Where Fortune 
 
 Beckons to the 
 
 Farmer and 
 
 Investor 
 
 SPOKANE 
 
 tHe Imperial City of the Inland 
 Empire, has gro^vn from a vil- 
 lage of less than 500 souls to a 
 city of over 65.000 population 
 in a little over a score of years. 
 
 The city offers unrivalled advantages for manufacturing in- 
 dustries because of the magnificent water power. Water power is 
 ■ furnished factories at $10 per horse power per annum. Electrical 
 power is furnished on the Niagara scale. 
 
 Among the many opportunities for returns on the investment 
 of capital in husiness enterprises may be named the following: 
 
 Cereal Food Products. — The cereals of the Inland Empire are 
 uneciualled in richness for breakfast food. This city would be 
 the distributing center for the entire Northwest. The superiority 
 of the manufactured products would have practically an exclusive 
 market. 
 
 A Canning Tactory would give large returns on the investment. 
 This city pays out $20,000 annually in freight rates on canned 
 corn and canned tomatoes alone. Within the 15-mile radius are 
 grown the finest peas, beans, sweet corn, tomatoes and fruits of 
 all kinds known to the temperate zone. The apples, pears, peaches, 
 cherries, plums, prunes and berries have no superior m size and 
 excellence of flavor for canning. 
 
 A Factory for the Manufacture of Vinegar, sweet pickles, high 
 grade tomato catsup, etc., could do a profitable business from the 
 start. 
 
 A Wtiolen Mill for the manufacture of blankets and dress 
 goods would give large returns upon the investment with a home 
 market for all goods which could be produced by a plant using 
 a'half million pounds of wool annually. 
 
 A Wool Scouring Plant. — Over 1.000.000 pounds of wool are 
 produced per annum in the territory immediately west of Spokane. 
 This wool is sold for 9 to 11 cents a pound, and every pound 
 must come through Spokane to reach a market. 
 
 A Shoe Factory would also do well in the manufacture of 
 men's and bovs' shoes and lace boots, including the higher priced 
 goods for use' in the mines and timber camps, such as retail here 
 now at from $7 to $10 per pair. There is an abundant supply 
 of hides. ' 
 
 Deposits of Granite and Marble of a quality unsurpassed in 
 the United States for building, for monuments and for ornamental 
 work await development. Fine quarries of granite can be opened 
 up within six miles of the city limits and within half a mile of 
 railroad tr.nnspnrtation. 
 
 A Plant for the Manufacture of Paper from wood pulp would 
 serve a wide field of usefulness astablished at this point. The 
 immense black pine forests near Spokane will furnish a supply 
 of raw material for years to come. 
 
 Beds of Clay and Shale ofEer unrivalled opportunities for the 
 manufacture of terra cotta, pottery and common, pressed, nrna- 
 menial and vitrified brick. They clay deposits are contiguous to 
 railroad transportation facilities. 
 
 Patent Cement. — One of the largest deposits in the w'orld tor 
 the manutacKire of cement is located within 30 miles of Spokane. 
 A tainierv furniture factory, match factory, box factory and 
 plant for manufacture of electrical goods would do well here. 
 
SpoKane's Record 
 
 FOR 1903 
 
 Population 
 
 65.2G7, gain 8,642, or 15 per 
 
 cent. 
 
 Eeal Estate Transfers 
 
 7 116, total value $9,295,157, 
 gkin $1,332,576 or 17 per cent. 
 
 Building Permits 
 
 1554, gain 452; cost $3,755,- 
 
 965, gain $2,434,251, or 
 
 175 per cent. 
 
 Bank Clearances 
 
 $112,272,299, gain $23,801,097 
 
 or 27 per cent. 
 
 Bank Deposits 
 
 $10,433,446, gain $1,377,387 or 
 
 15 per cent. 
 
 Postoffice Receipts 
 
 $151,911. gain $37,056 or 22 
 per cent. 
 
 Public Improvements 
 
 $1,263,000. 
 
 Improvements Private Capital 
 
 $1,063,000. 
 
 Total IMiles Electric B'y 
 go gain 50 miles; cost of con- 
 struction $900,000. 
 
 MisceUaneous Improvements 
 
 $807,000. 
 
 Record of Inland Empire 
 
 FOR 1903 
 
 Farm Becord of Inland Empire 
 
 40,000.000 bushels wheat; 10,- 
 000 carloads of fruit; $7,000,- 
 000 worth of dairy products, 
 eggs, etc.; 225 carloads refined 
 sugar: 20,000 carloads of Uve 
 stock; other products, total 
 value $12,760,000. 
 
 Lumber Output 
 
 1 500 000,000 feet, equal to 
 75 000 carloads of 20.000 feet 
 to the car, or a solid train 700 
 miles long. Twenty thousand 
 men were given employment in 
 the lumber industry and re- 
 ceived about $12,000,000 in 
 wages. 
 
