, 1890-12-11
An Embryo City With No Back
ing Except a Water Power
and Abundant Cheek.
Some Of Its Most Energetic Busi-
ness Men Deserted and
Moved to Rathdrum.

article was copied from the Cheney
Sentinel of February %, 1854. Spo-
kane Falls at that time had the
assurance TO pretend to be q rival Of
Cheney, and oven asplred to become
the county seat of Spokane county.
1t even pretended to be the out
fitting point for the Cnur d'Alene
mines in opposition to Rathlrum.
The article in question Is n forclble
Illustration of the bitter rivalry eX-
isting ut that time. Its roproduc-
ton at this time viii serve to remind
old-timers of those stirring times;
of those early contentious which
have long since gwen way to ira.
ternal spirit which has resulted I'm
tho upbuilding of n magnificent
city, the pride of Eastern Washing.
ton, on the banks of the raging Spo-
kane. To newcomers 1t will serve
to illustrate most forcibly the won.
derful and unparalleled progress Of
Spokane Falls In the short period Of
six years,
The gentleman who wrote the
article, which Is printed in full be-
low, was at that time and is now a
resident of Rathdrum. He has done
as much as any other man to make
known to the world the great re-
sources tributary to Spokane Falls,
and the "magic city" does not con-
tain a citizen to-day who Is prouder
of its prestige and grandeur than he.
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va W 'NN'h '"n"N
The town above named has lived ana
prospered for two years on the falls Of
the Spokane river. and the air castles
oroo,ad unon tbom 10 nil newconers
,,,a,, Lii s",,. n,i.,noo,ai,. h"s 80,
'"ey "'i soy ''"","poe las h'e''
wafer power ana SO nave we; Mihhe-
apolis has grown TO be IA city, therefore
our town will grow to be city.
IL would seem that most of people
would detect the fallaov of this stvle of
..,,s~, .t,, III,
argument py hiere'y ea"ing 10 uiihu
other great water powers without cities,
most notably Niagara Falls, which,
with power sufficient to turn tho ma
chinery of thc world without senaihIe
,ii,,irn,io, hoe novor a.nirod 10 ho
II -. ...i,...
pressure seekers.
IA TACT, minneapolis Is one OF the rev
cleies WITH great wn.eu power, ana !.
owes its prosperity chleny 10 the TACT
tnut ~ 10 situulo'' on uIe eleu'est o'
in'.iBaJ'e rhefs , unu nus ni,ieiise hSri.
cuItura, anu luuioetihs country auJaeent
anu uiou'aIy, Whne ,ne 'owh Oh apo-
kane ms neither Oh .nese auVan.ages,
~ nus oous'eS' eFer sIhce II was Iouhueu
.oWn, pai'scu.arly oi noui' pus tnere is
not nor no'er oan oe' on me sruVeiIy
anu ,oeny sV' au.,oumunB B w enouS,4
Mhe". sroMn W suppii ohu slhu'' iiliii,
ana the grain grown IN the ricn ,ahds
sJu'n s'. 10 sr1una ~ ,"ei. omn ''l,s, OF,
mnom Hmoo ITauu 70, q, oi, w Uers 70 ns'er
pn,'nueu pnr"H uru. , ,eaUes y, s,m,nmeapo,s m OF
w e,o"s t sHes.,,,e' hesI, vi ne ie",,aeu, anu
VI seneihes W p'uuuei 10 netshools
"n.cn naVe reeoheu upo,' nse own heuu.
=. ~ piesu, " .i i, ',oio .,'un M wv c"Is uso
.llat ~, us 'ne oIues. 'oWh lii .he county,
'', was enTl,'ua ,t 10 tie eonn,S sea. anu
mus eLloi.s W seoure ~, pu' sle voters,
pat.iy oeoasao sy my sew Hau i ,iot 'ho
neeessa.y !aIilink uuunlfN 1uJucchl,
i nuu tna ~ 'ooh so'nethlnH ues'ues water
ooMe. 1--WE, W ~, wy inI0y VI .ue
|, ,t .p..h'y t0vei"t,'e"s, tHi uuu puluS "eoause
'hey u'SnNeu IT'S bia7PnH anu seIHsn
sp'rl', Iocn.eu o county seat at
cheney; Not u'eo'eu oy uiis soleinh
eApress,ol, oi 'ne peop'e WI, .hey ap-
!" pe"'Iu tue' Mi"'et ~ 'uH M M,ooe ueiole
wy VIZ iesisiu'uio SeehthS uNls'on Oh
'ue county ior .hc SOY purpose OF get
~ 'l's ooun'y Sea', Muno prossss'"s 10
y 70 actuuteu py eh'heiy uilseihsh mo
ives ye' their Ieu' PuIpose was so ap-
pareht 20 the iesisia'ule tmut TOOK
mem n' tne.r Woru anu uiyiueo the
county out .einptuousy teiuseu 70
!, .h.eriere WIN .he County seas anu Iet
'hcin gnnsHhiE 'neli tee'h III hopeless
rnse Ut tnelI sl.eNous iui'ure "hu ol''er
d'srnppoii,.n'en.; ~ 1900 - "a.
lmey hau so,u inore corner Io's ny
ooohlInR prces tnhu Nheney, ana
lhcnsur'hs she ieB's,a'ure " tncir own
slaiinaru vi m'ornii.y ooi.i',enuy eT-
pec'eu M easy victory over ,heir rivals
oy nJuuicious use o' gosu at olympia
Dut II the ,CheHeSites hau iess Roiu they
hah more praihs anu caught the opo-
kah 'tps w 'he!r oMm ttap anu pitIall,
anu suSceeuvu in uiv'sioh ulat ihsurcs
.neth lhe county scat ior many years,
II not lor az ,inle. Spoknhe secured
l'ol.ilnE oy .'i'n unWuIty move ous me
uipt VI o'.ers s.he ooiI,eih p' oi the
lnut saw .htoueil lhe nlinsy
sau"e "a, oi u,ss'niu,a.,om, u tue uVh.ehPt oi
~ pgopie Va cprasue, WIN Wh'ch IL
allleu 'seii anu 'hcn oeSer'eu, the con-
tempt OF oheney, which IL tried unsuc.
,essIully 10 ae.rauu' 'he contempt OF
me whore county ior tne a,'ehpt ana
'aiiuro 10 pay sGuiNy uick.
IL 9ne ~ suceess'u, III lneah uct 'hat
benefits nm, lne cunning men OF the
WorIu aPpIauu 'he trick' pllt II ne at
lethp's anu lans h' DISCOUNTS az ooJect OF
'corh ana oerlsloh 10 aII. Inc good
man points at nun as rascal the sharp
Ihail cuns h'lh Iooi loI peine eoutWltted
yet such was Tue lOrlorh CONDITION ol