Spokane Falls Review from Spokane, Washington • 20

Ilk AWE I 1 1 I 1 NMI Oa. nil 1 Mini I 0.1111ftlM101,1 1 MP Mill NOM EOM '20 SPOKA FA LLS REV! IV: THURSDAY MORNING JA NUARY 1 1891 ell vier A A 14 4 I mAt 4 111w. 0 filo SNKANHALLS, WASH, ROOMS 4-5 CHANITE BLOCK, Estate E3rokers. OM 4 ARE THE OLDEST REAL ESTATE firm established in this city, and are TOSS 'PARK WE GIVE SPECIAL ATTENTION' TO investments for non-residents. We guar- therefore in a position to be fully ac-, antee safe and reliable security for quainted with the proper value of property in money in making any loans or investments all sections of the city.

We do a general real OTS NEAR THE ELECTRIC LINE IN THIS BEAUTIFUL ADDITION TO through us; we solicit correspondence, and all estate business and have all kinds of property communications will receive careful consider-at prices which are proper market values, and Spokane Falls for sale at very yew onable prices, and on easy terms. To ation and will be answered with promptness. in many instances are rare bargains. those wishing to build, special inducements will be extended. This park is located in the most delightful section of this city, and contains the residences of REFM1ENCES: I.

S. iCAUFM A xxohnnig Isrationsal Bank, of 14 poltana Palls. J. many of our wealthier citizens. No portion of Spokane offers a better location Traiers' National ink, or Spokane Falba la 1.4.

PRESCOTT, for a pleasant and healthy home than Ross Park. Washington Nut tonal Bank. tar Itipokatie li'allis. I 11 I. S.

KAUFMAN SL Spokane Falls, Wash. THE CITY OF ROCKFORD Al IN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN LINCOLN COUNTY IN COLUMBIA COUNTY 11EimImmi6 Ke Causes for Its Growth and Development A Region Rich in Fruition and Promise. Dayton a Flourishing City of 2,000 People. A Section Rich in Diversified Resources. WO ITS UNLIMITED RESOURCES 11 PLACE OF PLEASANT HOMES FRUITS, MELONS AND CEREALS FARMING AND STOCK-GROWING An( pleasant to the taste, remarkably clear and free from disems germs.

All lines of business are here represented, but in no department is it overdone. The town contains no able-hodied people irt destitute Orcumstaneen, and very few of any deseription who are not furnished with nil the neeesmaries of lite. The churches are nine in number, many of which have largo congregatione, presided over by young and progressive min6tere. The three newspapers of the plaee are in a 'Muriel'. lug The pendent complexion Of the Chronicle is republican, of the Inlander, democratic; of the Baptist bentinel, is, as its name indicates, a religious weekly.

The last census gave the town a population of about 2,000, which number Is constantly being augmented by immigration and by wealthy farmers from the surrounding country, who move to town to enjoy a welbearned rest and to give their children the advantages afforded by our excellent school la. Pasco. the County Seat, Sits Near the Confluence of the Co. lurnbia and Snake. Business Houses, Manulsotories, and Other Leading Industries of the City.

The Surrounding Country Admirably Adapted to Agriculture, Fruit-Growing, Eta. The Wool Industry of Eastern Washington and the Output for the Year. year hes been quite extensive In the way et residences, and as Noon as spring or en larze two or three. brick structure will le put under wily by if. B.

Ilurd, to be used as a werieral merchandise store. Two churches and a fine schoolhouse add gleatly, not only to the beauty of the town, but their moral influence Is apparent In every way. Anxious eyes areeagerly wawhing the day when the Cuair d'Alene reservation shall be thrown open for settleinent. A few specimens, alleged to have been taken (rota this rough and rugged tract of land, in near proximity to the town, give proof that startling discoveries will be made In minerals within a short thne, Bonds to the amount of 'SAO are about to be negotiated for the purpose of adequate water supply, and the feasibility of electric lights bee been placed before the people In such a light that it is only a tion of a short time until this modern improvement will be added to the list. With a rich and fertile country, timber and mineral in almo4 unlimited quantities, good schools, improvements of a metropolitan character, and a class or citizens imbued with the spirit of Western push and euergy, Rockford's future should be bright and unclouded.