 Tree Homestead I^nds 
 
 Records of V. S. Land Office 
 show original »«"»^^*'=''^„ „^°, 
 tries amountin; to 149,-ioo 
 
 acres. ^^___ 
 
 Mineral Cutput 
 Gold, silver, lead and copper, 
 
 $21,000,000. 
 
 The Inland Empire comprises 
 a territory as large as the 
 states of New York and Penn- 
 sslvania combined, and con 
 ,^ns rich mineral, marble and 
 
 For detailed information write to 
 
 CHamber of Commerce 
 
 SPOKANE, "WASH. 
 
 ^ BUILDING 
 
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 CHIEVEMENTS 
 of a Quarter of a 
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 and Northern Idaho Un- 
 paralleled in History. 
 The Inland Empire Leads 
 the World in Cereals, in 
 Lumber and in Fruit 
 Growing. Wonderful In- 
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 ■'.: Shown.. Of4>*tunities for 
 the Homeseeker to Earn 
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 Returns on Capital are 
 Without a Peer in the 
 Northwest. 
 
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THE LOWER FALLS AT SPOKANE - MINIMJM CAPACITY 33,000 HORSE POWER 
 
 Eastern Washington, Northeastern Oregon, Northern Idaho and Western 
 Montana, comprising the interior Columbia river basin between the Rocky 
 Mountains on the east and Cascade Range on the west, is known as the 
 Inland Empire of the Pacific Northwest. This territory is bounded by the 
 John Day river and Blue Mountains on the south, and British Columbia 
 on the north. It is about 150.000 square miles in area and has a rapidly 
 increasing population, now numbering about 500,000. 
 
 The topography of this great agricultural, horticultural and stock raising 
 region is rolling, with wide stretches of plateau, or comparatively level 
 prairies. This basin is almost entirely surrounded by mountain chains or 
 high ranges of hills. 
 
 Of this territory Eastern Washington and the Pan-Handle of Idaho 
 constitute the choicest portion, and is the one this book will more par- 
 ticularly describe. 
 
 The Southeastern section, widely known as the Palouse Country, is hilly, 
 smooth in contour, being very similar to Southeastern Ohio in topography. 
 This section is particularly noted for its wheat and fruit; Whitman, Garfield 
 and Asotin counties, Washington, and Latah and Nez Perce counties, Idaho, 
 comprise this district. 
 
 The Northeastern, Northern and Northwestern sections, comprising 
 Stevens. Ferry, Okanogan and Chelan counties, and the South Half of the 
 ColviUe Indian Reservation, are rough and broken, but have numerous wide 
 river valleys where agriculture is extensively carried on. The foothills 
 and the Wenatchee and Methow valleys are especially adapted to fruit 
 growing, and the broken ranges of hills to grazing. Stock raising, including 
 horses, cattle and sheep, excels in these localities. Mining and lumbering 
 are also extensively carried on. Stevens county has the finest marble 
 deposits in the United States, and the peer of any in the world. 
 
 The Central section, of which Spokane county is the gateway, extends 
 west to the Columbia river, which flows through the foothills of the Cascade 
 Mountains. It comprises Spokane, Lincoln, Adams, Franklin and Douglas 
 
 :ouuties. This section spreads out to the north and south as you proceed 
 westward like an open fan. and consists principally of rolling prairie land. 
 Here agriculture, fruit growing and stock raising about equally occupy the 
 tttention of the settlers. 
 
 Immediately west of Spokane, comprising Lincoln and Douglas counties, 
 is what is known here as the "Big Bend" country, and is the Palouse 
 country's rival in wheat production. 
 
 Midway between the Palouse and Big Bend districts, extending south- 
 westerly to the Snake and Columbia rivers, is a region especially adapted 
 to the raising of Blue Stem wheat. This section is composed of Adams 
 and Franklin counties. Fruit growing and stock raising are also profitable 
 industries. 
 
 The Walla Walla district, lying south of the Snake river, includes 
 Walla Walla and Columbia counties, Washington, and Morrow, Umatilla, 
 Union and Wallowa counties, Oregon. Here wheat, fruit and live stock 
 ire the principal products. 
 
 The Yakima district lies immediately west and north of the Columbia 
 river, and extends westward to the Cascades. Yakima, Kittitas and 
 Klickitat counties comprise this section. Fruit, stock raising, wheat, coal 
 mining and lumbering are the principal industries, and in the ratio named. 
 
 Spokane county, in point of wealth, population and attractiveness, easily 
 takes the lead in this great galaxy, comprising the Inland Empire of the 
 Pacific Northwest. The prospective settler and investor should visit the City 
 of Spokane, because it is the gateway from which all the surrounding coun- 
 try is reached. 
 
 The City of Spokane, with a population of 65,267. which is increasing 
 at the rate of 5.000 annually, is the gateway to and the distributing and 
 commercial center of all this vast and rich territory. Spokane is now the 
 second city of the state in population and commercial importance. It is 
 the greatest railroad center west of St. Paul and the Missouri river, and 
 lias a water power equal to 33,000 horse power minimum capacity. 
 
