The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-12-14

is made as to the average yearly tenn
perature:
Lewiston. Idaho e. ............69.S degrees
San Jose. Cal ..... 49,. ..........64.6 degrees
Sacramento, Cal ..,,,. .........,634 degrees
FRESNO, Cal .......... ............l5.5 degrees
Santa Clara, Cal 80. ............ 6i.3 degrees
NacaNlile, Cal sees. .............n3 degrees
Los Angeles Cal ....... ........677 degrees
San Diego, Cal ........ ......... .66S degrees
No less important consideration in the
cultivation of the grape is direct sun
light; that is recognized as a perquisite
for fructification of the fruit. This is
insured by a minimum of cloudy days
during the period from April to Sep
TENDER, inclusive. Reckoned by a scale
of to 10. the records show that the
climate of Idaho is as propitious as that
of California, as the following COM
parison of records demonstrates:
Lewiston, Idaho ...................3. SO
Sacramento, Cal ........ s...............1.6
Los Angeles, Cal .......,.............3.56
San Diego, Cal ....... ................45
Out of 1873 days during the six months
designated there is an average of 81
perfectly clear ones in Lewiston, while
Sacramento has 144 to it's credit, Los
Angeles 81 and San Diego numbers 81.
$500 PER ACRE PROFIT.
In the vicinity of Lewiston fruit land
is worth 500 to $500 per acre. That too
high valuation is not placed on it
may be readily ascertained by a sim
pie computation. Fully a thousand
grape vines of the Black Hamburg var
iety can be grown on a single acre.
These will have fully matured after four
years cultivation, when an average
yield of one hundred pounds of grapes
for each vine can be relied upon. I'm
der ordinary conditions this yearly pro-
duction of 100000 pounds of fruit would
return cents pound, or a total of
$4,000 for one acre. Such figures may ap-
pear exaggerated to those unaccustom-
ed to luXuriance, where forcing and
artificial means of propagation of vines
is never resorted to. But, striking as
is this prolific and remunerative growth
and yield of the vineyard, estimates
could be presented to satisfy even the
most skeptical, to illustrate the great
profit from a variety of fruits. 1t is of
vidence-introduced under oath in
court proceedings-that fruit grower
of Lewiston realizes a yearly profit Of
$500 an acre from his farm.
COLD SPRINGS COUNTRY.
What has been referred to as the Cold
Springs prairie comprises upward Of
100000 acres, more than half of which is
drained by Big canyon. that debouches
into the Clearwater. The prairie coun-
try is not altogether fiat, being broken
by swales and holes, some of which are
rs feet deep, that serve as catch basins
to hold the water from melting snow
and rains. Scattered over the prairie.
these natural reservoirs have under
ground connections, and, augmented in
volume, the water bursts to the surface,
forming a small stream that bursts into
Big canyon. That also receives the wa
ters from Cold Springs creek, that has
its source in perennial springs and
heads in the edge Of the timber right
under buttes that tower 800 to 500 feet
above the surrounding country, from
whence it flows in a northwesterly di
! rection.
Most of the creeks on the reservation
run deep, and there is consequently lit
tie bottom land along these water
) courses. There is an exception to thi!
: general rule, at the upper end of ColC
Springs creek, where there is a con
siderable body of these coveted
meadows.
While Cold Springs creek is practi
cally the western boundary of tn
prairie lana, LneIe Is a large percenIaS
of the agricultural area of the reserv
4 alton to the west of a north and soutl
= line from the head waters of tina
s stream. Between there and Lapwa
a creek, which empties into the Clear
5 water near the northwestern corner o
e the reservation, are upwards of $500
+ acres of first class farming lands.
: THE FORESTS.
= Primeval forests, the peer even of tn
- justly celebrated timber region of tn
{ Puget sound country, that have neve
, resounded with the strokes of the WOOD
y mans ak, are included in the territor
u to be added to the public domain.
jealous were the Nez Perces of thei
3 wealth of standing timber that one {
l. the amendments made to the treat
y of 80 years ago, before 1t could becom
IL operative, was that prohibiting Ell
r croachment upon this wooded resery
De by the military forces stationed on I'll
reservation to maintain the veste
TO rights of the Indians. Nearly all IL
~ larger streams, and the Clearwater
n particular, run through thiclSly timbe
ID ed regions. Matchless virgin wilde
IN ness of large area are the wonder
ly critical and experienced lumberme
Or whose enthusiasm has been excited ov
OF the giant pines, spruces and tamarack
s. AS a lumber region it has no superior.