, 1890-06-19

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,,on ,oaI ar. .n,,., ,pVd nd ,narhio Snn
osoaran5,sai,', si,,,,ad % 90 40 nn,
os'"p"',"y '''"".o" ~ 30 nv
oniy \" oe "oie 10 cothiii"ho her
own resources, but also the whole
territory between the Rocky mount
aims and Cascades, and from the
central norton of Rritish Columbia
90 ,ha nor,h ill.,. =, orooo, W.
Iii -, 'i,. ,,-I,,'i.,
W"i i'o" o'sc"ss tue s,'o",V,s'"ns
ol tne eastern part ot the state, all
OF which are tributary To the city
of Spokane Falls.
The Colville country lies north of
snokane Falls extendlnv To tho
nri,ish CoInn,,,i'' ill., end ri,
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suois 'no oo'uii,nla liVo, W ."o
SPOKANE river The CoiVilic coun-
try was first settled years ago by
the Hudson Bay company building
n fort at the town of Colyille. eiph-
tv.6ve mi,es from snokone Falls
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'oiViie Naiiey mas peeh iui'y ue-
veloped, making her best produc-
| Ni'h ''yt " IN q
crop, yielding from two 10 three
tons per acre and command.
Ing a price of from SIS to
s25 per ton. The farmers are very
prosperous. land IL sold at a reason. /.
able rate. and good land can vet be
secured from tile government by
settlement
Near the town NJ Colville are some
good mineral mines which s,lpply
| It's smelters. while other mines in
the Metalino mining district are fas I
being dcyeloped. which lie i'm the
northeast part of the state, and
which will soon have railroad facil-
titles. Coal mines nr,, also found i'm
this district on the Pend d'Orille
river, vet undeveloped.
ThelSpokane Fails * Northern rail
road penetrates this country towards
/ the British line and will connect
with the Canadian Pacific ruilroad
which road IL now "A great source OF
wealth to Spokane Fatls,
The Little Dalles and Kettle Falls
ON the Columbia river are the prin-
cipal points of interest In scenery.
The great walls of rock through
which the Columbia pas,es and sur
rounding scenery at Kettle Falls
can not be eaualed ON the con-
tinent, and us John b. Cough
has said in his lecture
on platform experience. ssNo one
has ever seen scenery In all Europe,
or in the east. until he has seen the
far west norton OF the United
States"
The Big Bend country lies west of
Spokane Falls, beginning at tbs
point where the spokane river
empties into the Columbia river.
following the Columbia around lis
great bend to the confluence of the
| Snake aud Columbia rivers. and
comprises 1000. 900 acres. This
country derives its name from the
great bend of the Columbia. and has
been held back from settlemout on
account of poor railroad facilities
but the Senttle. Lake shore Il East
ern. and also the Central WASHING
ton railroads. have been built from
ST. okaue Fails 100 miles into the
country. and on this account IL
has been surprisina To see the num-
Der OF towns increase and the Hn-
farms put under cultivation. The
yield OF wheat il from Is to 80 bush
I els per acre, and cultivated land can
| be purchased for from $40 to S25 per
acre, while "A large portion Is vet
government land.
The southern part of this country
has been called the n-agebrushi u
country, and will need irrigation TO
accomplish which steps have al
] -.
The Colville Indian reservation
lies west OF the Colviile country and
north of the Big BEND. which no
doubt congress will soon open up
/ for settlement, ns IL contains AN
area of 2,SlO,OOO aeres and only
about 500 Indians, iahabit it. Ii
has fine farming lands, also rich
mineral miur,, of gold. silver. lead.
and claimed by some Indians to
contain cunll and slate. One-half OF
this reservation lies In Stevens
county and the other half i'm Okano-
gan county. The Okanogan coun-
Try lies west OF the Colvilio reseryu-
| ion and Okanogan river, bor,iered
on the north by British Columbia
and on the west by the Cascade
mountains. This country Ii the
richest mining center I'm the state of
Washington, containing all the diff
fcrcnt minerals and barge coal fields.
The large and beautiful Lake Che
Ian lies In the southern part OF this
country. This country has not ns
yet been developed on account
Of the absence of railroads; this OBJ
stacle can not long remain.
South OF Okanosan county IL Kit
titns county, followed on the south
by Yakima county and the Yakima
Indian reservation. The western
portions of these counties are trav-