THE INLAND EMPIRE 
 
 ' GEICUI.TUEE is the leading Industry of 
 the Inland Empire. No other section 
 of equal acreage in the United States 
 yields, or is capable of jrielding the 
 quantity, quality and variety of farm 
 products as does this section. Of all 
 products. Wheat is king. One-sixth 
 of the bread supply of the United 
 States might be grown here. 
 
 The soil is a decomposed lava, or 
 volcanic ash, of great depth and ap- 
 parently inexhaustible in its fertility. 
 This kind of soil is found in no other 
 section of the United States. It com- 
 bines all the chemical elements neces- 
 sary to plant life, and, owing to the 
 climatic conditions, it has remained 
 undisturbed from the time of its deposit, 
 hence the richest soil is found on the 
 hill tops. Farm products from this favored 
 land yield an income of $75,000,000 an- 
 nually. When settled on the same relative 
 ratio of population to area as prevails in the Eastern states, the yearly 
 income from the farm will reach the enormous sum of 8225,000,000; 
 in other words, the country is capable of producing three times its 
 present jrield. 
 
 The Inland Empire leads the United States in the production of 
 grains, fruits and vegetables, as shown by the last year book of the 
 Department of Agriculture. The wheat lands, not one-half of which are, 
 as yet, under cultivation, have steadily increased their yield. 
 
 The Government Crop Reports show that the average yield of Wash- 
 ington wheat fields has advanced from 17.7 bushels per acre in 1892, 
 to 29.1 bushels in 1901. These yields were obtained without irrigation 
 or fertilization. Individual yields of wheat from 40 bushels to 50 
 bushels per acre on 160-acre farms are common. 
 
 All other cereals do as well. Grovernment statistics show that the 
 average yield per acre for the past ten years of oats was 39.58 bushels; 
 barley, 35.90; potatoes, 124 bushels. Individual yields run as high as 
 
THE INLAND EMPIRE 
 
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 Heading and Threshing at one operation. 
 
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 125 bushels of oats; 80 bushels of barley, and 300 bushels of potatoes, all 
 without Irrigation or fertilization. Corn, while not grown extensively as yet, 
 yields as high as 40 bushels per acre. 
 
 The average wheat yield of the Inland Empire since 1900 has been 39,515.- 
 000 bushels per annum. The yield by counties of Eastern Washington was as 
 follows: 
 
 Adams 2,400,000 
 
 Asotin 320,000 
 
 Columbia 250,000 
 
 Cholan 50,000 
 
 Douglas 1,050,000 
 
 Frrnklln 650,000 
 
 Garfield 810,000 
 
 Kittitas 300,000 
 
 Klickitat 650,000 
 
 Lincoln 8,175,000 
 
 Spokane 900,000 
 
 Stevens 210,000 
 
 Walla Walla 3,250,000 
 
 Whitman 8,400,000 
 
 Yakima 350,000 
 
 Eastern Washington 27,765,000 
 
 Northern Idaho 4,500,000 
 
 Eastern Oregon 7,250,000 
 
 Total Inland Empire 39,515,000 
 
 The center of the great wheat belt of the Inland Empire is Adams county, 
 renowned for its quality of Blue Stem wheat. Eitzville, the county seat, enjoys 
 the distinction of being the largest grain receiving point, direct from the farm, 
 in the world. Over 2.000,000 bushels are received here annually. 
 
THE INLAND EMPIRE 
 
THE INLAND EMPIRE 
 
 The price of wheat dur- 
 ing the season of 1903--1 
 has ranged from 60c to 77c 
 per bushel. This, with the 
 wonderful yield per acre, 
 has resulted in large pro&ts 
 to the farmer. 
 
 The Inland Empire farm- 
 er has the markets of the 
 world at his command. The 
 flour manufactured by local 
 mills with a daily capacity 
 of 10,400 barrels finds its 
 way to Europe, South Africa, and the markets of the Orient, while all the 
 by-products are consumed at home or find a ready market iu our Philip- 
 pine possessions. Inland Empire wheat is conceded to be the finest that 
 can be grown for cereal food products. Five hundred thousand bushels 
 were shipped during 1903 to Eastern points for that purpose. This trade 
 is steadily increasing. Flax, millet, buckwheat, speltz, and other cereals, 
 all make large yields. 
 
 The natural grass of the Inland Empire is the bunch grass, which 
 disappears with cultivation; but all tame grasses, such as alfalfa, brome 
 grass, timothy, clover, and the several varieties of meadow grasses are 
 grown extensively and yield large profits. 
 
 A feature uot to be overlooked by the thrifty farmer is the absence 
 of all pests iu the Inland Empire. Crops are absolutely immune from 
 chintz bug-, Hessian fiy, weevil, army vrorm, or potato bug. 
 
 Irrigation was introduced in 1903 as a factor in the development of 
 Spokane. Water was taken from three lakes in the Spokane Valley and 
 conveyed to nearly 4.000 acres. The results exceeded the expectations 
 of the projectors, as the gravelly loam yielded immense crops when brought 
 under water. 
 
