WKST HHoKE.
urpd. ifl lb U!ah l i, f r lb u" f-trt, a
alyijyra. with rr.utur of volcanic h in some
j !! that ii-i i( UittUvtil rtrrrgth. The mois
Itjft arr.pl f f iU irch'Un of all ordinary crops
itbl frjfl"" (rtr, rvi;,i"n fru;t and vrp
uU' f rl r uxjt cranial fftrl.tiof.i of r
flsfi.at than flUl h lie frgiufi drained by ihc Hx
kaw ritrf,
All lh lutfl (i in'! from )w (Vrur d'Abre rnin
jfi fxi"fl fwi through th portion of th Indian
f utn that it Ut i Th" whole of that
tharming arl rn.akahl hly of aW, Uk (Vur
d'Abt, la illin the Umxrii of the rewrration.
Th lrojlar,t ttfafi.i, lh (Vur iJ'Alrr, the Ft.
Jrj V itil lb H Mary's ritrf, flow thrKj;fh it to
fTt.j jfiti U Uk TVy ar navigald a ronidrra
M l,1f.- frmn Jlifjr moythi, there i ray com
frUfjirii .fi with th f.rtjntf; thr-tjfh which they Hur,
iLui toillfif It an atlrvtite region f-r ttlen Tin?
Infihiu i HH of surf characWUtiri, the wealth
of r.alural ft,urr, the l.rahhful and l lhtful tli
ir.ate at) I far rrt,rfjr make tint tnlum one of the
nt aUrath f t U trvg and inJuttrioui.
Outil( the UrnUj u l ma e available by the
l.lr.j of lb rrratin th-r If a large art of
IJn.Uf and tif ultufil arl mineral land, the rurln
of hih muit r.aturally fiw u Pet Falls Inmli.
atly a l;a'nt U U Ut the fy.kaoe ulley ttXVU
a l f tuilr -ftli art! r i.t, arc) r utj f.t of th
vl ( mlUiatV It it a jr ! r.lTr of ! I(
Mhr f rami, t, I tl. umil farm rr.j arr l.inj
t-!ij l; th0aMni .Jrfnan l thit ii Mtij rrratI ,y
tU j ration of n.an(ifarl.rirfl at lU famr'i il-r.
Another itniurUot element ii the famous C'i ur d'ASrt
mining rr-gion. onljr t few mile from Port FalU, ti
it ii rropoH-J to erect a iraelting plant. The hH
of th'e mined hm Uen abundantly demonctrat- jj
hw l'ng raid to be conjectural. With the raaj.
rrnt ffturc of Northern Idaho at her door
Fail ran not but enjoy a rapid growth.
The fy.kane river reccivea no tribuUnTi fa
Uke Grur d'Alene to Fpokane Fall, no at Pott Fil'j
the itream ha the name volume as at the well kno
waUr jiower Mow. Hut the etrean in more ettjl?
rontrollwl at Yoti Falls. Thii makea the owr eoa.
j-arativflj inexonHive. A channel many handnj
fa t long U nuppliitl with water from above the
and at any point on ita couree water can be taken U
driving the wheeli of factories. Thii ia at the tra-j
wat-r fall, which is ihown herewith, aa is al a v&
lidrralde Hrtion of the canal. The river, however,
divided b; a rocky inland having an area of, probity,
M acres, and the south as well as the north chm&d
ha r(hJ wat-r jwwer privileges as yet unimprovti
The Ppnkane it Idaho railway, leaving the n;ia
line of the Northern Pacific at Hauser junction, w.!
four milri distant from Pout Falls, is now in opervj.-.-t,
and the rut-off, in progress of construction to Missojlt
Montana, will make the line via Post Falls the&ais
line. A company called the .Spokane, Pout Falls k
Kaitrrn has Uf-n organized, with f.V0),()U) capital
b build a railway east from Spokane Falls to IV.
Falli and across the Idaho Panhandle to W'ttkn
Montana. There is a likelihood that the Great NorJj
ern will touch Port Falls on its way to the seaUrl
At any rate there are no doubts that the town will
have good railway service, and there will be rli
ftioujrh to make competition brisk. There if i
ater navigation from Post Falls to all points on Lake
i ur d'Alene and for many miles up the coum i
lb ' ur d'Alene, ,t. Joseph's and St. Mary's rirm
Pt Fall has grxxl hotel accommodations; it
oi of the larg.-t hotels in Idaho. The town tvii
public arh'iol and church privileges. It has two i"
-rs-the IU, which started with the town an J i
HJr, and a new publication, the 'asi:
It has a .laily mail and telephone and tp;
coimunirati..n with the outside world. In a fct
prrl bricks will manufactured there anJ li'
toe buildings iU Uke a more substantial rhararW.
b 'u?h all thr present frame structures are n-ata&
'"fiiforuUf.
Thf t. n t n.t crowds together. Its tr'J&
d' and in f?, condition. It ii a town wrll ri
v :ta g f.,r th ij.irit of intelligent enterpr tbt '
'uwhrrf apparent and for the remarkable
Ut tt u r ijrienHng. And traveler! h f t
' t:4kc ,hri' vi.it a tery profitable one