April, 188
4
THE WEST SHORE.
SPOKANE AND THE REST OF THE
COUNTRY.
The editor of our excellent cotempo
rsrv. the Stokane falls Chronicle, is very
anxious to have the good people of
Spokane county send n agent to Port
land. " wlio will have an ofie conven
lent to the steamer dock, where immi
grants can at all times of the day, obtain
pleasant audience, and full, free and cor
rect information in regard to this (po
kane) country.
In the article setting forth his wants,
the editor aforesaid, unintentionally, of
course, conveys the impression that
there is no one here who gives " full,
free and correct information," concern
ing the fertile and progressive Spokane
country. In this, as in some other par
ticulars, he is considerably off.
The Bureau of Immigration, recently
organized, representing the land depart
mentsof the Northern Pacific R. R. Co
the Oregon and California R. R. Co.,
the Oregon Railway and Navigation
Co., and the Oregon Improvement Co.,
has adopted and is energetically pushing
a most comprehensive plan to the end
that every new comer, seeking a home
in the great northwest, receives the ful
lest and most accurate information con
cerning every part of the country, in
eluding the attractive region in which
the Spokane Falls Chronicle has such a
large and deserved circulation.
On the arrival of each steamer at As
toria, an agent, spcakinir several lan.
guages and thoroughly posted in the
wnoie country, interviews the coming
.... ...
uic, na getting at their wants,
gives mem information well calculated
to give them a fair understanding of the
esources and attractions of different
portions of the country. He is carefully
instructed not to overdraw in any par
ticular; but to give . full and truthful
nswer to all questions relative to the
quality or the lands, their situation with
"pert to lines" of transportation and
T ' CrEe V'c'd, climate, etc
Much of this information th.
r have already obtained from the
gem in San Francisco. . u -ll ..
Pmphlet..nd descriptive articles sent
east Before reaching the dock at Port
end, the immigrants are directed by
means of cards placed in tK-;, w. .
ik. n . . "mis, 10
Bureau of Immigration, corner of
--nurroni street. Here they find
ft..nd icluil raulunD7
"ctly following th. of lh
steamer, hundreds of immigrants visit
the Bureau, where are exhibited to them
tastefully arranged samples ot wheat,
. . - i..i.i
oats, barley, nax, rye, corn, vegetans,
anA nthpr nroducts of the Spokane,
is wt 2
Pfllouse. Great Bend. Walla Walla,
Umatilla, Grand Ronde, Powder River,
Yakima. Western Oregon and sound
ronntries.
The samples are exhibited in sheaf,
heads and grain, and present a most
beautiful scene. Everything is ex
plained in positive yet modest language,
bamples of wheat, etc., are given to lm
migrants to send back to friends; en
velopes being specially-provided for
that purpose.
The agreeable astonishment shown
by immigrants from the East on behold
ing the exhibition, is very general.
Maps and routes are explained, different
towns and localities pointed out and
rates of fare made known. Every pos
sible question relative to any part of the
northwest is fully answered, and the
would-be settler is sent on his way feel
ing that he has had a " pleasant audi
ence," and received " full, free and cor
rect information" in regard to the coun
try including the prolific Spokane.
NORTHERN PACIFIC STOCKS.
The Philadelphia New Northwest savs
We violate a rule not to transfer to these
columns any commendations of the
stocks and securities of the Northern
Pacific Railroad Company, bv anv
newspaper published for a strictly Stock
i-acnange clientage. But we will rnn.
cede to our readers the following, from
the Wall Street Daily News, of Mal,
9th. It is the utterance of honest fain,
based on knowledge:
" We wrote, month. .a l...-
, , ftv auu Have
never ceased since, to caution our read
ers about invtini. .l. .. .
c...k . & l"c so-caned
Southwestern securities, and to look, if
hey wanted to invest at all in new en-
LZ'tVi? the Nohwest, and part"
ularly to the stock of the Northern Pa-
and Th., change. It is now,
try through which it is bing built is Jhe
most mairn ficnf ' . U1" ls.lne
States It, i.nj T . " ,tnc United
disturbed condition of speculation, it i
hard to advise what to do; but we car
didly say, after a thorough investigation
that, in our judgment, it offers greate
security to the intending investor thai
almost any security listed at the Ex
change, and when the tide of down
ward speculation is checked, this wil
be one of the first to recover."
VALLEYS OF WASHINGTON TERRI. !
TORY.
The Columbia valley, from the mouth
of the river 260 miles east, forms the
southern boundary of the Territory, and
the strip of valley land on the northern
side varies from one mile to fifteen in
width, or an average perhaps of six
The Columbia from that point where
it turns north, runs through the Tern-
tory three hundred miles, and the basin
has an average width of eighty miles.
Walla Walla, 30 miles long and 18
miles wide.
Touchet, 40 miles long and 5 wide.
Tucannon, 20 miles long and c wide.
Alpowa, 15 miles long and 3 wide.
Palouse, 100 miles long and 25 wide.
Yakima, 100 miles long and 20 wide,
Spokane, 60 miles long and 10 wide.
Snake, 100 miles long and 10 wide.
Chehalis, 60 miles long and 20 wide.
Cowlitz, 30 miles long and S wide.
Nisqually, 15 miles long and 2 wide.
Puyallup, 20 miles long and 3 wide.
Duwamish and White, 40 miles long
and 8 wide.
Snohomish and Snoqualmie, 40 mila
long and 3 wide.
Stilliguamish, 15 miles long and 3
wide.
Skagit, 60 miles long and 5 wide.
Nootsack, 30 miles long and 3 wide.
In addition to these are many other
streams and valleys, as the Okanagan,
Mickitat, Lewis, Willopah. Quillevute,
Samish, etc., containing hundreds d
thousands of acres of land no' less fertile
and valuable than in the valleys detailed
above.
Between all these vallevs the immi-
grant searching for a farm has a choice
unsurpassed in any State or Territorj
of the Union, covering an expanse of
225 miles north and south by 325 mila
east and west. There is soil, scene and
climate to suit all. Many steamers plj
upon the larger rivers mnninc throueli
these valleys, while railroads have been
one. in Dronortlnn 7 -V B tallest 1 cys, wnue railroads have been
"iM inK rrtT,0fjlkilttotllen,Md trough them to th.
n"T- the present I aggregate Uv c v :i.