 The value of land is governed by its productive capacity, although 
 temporary conditions may affect its selling price. For purposes of illustra- 
 tion, the best farm land in Iowa, Nebraska and Minnesota sells for 
 S50 to $12.'S per acre. In the Inland Empire better land can be purchased 
 for $10 to $40 per acre because there are not enough people in the 
 country to cultivate it. A glance at the following table of statistics 
 
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THE INLAND EMPIRE 
 
 compiled by the tTnlted States Government as a test of value shows that an average acre In 
 Washington is worth more than an average acre in either of the above named states: 
 
 Iowa Neb. llinn. Wash. 
 
 Wheat $9.75 J 9.23 $7.74 $13.67 
 
 Oats 10.73 7.33 10.91 16.63 
 
 Barley 11.09 6.56 11.61 17.83 
 
 Potatoes 26.64 32.34 24.30 54.52 
 
 While Nature has been lavish in providing the Inland Empire with an |nezhaustible soil, 
 she has been equally kind in making provision for the growth 
 of the grain and the gathering of the harvest. The rainfall 
 is frequent and abundant throughout the year, but is more 
 copiously distributed in the growing season and is entirely 
 absent during the harvest period, which usually begins July 
 15th and ends October 1st. The rainfall of the Inland Empire 
 varies from 16 inches to 24 inches in the non-irrigated sections, 
 and is ample for the numerous crops grown. The character 
 of the soil is such that an annual rainfall 
 of 12 inches will produce an abundant crop. 
 The wheat crop of the Inland Empire ripens 
 in such a manner that it does not shatter 
 after maturity, and numerous cases are of 
 record where the grain has stood for six 
 weeks after maturity without loss. This 
 long harvest period, undisturbed by unfa- 
 vorable weather conditions, makes it possible 
 to gather and haul the grain to the ware- 
 houses before the fall rains set in. One of 
 the most profitable industries, both as a 
 special enterprise, and as an adjunct to 
 farming, is the rais- 
 
 ing and marketing of 
 poultry. Eggs never 
 sell for less than 15c 
 per dozen during the 
 summer and from 
 30c to 50c during 
 the winter months. 
 E. D. Brown, of Spo- 
 kane, a special poul- 
 try raiser, has, for the 
 
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 past several years, sold ou 
 the local market all the 
 eggs lie produces at 30c 
 per dozen the year around. 
 J. L. Smith, manager of 
 the Hazelwood farm, Spo- 
 kane county, states that 
 from a flock of 200 hens 
 he sold last year $1,400 
 worth of eggs — an average 
 of $7 per hen — besides 
 Poultry retails at never 
 he price 
 
 $460 worth of live poultry, 
 
 less than 15c per pound, and often reaches 
 
 of 20c per pound and better for undrawn poultry. 
 
 Spokane commission men estimate that 55 carloads 
 of eggs were imported during 1903, while the eggs 
 produced in Spokane county amounted to less than 
 two carloads, thus showing that the poultry industry 
 caunot be overdone for years to come. In no other 
 section of the United States can so favorable condi- 
 tions for poultry raising be found. There are no 
 diseases. Chicken cholera, gapes, and other diseases 
 common to the fowl in Eastern commuuities are unknown here. 
 With all the natural advantages which Nature has so liberally 
 bestowed upon this section, and the society of the better class of 
 settlers from almost every part of the United States, where can one 
 select a more suitable place to locate and make a permanent home, 
 or make an investment in property that will yield better profit? 
 
 While practically all of the agricultural land of the Inland Empire 
 does not require irrigation to raise all kinds of farm products, fruit, 
 etc., in no other country In the world can irrigation be more profitably 
 employed, not only because of the increased yield, but because the 
 quality of the products of irrigation are superior to those of all 
 other irrigaled lands, hence will command better prices in the competitive markets. Conse- 
 quently the! possibilities of irrigation as a wealth producer cannot be overestimated. The 
 principal irrigated sections of the state are the Spokane, Wenatchee, Yakima and Snake 
 River valleys, situated in Spokane, Chelan, Yakima and Asotin counties, respectively. 
 These sections are especially adapted to fruit growing and market gardening. No other 
 section of the world grows, or is capable of growing finer fruit. Government experts assert 
 that the irrigation of the Spokane Valley, immediately east of the City of Spokane, is the 
 most successful in the state. It certainly is the most convenient to market. 
 
 WASHINGTON STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE 
 
THE INLAND EMPIRE 
 
 1 TOOK RAISING is a source of wealth, 
 and uo other section of the country 
 excels the Inland Empire in this profit- 
 able industry. Over $20,000,000 were 
 realized by stockmen in 1903. The 
 Pacific Coast and Alaska, together with 
 home consumption, formed the mar- 
 ket that consumed all of the stock 
 that was slaughtered. About 12,000 
 carloads of cattle, 5,000 carloads of 
 sheep, and 2,800 carloads of hogs 
 were shipped from the Inland Em- 
 pire. The wool clip is estimated to 
 have amounted to nearly 20,000.000 
 pounds — 30 per cent larger than any 
 other year. Of this amount fully 
 10,000.000 pounds were sheared in the 
 Inland Empire. The price of wool rauges 
 from 9c to 13c per pouud in the grease. No 
 barn feeding is necessary, hence the industry is a most profi.table one, despite 
 the low price of wool as compared with Eastern states. 
 
