The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1905-06-30
LETTER FROM PORTLAND
A FORMER NORFOLK ATTORNEY
DESCRIBES RESOURCES.
MANY NEeRAsKANs THERE NOW
George A. Latimer, Formerly Of Nor
folk, Writes a Letter to The News
Regarding the Resources OF the
Great West-Nebraskans He Secs.

Regarding the resources OF the
Great West-Nebraskans He Sees.
Spokane, Wash, June 22.-Edltor
Norfolk Daily News Many people
| will come west this year from Ne.
| braska to see the Lewis and Clark ex
position at Portland and among the
number of tourists there certainly
will be some from Norfolk and vicin.
ty Residents of Spokane who for.
merly lived in Nebraska wish to in
sist that our friends do not overlook
us when they come to this part of
| the state.
Spokane is a city larger than Lin.
coin and growing rapidly. II Is a
beautiful place where many Nebraska
people are finding homes and engag.
ing in profitable business. b. w. VOL.
verton, formerly OF Pierce. Neb., has
located here and is doing a good real
estate business. He Is certain to
prosper with the growth OF Spokane
and the consequent advance OF real
estate.
]. b. Rogers, formerly OF Aurora,
Neb., is a leading boot and shoe mer-
chant of Spokane. l.. Mason, former.
ly Of Pierce is here with his family
and seems to be doing we'll
Scarcely week passes but | see
some one from some part OF the state.
A. Il. Barnes of PonCa, Neb, is my
law partner and we feel that the praC-
tice we have built up is all we could
have expected. Mr. Barnes Is brother
of Judge ]. b. Barnes of the supreme
bench of Nebraska.
81 never saw two such cities any.
where as Spokane and Seattle said
President Roosevelt in conversation
with friend after his last visit to
the coast. "If my eldest boy was
large enough to choose a place,
would advise him to locate In one or
the other Of those two places and it
is a shake up between them"
Vice President Fairbanks on his re.
cent trip to the Pacific coast said:
"With a water power like that there
is no reason why Spokane should not
develop into great manufacturing
I v
of his private car as it passed over
the beautiful falls lying in the heart
of the business portion OF the city
when he made the remark
"This is the third time | have Wis
tied Spokane" continued Mr. Fair
banks, "but never before did | real
i2e what wonderful falls You have
here Words can hardly express my
astonishment at the remarkable pro-
gress of this city since | visited it
six years ago. On every hand are
evidences of growth and prosperity.
predict a glowing future for your
beautiful city. You have here all the
resources to build up the greatest in
land city in the northwest"
The vice presidents judgment is
not in error. Few communities any
where in the world have a greater va
riety of great resources. Modern civ
iliZatiOn is dependent on seven gen
eral lines of industrial pursuit They
are agriculture, stock raising, mining
manufacturing numbering, commerce
and fishing One community may
prosper because its agricultural re
sources are good. another by its manu-
featuring enterprises, another by min
ing. etc. Spokane is the center Of
a large district blessed with six of
the seven great sources of wealth
Fishing, as a result of commercial
value, is the only one which is not
important in this section
Agriculture is making our farmers
wealthy. The soil is very rich and
produces steadily 40 and 80 bushels
to the acre in wheat with all other
small grains in proportion Fruit of
all temperate zone varieties grows in
abundance and is profitable.
Stock raising is an industry of
much Importance, because of the mild
climate and the nutritious natural
grasses.
Mining has made millionaires of
some Spokane people, has made many
others we'll to do and has made the
city the wealthiest per capita on the
Pacific coast. SO many wealthy mine
owners who operate all over the
|
the city is known as the Home of
the Mining Kings" Some of the rich.
est mines in the west are in the
country tributary to Spokane.
The falls in the Spokane river will
make the city one of the most i'm
portant manufacturing points. The
water power appeals to those who
seek investment in manufacturing
lines. Electric power, developed from
the falls in Spokane, now operates the
mines of the Occur d'Alenes, in North
ern Idaho, more than 100 miles away.
These are the greatest silver-lead
mines in the world.
Nine lines of steam and electric
roads bring the wealth of the country
into Spokane Three more lines are