JOHN H. CORNELL. (. 1 short duration in tills portion of the Northwest for the purpotio of mils-log corn, but experimenta made during the past year have proved this idea to be an erroneous one. Corn of an excellent quality has been the result of hese ex perimenta, and enough was raised in the county to supply the people with first-claim roasting ears, and at the same time to market POnie among the people of Spokane Faits.

The miming of horses and cattle Is one of the great industries of this county. As neer as statistics can be gotten at there are about 15,000 horses upon the varlotia ronges in thli county and about 30,000 head of cuttle. Where these horses and cattle range the pasturage la plentiful and of excellent quality, and stock of tall kinds is In excellent condition. Shipments of beef cattle are now being continuously mud to various markets. There have been few horses shipped during the past year, there being little demund for them.

The wool industry of Eastern Washington has been a profitable one. During the last shearing season, 139,220 sheep were clipped of their fleece in Lincoln county, each animal averaging six and three-quarter pounds of wool, making a total for the county of pounds. In Adams county there were 80,000 sheep sheared, with an average of six and three-quarter-pounds, making a total of poundsof wool. In Franklin county there were but tow flocks, and altogether they will not nuntber over 5,000, but the product of wool derived from these was 30,230 posinds. In Yakima county there were 12,000 sheared, from which 80,000 pounds of wool was derived.

In NValla Walla, Whitman and Kittitas counties the wool industry is comparatively small, not more than 10,000 sheep' giving their product of wool to these three counties, with an average yield of 70,000 pounds. The total yield of wool in Eastern Washington during the past year amounted to about 1,300,000 pounds. The wool industry of Eastern Washington is rapidly dropping otr, and flinett the Owen shearing season closed there were sheep sold to Montana wool-growers alone from Lincoln county, at ausiverage price of 1.2. 5 each. The other eounties of Eastern have also made average sales.

As the country Is settling up rapidly and productive farina are being cultivated in all directions, the wool indugry is rapidly waning, and will, in a few years, be a matter of the past. Those of our ranchers who have not. already fenced their land are busily engaged in doing so, and all their individual stock will be within private in-closures, and sheep owners will find but little if any pasturage for their herds. There are now but 10,000 heed of sheep taxed in this county. There have been many improvements made in Lincoln county duritig the year 1890.

A large roller flouring mill has been erected at Wilbur, new schoolhouses and hotels have been built, and many of the farmers of the county have erected new and comfortable dwelling-hounes and barns, which have long been needed, but many of them were not in condition to build previously. The progress of Lincoln county during the past year has been marvelous, indeed. new residents have come in and purchased farm land or town property, and many have engaged in business pursuits of various kinds. The year 1891 promises to bring many newcomers, all of whom will find a welcome in our midst. I Cutting Down a Boy.

1New York Nand I wax driving along a highway In Woods county, Ohio, with a man Wilt) was selling farming niachines to farmers, and about 2 o'clock in the afternoon we came along to a district schoolhouse. The school-ma'am and about twenty scholani stood under an elin tree, about forty feet high, near the house, and in the topmost branchert or the tree was a boy bout 14 years old. "Anything wrong here?" asked my friend, as we halted before the door. "Budd Hawkids says he won't, and the teacher says he must!" called a little girl. The teacher herself then cams forward.

She was a plain-looking girl of about 20, with a mouth chow. log great firmness, and with some ernbarrmsnient she explained: "It's the terror of the school. lie refused to mind, and I started to whip him. Ile broke away and ran out and climbed the tree. I've been up about twenty feet, but had to give it up and come dowu." "Ver mat conquer me!" shouted the boy.