 The pork industry is receiving more attention each year, owing to the 
 cheapness of production and firm market prices. Hog cholera and other diseases 
 are unknown among swine in this section. Taking market prices which have 
 prevailed here during the past five years, it is estimated that a farmer can 
 realize $1.00 per bushel for his wheat fed to hogs. 
 
 The Eastern Washington horse has attained a world-wide reputation foi 
 hardiness, and was eagerly sought after by the English government during 
 the late war in South Africa. Prices are reasonable, so that the settler can 
 obtain a good farm team at moderate cost. Teams broken to harness range 
 in price from $150 to $300. It is estimated that over $1,000,000 was realized 
 during 1903 from the sale of horses raised in this region. Improvement in 
 breeds is evidenced by large importations of thoroughbred stock. 
 
 Blooded Stock. 
 
Spokane county 
 Court House. 
 
 t)R/tNPO^t|sTfi]aBANT. 
 
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 THE INLAND EMPIRE 
 
 AIBYING as an exclusive Indas- 
 try, or as an adjnnct of 
 diversified farming, offers 
 large returns on tile capital 
 invested. Nearly ^7,000,000 
 were realized in 1003 from 
 dairy and poultry products in 
 the Inland Empire. With the great 
 increase in productiou of butter, 
 cheese, cream, milk, eggs and poul- 
 try in 1903, more of these products 
 were shipped into this territory 
 from the East than ever before. No 
 opportunities in the Nortlwest are 
 more conspicuous than thoBe offered 
 in this industry. The capacity of 
 the creameries is limited chiefly by 
 the lack of cream. The creameries 
 compete for the milk and tlie farmer 
 benefits by the competition. The price paid during 1903 was the highest on 
 record, nearly 10c per pound for butter fat over -what was paid in the great dairy 
 districts of the East. Milk is sold to creameries for 9c to 16c per gallon, and 
 retails at 14 to 18 quarts for $1.00. Cream retails at 20c per pint. Cream 
 averages 30 per cent butter fat, which is governed by the market price of butter, 
 averaging about 2G.5c per pound. At this rate a gallon of cream in lutter fat 
 would be worth S8c. Milch cows sell for $40 to $65 per head. 
 
 Ninety per cent of the cheese consumed in Spokane and vicinity is sUpped in 
 from the East. Cream cheese retails at 20c to 25c per pound on the local market. 
 S. Crumbaker, near Colfax, Washington, milked 17 cows last year and sold 
 during the year 16,548 pounds of cream, which yielded an average of 26.1 per cent 
 butter fat, producing 4,257.5 pounds of butter, which sold from 20c to 29c per 
 pound, bringing a total of $1,024.31 for the year, an average of $60.25 per cow, 
 besides raising 17 calves, worth, at the end of the year, $20 per head. 
 
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 A Dairy Barn. 
 
 At a Country Creamery. 
 
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THE INLAND EMPIRE 
 
 XX 
 
 RUIT Is a constantly Increasing 
 source of wealth of the great 
 Inland Empire. In no other sec- 
 tion of the United States can de- 
 ciduous fruit of all kinds be grown 
 with greater abundance or excel- 
 lence of flavor than on the rolling 
 prairies, foothills and the irrigated 
 sections of the Inland Empire. 
 Washington fruit has no superior 
 when perfection and flavor are 
 considered, as evidenced by first 
 prize awards in competition with 
 other states. Just as good fruit, 
 in as great variety and abundance, 
 can be grown here without as with 
 irrigation, so that each and every 
 farm can have its orchard for home 
 consumption. The production of fine fruits and vegetables for home and 
 distant markets is becoming yearly a greater source of income. The chief 
 irrigated sections, including the Spokane River Valley, grow iu wonderful 
 size and perfection of flavor, peaches, apricots, grapes, pears, apples, plums, 
 cherries, and melons. The non-irrigated sections, the Palouse, Spokane 
 Prairies. Potlatch, and Big Bend and other regions, may be called the great 
 apple districts. Here the fruits grown are the hardiest and the most 
 desirable varieties, not only of apples, but also of plums, cherries, prunes, 
 pears and berries. These fruits are yearly finding a wider market in the 
 principal cities of the East, and bringing to the growers the highest prices 
 paid in the country. More than $3,000,000 were paid to Inland Empire 
 farmers, orchardists and produce gardeners during 1903 for fruit and 
 
 A Platter OF Strawberbies. 
 
