An illustrated history of Spokane county, state of Washington, Part 42

Author: Edwards, Jonathan, 1847-1929. cn
Publication date: 1900
Publisher: [San Francisco?] W.H. Lever
Number of Pages: 888

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The following year a building was erected on land conditionally granted by Col. D. P. Jenkins. It stands west of Monroe street near College avenue. The brick building was erected a decade later. Rev. R. C. Bisbee suc- ceeded Professor Libby as president and con- tinued for several years. The school increased in number, claiming as many as three hundred students. Professor A. E. Lasher, president for several years. was succeeded by Professor W. G. Ward, under whom it assumed the name University, with several departments :

Spokane Law School (law department of the University of Spokane Falls ) .- William G. Ward. president, lecturer on Roman law : John Johnston, dean law faculty: Professor John Johnston, personal property. wills and domestic relations; H. D. Crow, personal property and equity jurisprudence : R. J. Dansen. evidence pleading and code: William A. Huneke, contracts and partnerships. bills and notes; M. F. Mendenhall. criminal law and torts : C. A. Noble. Blackstone's commen- tary and Walker's American law.

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Spokane Medical College (medical depart- ment of the University of Spokane Falls ) .- Faculty, G. W. Libby, M. D., dean, 307 Carleton block; R. L. Thompson, M. D., sec- retary, 307 Carleton block; Wilson Lockhart, M. D., professor theory and practice of medi- cine; N. Fred Essig, M. D., professor prin- ciples and practice of surgery and clinical sur- gery; George W. Libby, M. D., professor obstetrics; Darius Mason, M. D., professor gynecology; C. M. Rawlings, professor an- atomy; John MacFarlane Semple, M. D., professor physiology, mental and nervous dis- eases ; C. G. Brown, M. D., professor materia medica and urinary diseases; H. A. Wright. M. D., professor chemistry and toxicology ; Henry Essig, M. D., professor diseases throat and chest; R. L. Thompson, M. D., professor diseases eye and ear ; T. L. Catterson, M. D., professor diseases children; George T. Doo- little, M. D., professor dermatology and dem- onstrator of anatomy.

Spokane Normal School (normal depart- ment of the Spokane College ; same faculty).

Spokane School of Theology (theological department of the University of Spokane Falls ) .- Faculty : William G. Ward, M. A., D. D., practical theology; M. M. Waltz, M. A., exegetical theology; A. G. Wilson, M. A., homiletics; V. C. Evers, M. A., systematic theology.

But complications arose and the institu- tion became absorbed in the Jenkins Univer- sity, incorporated in 1891.

Jenkins University .- David B. Jenkins, president ; Joseph S. Allen, vice-president ; Walter Hughson, secretary; G. B. Dennis, treasurer. This incorporation planned to sell the old college site of twenty-five acres to realize about half a million dollars and ap- propriate for endowment. Land was condi- tionally obtained at Arlington Heights for university purposes, and the Little Baldy for observatory. The officers planned great things, but the financial depression which fol-

lowed made realization impossible. Last faculty of Jenkins University, College avenue between Adams and Monroe; founded in 1882 : Rev. R. E. Bisbee, A. M., mental and moral science ; J. J. Rippetoe, A. M., higher mathe- matics and civil engineering; O. A. Noble, A. M., natural science ; C. W. Duffield, A. M., history and political science; Miss Eva Hal- stead, M. A., Latin and English literature; Osmer Abbott, B. A., Greek and German; W. E. Jackson, B. C. S., bookkeeping and pen- manship; Miss Jennie C. Grove, M. A., elo- cution; W. T. Euster, shorthand and type- writing ; Miss Ida J. Ingleman, tapestry paint- ing, oil and crayon; Mrs. Ella MI. Beals, drawing, pastel and China; Mrs. C. W. Duffield, matron: F. Mueller, B. S., musical director ; Rev. H. Brown, systematic theology ; Rev. William Davies, practical theology.

