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Daily, Feb. 27. Mr. Editor. We see by the daily papers that the trans continental railways are making a tourist rate of one fare plus $2 for the round trip to western points for this spring and summer, and that the coast cities, especially, are doing a large amount of advertising in east ern magazines and papers. The Seattle chamber of commerce is spending $50,000 in this work. Ta coma, Portland and many smaller towns on the coast are spending large sums to encourage tourists and settlers to go to the coast. Now, where is there a greater farming, dairying, lumbering and mining country than the Upper Columbia river valley, the Colville valley, and in fact, all of Stevens county? We are building good roads. Have some of the most beautiful scenery in the west; fine streams and lakes for fishing and some of the finest ranches and stock farms to be seen anywhere. Everything to attract the tourist and settler. The traveler, if he has a car of his own, can come north from Spokane on the state highway through the prosperous towns of Clayton and Deer Park, camp at either Loon Lake or Deer lake, then on north through the towns of Springdale, Valley, Che welah, Addy to our prosperous coun ty seat of Colville in the great Col ville valley, then to Meyers Falls and Marcus. From Marcus the trav eler can turn south along the Colum bia river, view the famous Kettle falls which will in the course of a few years be developed to the extent of several hundred horse power and furnish electricity to the towns and railway companies in the Inland Em pire. From the falls the traveler will pass through the town of Kettle Falls then on down the river by way of Rice to Daisy, which is the oldest place on the river, for in 1862 a store was established here and run several years by Marcus Oppenheimer from whom the town of Marcus gets its name. Across the Columbia river Gifford, the next town south of Daisy, is Inchelium on the south half of the Colville Indian reservation, then on south to Cedonia, Hunters, Fruitland, Miles and Davenport, where the traveler would strike the Sunset highway and continue on his way west to the coast, if he has not decided to locate in some of the places he has seen in the meantime in his travels through the county. There is no other county in the state that has the resources we have. So it is to the interest of every citi zen to push the advantages of his home county. From all indications there will be a large amount of travel to the Northwest this spring and summer as many easterners are taking up the slogan “See America First!” and many people are looking for new homes. We have room for thousands of settlers so it is up to you to try and get every one to come this way and become a citizen of the greatest county in the great state of Washington.—A Pioneer ing the word Assault she sed to Pug Stevens Now if you was 2 be a walking along the street Slats wood walk up 2 you strike you what wood that be. Pug replyed sed That wood be a funral. Pug is a mean guy 2. Tuesday—Pared me the story about Jonah which wa s et up by a whale but which cucdent keep him on his stummick. That fellow was a lucky guy 2 tell his wife such a story get away with it. Even if it was a fack Wednesday—My dog is lerning a lot of trix now. I tell him 2 speak he growls I throw a stick he gets it cums up 2 me with it in his jaws I say Gimmy it he does. Ma got mad today. She cum in sed 2 pa That dog has ate 1 of my pies. Pa sed Well thats 2 bad but I think he will be all rite he is a tuff dog. Thursday—Ma sed I am pretty de cent here of lately. I am 2 that is sent all. I intend to keep on con tinueing.
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Colville Examiner
Colville, Washington, US
Sat, Mar 04, 1922
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