The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1906-05-03
HE BOASTS ABOUT SPOKANE
Former Denison Man Would Adver-
tise The FIourishing Washing
ton City.

L am d former TeSlueHI OIL Your COIH-
munity and as l belong to one of the
most unique clubs eve formed in the
west / believe you and the readers of
your paper will be interested in know
ing something about this remarkable
organization and the city in which it
has its origin.
The club is known as the "150, 600
Club of Spokane and its avowed in
tention is to double the population Of
this city in five years. To accom-
plish this we have $3.50 men and
women organized as Boosters"
Theclub works on modern lines. and the
novel organization has gained wide
popularity in a very short time. The
plan of the club may appeal to your
readers and induce them to form such
a society in their own community for
the welfare of the country.
To double a city's population in
five years after that city has already
attained a population of 81, 600 would
seem a %stupendous task. But we be-
lieve it can be done here and we have
set to work systematically with that
end in view. Our society is the most
cosmopolitan on the face of the earth,
its membership including people from
all walks of life from bank presidents
and street laborers to preachers and
cigar makers. Every member has
equal rights and privileges in the
club. The dues are one dollar a year
every person joining signing a pledge.
to pay this sum annually until Spo-
kane has a population of $50, 600.
The club does not encourage the
immigration of laborers and mechanics
but seeks to increase the city's growth
by indaeing eastern factory owners
and commercial houses to locate here.
A publicity campaign through the
medium of advertising and personal
correspondence, is in full sway, each
member of the club making it a point
to inform himself on the openings
available here and either write to
persons who may be interested or
turning owe his suggestions to the
secretary or n of the subcommittee.
1.-THE club entertains persons who are
induced to stop off here for a day OF
two and the advantages Of the city
and surrounding country are impressed
upon the visitor in every way possible.
am an enthusiast over Spokane
because l am positive it has the great.
est future of any inland western city.
Located on the slopes rising gently
from either bank of the Spokane rive,
the. city has an absolutely perfectsys-
ten of drainage. The beauty of such
a location could not be surpassed and
the view from the hills in the southern
residence portion is one never to tire
of. Forty per cent of the residents
own their w homes. Civic pride is
shown on every street and citizens
take pride in having Spokane referred
to as the 'scleanest big city in the
United States From the mansions
, of the wealthy to the humblest homes,
shade trees, beautiful lawns ane
%shrubbery of all kinds are the rule.
Well paved streets and continuous
sidewalks with parking between the
walks and the street add to the at.
Effectiveness of the place.
No other western city has such g
variety of as Spokane, with
an exclusive distributing territory as
big as the states of New York anc
Pennsylvania combined. There is
80, 900 horse power available by the
succession of falls in the river through
the heart of the city. Of this 5000
! horse power has been developed. This
great power with abundance of raw
material is a strong inducement to
} manufacturing establishments. Our
resources include agriculture, lumber
ing, horticulture, dairying, market
: gardening, mining and stock raising.
Opportunities are open here to the
man of small means to acquire wealth
in the dairy, poultry and market gard
CAAHS OuSllASSS. COT Lu0S0 prOQuclS
the highest prices are paid all the
year round, the demand increasing
constantly. Land is available at
reasonable prices in a dozen prosper
GUS localities where suburban trolley
lines keep the small farmer in close
touch with city life. Farming on
larger tracts has brought riches tc
{ thousands of men in wheat and hay.
Land can still be had cheaply with
returns sufficient to pay half the pur-
> chase price inside of two years. The
climate is equable with no extremes
: OF heat or cold. Spokane is a remark
< ably healthy city.
have been in Spokane for five
t years and am more than pleased with
the city. was formerly very loyal
to the town of Denlson, but my 10y
} atty for Spokane is now as great as il
was for my old home town. | would