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 THE INLAND EMPIRE 
 
 vegetables shipped to the centers of population 
 and out of the state. The total value of the 
 fruit and vegetable crop of the entire Inland 
 Empire is estimated to be nearly $9,000,000. 
 The only reasonably accurate figures which have 
 been obtained as to the output, however, are for 
 fruit and vegetables shipped by railroad. These 
 figures, compiled by several commission men and 
 checked by State Horticultural Commissioner 
 Van Holderbeke, show approximately the follow- 
 ing as shipments during 1903; 
 
 Estimated 
 
 Eastern Washington — Carloads. Value. 
 
 Apples 1,400 $560,000 
 
 Peaches 240 144,000 
 
 Prunes and plums, fresh 195 58,500 
 
 Prunes, dried 15 15,000 
 
 Cherries 55 68,750 
 
 Berries 130 130,000 
 
 Pears 60 30,000 
 
 Tomatoes 185 74,000 
 
 Grapes 25 25,000 
 
 Melons 360 108,000 
 
 Potatoes, cabbages, onions and 
 
 other vegetables 5,460 919,200 
 
 Total, Eastern Washington. 8,125 $2,132,250 
 
 Eastern Oregon 2,200 940,000 
 
 Northern Idaho 320 180,000 
 
 Total, Inland Empire 10,645 $3,252,450 
 
 The Spokane Valley, with its irrigation possi- 
 bilities, oflFers better opportunities to the fruit 
 grower than any other section because of its con- 
 venience to market. 
 
THE INLAND EMPIRE 
 
 13 
 
 INING in the terri- 
 tory tributary to 
 Spokane yields $23,- 
 000,000 annually in 
 gold, silver, lead, 
 copper and other 
 minerals. The fam- 
 ous silver-lead mines of 
 the Cocur d'Alenes. Ida- 
 bo, are within 60 miles 
 of the City of Spokane. 
 The great Tiger-Poor- 
 man, Bunker Hill & Sullivan, Standard, Mammoth, Hercules, 
 and Last Chance mines were located, developed, owned and 
 operated by Spokane men, and are now controlled by Spo- 
 kane capital. 
 
 The big mines of the Coeur d'Alenes are now operated 
 by electric power transmitted from the power plant of the 
 Washington Water Power Company, at Spokane, where it is 
 generated by the magnificent falls of the Spokane river. 
 The power line extends a distance of a little over 110 miles, 
 and is the longest high power service in the world. 
 
 The Coeur d'Alene mines are paying dividends at the 
 rate of 8180,450 per month. Over $12,000,000 have been 
 paid in dividends since their discovery 20 years ago. 
 
 Buffalo Hump. Elk City, Tyson, and various other sections of Northern Idaho are yielding 
 large returns, while the Bitter Koot Range, known to be rich in mineral deposits, is 
 practically unexplored. The showing of mineral deposits north of Lake Pend d* Oreille 
 is good and capital is being interested in the establishment of a large smelter at Sand 
 Point, 80 miles northeast of Spokane. 
 
 Other rich mineral zones near Spokane are the Boundary and Kootenay districts, 
 British Columbia; P.epublic camp and Okanogan district, Washington; and the Sumpter 
 district, of Eastern Oregon. Republic camp has immense deposits of low giade gold- 
 bearing ore. The Okanogan is regarded as having some of the greatest mining possibilities 
 in the country. The mining industry is not affected by ordinary commercial depression, 
 hence it can readily be seen what this steady source of wealth means to Spokane. 
 
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 THE INLAND EMPIRE 
 
 UMBEBINQ as an Industry has attained 
 enormous proportions in the Inland Em- 
 pire during the past two years. The ter- 
 ritory east, north and southeast of Spo- 
 kane contains the largest area of 
 standing pine timber extant in the 
 United States. The total, lumber out- 
 put for 1903 was 1,500,000,000 feet, 
 equal to 75,000 carloads of 20,000 feet 
 to the car, or a solid train 700 miles long. 
 Twenty thousand men were given employ- 
 ment in the planing mills of Spokane and 
 the sawmills and lumber camps, who re- 
 ceived about $12,000,000 In wages. 
 
 There are 520 shipping sawmills in the 
 Inland Northwest, not including mills 
 which cut only a small quantity for con- 
 sumption In the immediate neighborhood. 
 Some of these mills have sawed 15,000,- 
 000 each during 1903, while the smaller 
 ones have sawed from 1.000,000 to 2,000,- 
 000 feet. There is no pitch in the Wash- 
 ington, or Idaho white pine to become 
 discolored with age. The Washington pine has as distinct a grain as the best product 
 of Southern yellow pine, making it a far prettier finishing wood than Michigan pine. 
 It is Just as soft as the Eastern white pine and just as light in weight iisnce for mill 
 work it has no superior. The hard woods are represented by fir and tamarack, much 
 of which has a beautiful, curly grain, and for interior finish is equal, and In many 
 respects superior, to that of the best oak. Rough building lumber sells on the local 
 market at $8 to $12 per thousand feet, and finishing material at $18 to $36 per thousand 
 feet, consequently the larger portion of the best grades is shipped to the markets 
 of the Eastern states and Middle West. 
 
