The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-20
THE SPOKANE OF TODAY

and surossnt 20 supply ths WAITS %
railroads radszssng fr9na 4. and these rail-
roads linked i WIKI agricultural and mir
sny districts where nature had been lavish
az her wealth 20 the vrrncs- degree o.
Tsrodtxaasy- Every train going Spok ane-
wards tsaAy IS crowded. Every hotel n
IA. city IL taxed 20 its utmost CAPACITY %
inset tns requirements o. its guests. There
Is hardly a vacant store or a vacant house
IN the city. The crowded ftssatsrs. Ire
Nvs4I-sfreszegs " oT-en. ghe crops OF earn
.-xr haasrv rasr. the we&l-fIie6 stores, ara
al Indications Of prosQe<gty. The North
s-u Pacific railroad - spending thousand
In s-,uroyeEya sYssS. Il has located he-e sew
eral Important general Offices. ard that
company. which IS completely IN touch
with this Western country, Is catering
with All fex might for Spokane trade. The
government IS Building an army post here.
80 as 10 MIKE this one % the chief mill
rary points % the Northwest. The Hour
sng nails. the hreweries. the packing
nossSas are al busy. There Is a boom
ing trade between this city and Japan,
ana thls VIII continue. There ars nvs
mining districts tributary, the Koot-nai.
che Occur 6Asne, the Reservation,
Boundary ard the ok&nogsn. IL would
Yse fofl- 20 attempt TO tell which viii
prove the richest There are mines IN
the Occur s'Aienes that viii pay from
FIVE 20 ten millions IN dividends within
the next decade There are many such
IN the Kcoteaat Boundary. wirn trans
portarlen and reduction works. will sur
pass either ard Ok2nogan and the Reser-
walton have possibilities which can hard
IL De oVerestLlaAtsd-
within the past four years 500. 0oe 90
have been invested by London in the
mines OF " est Australia Those mines
-. . xaa
try. ard when ths specializing and In
vssting world realize the vast and won
drous wealth OF the mines OF this region.
money for investment VIII come Ike an
avalanche. The citizens Of Spokane ara
masters OF the situation. They have cor
rallied the mines OF ne Kooteaai as com
pletaly as they have corraIied the mines
OF their own side or the lire.
The Canadian Pacific railroad may
build through the Crows Nest pass, the
Great Northern may run q branch line
from Clarks's ford 20 the kootenai. and 4
half-dozea other railroad schemes may %
projected
Spokane needs a metropolitan newsps-
per a metropolitan bank and a city gov
eminent. IL has a morning newspaper
that has gone clear over TO Popalism and
cant II seems 10 me that Instead OF de-
voting itself 10 Journalism and news, IL
IL pursuing with the instinct Of sleuth-
hound the vensl politicians who travel on
railroad passes. IL il would devote the
same space 10 reform the city govern
ment. to place in office city fathers who
would do their dnty. this Populistic organ
might be- tolerated. The Spokane streets
are an ahomlnation in the sight OF gods
and men. TIE siush and mud Is the de-
sp-r OF the pedestrian and the sbomina-
ton OF the driver. There is not a single
daily Republican newspaper In the town.
Spokans's banking Institutions are all
wrong. There are no banks where men
with big business enterprises can get ac-
Communications. The business men Ia the
kootenal have 70 do their banking with
the Canadian banks, and until some first
class banking institution be established
here there IS AtetIs chance for the estaGp
lishment OF big reduction works and fac
tories. This as a sore point with Spokan-
ties. The jackals that lounge around the
money loansrs and the per cent a
month men have got a strong hold on
Spokane, and many of Its most prominent
men are fearful OF exciting the ire of the
Shylocks BY advocating better banking
facilities. But she sentiment or the city
Is eager for d manch OF the Bank or
Montreal, or a branch Of the London and
San Francisco. Such of course VII come
in time. but the SOONER the better.
In these prosperous days Spokane cares
little for politics. II you hear politics
talked. there is certain 10 be q stranger
present from the west side who has an Ak
TO grind. Spokane feeels that George
Turner is the biggest man In the fusion
party and Is the best man they could Sc
iect for the senatorship. But It believes
the west side has first mortgage on the
place, and II viii support the choice OF
the west side. People here would not
like 10 swallow Squire. bat they viii take
him or James II. Lewis or John 5. Baker.
o. anybody else tia fusion men agree on.
Politics. like misfortune, produces strange
bedfellows and congressional team
consisting OF Lewis and Squire, Jones and
Wilson, would indeed make a troupe tor
she satirist to laugh over.
p. A. O'FARRELL.