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Newspaper
Spokane Times
Location
Spokane, Washington, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1881
Page
2
The Spokan Gimes reports work halted on the new post at Camp Spokan by military order. Officers and settlers fear permanency or abandonment decision soon, warning abandonment would hardship settlers who built along the Columbia river and Spokan mouth. It argues Camp Spokan protects rich unsettled lands and should not be removed.
The article calls for more farmers who understand tillage and can yield high crops in the rich Colville valley. It notes immigration to Spokan Falls and Stevens county, rail and telegraph links, and a future rise in farming opportunity while urging support for schools, roads, and new county governance in Alaska and Harris District.
Smallpox is raging in San Domingo to a fearful extent with daily burials organized by volunteers to help bury the victims.
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