"Budd, I order you to come down" "I "I have sent for an axe, and here It conies," she said as she turned to us. "He'll come down with the tree if not before." 4Ve oared to UM the axe, but elle declined the offer with thanks, and atepping to the tree she swung the Implement around and buriett the blade in the wood. "You dasn't!" shouted Budd from the top. "I'll de it or resign!" she answered as she struck several At the end of three minutes the tree began to totter and Budd to yell In alarm, and a few seconds later It fell with a crash. I thought the boy was badly hurt, if not killed, and was relieved as the school-ma'am sprang forward, yanked him out or the branches, and while applying a gad with one hand she pulled him Into tne schoolhouse with the other, saying: "sow, Budd Hawkins, you've got to do some of the awfulest begglug ever heard of in the state or Ohio, or I won't leave enough hide on you for a Ilea to bite!" Ile was hard at it when we drove on.

clad clot roul rivt vet per wit( Ing Wet lieu of atat log the sou' tbn pop The sucl be Not fail to-t1 real lief( be Rat Rtr Vet up slot; plat Col City bull ask late not tett th Spa the Vol way frau by log tem eqm gut beel toot wea toAv flea bull Coll abu a fa hen chit nar Of I. tha end wet ove the ban Boni of It Is 3 n1111 elgt a tit Franklin county wns created from the southwestern portion of Whitman county in 1883, and embraces a total area of 787,280 acres. It is eituated in the south central part of Eastern 'Wnellington in the ferks of the Columbia and Snake rivers. Its altitude 114 from 347 to 1,000 feet, the mean altitude bteng about OW levt, ubove the level of the sea. The average altitude of surrounding counties is 1,500 feet.

Pasco, the county pleat, is an important railroad Junction. It is the Deftest point on the Columbia river to Puget sound, and is finely he caled near the Junction of the Columbia anti Snake rivers. Fren lin county lies two distinct kinds ot Poll, known as ogee brush and bunch graex land, the latter comprising to-thirds of the area. Tim bunch grass is nutritious, and the soil Olt which It grows produces, without. irrigation, heavy crops of wheat.

The sage brush hand, without irrigation, produces melons, sweet po tatoes peanuts, eta, and with irrigation is capable of produce in almost anything of a semi-tropical nature. The climate can not be excelled anywhere. Spring commences lit early February anti ends about May during which time there are refreshing showers. The summers are long and hot, but the nights are cool, and sunstrokes are unheard of. The falls are delightful, often lasting until Christmas.

Winters are from four to six weeks in length, end, with the exception of a few days Of extreme cold, are mild and pleasant. During this time and while the snow is on the ground, there are no winds, and under the itillueuce of the mild "chinook" the snow will disappear and within forty-eight hours the ground will be dry. Thunderstorms, cyclones and blizzards are unknown. Being grown several hundred feet lower, and consequently maturing sooner, the products of Franklin county can he sent to market earlier than those of aujoining counties, and can command a higher price. The facilities for marketing are superior.

Snake river bounds the county on the east and south for fifty-five miles, and hi navigable for 200 miles. The Colutubet, bounding the south and west for forty-two navigable 300 tulle' to the Pacitie ocean, with two exceptions: The Danes and the Citacedes. These obstruetions will soon be removed. A large Lumber of men are now at work on the late terend, and the people are demanding an open Columbia. When this comes no county will receive greater benefit than Franklin.

The Oregon Railway and Company has a branch twenty miles long through the northern part of the county, while the Mai El line of the Northern Pacific railroad runs through it north and south. No tart of the county is more than twelve nuke from railroad or river. Pasco is the terminus of the Idaho and Cascade divisions of the Uniou Pacific railroad, and is connected with the Union Nellie and Hunt systems sixteen miles west. The county Is being rapidly settled, and yet are opportunities for thrifty, ambitious settlers. An irrigation district has been formed and soon tho several thousand acres of the rich sagebrush land will be watered, making the land a veritable garden.

Although one of the newest, Franklin county is destined to be one of the thriftiest and richest in the state. A Ala Cancoatrator at apart'. The eCetir d'Alene Statesman says: The largest silver-lead concentrator in the Northwest will shortly be erected at Osburit, within a half mile of the courthouse. Moors. John Finch and Campbell are the projectors of tins manimoth work.

