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Rh resources of that vast western territory. After accomplishing his mission, he returned, only to be massacred, he and his family, by the Indians. A large, high pillar marks the place of his sad ending. Within the city limits Whitman College stands to his everlasting memory.

One of the oldest government forts in the west is still occupied here. Here is the state penitentiary, where the occupants are kept busy making wheat sacks from hemp shipped from Manilla, Philippine Islands.

I will say, it is no wonder this place was selected and trading posts established long before there was any established ownership to this part of the country, as it is nature's paradise. I have visited this city at all seasons of the year and it always blends with the same beautiful splendor. Here it is that the