SPOKANE

city and county seat of Spokane co., Wash., on the Spokane river, served by the Northern Pacific, Great Northern, Canadian Pacific, Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, Union Pacific, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy and the Northwestern Railroads. It is the commercial and financial center of eastern Washington, rorthern Idaho and western Montana. The Spokane River pa es through the heart of the city, and a series of cascades makes po ible the development of 400,000 horse power. This is sufficient, not only for the lighting of the city, the operation of traction systems and the working of its factories, but serves the surrounding district for a distance of one hundred miles. Spokane is the center of the greatest area of white pine timber forests in the United States, and lumber is one of its principal industries. Other industrial establishments are: flour mills, foundries, machine shops, iron works, cereal food plants, pottery works, mattre and furniture factories, trunk, tin ware, clothing, glove, broom and tobacco factories and canneries. The city carries on a large commerce in wheat, minerals, forest and agricultural products with all the markets of the world. Spokane is beautifully located and handsomely laid out. There is a superb public park system covering 1,933 acres. The city abounds in notable buildings, chief of which are the Masonic Temple, Government Building, City Hall, County Court~House, Auditorium, Protestant Episcopal and Roman Catholic Cathedrals. Its educational system is one of the best in the West. There are 35 elementary public schools, 5 parochial schools, 2 high schools and 4 busine colleges. Institutions of higher learning are Gonzaga University, Whit worth College, Spokane College, St. Michael's College (Catholic) and Spokane University. There is a public library with 7 branches, beside 200 cla room libraries in public and private schools. The city has 112 churches, representing all denominations, and many of them housed in imposing edifices. There are 16 newspapers and periodicals and 40 banking institutions, including private banks and building and loan a ociations. The city operates under a commi ion form of government. The first settlement was made in 1872-and, folio wing the arrival of the Northern Pacific Railroad fin 1881, development has been rapid. A great fire in 1889 devastated 30 blocks ny pod busine district. Pop. 1920, town, Umbria, Italy; archiepiscopal see; has XI.-cent. cathedral containing frescoes by Filippo Lippi, and fine church dedicated to St. Agostino. Rom. remains include ruined theater and triumphal arch; was seat of government of dukes of S. in early times; pa ed into po e ion of popes, XIII. cent. Pop. 25,500.