Cameron prairie
ON the east. AT present there seems to
be u controversy existing over the name
of this little town. The railroad compa.
ny, 1t seems, has named il Springdalc,
while other persons gave the name
Squire City to IL and have sent
petitions to Washington, u. G., asking
for the establishment of u post office
there, suggesting esquire City" as the
name. This makes the thing bad.
Tho town and postoilice should have
the same name. 1t is tho opinion OF
the "boomcrs' of this new town that
country town" IL may be so but we
are superstitious enough to believe that
the town could never expect to amount
TO much with citlIer of the proposed
names. never saw Il town that had a
dale to IL that ever amounted to any
thing; and Gun say tho same of new
town starting in with II city on the end
OF its name. Probably the most appro-
pirate name for this new town would
hn Arropta ne | heIipvo that sop,n al
the richest silver mines in this northern
country will bc found in the Granite
mountains, near Springdale, Squire
City or whatever the name may
be. The cru of
PLACER MINING
has not yet dawned upon this
country. Tho day, however. when
placer mining syil be common
IN Stevens county ID not far
distant. At the head centcrs of the
Chamokane there arc old bitches which
were made there years ago by placer
miners, who separated considerable gold
from the sands of that stream. 1t is not
II hard matter 10 get II color from the
sands OF tho Chamokane most anywhere
at any time. There will be an era oil
placer mining In Stevens county.
Recently there have been several rich
finds hi the lime belt, rs also in the
Granite mountuins along Walkers
prairie. John Hill has located n claim
in the lime belt which has assayed rich
in gold. Thorc has been another claim
the Ashford, located in the Granite Hills
| by Leslie Jones, which has been pro.
nounccd excellent, One of the original
locators of the Yellow Jacket ledge ol
| the Comstock lode III Nevada was there
| to see II and he pronounced IL tho best
showing he has seen in this country.