, 1890-02-06
MIR, CANNON TALKS.
He Tells the People OF Chicago
About Spokauo's Wonder
full Enterprise,


chicago Tribune, January 20.
4, Nj. Cannon wNs It one time
| Chicago board Of trade man, lIo
went West, and was ono of tho
, tIrcc men who founded spokane
Fall, Wash. lie i now tho prc-i-
dent of two banks, vice president Of
two mory, and the principal owner
OF the leading paper of spokane,
and l. interested In the largest bust
ness enterprises there,
"Whcn | went to spokane Falls
. twelve years ago there wcrc Il few
Indians campcd whore The town
now j., .aid Mr.. Cannon AT the
Grand Pacific yesterday "rhat was
|ali lsupposc there were not overa
hulf u dozen white uru around
there. spokane now has 5000
people and is bright u prospect for
.u great fu.uro Us any city
ever had. Every clement for
- grcat clty H. there. Ia thc first
place II l. In u stutc that has more
abundant aud varied resources than
any other state I'm the Union. Then
II Is -ituu-cd geographically where
thC.'r must bc a great CitN II Is To-
Gated ON "a water power That sur
passes hy third that Of Mime
upuii-. it. people are lllled with
thv hest sort Of u spirit uf progress.
| have lived In Chicago and know
what Chicago energy aud enterprise
are But | must >uy thut never
anyw here suw such energy and en-
teTpri-c ~ the people of Wash.
iupiOu show. SpOkaur's tire was in
it. small way To- her " hat thi,ugo'-
lire wn~ her. IL hurt individuals
but II helped the town,
"IhIs winter has been serious for
the livestock Interests OF Washing
tom Eastern Washington Is COW
erred with two feet ut snow, The
lu-s has not been - grcut yet, The
hanger j. In partial thuwIng of thi,
snow aud then frcZiug crust,
through which the cattle can not
break. About nine year ago that
happened, aud Wlly IN per cent. Of
tho stock prri-hcd. - much snow
Il au almost unprecedented occur-
renee. \ heavy snowfall, however,
Ina, ulwuy- lvru an absolute Iu-Ir-
aucc of a bouutul crop, The gain
from the gIcnt harvest that is sure
tO follow will many times Offset what
loss there has been to the cattle iu-
t,r'-t- \ great crop ia Washing
tom means something, indeed. |
know OF u ti'li ut lGu Hcrp- 0r wheat
from which was thmshed last wear
an average Of ~.yruty-uuc btl-hcl, tn
the acre. That will seem incredible
I" thc average farmer, but 1t Is ab-O-
Iutoly true
j. H. Mckinley secretary Of the
chamber of commerce uf Whutcon,
Wash, talk ~ clolucutly Of West
oru Washington ~ Mr.. Cannon
doc, Of the eastern portion Of the
state.
"l'hc next few years will SO
great struggle on Puget sound he-
tween several cities for commercial
suprrmHcy,' said Mr., Mckinley
"ruNerM large uiliu, will unAoubt.
cdly be- built there, bat iH thr end
the advantage of location must win.
That advantage lie. neither with
Tacoma nor seattle. NJ orc pur--
lions that BallIughum bay is
the finest hnrhOr ON the east
-hum Of the sound II l. by
muuN miles the mu-t accessible
tu ocean Nc .H.>. II /. surrounded
by tuu mgcs, ugricu,tuuIlt, t,uct ,bCrr
L. west oi tHu muuutaiu-. IT. shores
are uudcrlaid with great veins Of
coal of better quality than any
found -uuthuf there. There l. iron,
copper and lead ore IN abundance.
There are miles ON miles of uncut
forest, Ui ~ iiu, trees ~ ever grcw,
What better setting for city do
yuu want straight Ia the east IL
lhrS Nkn"lt pu-S, toward which wc
Us ,icEc the Manitoba railroad is
pointing. \ line of railroad con-
Meeting H. with the Canadian pI-
"iitC railroad will bc completed by
next June, aud the Canadian Ia
enc ~ under contract to run its ears
into Nhntrum. The Fairhavcn ~
southern at the same time H. being
pushed on south Ia seattle and Ia
coma and u connection with the
Northern Pacific. fairhuvrn,
Whatrom aud Soh0me lie side by
side ON lcllingham bay. Whatcotu
az present iH the largest and Fair.
haven the most prosperous. We
shall see the day that they are all
one great city, and Boilingiam bay
lhn hnrhur for vessels from all over
the WOTld.n