In 1890 a school for girls was organized under Presbyterian auspices :

Presbyterian Female Seminary .- Organ- ized and controlled by a board of trustees ap- pointed by the Presbyterian synod. Char- tered by the legislature of Washington and en- dowed with full collegiate privileges. Rev. T. G. Watson, president ; J. D. MacLean, sec- retary ; H. N. Belt, treasurer ; Lillian Feazel. principal; Mary C. Edmiston, business man- ager.

A Spokane university was incorporated and some property secured under the same auspices. In the same year Finney College was incorporated and land partially secured by the Congregationalists, on the Spokane river five 'miles east of the city limits. The coming of the hard times had much to do in frustrat- ing the plans of the promoters of these insti- tutions. Fate has been against Spokane so far in establishing a college.

BUSINESS COLLEGES.

Professor E. E. Martin came to Spokane in 1885 and soon started a writing school in the Keats block. By the year 1887 this school

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had developed into a business college and Pro- fessor J. R. Cassin had become associated with Professor Martin. The school contin- ued to grow from year to year until the num- ber of students reached the hundreds. It had normal, shorthand, collegiate, assaying and commercial departments, and was thoroughly equipped to do good work. Professor Cassin had associated with him Professors H. C. Blair, now of Blair Business College, and Pro- fessor E. H. Thompson, of the Northwestern Business College. Two years ago Professor Cassin sold his interest in the college to H. T. Englehorn and M. A. Dehuff, and a few months ago the institution suspended.

In September, 1897, Professors H. C. and H. M. Blair severed their connection with the Spokane Business College and established the Blair Business College, at the corner of First avenue and Post street. It was a success from the beginning and enlarged accommodations were necessary in a few months. The daily attendance this year has reached two hundred and fifty and it is constantly growing in favor and efficiency.

During the first year there were two hun- · dred and thirty-one students in attendance, the second year five hundred, and the third year will show a much larger number. The departments are bookkeeping, shorthand, type- writing, penmanship, English, normal, elo- cution, music, special. A summer normal school of eight weeks is held annually, the principal having conducted such a school for ten consecutive years. Faculty : H. C. Blair, A. B., principal, penmanship, English gram- mar; H. M. Blair, secretary, mathematics ; M. M. Higley, master accounts, bookkeeping ; E. F. Timberman, penmanship, shorthand, typewriting ; Lillie M. Robertson, A. B., Latin, literature, history; Mrs. Mary E. Gamble, art ; E. B. Van Osdel, A. B., assaying; Dr. R. A. Heritage, music; Francis Wiggins, elocution, shorthand, typewriting.

On May 1, 1899, Professor E. H. Thomp-

son withdrew from the Spokane Business Col- lege and opened a school in the Powell build- ing, on South Riverside avenue, near the Mon- roe street bridge, under the name North- western Business College. It started out with a goodly number of students and developed rapidly so that in a few months enlarged quarters were necessary. Accordingly the . college was moved to 807-809 Second avenue, near Post street. It has continued to grow until the number of students on the roll has reached three hundred and seventeen. The college has four courses of study : commercial, shorthand and typewriting, civil service, normal. Faculty: E. H. Thompson, B. S., principal; Mrs. L. E. Gaston, Pitmanic short- hand; W. H. Tuggle, bookkeeping; Professor F. S. Jackson, LL. B., commercial and parlia- mentary law; Mrs. E. H. Thompson, Dement Pitmanic shorthand; Professor A. F. Max- well, B. S., mathematics and English.

The Lyon Boarding School for Boys was opened here three years ago by Professor James Lyon and wife. It is now located on Arlington Heights. It has enjoyed increased patronage until the spacious building is now nearly full. Pupils may enter any time. During the summer vacation they may ac- company Dr. Lyon to his summer home at Mica Bay, Lake Cœur d' Alene, where they will be surrounded with every safeguard.

THE TIDE OF HUMANITY.

