The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1910-12-08
INTERESTING LETTER
Describing the Beauties of Spo.
kane, Wash, from Mrs. D. II.
fOdSOn, of MOwryStOwn.
SPOKANE. WASH Nov. %. 10.

SPOKANE, WASH Nov. %, 10.
Editor NEws-HERALD-I am in
Spokane, Sunny Spokane, as this city
is called, because the sun shines here
almost every day in the year. The
elevation is two thousand feet above
sea level. The population is about
| 125,0O0. A finer climate would be
hard to find, simply ideal. Now this
is Nov. 10 and as yet no cold weather,
not enough to freeze the vegetables or
fruit.
The city of Spokane is situated i'm
beautiful valley surrounded by noun
tains. The Spokane River runs
through the city and the Spokane
Falls, consisting of three beautiful
falls, are i'm the heart of the city,
making the most beautiful sight one
could wish to see. Tie water is as
clear as crystal and coming as it does
| from the snow.capt mountains Is as
cold as ice the year round. This val
| ley is carpeted with the most beauti-
| full green verdure and flowers are still
blooming out of doors, making quite
contrast with the snow covered noun
tains you can stand and see.
The population of Spokane is made
up of people from almost, II not every
nation on the globe. The largest
number, however, are from the East,
about 800 being from Ohio, and they
have an Ohio Club, DIR. Ken Berry,
of Dayton, being president. The older
inhabitants Of this city tell me its
residents are mostly, ambitious work
ing people, although they have quite
few millionaires who are working
to get another million. All is push
and graft is seen on every hand.
Everybody is after the almighty dol
lar, and they don't let an opportunity
slip.
There are great many fine churches
here, different denominations which
, cannot name, but there are three
Christian Churches here. | attended
Central Christian, beautiful modern
church, G. f. Stevens being pastor.
Last Sunday POI children were in the
Sunday School and the membership is
six hundred. ! don't know the mem-
, bership of the other two, being quite
y a distance away in the city. Spokane
. claims twenty thousand children in
,, the Sunday School in the city which,
> as you see, is very small for such a
large city.
- The farming districts are fine and
everything seems to grow here 10 per-
fection except corn and the ranch
man seem to think the time is COM
ing when they can raise an early
d variety of that Sweet and Irish
Y. potatoes are the finest one could wish
i to see and fruit is simply grand.
: IN II try to describe briefly the thirC
apple show now going on. The show
opened Monday morning, Nov. IA, a.
10 o'clock and will end Friday evening
ID at 10 O'Clock. Thirty.two car loads o
;e apples are exhibited at the Armory
10 California, Washington, Oregon. Mon
lu tano, Idaho and British Columbi;
have displays. The largest appl
weighs thirty-six ounces and tn,
smallest is about the size of straw
berry. A grander sight one coulC
III never wish TO see. | don't know hoy
as the judges will decide, for every appl
We seems to me as worthy Of a prize
TX. Some are grown on irrigated lane
Others grown without, and these ar
the finest favored apples. The trs
&C. prize is 81 200, so there will be tussl
Lc- among the growers.
The fruit growers are shipping thei
v. apples East and in cold storage acros
the water over to the old country
j. They are selling from Sl.OO to Sl.5
n per bushel right at home, so you Sc
the farmer, or fruit grower rather, /
of making fortune, as they never fai
in crop.
d. i will close this as it is getting to,
It. long, and if you don't enjoy it pleas
te throw it away.
Yours truly,