The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-11-23
I'm the Wonderland
OF North America.
Fifteenth Paper of Northwestern Travel.
Something About the Magical City, Spokane.

named in honor of our most noted poets,
patriots and historians: Lincoln, Frank
lin, Bancroft. Longfellow and Bryant.
The High School, as a model of archi-
lecture. beauty of location and elabor-
ate facilities, has no superior in the
country.
The population of Spokane is
thing over &c. 200 and consists in q great
er degree than hat of nest all of the
new cities West. of young men and
young women CT culture n refinement
fom New England and also the Middle
States. We had the pleasure of inter-
viewing some OF these pioneer young
men and We're toll that some had grown
quickly and immensely rich from early
real estate operations, but the greater
majority are of the class who, having
made their money here. readily spent ii
in local improvements, to make the city
attractive, and IA yet to realize on
their Investments, because of the large
sacrifices they have made IL building
UP the city. They having enjoyed n re-
markable and uninterrupted period of
prosperity (until the financial strin-
gency camel spent their means in street
railroads in electrical plants, laying out
drives and building comfortable homes,
etc.
One Fnr-Sich.cd Pioneer.
Among the wealthy citizens men,
n was n adventurer who, one
DAY In 1878. came along in a bull
team, saw the wild rapids and great
cascades. and reflected on the history
81. Paui and Minneapolis. with the
tailS OF st. Anthony, and the tide of
immigration turning to the far north
west, and concluded to stop right here
n wait for n city to grow up around
him. This far-sighted pioneer lives
near those runbling falls. which makes
such cheerful music for him; and the
city Is now here with him and has come
to stay. For several years his eyes fell
on nothing hut gravel-beds and foam
iEG waters. Now, as he looks about. he
sees mills end factories, railroad lines,
north, south, east n west. churches.
school houses. costly dwellings, and
stores. paved streets and all that makes
living easy and comfortable, in one of
the haEdsorlcst towns in the Great
West. The greater part OF this has
come within his vision since 1889. and
now Mr.. Boulter can draw his check to-
day good for 81 600, 900.
While Spokane owes its growth
mainly to the Northern Pacific. it is on
the main line of both the Northern
Pacific and Great Northern railroads.
and Is also the terminal point of sew
ernl branch lines of the Northern Pa
citic. 1t is located in the nter Of all
this immense territory, like the hub in
the center of q wheel. The word inn
mense is not used unwittinsly, for the
mountains and plains and valleys make
up u country here that in Europe would
be called n nation and in New England
would form n state. The surroundings
of the city are exceedingly picturesque,
and there are many beautiful drives
along the banks of the Spokane river,
and Hangnans Creek, and across the
beautiful fiowery prairies east and
west. This sturdy and enterprisinG
young giant arises from her ashes and
shows to the world one of the neatest,
finest-locatcd. best lighted. best wat
cred, and, altogether, the most at
tractive cities we have found on our
journey to the Pacific coast.
j. l.. Richmond.