Ten miles west of Gotham, On a beautiful Jersey site, Where Elfan flow Far inward go, I first beheld the light.

As the rushing tides westward pressed

Cooled and laved by Jersey's breast,

Just so the human tide must go,

Rushing high, then ebbing low, By unseen hands still onward pressed Surging, rushing, eddying west, Until the wide expanse of land Teems with men like the countless sand.

Away back in 'thirty-eight The tide-wave rushed as far as the lake,

Then it turned inward to flow

Amid the shores of the Ohio.

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Amid this drift of limb and tree, On surged this mass of the brave and free At a breakneck speed mid merry sounds, Founding new homes, cities and towns. And I as a chip was eddyed along, Sometimes buried mid the throng, Catching odd glimpses of men at their best Swirled round and round, still hurrying west, Across the broad prairie wide as the sky, Over the Rockies towering high,

Through Laramies highland and Green river plain, Onward and onward pushed the mighty train, In Weber's and Echoe's canyon deep, I gazed in wonder at the mountain steep. The Weber comes browling, surging by Mid rugged cliffs a thousand feet high, Making its plunge to the basin below, Leaving forever the red rock's glow; I've viewed the Salt Lake's inky hue And across it the sunset's purple hue; And Nevada's sage-brush, and wonderful rills, The Alkali waste and Silvery Hills; Humboldt river and the Palisades, Enchanting scenes amid charming glades;

I've stood alone on the mountain's crest, Straining to see the misty west,

Where all my hopes and treasure lie, In the far-off home of by and by: Far I beheld on the mountain high, Idaho's crescent touching the sky. Again on the trail with my trusty gun, Alighting my broncho, again on the run; Along the Snake river's winding course O'er lava beds my way I force, Seeking a home or a little spot Which God has ordained to be my lot. Sometimes in despair and ready to die, Then stirred with hope my spirits rise high. Many a time under the great blue dome Have I watched the stars and thought of home,

As I lay by the rut of some wagon-wheel And heard the wolf's howl echoing peal, Down the mountain, or sage-brush wild. I've freely wept like a little child, Yet still I pray and seek for rest In the sweet, hard school of the wide, wild west.

CHARLES FREDERICK, Pleasant Prairie.

CHAPTER XXX.

TOWNS AND SETTLEMENTS.

· MEDICAL LAKE.

Among the best known towns of eastern Washington is Medical Lake, sixteen miles west of Spokane. It is located on the original site of Mr. Andrew Lefevre's pre-emption, and is as clean, healthy, beautiful and attract- ive a place as can be found anywhere. The Washington Central branch of the Northern Pacific Railway runs through it. In early days, the region in which it is situated was known as the "four lake country," because ad- jacent to it that many lakes are to be found. In this respect it is highly favored. In fact there are five lakes within five miles of it, viz. : Medical, Little Medical, Silver, Clear and Granite, which, with proper enterprise, could i from all directions. According to Indian

be made to attract a far larger number of campers every summer than they now do. The place derives its name from the far-famed lake on the shores of which it is located. Medical Lake is a delightful body of water containing extraordinary medicinal properties. It has been designated as the "modern pool of Bethesda" because of the surprising cures which it has effected. It is about a mile long, the width varying from a half to one mile. the shore gently slopes, arising to no great height above the water's edge. the west end being fringed with pine trees. From time unknown we are told the curative properties were known to the Indians who congregated in great num- bers around its shores, bringing the afflicted

MEDICAL LAKE Eastern Washington Hospital for Insane, in the Background

MEDICAL LAKE

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traditions the Great Spirit gave the water its medicinal properties. The water has proved a positive cure in severe rheumatism, catarrh, skin and other diseases. It has been carefully analyzed by G. A. Mariner, of Chicago, and Professor Lansing, of New York, and other eminent scientists, and contains the following properties in grains per United States gallon, 281 cubic inches :

