The farmers' union., 1891-08-27

Important Industr:c< Jhat AFRO Under
way-Mar.o Gus In rc ,se OF Population
Mines and Mini,. TO Country in
General
fSPECItI. CoHHESPoNi,FNCF.
When you travel over the Northern
Pacific, with your trusted X, dak in your
hand, ready to mnk, a>r,ntrr shot on
the choicest bits OF fccncry. let Us au-
wise you to hid vtur amman ton until
you rca"h the tlarh's Fork Il vcr. unless
you take Il coup c of snap al the Flat
heads who bang about III. stations In
the vicinity of the !.o>cbud A-cn y. No
wonder the Government experienced
trouble with Su Il citizens Tic art 5:
who too. a t!pica' tlathrad countc-
nance as study Of -tr0ublr" wou.d be
bound t. ovcr,!o III sub cgt, if he was
faithful 10 his model Their tents. how
ever, are quite piCtur sue, and 81, a'So.
are the Indians, provided they are far
enough away.
The valley in which the Rosebud
Agency IS located IS very fertile and in
vitng, and Eumc seekers AMI capitalists
alike viyw it with cnvious eyes Prrha;
it is a pccultariry Of Indian reservations
TO appear IT, the eyes Of whites to be n
little more desirable land than that
which is equally fertile and we'll located,
but which j. o.cn to the why setter
and spcrrlat r. II is III, + rbitidcn
which always api ears more tempting.
When once yuu have reached the
shores OF G. ark's Fork von wi lc tempt
ed to fire a lsr'c t fusiiIadr o map
shots; for every mile of tha one hundred
along which we 10 lny this stream Of
fcrs new an!i cntictng seen beauties in
marvc'OUS ana striking sarrty. Here
the sportsman finds an abundance of the
choicest victims. Almost cv, ~ noun
tain bro X tha: flows into the river s
alive with ">.ecj'ct b"aut c>," hungry
for the look. and either too shy nor too
wise TO help themsrf cs freely. AZ til.
first opportunity. while lear. deer, and
other large game ar plentiful in the
woods.
Lake Tcrd d'Orcillc IN Western Idaho.
is one Of the most enchanting lakes in
the West. Southwest of Lake Pend
dGrcilc is Lake C,,ur Il Alrue. another
beautiful morntain iakc This is the
hcadwatcrS of tn : nkanc River.
The banks % this lake and river are
thiciily tmbcrcd with iir and cedar, and
the cost Of looming tic 'o-s down the
Spokane River is from thilty to fifty
cents per thousand The great water
power must make that city the site of
some Of the greatest lumber mills of the
West. fo' the amount of timber on the
Spokane River Lake Cuur d'Alcnc
and the st :, scph, It. Mary and c rur
d tlcnc Rivers which fow into the axe,
is almost beyond computation. Spokane
ready las various p 0Si croIS mills. one
cutting 100. .uoh feet of lumber pr day
Spokan' draws Il large amount Of
wca tn from al 4 cnt mining districts,
which are a within :, % miles distant
The Idaho districts which are trihu-
tary to Spokane are the Ga Ur o'A'onn,
southeast the Pend d'Drril!e. cast and
the MctaliEe. northeast. The J. oDtonai.
across the line, in British Columbia. IS
also tapicd by a ; Stokane railroad, and
the districts in the State # Washington
which are partially or wholly tributary
TO Spokane are the kanogan and Co.
Vile, to the north and northwest. The
supplies for these districts are mainly
furnished by Spokane. which will derive
large additional source Of profit from
its surrounding minerals as soon as the
magnificent smcit nc plant Just built.
some five miles out of the city, IS III full
operation The capital stock is one.
million dollars. The amount Of free