 
 In the Boom At the Mill 
 
THE INLAND EMPIRE 
 
 15 
 
 HINGS TO REMEMBEB ABOUT 
 
 SPOKArTE AND THE nrLAND 
 
 EMPIEE or THE PACITIC 
 
 NORTHWEST. 
 
 That Spokane is the best built 
 
 city, according to population, in the 
 
 world. 
 
 That Spokane is essentially a city 
 of homes, having the largest number 
 of beautiful residences of any city of 
 its size in the United States. 
 
 That building material is cheaper 
 in Spokane than in the East or 
 Middle West. 
 
 That Spokane is the "Home of 
 the Mining Kings" of the Pacific 
 Northwest. 
 
 That Spokane has the cheapest 
 water power in the country, and that 
 electric power generated by the mag- 
 nificent falls of the Spokane river 
 is furnished manufacturers on the 
 Niagara scale. 
 That Spokane capital controls the Coeur d'Alenes, the greatest silver- 
 lead mines of the world. 
 
 That Spokane transmits electric power for industrial purposes a greater 
 distance than any other city. 
 
 That Spokane has a population of over 65,000, and is Increasing at the 
 rate of 5,000 annually. 
 
 That Spokane offers more and better opportunities for the investment 
 of capital than any other city of the West. 
 
 That Spokane offers better advantages for manufacturing than can be 
 found in any other locality of equal population. 
 
 That Spokane offers better inducements to capital from the manufacture 
 of matches to the construction of a transcontinental railroad than any other 
 city of the great West. 
 
 That 10,000 cigars are consumed daily in Spokane. 
 
 That 100,000 matches are consumed daily in Spokane, and that the city 
 is without a match factory. 
 
 That Spokane is the commercial and distributing center of a territory 
 equal in area to the states of New York and Pennsylvania combined. 
 
 That the Inland Empire contains rich mineral, marble and timber re- 
 sources, and the most fertile fruit and farm lands in America. 
 
 That the region tributary to Spokane produces $21,000,000 annually in 
 gold, silver, lead and copper. 
 
 That the Inland Empire produces the finest quality of commercial marbles 
 and in the greatest variety of coloring in the world. 
 
 That the Inland Empire's staple grades of marble are the best known 
 for architectural purposes. 
 
 That the soil of the Inland Empire produces more to the acre than any 
 other of the United States. 
 
 That Spokane is the center of the most productive cereal belt of the 
 world. 
 
 That the Inland Empire leads the United States and the world in the 
 
 average yield per acre of wheat, oats, barley and potatoes. (Verify this 
 statement by reference to the U. S. Agricultural Reports.) 
 
 That a crop failure, whether farm, fruit or vegetables, has never occurred 
 in the Inland Empire. 
 
 That every variety of deciduous fruit known can be grown with never 
 a crop failure in the Inland Empire. 
 
 That Spokane poultry won sweepstakes prize at Chicago in 1903, in 
 competition against all America. 
 
 That the Inland Empire cannot be excelled for poultry raising — no gapes, 
 no cholera. 
 
 That Spokane is the greatest railroad center west of St. Paul and the 
 Missouri river. 
 
 That the Inland Empire enjoys the most delightful climate known where 
 the four seasons are marked. 
 
 That sunstioke, cyclones, blizzards, or violent thunder storms are un- 
 known in the Inland Empire except in name. 
 
 That the average farm yield per acre for the past ten years in the 
 Inland Empire was: Wheat, 23.6 bushels; oats. 41.1 bushels; barley, 37.2 
 bushels; potatoes, 131 bushels, which exceeds the ten-year average of the 
 United States, or any other single state in the Union. 
 
 That Spokane has a larger bank deposit per capita than any other city 
 of the United States. 
 
 That the great mines of the Boundary and Kootenay districts of British 
 Columbia are tributary to Spokane and that Spokane enterprise and capital 
 are largely interested in their developmt:'t. 
 
 That Spokane enterprise has built four railroads and is undertaking 
 auulher project, which will give the city its fifth transcontinental line. 
 
 That Spokane has four transcontinental railroads and nine branch lines 
 radiating to every point of the Inland Empire. 
 
 That Spokane is the best lighted city in the West. 
 
 That Spokane's public schools are unsurpassed. 
 
 That Spokane has 23 public school buildings, which cost $1,000,000. 
 
 That Spokane has the finest city hall, court house and high school 
 building in the Pacific Northwest. 
 
 That the educational facilities of the Inland Empire are the peer of 
 any other section of America — six colleges, two state normal schools, two 
 seminaries and several private schools comprise the institutions of higher 
 eiiucation. 
 
 That the public schools of Spokane and the Inland Empire will be 
 maintained, together with its system of free text books, without taxation 
 within a few years, owing to the wise provision of the public school land law. 
 
 That the Inland Empire grows the finest fruit in the world, with a 
 never- failing crop. 
 
 That the annual productive wealth of the Inland Empire is $300 per 
 cipita. 
 
 That the lumber output per annum In the Inland Empire aggregates 
 l,r.00,0000,000 feet valued at $20,000,000. 
 