Sodic chloride 16.730

Patassic chloride 9.241

Lithic carbonate Traces

Sodic carbonate 63.543

Magnesia carbonate .233

Ferrous carbonate .526

Calcic carbonate .186

Aluminic oxide .175

Sodic silicate 10.638

Potassic sulphate Traces

Sodic diborate Traces

Organic matter

.55I

Total

101.463

The surroundings both immediate and re- mote, are charming to behold. "From a clean ·granite shore on the west gradually rises an evergreen and lofty eminence, beautifully in- terspersed with granite boulders of enormous dimensions, while along the water's edge are many cottages snugly stationed among the waving and cooling trees. The business and principal part of the town lies on a nearly level park, which extends eastward from the lake, affording a most beautiful town site. Close at hand are many fine farms, forests of pine, prairie, orchards, lofty buttes, some covered with timber and others with grass, while in the distance can be plainly seen the lofty and snow-capped ranges of the Cœur d' Alenes in the east, and the towering heights of the Col- ville and Salmon river countries toward the north." Hon. Stanley Hallett, former mayor and principal promoter and owner of the town- site, discovered the powers of evaporation by

which the leading qualities of the water were retained. Thus the salt business was insti- tuted by which the medical properties could be condensed and placed on the market for the benefit of those who could not avail themselves of the water. Sixty or seventy gallons of water make a pound of salt. From the bot- tom of the lake is obtained mud which proves effective in curing most stubborn diseases. This deposit is a gelatinous substance of a dark reddish color. The water of the lake gives a sensation of being oily and its cleansing qualities are unsurpassed.

There is little trace of alkali. The tempera- ture is such that for eight months of the year bathing is safe. The adjacent country is mostly open and fertile with some broken and more or less rocky parts covered with timber. In addition to the lakes water is easily obtainable anywhere. There are many thor- oughly cultivated and productive farms with beautiful orchards. The average elevation is two thousand three hundred feet. On a com- manding elevation the Eastern Washington Hospital for the Insane is located. The com- missioners under whose supervision it was built were Hon. Stanley Hallett, Medical Lake, Mr. B. B. Glascock. Sprague. and Hon. D. M. Drumheller, of Spokane. It is a magnifi- cent building and thoroughly equipped for its purpose. It is on the west side of the lake, about one hundred and eighty feet above the water, on a very picturesque spot. surrounded by evergreens of natural growth, commanding an extensive view of the surrounding country. The building in its extreme length is four hun- dred and sixteen feet, the center portion four . stories high. Under the whole building is a granite basement, quarried near by of the best quality. The superstructure is of red brick, which was manufactured in the rear of the building. The roofs are covered with patent metallic shingles laid on felt and all cornices are of galvanized iron. The build- ing required over six hundred thousand feet

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of lumber. The whole building is lighted by the incandescent system of electric light, the electricity being generated on the premises by a forty horse-power boiler and supplies five hundred lights. The whole building is heated by steam, with all the latest and most improved appliances.

It is one of the most handsome and impos- ing buildings in the state. The style of ar- chitecture is modern gothic and the cost was over three hundred thousand dollars. The first superintendent of the hospital was Dr. J. M. Semple, with Dr. W.H. Anderson as assistant. They served in said capacities for six years, giving evidence of eminent fitness. They were succeeded by Drs. W. Lockhart and J. D. McLean. The present incumbent is Dr. Mc- Lean, and Dr. Beans was the assistant until the beginning of the year, when Dr. G. E. Howe became assistant. Matters are moving smoothly in the institution, giving evidence of efficient service. There is great need of en- larged accommodations. The Northwestern School of Telegraphy is located at this place.

In this school the learner is carefully taught to manipulate the telegraph-key in proper form, and alternately copy with pencil or pen, letters, figures and words when made on the key by fellow-students and teachers. After becoming proficient in copying and sending figures, points, letters and words, the student is advanced to more rapid work ; sends and receives messages, daily market reports, newspaper paragraphs, train orders, and train-service messages ; keeps a daily check and number sheet of the messages sent and received by him from his office to other offices and lines; makes a daily report of all messages so sent and received by his office under Western Union rules and rates. In fact, all the mode and practice of study is practical telegraphy. The student is also in- structed in the care of the gravity battery, liow to construct the same, and connect lines, in- struments and switch-boards. The school- room is especially fitted up with lines and tables

provided with the very best modern telegraph instruments. The principal and proprietor is Professor M. S. Allyn.

