The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-08-26

ImpSrtans Industries hat Are Under
Wsy-Mnrve'ous In Tease of Population
-ssses and Mihiag - Tao Country i'm
General
SPECIAL. CORRESPONDENCE.
Wfrn you travel over the Northern
Pacific, with your trusted k dak I'm your
hand, ready to make center shot on
the choicest bits OF scenery, let us au-
wise you 10 hold your ammunition until
you reach the Clari's Fork River, unless
you take coupe of snaps at the Flat
heads who hang about the stations in
the vicinity OF the Rosebud Agency. No
wonder the Government experienced
trouble with such citizens The artist
who took typical Flathead counte-
nance as q study OF "trouble" would be
bound TO overdo the sub Get, if he was
faithful 70 his model Their tents, how
ever, are quite picturesque, and so, also,
are tho Indians, provided they are far
enough away.
The valley in which the Rosebud
Agency is located is very fertile and in
viting, and home seekers and capitalists
alike view it with envious eyes Perhaps
it is PECULIARLY OF Indian reservations
to appear TO the eyes Of whites to be n
little more desirable land than that
which Is equally fertile and well located,
and speculator. 1t IS the forbidden
which always appears more tempting
When once you have reached the
shores OF Cark's Fork you will be tempt
ed TO fire a perfect fusilade o. snap
shots; for every mile of the one hundred
along which we follow this stream Of
fers new and entlcng seen beauties in
marvellous and striking variety. Here
the sportsman finds an abundance OF the
choicest victims. Almost every noun.
tain brook that flows into the river is
alive with "speckled beauties" hungry
for the hook, and neither too shy nor too
wise to help themselves freely, at the
first opportunity, while hear, deer, and
other large game are plentiful in the
woods
Lake Pend 'Oreille, in Western Idaho,
is one of the most enchanting lakes in
the West Southwest of Lake Pend
d'Oreille is Lake CPur d. Alene. another
beautiful mountain lake. This is the
headwaters of the Spokane River.
The banks of this lake and river are
thickly tlmbered with fir and cedar, and
the cost Of booming the logs down the
Spokane River is from thirty to fifty
cents per thousand The great water
power must make that city the site of
some Of the greatest lumber mills of tho
West, for the amount of timber on the
Spokane River, Lake CGur d'Alene
and the st. Joseph, St Mary and CPur
d Alene Rivers, which TOW into the lake,
is almost beyond computation. Spokane
already has various prosperous mills, one
cutting l00 600 feet OF lumber per day.
Spokane draws large amount of
wea tn from adia ent mining districts,
which are all within 200 miles distant
The Idaho districts which are itribu-
tary to Spokane are the CGur d'Alene,
southeast the Pend d'Oreille, east: and
the Metalne, northeast. The Kootenai,
across the line, in British Columbia, is
also tapped by Spokane railroad, and
the districts IN the State Of Washington
which are partially or wholly tributary
to Spokane are the Okanogan and Col
VILE, TO the north and northwest. The
supplies for these districts are mainly
furnished by Spokane, which will derive
a large additional source of profit from
Ats surrounding minerals as soon as the
magnificent smelling plant just built,
some five miles out of the city, is In full
operation. The capital stock is one
million dollars. The amount of free