 That the bank clearances of Spokane, which reached the enormous total 
 of $112,000,000 in 1903, show an increase annually of 25 per cent, or a 
 total of over 700 per cent since 1890. 
 
 That nine-tenths of all the farm wealth of the Inland Empire is pro- 
 duced without irrigation. 
 
 That irrigation is destined to add millions of dollars to the wealth of 
 the Inland Empire, after all other farm lands are under cultivation. 
 
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 THE INLAND EMPIRE 
 
 That the best irrigated land in the world is found in the Spo- 
 kane Valley and other sections of the Inland Empire. 
 
 That 10,000,000 pounds of wool are produced annually in the 
 luland Empire. 
 
 That over 1,000,000 pounds of wool are sheared annually ■■a 
 the Big Bend district, every pound of which must pass through 
 Spokane to reach a market. 
 
 That Spokane offers exceptional opportunities for success in 
 the establishment of a wooleu mill and a wool scouring plant. 
 (Write the Secretary of the Spokane Chamber of Commerce for 
 particulars.) 
 
 That 20,000 carloads of live stock are exported annually from 
 the Inland Empire. 
 
 That the sugar beet is grown in its greatest perfection in the 
 Inland Empire — 225 carloads of refined sugar being manufactured 
 by a single factory near Spokane last year. 
 
 That the lumber and mining camps of the Inland Empire offer 
 the best market in the world for farm products. 
 
 That 10,000 carloads of fruit and vegetables were shipped to 
 Eastern markets from the Inland Empire in 1903, of which 7,000 
 carloads were handled through the Spokane gateway; and, that 
 five years ago 6,000 carloads comprised the total export shipments 
 of the entire state. 
 
 That nearly $9,500,000 worth of Spokane county real estate 
 was sold to newcomers and investors in 1903. 
 
 That Spokane erected 1,554 buildings in 1903, costing 
 $4,000,000. 
 
 That Spokane has the greatest number of telephones in use 
 of any city of like population in the world. 
 
 That Spokane has more miles of electric car lines than any 
 other city of equal population in the United States. 
 
 That the Inland Empire raises 40,000,000 bushels of wheat 
 annually, and is capable of producing 120,000,000 bushels annually. 
 
 That Spokane flour mills manufacture 275,000 barrels of flour and 36,000 barrels of break- 
 fast food annually. I 
 
 That wages paid common and skilled labor in Spokane and the Iiiland Empire are the 
 highest in the country. Common labor, $2.00 to $2.25 per day; building laborers, $3.00; 
 painters, $3.50; carpenters, $3.60; stone masons, $5.00; plumbers, $5.00, and brick layers, $5.60 
 per day of eight hours. That Spokane is going to be a city of 100,000 population in 1910. 
 That the coldest weather experienced at Spokane during the past two years was 4 degrees 
 above zero. That the warmest weather during the same period was 97 degrees, and that 
 cool nights always prevail during the warmest days. That Spokane is the metropoUs of 
 the Inland Empire, h.aving at least 200 towns looking to this city as the trade center. That 
 Spokane has seven theaters and seven public parks. That Spokane has three daily news- 
 papers with a combined circulation of 30,000. That the highly colored marbles of the 
 Inland Empire excel all others for interior decorative purposes. That the best farm lauds 
 of the world can be purchased in the Inland Empire at prices ranging from $10 to $40 per 
 acre. That Inland Empire crops are absolutely free from destroying iuseots such as are 
 found in the Eastern states and Middle West. That the Inland Empire is capable of sup- 
 plying one-sixth of the bread stuff of the United SUtes. That Spokane is the gateway to 
 all of this magnificent domain. That Spokane is named from an Indian tribe meaning 
 ■■Children of the Sun," and is pronounced "Spo-can." That the Spokane Chamber of 
 Commerce gives the best information obtainable on all subjects pertaining_to the natural 
 resources and business opportunities of the Inland Empire. 
 
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 What We Have in 
 The Inland Empire 
 
 Fertile lands at low prices. 
 
 Mild summers with cool nights. 
 
 Short winters and light snowfall. 
 
 Wheat yield of 20 to 50 bushels per acre. 
 
 Government crop reports for past 10 years 
 give the average yield of wheat per acre 
 for the United States as 15 bushels, and 
 the average yield for Washington as 23.1 
 bushels, the largest of any section In the 
 United States. 
 
 A great lumber country. 
 
 A great whsat country 
 
 A great stock country. 
 
 A great fruit country. 
 
 A delightful climate. 
 
 What We Have Not 
 in The Inland Empire 
 
 No cyclones, blizzards nor violent wind- 
 storms. 
 
 No great extremes of heat or cold. 
 
 No sunstroke; no earthquakes. 
 
 No Hessian fly, army worm, chintz or potato 
 bugs, nor weevil. 
 
 No hog cholera nor cattle distemper. 
 
 No poultry diseases. 
 
 No crop failures; no floods. 
 
 No malaria; no consumption; no hay fever. 
 
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