New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1891-02-04
A Letter from Spokane Falls.

a 1oGIer IFOm spokane Falls.
The following letter, dated at Spo-
kane Falls, January 23rd, is addressed
to the editor of the Review in response
to desire amongst many of Mr.. New
ton 8 friends to know about our west
ern country. He says:
Spokane Falls is city rapidly grow
ing into immense size. Only ten years
old, it now numbers $25, 600 inhabit-
ants. and to my eye appears ahead of
the rest of the world in almost every
thing. It has magnificent brick build
ings for public schools, is directed in
the ways Of morality by thirty seven
churches, does its business with eleven
banks, has a university, college,
theatre building, that is second in size,
they tell me, to but one in New York
City, and numerous other public struc-
lures that far larger city could take
pride in possessing. And then, sur
rounded, as it is, with mining districts,
splendid agricultural sections and val
liable timber land, and supplied within
itself with the best of manufacturing
facilities, think am safe in saying
that Spokane Falls in day not far
hence will have distanced Minneapolis,
the pride of the Northwest.
The Spokane Valley. Well, one is
enamoured upon peholding it. It is
very level and extends from three to
six miles in width and twenty-five in
length. Through it flows the Spokane
River, fertilizing the soil and making
rich the farms of the settlers. Sprague
Street of Spokane Falls extends into
the valley and trayerses it in straight
line for distance of thirteen miles.
Being uniformly level and covered with
gravel, it makes the finest kind of a
driveway. On each side are rich fields,
young but thriving orchards and com.
Portable farm houses, some OF which
belong to old New Ulmites like Jos.
Wager, Jos. Deschbach and VIM. Nc
Gamma, who live here in apparent ease
and smiling contentment. Fifteen miles
from the Falls on this road, the tourist
is brought TO a body of water, known
as Liberty Lake, on whose shores the
Seventh Day Adventists'' contemplate
the building of 800, 600 college. 1t
lies about twenty feet below the level
of the prairie, and, standing upon It's
banks, one can gaze upon u mountain
scene that has not its equal in paintings
or sketches. Six other lakes border
the vallev, all fed by mountain streams,
but to only one is there visible outlet.
From windmill tower, of which
there are many, the whole valley is
turned into one grand scene-a level
plain, which would appear green with
fall grass were it not hidden by the
dead summer growth, trimmed by
foot hills covered with yellow pines
Back of the hills are visible the
mountain spurs of the Bitter Root Range.
These are all white with snow, as are
also the north slopes of the higher hills.
The valley at this writing is clear of
frost, stock herds are grazing in the
pastures and the buttercups are in full
blossom.
In the center of this fertile valley I
was heartily welcomed by settlement
of West Newton people. The Blessing
brothers, the zimbrich boys. JOS Ulo-
witz, 81. Bastian, N. Klinkhammer, F.
Daschbach and others all live here in
very encouraging circumstances. From
the great number of them. they have
dubbed the place the New WestN Newton.
| also spent many pleasant hours with
Mr.. Kiesling and his family, who now
have a comfortable home in Spokane
Falls. Mr.. Kiesling has started an
orchard of some two thousand trees on
an eighty acre farm about twelve miles
northeast of the city, and has clear
outlook for success ahead Of him. As
he was once resident of New Ulm.
his friends will no doubt be pleased to
learn of his welfare.
JAs.J. NEWTON.
An Unfortunate Death.
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