The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-21
4 Broad Strsttb Of Country Where Grain Fields
and 0gebaTds Bedsck the Fertile
2LaiQs and Valleys.

Tributary 70 Spokane ta~ metropolis 0:
IN. rortheasterr counties. are now a great
mining co1atgy. @h.en eStsEGs rom i&l@
IasAa .E- e. l4e sfamlt - tAe Cascade
rang a. from ts4@ Gg.ta2 DGtsE48TJ 70 the
t,oi..s4ls.ls slser Or tne aa1ts. sad tss
nor. .erG pa, - 11e E~.5ggs country aa1
the eastern part o. sh~ B.g Bead country.
II isofH tisese "a Ger districts wasaf = g6e
ys.ncspie pF1ds4ct. ss.ozsa tbs sugar hsei
has been IL. sRbtect az saees@Sfn. ~x .sTi.
rneFn D4lEy.Dg Is eayr>sd 81 80 81 c2as.d-
era5.e extent and tie f.8.t ,,ecl..ar =
the ten. ~sa-s gene gfo@H 30 s risctiJfs.
Mineral has aIas been d.seoy eTea r. t3Ie
section a8li tsaere - s3E4e reliability Ia
paying mines VIE ie Developed
TIE eatsre quarter - tDe a:Ate north a.
the Spokaue. Columbia ag. 5 ef<s tcnee F.E-
era IL aioautasnoUs aud the mountains aFt
ribbed VITA u.frEs-. w2ich Is bong cie-
vel0ped az Il Number - posata. %" meet
active Hcs;4s q opera Ions being hepu3Hc
Il Stevens cagntg. The football 5 are park
Ike pine wooaa. sslia a coat ot rleh bunch
gr&ss coTer.ag the ground and offering
feed lot many lanes more cattle aud f3rs@z
than naw Foatn over tEesw. thcuEh these
hsrds are considerable. Tie valleys ~ me
CoivstIa country. "a ne extreme east aud
a. FAR west as the BGGap3rte rau5e arc
fertile In tie extreme and yield great crops
Of grain, hay. Alfalfa and fruit without
Irrigation. The section from the Okaa0gan
west TO the Cascade foothills y more fitted
Tor cattle range. though ( yie.ds good
crops OF grain. alfalfa, roots and fyuit in
the many scattered places where Irrigation
has been applied O.. q saan scale. The
field OF trade occupied ny Seattle and Sp3-
kane acre oycrlaps Spokane merchants
reaching far into the eastern foothills.
while those az Seattle have large bua!aess
connections through The valleys Of tae
okaC0gan ami tts Tributaries and have
lately made inTosGs ca Republic. though
Spokane haF the advantage most decidedly
east OF the OkanOgau.
The country Immediately around Spo-
kane - "A ieyei pla!u OF volcanic rock, the
surface Of ~hich has dec9mposed and
formed fertile col. the rivers having ctl;
deep g0fscs tAfpuGh II. and round. fiat
topped bates standing above the general
leve' where :}a rock has +cuger res stsd the
destroying Clements The same general
characteristics * - tr tae Fix Bend conn
try. except tina; The Land is "A Ifttic more
rolling and bgttea are not so numerous In
the Palouse country. south Of spokane the
land consists cf rolling prairie generally
about Z. 100 feet above sea level. with n soil
varying from n sandy - a heavy ciayey
foana Of greai fertility which retains moist
ure for 4 long period SO tlat the moderate
rainfall sutiices 10 r!pen the crops Here
ali the grasses and cereals thrive. wheat
yielding from twenty to forts bushels per
acre. barley thlriy~iise 10 eighty bushels
oats forty 10 one hundred tusasie Cattle
sheep ard hogs are raised ana aurle~,
prunes and plums grow on the higher lands.
Sp0kane's excellent railroad position OK
tends Is field ~ trade also northwar5 lnta
the kootcray country ara ea&t ;nto the
Occur d'A one country ~ ftahn The
Great Northern and Northern Faeifc pass
through TIE t-nior Pacific rnteYs rs con
neetion with thc OREGON Rtliraad 4 Nav
pa'tar Tine. she Spokane Falls & Northern
runs uorth .AroIch t1a fr~-He Cotvi'le ana
Columbia valleys tnto British columbia
several branches run into .1e r4}1uss
country ani the Central Washington tl4y-
erses the Hl< Bend