Its capacity will be 1,000 tons of crude ore each day of 24 bolas. These gentlemen already own half a score of mines and pros-pacts in this country and are constantly acquiring more; several of them are now good concentrating ropositiono, and, instead of build- lag a mill for each mine, they propose building one immense concentrator capable of treating the ore from all their properties. Their Canyon creek properties are now ripe and waiting for a mill, but no suitable site can be secured in their vicinity, nor is there water enough to furnish power for more mills than the six already located in the gulch, hence the selection of the site near Osburn, where good sites are plenty and the water power is unlimited. Work has already begun on the flume grades. The south Fork will be tapped just below the Bois sampling works.

and the water Burned for about a mile. The site selected is a abort distance west of the Argentine tramway and. adjacent to both railroads. We are not reliably informed whether the ore will be carried from the mines to the mill by the railroads, or whether long wire-rope tramways will bo the agent employed in the work. Certain it is that the latter would be cheapest in the end, but it would take a mint of money to erect and get a tramway in running order for such a distance, it being in the neighborhood of five miles.

When the mill is in full operation from ten to twenty car loads of concentrates per day will be shipped from It to the smelter. The benefits to Osburn by the erection of this mill are many. At lemt 500 men will be employed in its construction which will take at least a year, and atter that 100 men will be employed steadily in and around the works. WM glo tilt EILLIVILVF The benefits to Osburn by the erection of this mill are many. At lemt 500 men will be employed in IL.

construction i which will take at least a year, and after that 100 men will be employed steadily in and around the works. Situated on the line of the Union I'acitio, about twenty-five or thirty miles from the metropolis of Spokane Falls, is the young and growing city of Rockford. This place has long been recognized as one of the best towns in Eastern NVashington. Its location has well earned for it the sobequet of "The gate-way of the Pulouse." The many resources contiguous to a clear conception of what the town really is, and what Its future way be. Unlike the majority of other towns in Eastern WWIllington Rockford, in the strictest sense of the word, has never enjoyed a boom.

Its growth has been a natural and steady one. In short, the multiplication of its ludustries and population is due to its favored location climate timber and the unequaled richness and fertility of the soil. Another feature which is deemed Important, and alike fortunate, is the immensity of the wood and lumber. It is unnecessary to dwell at any length upon the great country lying around Rockford, as it has often been enlarged upon. It is a fact beyond reasonable dout that the farming country surrounding the city is of the beet.

The Palouse valiey is famed far and wide for its richness and productiveness Rockford is a flourishing city of. abont 700 inhabitants and is represented by thirty-two (32) business houses, divided as follows: Three general merchandise stores, two grocery and fancy notions, one grocery store, one bank, one hardware store, one furniture store, two boot and shoe shop, three hotels, two saloons, two real estate offices, one meat market, two drug stores, one barber shops, one large flouring mill, one livery and feed stable, one candy store, one millinery establishment, two blacksmith shops, one weekly newspayer, one lunch counter and bakery combined, and one agricultural Implement agency. of these the millinery, store, bank, two boot and shoe shops one general merchandise store, lunch counter and bakery have only been In operation since January 1890, All are upon a substantial and firm foundation, and enjoying a marked degree of prosperity, which is indeed astonishing when the present depression in the financial world is taken into consideration. Aside from these there are thir- teen saw and lumber mills located In Rockford, or whin a radius of eight miles their shipments in wood and lumber amounting yearly to thousands of dollars. The prosperity and advancement of the town during the past fall and winter may be almost solely attributed to the heavy shipments in cord wood.

Too much stress can not be laid upon this as an argument in favor of the present financial condition. The wheat blockade has proved a setious and damaging blow to the farmers, but in the dwarfish and scraggy pine, which has almost seemed a nuisance to them in the past, they see wealth and riches they in days gone by dreamed not of. Many of the mills that were engaged in the exclusive manufacture of lumber have turned their entire attention to this industry. Cord wood at the car brings the neat little sum of $2.05 per cord. Thousands I of cords have already been shipped from this point and tho supply does not as yet overreach the demand.

