, 1890-06-05

J JUNE 3. 1890.
shining bit of mica or iron pyrites was
probably made to do duty for precious
metals.
Tue new Columbia land district OF the
United States embraces Douglas, Oka'
hogan and the north half of kittitns
1t Is one OF the richest agri'
cultural and mineral regions in the
world. But there Is not n bank In the
entire district. II thoro is any capital
In the country, looking for an inviting
field, II need not go farther than the Big
Bend country. There 1t will double It.
seli the first year and continue to grow
during all the years to come.
Mes always feel ugly when they are
losing. That is whnt is the matter with
the Portland people who jeercd and
hissed the Spokane ball-players. They
don't fancy the idea Of having to wind
up at the tail end of the league process
sion. hut their Kisses don't help them,
nor hurt us, and so long as We are the
we can stand It.
AND now IL appears from the REVIEWS
Washington specials that tho fight for
the lead tariff will have to be gone over
again In the senate. Eternal vigilance
Is the price OF protection. Possibly that
Cmur d. Aleno mine owner who thought
Delegate Dubois was trying to work
n little harmless scare on the miners OF
the West will not bo scared now, but
the probabilities are that he will.
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tho Fourth of Jnlv a holiday that has
hsor IevoteJ ,o pulliny tho tail
Of In. American eaple nnI making
faoe. Mt Tho Rriti.h lion. As n nation,
,va a 70 crovira, f,r,her and further from
the memories of tho revolution. Be-
~ ecn us and IN, dnvs of ,76 arises A
clearer drama Of war. A life drama in
which innum.rable thousands partici.
pated, who are stu IN the iahu oi 'ne
living ana u Is hatural 'h"' we shou,u
nave more howers ana Tears ior i'hcoln
ana "rant, than LOT W"sh'hg'oh auu 'ie
iathers oil the reYolullon.
J,uxSrAatras Il may be 10 all the
admirars of,as, vo,r,s Derhv winner Il
4. onnarentIv trne that the dashing Spo-
kane mas seem his best dnys. In fact
many tnrfmen cn,.rtain the belief that
the beautiful creaturo will never achieve
ano,ber gr.o, vIrtorv ia has nearly
recoyered from hi, lameness. but has
had n severe attach of lung fever that
len him i'm "A wasted condition. and his
managers think IL doubtful whether ne
WIN 90 soie 10 appear on the "NcA TINS
year.
p,ovxxs,o,,, ooro,.r,s and ,ar,chute
,umner, seldom die a natural death.
Redmond cDonsttsd with danger once
too oT,an and he mai with a violent
death 10 a large depree the terribi,
rosnonsihiIi,y Sor ,bis tragic occurrence
rext. Win ,hc morbid iesire of tho nub-
Iic ,ha, ,ror,,,od ,be ,,,c,,n, IN risL his
life for their monev.
FoR the information of those pessi.
mi,ts who insist that real estate IA too
high i'm Spokane Fall, IL NAV be stated
that the dock board of New York city
have lust offered 5000 a square foot for a
piece of water front property. That is
Tho nrice that real estate In that vicinity
Ia selling for. and the commissioners are
quite desirous of getting the strip I'm
question. even at a price that seems fab
,ilous 10 the neonle of tho West Some
idea of the MAGNITUDE of this proposi.
tion can be had vbenit is known that
AN ordinary. lot In Spokane Falls.
Mt that rate would be worth 81 2GO. 900.
The Idaho Statesman OF last Sunday
an excellent newspaper, by the way
contains numerous paragraphs like
these; "Vote early and straight"
~ .ook out for bogus kilograms" THE
white ball elects, the black bail rejects.
BE careful how YOU vote" From this
the experienced campaigner would infer
that eu important eect tion was about TO
occur in the Gem Of the Mountains. So
II did, and the statesman's ticket was
elected from top to bottom.
Pr,N"'o c'''1en WIZ as s'oN aouu,
States of America often is, his credit
would not be worth two cents. Way
back during the Sez Perces war Wash
ington loaned the state OF Oregon quun.
tity of army stores. The debt fell uuon
the United States, and it was Just debt
yet with surplus of slOO, 900 in his
inside pocket, Uncle Sam has whistled
away whenever Washington presented
her bill and hung on to his surplus with
all the closeness OF a rascally old niser.
That is hardly good example for a gov
ernment to set.