Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-07-20
CEN OF THE WEST
Kettle Falls. Washington, a
Vigorous New City,
Located at the Famous Falls Of the
Columbia River-The scenic
City OF the North
west.

SpCeAHik w hctt&c Ais W Ssh1h ss<As
the .ow famous young city II the con-
iiuence Of the CoivilIe and Columbia
rivers, Mr.. Arts, secretary OF the
Rochester * Kettle Fails Land con-
pany, said yesterday 10 . reporter OF
InE HEkALp:
"Ihe city comprises 900 acres, all
OF WHICH 10 surveyed and iotted out.
business lots being z5xl30 feet and real
dence lots 50xl50 feet. Manufacturing
10 Al present located on the Coiyilie
river. bat when necessity demands II
p.,wer from Kettle Fails will be sought
by canoes. which Will he inexhaustibie.
Kettle Fails is % named from the
large holes, thirty feet deep and eight
feet IN diameter, worn In the ledge
under the falls by the action Of tine
water through many ages. The loca-
ton Of Kettle Falls is such that ii must
ever he the distributing center for q
section Of country 100 miles to the fur
points OF the compass. II must also be
the receiving center for an equally
large area OF territory, comprising AZ
riculture, mining and manufacturing
and i'll the near future the Created
canning factories for salmon Will be
located at this place; in fact, steps are
already being taken to develop thai
great industry of the greatest salmon
producing river in the world-the Co
lumbia. Kettle Falls will not DO two
years old till November, but today il
has two banks, . $50, 900 hotel, two
churches, several stores. q fine school
streets and four and one-half miles Of
sidewalk. A fair showing for the time
it has existed.
.'In the line of manufacturing it hal
full roller Hour mill, q sash and blind
factory several saw mills, q brick and
lime kiln, blacksmith shope. and minol
manufactures. The city is lighted with
electricity. just across the Columbil
river is the Cclville Indian reservation
II / SOC, 900 acres, which is to be opened
to settlement. The possibilities Of thi.
opening to Kettle Falls can not bs
measured. Here is what \ Spokane
paper says it means to that city:
From the Spokane Roview.
congressman Wilson has brough
cheerful news about the Colville reser
walton. The bill that has gone to tn,
president for his signature is an excel
lent solution of problem in which
| Spokane has taken great interest.
means that within q brief time larg,
tract of land as fertile and productive
~ any IN the country will be opened t
white settlement. Spokane will fee
the result of this legislation immedi
ately." If Spokane. 100 miles away, il
| to feel the effects of the opening, wha
+, will 1t be 10 Kettle Falls, one mile away
Kettle Falls has line of railroad, thu
Spokane Il Northern, with good pros
poets that the Great Northern will err
long run its spur INTO this city. AS t
the climate il 10 the finest IN the world
| A side OF beef can be hung in the opeI
air in July and left hanging tor week
and it will not become tainted, 80 pur
is the atmosphere. II is q great coun
try for hay fever patients and all pul
inonary diseases-sure cure every tim
for these and all other diseases. w
have two doctors with us, but the
came for their health only, as 1t il
very poor place for practice.
| Another thing about the climate,
Is the only section in the state wher
corn will grow, and it iss the garden Q
the world for vege tables, and the Oh
chard Of America for fruit. The fac
that Rochester, New York, capitalist
have invested 500, 900 in Kettle Falls
sufficient guarantee of what shrew
Yankees think of it by way of invest
ment. We propose to cell few lots q
this time for the purpose of putting J
q system of water works and q atear
ferry to the Colville Indian reservation
We will sell every other lot or ever
other pair of lots as purchasers ma
desire. We have opened an office wit
! Grinnell & Son, No. / Canal stree
under the Old National bank, wher
Mr.. Smith and myself will be please
to receive callers who may desire I
learn OF the possibilities of Kettle Fal
or invest in lots. The finest routes {
reach Kettle Falls from the east 10 vi
the Michigan Central, the Wisconsi
Central and the Northern Pacific raj
roads,"