Two brickyards were running in town during the summer, and the quality of brick they manufactured found a ready market. Building in Rockford the past rWritten for the New Year's Ramis. The past year hes been one of much profit to our farmers as well as to our merchents and people generally. While thousande of bushels of grain have been marketed and shipped, yet the granaries of our farmers remain filled opportunity for shipment. A scarcity of ears on the Northern Nellie has made it impossible for loud purchasers throughout the county to get their grain to metropolitan markets, and as a necessity all elevators and warehouses are filled to their utmost capacity, and hence there is nowhere to store any more at the present time, amid until means of I transit is secured the fanner will be obliged to keep the grain which he has on hand in his own grain bin.

It is hoped that transportation will soon be on hand and the blockade be raised. A majority of the ranchers of Lip-coin couuty, when they came here front dye to twelve years ago had, virtually speaking, nothing in the shape of finances; in fact, many of them did not have enough money on hand with which to purchase the necessary supplies for family food. But these were assisted by the generous merchants of Sprague until they could reap the proceeds from their first crops, the seed for which had been placed in the ground. Them) farmers continued to work hard and faithfully, and all of them have been richly rewarded. They are no longer in want, but are now able themselves to contribute to the charity of the world.

Many of them have accumulated wealth, and each successive year adds more to their bank account. The county is rich in varied resources. Immediately surrounding Sprague there is that which is commonly known as scab land, although there are several very fine ranches close to the city. This scab land is not of great dimensions. In leaving the city in either direction you pass through it in travel of a mile.

Then you strike the rich farming country which extends to the western and eastern and southern lineita of the county, and in a northerly direction to the extreme northern limits of the county, about 120 miles from Sprague. This farming land Is all of a very rich kind, the soil being of that nature upon which anything can be raised. The principal resource, of the county are the raising of wheat, oats, barley, potatoes and all other kinds of vegetables; niso the growing of horses, cattle and sheep. In the Big Bend country watermelons in quantity and of excellent quality were grown in that section. Fruit trees which were planted from time to time during the past ten years have borne fruit the past season, and their number will be augmented next season by the coming in of other fruit bearing trees.

Wheat has averaged thirty-five bushels per acre throughout the county during the past harvest, and oats fifty-eight taiebels. Barley has more than averaged former yields. Potatoes, of large size and excellent quality, have been grown in abundance, and have been shipped to market in carload lots, the Kootenai mining country alone purchaeing eighteen carloads of potatoes grown in this county. Turnips, rutabagas, squash and pumpkins, all of large size, have been grown in quantity, and have found their way to the Portland, Spokane and other markets. Cabbage thrives well in this climate, and a great deal of it is grown, as are also sweet potatoes.

It was thought tor some years that the growing season was of too Daytod, the county seat and principal city of Columbia, is located in the southenetern part of Washington. The town was founded nineteen years ago by Jesse N. Day, who Is still a resident of the place. Day-Jon is the terminal point of two railroads, one of which has been In operation for the past ten years. During this time the town has made a steady and substantial growth.

It has also greatly changed in characteristics, all traces of Westernism having been obliterated, and its present inhabitants live In the enjoyment of domestic conveniences, social, religious and educational advantages that will compare favorably with the majority of Eastern of correspondiug size. Dayton depends mainly for support upon the extremely prolific agricultural country which begins at the very limits of the city and stretches away upon every hand as far as the eye can me, and beyond. The community of farmers who Inhabit this Section of country are very prosperous, and the liberal manner in which they expend their money for the necessities and s- uries of life makes business of all kinds flourish la the town. While wheat forms the principal article of trade and commerce in this locality, live stock, fruit and vegetables are also produced in great, abundance. Too little attention is given to dairy and poultry yard products, the supply of these, being insuMcient to meet even the local demand.

