The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-20
LAND OF MILK AND HONEY.
Description OF the state by a spo-
kane Man.


4 ChHlicothe. o, paper publishes a live
~ letter from a Spokane man 10 his father
in that place. A clipping has been mailed
70 the Post-IntelHgencer. but proper
credit cannot be given. as there is no
means OF identifying 1t. The newspaper
Introduces the letter with the following
pleasant headlines:
what Fools We Be-For Not Living in
the State OF Washington. Scotland Of
MIX and Honey-W here the Men Are
Made of Money. and Al You Needs a
Iadle % Scoop Il Up-A Letter 10 Mr.. a.
II, Roberts. OF This City. From His Son
sherman AT Spokane. Washington"
The letter Is AS follows:
Dear ather: Yours OF the cd inst.
just az hand, and 1 am somewhat though
not wholly surprised az your statements
concerning the depressed financial bust
ness conc tic0 or your country AS you
say. the West has injured your country:
50 II has 10 certain extent, but foreign
countries have been a serious cause OF
much OF your trouble. IL is the survival
OF The fttest. I remember when l thought
that the sctoto valley was the standard
for ali places and countries 20 emulate.
our people We're happy IN their posses
sloDs. and proud 70 say they lived in the
valley, and while today the vaIley Is stiu
capable of producing great crops. yet the
products adapted 20 the soil are SO unre-
wuneraitve that no encoura cement IS Of
fered the farmer. You ask about this
Place. In reply l an pleased 70 say while
IN some lines OF business there is stu a
depressed feeling, yet on the whole we
could not ask much more. our farmers
had fiue crops and got high prices Our
~ rers are bringing IN thousands OF dol
Jars daily. and our town IS hsled 20 over
flowing with people from 81 over the
world Adjoining ny Office Is the Holland
bank - Amsterdam. Holland. md a. 80 the
representative Of the Amsterdamsch
Trustees. representing ar almost unlim-
itE5 amount Of money. Our ofTacs is IN
tho y W. & Pacific Bank building. the
conarany having over SIX millions In
vested here
There are also many English ana
Scotch companies here doing business. 7
have cne farm OF Is0 scres, eight acres
O. orchard. four - pT1iDes, good house.
et- Al fenced fine land, within two
miles 81 spokane ! can sell for 50 per
acre IRIS lacd vii produce TWO 10 three
tons Or grain hay thaf a worth here nuv
- lie sheat $40 Per ton. This land will
produce from thirty 20 fifty bushels az
wheat per acre. IS al tiilaole. ard very
aus TIE farmers ABOUT here are pros
porous y tGey work. Mining Is me most
fsr13neFa-+Ve business here. and l never
saw go many succeed n any business as
teey DO tn mining. i IS generally sup
posed ~ Eastern people 20 be sxtrernefv
saEaf t0us and ia ordinarily. but IN me
mineral cftts about acre the element q
FISK seems % re very r1uca less fhz-
cr6t5ary. IN TIA Occur @ AIerA@ aasr of
hsre. a failure % 4 properly taat showed
kuoNn. There are dozens q great mines
there Ecw. tne Standard oeZrE ore 81 tina
best. and producing 80 - oanees ~ -
YER l2st year IN the Tran Geek conn
trv. north o. here. tae greatest rairA 81
tEe lie Rot- II "a reported t-ay 81 Ger
ct -. 40 ~ stersluE or abstIf q 6.sl 80.
was refused ~ I1e owners CT ehe rrou-
crty yesterday. Hhe cgsusrs live ka~@
The WaE ftEts sod q Esw DAYS a4~o
foT oFsr S.se 50 casa TIE miners r1szlgs4
pro1t - 81 for eacn ore invested srs-s,s
t&u ye8Es aEo, besides e1z efws ss~zs
T5sTe are hundreds q smaller ras-1.e~ fsa-
hr1GE - lesser TstETuS. but mage -
owners Eaorey. n IeS years there Nj,