Early Settlers .- Mr. Andrew Lefevre was one of the earliest settlers in Spokane county. He came as early as 1859, and for several years was the only white man in this region. Mr. Lefevre lived at this place until his death, Jan- uary 15, 1900. He left behind him a wife and several children. It was about 1876 that the place began to take the form of a settlement. Among the settlers of the said date and two years following we find many sturdy and enter- prising citizens, the most of whom coming this way via Canada and California, viz: J. D. LaBrie, Frank Malloy, C. W. Murphy, Stanley Hallet, G. W. Ainsley, W. T. Barnes, G. H. Brower, Chas. W. Robbins, Charles Mc- Douall, E. L. Smith, J. A. Fancher and B. S. Dudley. The town was incorporated in 1890, and Stanley Hallett, a high-minded British American, has the honor of being its first mayor, and the first councilman, and other offi- cers, as well as later ones, are men of sterling character. Councilmen John A. Campbell, Christian Dittmer, C. L. Caldwell, Charles Bloomer and A. W. Green. Treasurer, J. M. Landis, Clerk, M. L. Fienberg. Successive mayors, Charles Bloomer, G. L. Moss and An- drew Peat. Successive treasurers. Stanley Hallett, eight consecutive years. The first build- ings to be erected were the Cottage House Hotel, Lake House Hotel, now in operation, and Erickson livery stables. Among the in- dustries are the Medical Lake salt evaporating works, and granite quarries of magnificent stone, operated by Giles and Peat, and the hos- pital which gives employment to a considerable number of the citizens. There are at least a dozen places of business besides the hotels al- ready mentioned, and the Leyspon House on the west side of tlie lake.

Public Schools .- The intelligence of the people has led them from the earliest years to endeavor to offer to the children the best pos-

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sible educational advantages. As early as 1879 a private school-house was built, and in 1882 an unpretentious frame building was erected. In 1890 the present spacious and ad- mirably equipped brick building was completed at a cost of thirteen thousand dollars. It has no superior in the county outside of Spokane and scarcely its equal can be found in a town of no more than one thousand inhabitants. The average attendance at present is over two hundred and the studies reach the tenth grade.

Fraternal Organisations .- The town is not wanting in the spirit of fellowship. Stanley Lodge, No. 70, I. O. O. F., was the first to be organized in 1888, which had a membership of seventy-six. The Freemasons, Maccabees, and Woodmen are also represented, each having a fair membership, varying from twenty to fifty.

Medical Lake Lodge, No. 102, F. & A. M., was organized December 14, 1894. Charles McDouall was master to January 8, 1897; Andrew Peat, from January 8, 1897, to Jan- uary 7, 1898; Addison Inlay from January 7, 1898, to February 24, 1899; John A. Dobbs, from February 24, 1899, to February 9, 1900; W. H. Anderson, elect. The first officers were Charles McDouall, worshipful master; A. W. Green, senior warden; E. L. Smith, junior warden; J. M. Semple, secretary; Chas. Bloomer, treasurer. The present officers are : W. H. Anderson, worshipful master; Andrew Peat, senior warden; John D. Jones, junior warden; Charles McDouall, secretary; C. W. Robbins, treasurer. Present membership, sixteen.

Stanley Lodge was instituted July 20, 1888, with the following officers : J. A. Stewart, N. G .; James Glasgow, V. G .; Guss A. Scholer, R. S .; F. W. Rowley, P. S .; Thos. Halton, treas- urer. Present officers : C. W. Robbins, N. G .; Peter S. Irvine, V. G .; J. D. Pettis, P. G .; Jas. Glasgow, R. Sec .; C. D. Johnson, Per. Sec .; Wm. Monter, Treas. Past Grands: J. A. Stewart, J. Glasgow, Stanley Hallet, C. S.

