And there is abundant reason for solid faith in the future of Spokane
Falls.

It is the metropolis of a region 200,000 square miles in extent,
including 50,000 square miles of Washington, or all that portion east of
the Cascade Mountains, more than half of Idaho, the northern and eastern
portions of Oregon, a large part of Montana, and as much of British
Columbia as would make a State as large as New York.

It is the distributing point for the Coeur d'Alene, the Colville, the
Kootenai, and the Okanagan mining districts, all of which are in a
prosperous condition, and all of which are yielding rich and growing
tributes of trade.

It has adjacent to it the finest wheat-growing country in the world,
producing from 30 to 60 bushels per acre.

It has adjacent to it a country equally rich in the production of fruits
and vegetables.

It has adjacent to it the finest meadow lands between the Cascade and
Rocky Mountains.

It has adjacent to it extensive grazing lands, on which are hundreds of
thousands of cattle, sheep, and horses.

It has, adjacent to it, on Lakes Pend d'Oreille and Coeur d'Alene,
inexhaustible quantities of white pine, yellow pine, cedar and tamarack,
the manufacturing of which into lumber is one of the important industries
of the city, and a source of great future income.