, 1890-12-04
C0LVILLE RESERVE.
Indians Soon to Take LandsI.
in Severalty. J
THE SPOKANE Z NORTHERN
It's Engineers Operating on thu
West Side of the River
To the Metalino.

CoLvILLE, Wash, Nov. 28.-
Within the short space of fifteen
days, or about December IL, the In.
dian coi..mission appointed by the
president to treat with the Colville
tribes in relation to taking the lands
of the Colville reserve. now occu.
pied by them, in severalty, will be.
gin their duties. 1t is not probable
that the commission will experience
difficulty or waste much time In deal.
ing with the noble red people
These Indians have long been used
to the customs of the whites and
will very readily step into the path
way of progress which will be out
lined IN the new order of thinps
Many half-breeds who have married
squaws already live upon the re.
serve and have selected their lands.
and the Indian, who in this sec.
tion is not a warlike creature, ha,
long since described his
possessions, and will readily act
with his white relative i'm making
every necessary concession to
further the project to open the
reservation for settlement.
a spirit Of interest will pervads
the settlement of this new region
by the whites, and the day of dedi.
cation of this tract to the free use
of modern progression and civiliza.
ton will not be one year hence.
| Until that reservation Is thrown
open to the white settler there will
be naught but uncertainty In the
progress and future of Stevens
county.
The Spokane Falls & Northern
railway has secured Il right-oi-way
across the reservation, as every one
knows, but no work will be done
on the west side of the river in the
direction OF the Pacific ocean before
the reservation is thrown open.
This information has oozed out
from reliable source, and Is
recommended Us true. The main
line has been built as far up the
Columbia river as Little Dalles, and
corps of engineers have been out
on the west side of the river
all fail making peculiar mancuven
in the direction of the Canadian
Pacific, most probably with a view
of going to kootenai. The route up
the river on the west side Is very
easy, and the road will doubtless
tap the new and fnbulously rich
Trail creek range. A steam ferry
will be launched at "a point some
where about four miles above the
Dalles. so that there will not be
break In rail transportation between
Spokane Falls and British Colum.
bia, distance of 100 miles. Pend.
ing the opening of the reservation
the Spokane Falls Il Northern
Railway Company will likely build
their proposed line from Colvilleto to
the Metaline. The distance is less ,
than forty miles and the line will
prove TO be n very profitable one
from the mineral traffic derived
from the lead mines alone in the
Metaline, To say nothing of mining,
numbering and divers other indus
trial proclivities, which will con-
tribute along the way.
The importance OF the country
along down the Columbia river, on
the west side of Stevens county,
strongly suggests that u railroad Is
much needed to do the carrying
trade for that region. it would be
comparatively easy to tap the Co
lumbia river 10y n spur of fifteen
miles, built westward from Sher.
wood, small station on the Spo
kane Falls Il Northern, about twelve
miles south of Colville. When the
Spokane Falls & Northern shall
have gridironed the surface of Ste
vens county by completing lines
reaching into every point heretofore
mentioned, there will be little to 10
asked for In the way of Transports
ton facilities for years to come.
The Farmers Alliance, an Of
ganization well known as conf
current with the labor organiza-
tions of the country, is preparing to \
organize in Stevens county. "A
prominent organizer impaired the
Information that they could secure
ut least l75 members in the county
to begin with. He also stated that
the membership of the alliance III
the state would foot up in round
numbers between 1900 and III, VVo.
They expect to be strong enough oy
the next campaign to join the laoo,
organizations in their cause anu
make II fight for political supremacy