The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-04-24
THE MECCA or rHE WEST
Spokane Painted In the Glowing Colors
Which it Certainly Deserves

THE MECCA OF THE WEST.
Spokane Painted In the Glowing Color
: Which it Certainly Deserves.
SPOKANE, WASH, April 2l.-I asked
the proprietor Ola new restaurant herr
the old question "How's business,
and was surprised ar his answer
"Business is good. Yesterday We
served 500 meals and the place has moi
been open three weeks" l had no
ticed that business was rushing, but
the figures were considerably larger
than l expected. And restaurants and
hotels are not scarce either, but to Sc
cure room at their favorite stopping
places I understand that drummers are
telegraphing ahead. Then the street s
present crowded appearance. In fact
Spokane is the Mecca to which all
eyes are turned-the one spot on earth
which is thought to be the abiding
place of good times. 1t claims to be
the distributing point OF the largest
and richest mineral belt on earth that
is just in the beginning of it's develop
ment. Every citizen has faith in the
northern mines. They may claim that
some sections are richer than others
but it is all good. and they attest their
faith by their deeds. From the banker
TO the bootblack. the universal theme
| of conversation is "mines and stocks" !"
I have only met two men who admitted
that they had no mining stock. They
| were both former Oregonians. One
had lost his all years ago in some
swindling corporation and would never
take @ share in anything, the other,
why, hn was looking for some ''snap"
by which he could get on the inside
and become an original incorporation
and have stock to sell himself. l ex
pect to see him at the head of some
wild cat" scheme within the next
ninety days. The mines have pulled
Spokane out of the slough of despond
and the people are grateful and happy.
THE NEW ARMY POST
is beautifully located just across the
Spokane, river from the city. Work
on the construction of the necessary
buildings commenced this week, and
will give employment to large force
of men. An appropriation of $1,000
is available, made by the present con-
gress, and will be expended this sea-
son. 1t will require that much more
to erect all the building, and probably
100000 all told in constructing the
roads and other improvements. The
site is perfect, an elevated plain, with
groves of frs to the east and
north and the river in front, aDd
gives the appearance of beau
tiful private lawn. One thousand |
soldiers are to be quartered here, and
1 am creditably informed that the |
coming of the young and handsome
lieutenants,is looked forward to with
unspeakable pleasure by Spokane's
society people. which proves after all
that there is use for most things in
this world. The post will be connected
with Spokane by bl idge and an elec-
trio car line extended across it. The /
ride will be about mile and a half
from the heart of the city, and, of
course will bring many q nickel into
the Golfers of the street railway COM
pany, soulless corporation that has
Just passed under the hammer. But
during the three years or depression,
until the, mines were discovered fore
closures were the order of the day in
Spokane; ;e,.,s.. a,..
BLOCK AFTER BLOCK
of handsome stone and brick build
ing passed from the original owners in
to the hands of eastern and foreign
mortgage companies. An institution
bearing the name Northwestern ay-
potheed bank" gopbled building after
building. Attorney T. G.. Griffiths
now comes forward ard demands the
restoration of all this property to the
original owners on the, grounds that
the bank is Holland incorporation,
and never complied with any of the
laws of Washington regarding cor
porations. Mr.. .GrifiLhs has under
taken large contract in his doctrine
of confiscation and the hypotheed
people treat the idea with merriment,
but Griffiiths-and he is bright
terribly in earnest. 1t ap-
pears that they made him pay rent for
the offices occupied in one of ftheir fore
closed buildings, proceeding that
aroused his ire. and no wonder!
MINING NOTES.
Work will be Recommended on the
Butte gold copper mine at Rossland in
June. This claim adjoins the COM
mander recently bonded to English
capitalists for 100000. 1t is the best
speculative stock on the Spokane
market, being held at cents and will
double when work de-
velopes.
1.-The Wall Street. and ''Strictly
Business" are two free milling claims
in the Okanogan country The"Strictfy
Business" recently assayed over $500
to the ton.
C.. S. Rutter, mining broker, Spokane
whose advertisement appears in this
issue is strictly reliable business man.
DrpE DEWnTE