In point of natural beauty, It is universally conceded that Dayton equals any other tity In the state. Following the formation of the narrow valey In which it is located, the town in building has assumed the shape of a crescent, with the houses massed thickest in its deepest concavity. At this point two limpid mountain streams unite, and their mingled waters flow silently toward the sunset, between gently sloping bilk In summer the whole course of these streams is outlined with verdure. and where they take their way through the town the gmwth of trees and shrubs Is dense, against which and above which the spires and denims of the city stand out in tine relief. The mild climate and fertile soil are very favorable to the rapid growth of trees, which has encouraged the residents of the place to plant extensively numerous varieties, both for shade and for fruit.

One of the chief attractions of Dayton is the rare poosibilities which it offers for beautiful homes, taste and energy alone being needed to cell them Into existence. There are already a large number of attractive homes, with amnia lawns, blossoming flowers and widespreading trees. The public schools of Dayton are exceptionally tine. The main building is handsome amt, commodious, and throughout the school is well equipped with library, musical instruments, charts, globes, maps, etc. Only the most efficient educators are employed, and the work done by pupils in the various departments is of a high degree of excellence, Among other educational forces the town boasts of a well selected library and reading-mom, and two or three literary clubs and reading circles are usually in progress during the winter tnonths.

The city is furnished with a per- feet system of electric lighting, having both arc and incandescent plants. A fairly good system of waterworks is also in operation, but this will in all probability be greatly extended the near future, and be owned and operated by the city. All the business houses and many of the residencos are fitted out with eivaria lights and pipes tbrouelt which water is conducted from the reservoir above town. All the water in this locality is being 5 Buoloosi Cooditionok North American Arlth regard to the c.ndition of business throughout the United States, notwithstanding the clouds that lower over the commercial horizon, and the dangers which may flow from disturbances in Great Britain, this may with truth be Maid: That so far as the country itself is concerned there never has been a period in its history when fewer di0 turbing elements were present to effect the healthfulness of its trade. The enormous extent of the transactions consummated, as shown by the clearing-house returns; the great volume of Internal commerce, as shown by the increased railway and lake tonnage; the rapid development of natural resources; the creation of wealth, as illustrated by the 8,000,000 bales of cotton proditeed; the variety and excellent of the crops; the output of iron, coal and oilall point to a condition in which if safety does not reside, there is no safety elsewhere in the world.

Th Henterie View York World.) The present phase of home rule is Homeric. Helen is Mrs. O'Shea; Parnell is Paris, who has everything and won't give up anything; Gladstone is the Many-wiled Ulysses, "a Solomon in the Mandl and a Sanison in the field;" the London Times Is Thersites, backbiting everybody out of spite for his own broken nose; Balfour is the Trojan horse, and old Ireland is Hellas, with all the Greeks a-fighting and bound to get the better of their enemies in the end. An Into litgAnt Bono Boston Post. A case of this kind observed the other day, when the intelligent animal attempted to right the blanket, which had become askew, so that it afforded only partial pro.

tection to him. He trunqd his head around far enough to get one end if It between his teeth, but he was unable to move it into desired position. His attempt, though Ineffectual in itself, however, was the means of attracting the attention of a by. sunnier, who replaced the blanket Into position, and I am sure, from the expressive way in which he looked upon his benefactor. that-the horse not only appieciated but acknowledged this attention.

The Voice or Experionoth ICItiongo Tribuno.1 Grindstone (nt restaurant) What shall we order, Kiljordlint Kiljordan (looking over bill of fare)-1 hardly know. I ant not very hungry. I don't think I want any meat. "Neither do I. Let's order a fried ehieken," Deeply do Chicago Tribune.

"Your uncle, sir," said the physician who had been hastily called in, "is threatened with softening of the brain." "Any symptoms of that kind shod his been?" inquired the poor relation anxiously. A Terrible Wrrainite New York Weekly. First gamblerI've just been reading the life of Green, the converted gambler. I tell you that man's life is an awful warning to us. Second gamblerWhat happened him? First gamblerAfter he quit cards he 'most starved.

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