The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-01-17
THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
Asotber Interesting Letter From Miss
BeegIe. Tells of City that in Twen-
ty Years Grows TO Population
of $4,000.
IMMENSE FIELDS OF GRAIN. INDIANS

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where as Spokane and Seattle. l.
my eldest boy were large enough
to be choosing place l would ad
wise HIM to locate IN one or the
other of these two cities"
Spokane is situated in the gar
den spot of the Northwest, being
surrounded by country thatyields
abundantly IN any agricultural
crop that has been tried. No 9th
er section of equal acreage IN the
United States yields, or is capable
of yielding, the quantity, quality
or variety of farm products as
does this section. Of all products
wheat is king. One-sixth of the
bread supply If the United States
might be raised here. From &C
to 30 bushels are raised to the
acre. The price of wheat ranges
from 80 to so cents per bushel.
The Spokane country farmer
has the market of the world at his
com mand. The flour manufac-
tured by local mills with a daily
capacity of $1,000 barrels finds It's
way to nearly every country on
the globe. 1t is a magnificent
sight to view this country from
height. For miles and miles, or
as far as ones eyes can reach, i'm
mense fields of waving grain with
here and there harvester IN op-
Grafton are to be seen.
The .'alouse country and the
Yakima Valley are especially beau
tlful. AS the train moves along
through the Yakima Valley which
stretches many miles east and
west, as beautiful a valley as eye
ever witnessed, while as far IN the
distance toward the vest the
handsome snow covered Mount
Adams stands like a sentinel
guarding this fertile valley where
fruit trees and wheat fields a.
bound.
A large proportion of the wheat
from these sections is sent to
Spokane where it is made into
flour. Spokane is one OF the larg.
est manufacturing towns west of
Minneapolis. The Spokane Falls
furnishlnga abundantw water power.
Great cities are often situated be-
side great waters. 1t Is evident
that the hand of destiny marked
the region around the falls as a
popular city. No wonder the
groves around the city were the
camping grounds of the aborigin
al Spokane Indians for ages un.
known, for more delightful spot
would be difficult to find.
In twenty-five years Spokane
has grown to be city of $4,000
people and a steady increase OF
1000 per annum. There is pos
sibly no city in the world of such
RAPID and steady growth, unless
it be Seattle, whose population
shown by recent directory can
vas was $4,000.
Seattle IS most beautifully 10.
Gated on a dozen lofty hills over
looking Puget Sound. The city
is almost surrounded by rivers,
lakes and innumerable inlets and
bays of the great arm OF the Pa.
cific. Although the city is built
on the hills, yet 1t has the appear
ance of beng situated in the heart
of a great amphitheatre with the
lofty ranges of the snow-capped
mountains to form the outer wall.
On all sides the view Is a never
ending landscape study, unlimit-
ed in variety, never looking the
same, but always offering grand
expanse of skies, waters, islands
and mountains.
The Indian history that clings
to this city is worth note. It be.
ing named for an old Siawash In
dian chief named Sealth. Seat
Ties grandson Moses has written
a history OF the chiefs daughter
Angeline. He says: "She creep
,thro' big woods, tell white men
hpd Indians sum Mountains. xiii
y white faces, Say her father
Phief all Siawash tribes cum IN
Pwo sleeps with 300 canoes to Du-
vanish river. Bad indians IN ~