I made my way back to Spokane in time to attend their annual fall fair, which showed patronage from the four northwestern states. The fruit exhibit from the irrigated fruit farms, surrounding Wenatchee, carried off the first prize, closely followed by Waterville and Douglas County and the Palouse country. There were also wheat and cereals from these, Harrington and the Big Bend country, the exhibits coming on the Washington Central Railway from Davenport, Coulee City and Wilbur. On the Spokane Falls & Northern they came from Colville, Marcus, Northport and Nelson, British Columbia. Also from Rathdrum and the lumbering town of Sandpoint, on Pend d'Oreille Lake. There were mineral exhibits from the Coeur d'Alene mines of Idaho, from Republic, and other sections of Washington, and from Ross-
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