History of Washington, the evergreen state, from early dawn to daylight; With portraits and biographies . ition Building alone would have certified to its verity andconvinced the most incredulous. Another writer speaks of Spokane as a city of homes—cer-tainly the highest and best title which may be applied to anyassemblage of human habitations—a grace peculiarly American,for nowhere throughout the world, except, perchance, in Eng-land, whose happy homes Mrs. Hemans eulogizes so feelingly,is the home so all important a factor for iniiueutial good as Inthis favored land we proudly call our own.
History of Washington, the evergreen state, from early dawn to daylight; With portraits and biographies . ition Building alone would have certified to its verity andconvinced the most incredulous. Another writer speaks of Spokane as a city of homes—cer-tainly the highest and best title which may be applied to anyassemblage of human habitations—a grace peculiarly American,for nowhere throughout the world, except, perchance, in Eng-land, whose happy homes Mrs. Hemans eulogizes so feelingly,is the home so all important a factor for iniiueutial good as Inthis favored land we proudly call our own. He says : Spokane Falls is essentially a city of homes. Let the vis-itor cast his eyes upon the hills or the valleys surrounding thebusiness centre of the town, and he will be amazed at the numberand extent of the handsome and happy homes in which the cityabounds. They are homes in the fullest sense of the word ; notmere tenements rented and occupied, but built and owned bythose who have grown with the city. From the humble abodeof the laborer to the palatial residence of the capitalist and mill-. /^^^/^^^-^A^ A.^ !HP vrw YOltK IUWJC LIBRARY iSrrOB, LSNOX AND TILDBN FOUNDATIONS B L J HISTORY OF WASHINGTOK. 351 ionaire tliese castles represent the results of tlieir owners toiland business sagacity ; they are not the temporary dwelling-places of a transient people, but sacied precincts, where the fam-ily ties are resiiected and honored. xMoral and religious influ-ences pervade them, and it is a matter of public record thatSpokane harbois a smaller amount of the criminal elements thanany t)ther city of its size. Of pnblic improvements the same writer adds : They havebeen steadily inaugurated since the fire, and its thorough sewagesystem will place Spokane Falls on a better sanitary basis thanany city west of Chicago. A full-paid fire department hassucceeded the volunteer corps which existed a year ago, andtliey are provided wdth an apparatus and personnel amply suffi-cient to
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