Caldwell, P. S. Irvine, Chas. Maxon. C. W. Robbins, J. F. Goldback, Peter Lund, Chas. Reynolds Albert Burkhart, C. E. Ford, E. H. Maxon, J. D. Pettis.

Religious Organisations .- The Congrega- tional church was organized in 1883, by the late venerable and greatly honored Rev. Cush- ing Eells, D. D. It was organized in prayer, cradled in prayer, and during its primitive pe- riod was the subject of the fervent petitions of that holy man of God. Dr. Eells was its first pastor and to the end it was as the apple of his eye. It has been served by Revs. F. V. Hoyt, C. E. Chase, and A. Howells. Under the min- istry of Rev. David Wirt in 1889, the present fine edifice was erected which is a fitting memo- rial of his faith and activity. With the con- venient parsonage it makes the most command- ing and expensive church in the county outside of the city of Spokane. During the aggressive ministry of Rev. G. E. Hooker, one of the Washington Yale band, now of Chicago, who has gained an international reputation as a writer on sociological subjects, the church re- ceived a great uplift. Under the ministry of its present pastor, Rev. J. D. Jones, also a Yale man, who is an indefatigable worker, as well as an able preacher, the church has made whole- some and constant progress, exerting an in- creasingly potent and uplifting influence in the community. Among the auxiliaries of the church are a strong Ladies' Aid Society, doing splendid service both socially and financially, and a flourishing Christian Endeavor Society doing excellent work. The church has a mem- bership of one hundred and thirty-two.

The Baptists built the first church edifice in the place, which is now one of the old land- marks, not far from the shore of the lake. For some years it was the meeting place of several denominations, and it is now used by the Meth- odist Episcopal church, the Baptists having withdrawn from the field several years ago.

The Christian church, or Disciples, is a strong organization, sustaining regularly the

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means of grace in a commodious and conven- iently located house of worship. Elder A. W. Dean, who was instrumental in the organiza- tion of this church, as well as several others of that faith in the county, was an able, scrip- tural and instructive preacher, and one whom the writer learned to love as a good brother in the Lord. He died at Medical Lake several years ago. Dr. A. W. Green was acting pastor for several years after the decease of Mr. Dean, and the church has a strong hold in the place and the surrounding region ; the present pastors are Rev. George E. Barrows and wife.

The Methodist Episcopal church was the first to be organized, but it never had a place of worship of its own. Though not very strong in numbers, it is characteristically vigorous, and has a devoted membership and loyal con- stituency.

The Catholic church is not imposing in ap- pearance. but has its fair proportion of faithful adherents and enjoys the efficient services of Father Faust.

Other various sects and organizations which have no buildings are reported, of which we have no reliable information.

CHENEY.

The best advertised town in the county is Cheney. In early years its ambition was to be no less than the metropolis of eastern Wash- ington, and it is not the fault of its heroic citi- zens that this high aim was not realized. Cheney is beautifully situated on the Northern Pacific Railroad, sixteen miles west of Spo- kane, where the Washington Central branches off to the Big Bend country. The town site is especially adapted for a well ordered city, the land receding gradually from the railroad toward a slightly elevated plateau. A portion of the town was originally covered with pine trees, and even to-day the suburbs have a park- like appearance. The northern end is an open prairie of rich soil. On the highest elevation half a mile north of the normal school one can

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An illustrated history of Spokane county, state of Washington, Part 42

Author: Edwards, Jonathan, 1847-1929. cn Publication date: 1900 Publisher: [San Francisco?] W.H. Lever Number of Pages: 888

Author: Edwards, Jonathan, 1847-1929. cn
Publication date: 1900
Publisher: [San Francisco?] W.H. Lever
Number of Pages: 888