The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-20
NEZ PIERCE RESERVE
Fertile Land I'm Idaho Soon 10
Be Thrown Open.
BLACK SOIL. EASILY TITLED


Csn&zee. I4aHo. Letter IN sgsokaEs
Spokesman.
TIE Neg PEREZ reservation Will s1o-s -
opsnae. zlsa sfz@f acres q Lags Fox
aetzaal setfiefz. Tss United States goY-
~Funs@as IL u pay the .ssz Percs Is43sas
8 - for tsts valuable traee 81 aEf5-
ealtGrzl lard. SIS ~ 50 80 paid - Fas
Indians trg sesaa& cash During she spring
81 fasG. tfss rerasiEtBg q - 40 % ~
Ssia 80 the Ma Pa-c@ InassEls s.. .rfsta3l-
snents OF tiz6ef aaeh ysar. II ~il fur
IRISH homes for @'8s tannIlse..
What the UsustfTia reservation II 70
EaTssrn Oregon he *ez F@rres res@-vs-
faos4 = 70 Northern Idaho TIE Neg peTce
gaaSsa reservation hes Ettain
snort distance II GeHeEas lone
aa1 ore~haf mfisa1. the near
est raitrosa point 20 *. AaS h - krsoSn AZ
ons OK che richest Fss3fes Of Ian. 81 fEae
EARLY TILED The average wheat yield Sc
the vicinity 81 3 20 q bushels Per acre.
while = 10 80 tagst1els % oats have been
raised. and 81 To = bushels Of harley Per
acre are an average crop. All kinds q
esEeals Will grow ard DO well On these
hands. There are thousands OF acres %
god hand 10 be secured here a. VERY
low prize. cosssasrlng the fertility 0f the
country. The Neg Perez Indian FeseFva-
ton will De thrown open for settlement
ts4is hummer. when This great event &C
eurs IL wsil make Gsnesee the leading town
az tire Panhandle o. Idaho. being 80 close
10 this great rods % land 20 he opened
b. preeIana,..n, for 81 will be the head
quarters for ihe stage and freight iinea
running In all directions and viii become
she wholesale point Scr one Of the finest
agricultural reservations Ia the United
States. All that applies 20 the Paloas4
country tn Idaho will apply TO the Neg
IsFee indian reservation
The Patouss coaatFy. which has 50 re-
Gently become famous a. home and
obTosad for lis excellent cereals raised and
ttz wonderful pFoducfivgneas II q bell ~
Ing adjacent 10 the Occur & Aiene noun
tatns on the east, and has It's northern
boundary about - miles south % the city
Of Spka one. hyrash fIr .aesz SiL4tG oa4
OF Spokane fis southern boundary is the
ssake river and about - miles OF the
western end of xhe Clearwater which
Joins the Snake a. Lewlssogn. Idaho.
The western boundary Is sne Of opinion.
various minds differing as 80 where the
territory OF assured crops from rainfall
n1srges into the arid plains. Some con-
tend that range ~ shall ne
the extreme western portion and
shall designate the western bound
airy Of the paiouse. II this be
conceded. the width % this territory will
average not 10 exceed 3 miles; IT'S length
would be about ie0 mlles This viii give
an area equal 20 che state OF Connecticut.
It's general contour Is a succession Of
ANAL and large hills. with occasional
baties To the Fastener IL appears next
60 impossible TO tin these small noun
tains. as they call them Bur the average
farmer soon adapts himself 10 the fay Of
The ground. ard so~s and reaps with as
great ease does the Nebraska or Iowa
farmer
Among the first surprises that awaits
the newcomer is the fertility af the soil
lie II accustomed to the loans OF the
eastern states and naturally wonders how
Il 10 that these hills are not lmpoy erishea
as they are elsewhere. lie fights stub
boruiy the idea that the hills are more
productive than the valleys and wilI not
roacesie the fact when annisssikafls
proofs confront him. He forge's that the
Hoii - not loan. bat hasaltic. We're he to
grasp this idea 10 begin with. and bring
10 bear bis knowledge 81 ancien; history
he would not compare the resources OF
the Palous@ With 7hose Of the Mississippi
Ohio or like valleys II is trsIe any guam
iiiy OF afsdaYits corrob0rating this state
mani may be had that the more The soil
Is titled thF greater is It's fertility. The
only fertilizer that is required is the az
tloa OF the run apoa the soil. The often
ar u is stirred the fuoTv fertile tt becomes
Rotation ~ crops Is ssot necessary. as In
other states. aud ia a ma iorfty Of iUstan-
ces Il SIS not Experimental sn.
Wheat. oats and barley are The staples
in tae ORDER named Foremost Is wheat
II Is 20 this dis1rlct what corn Is 10 Ne
hfaska and Kansas u is king. Sown
with any degree % care 81 viii Yield a.
fsEa rs 100 bushels per acre. and viii aver.
ake over the eatfrs area about a. bushe
for winter wheat ana = bushels for
sprsnR wheat. Tnrte is no denying thar
thts average IS thus lowered because -
the shfftisssuess % men who pretend -
cultivate the soil Were all equally guar
siea 50 10 the seed used and the method ~
planting the safae IL would Ee no 3ifil-
cuit task 20 bring she average up 70 at
isas; n bushels yer acre. The writer has
known % tlclAs of 80 acres yielding y,
tHst,eis 30 ghe acre. he has aizo kuawn
OF one measured acre "a have Yielded S7is
bushels. which vas the thirteenth consecsl-
tive crop. There need be go question
about the fertility Of the soft nor 81 its
lasting qualities y i1hout the aid 81 gert3i-
sxsrS. commonly ard eNscasit ely used "a 81
OF the RoektcE
Oats rank next ia order and the WELD
averages not less than 81 bushels The
market for oats IS feed IS ever good. thu
price ard demand he3ag highly satiSfac-
tory. EaTlNv comes thiri on the list and
IS raised but occasionally. II yields won
derfsliy welt hut II He~<is only a small
quantity 70 Eiut the market there being
~ yct few NF~weries - create "a demand
Ter the cereal. Flax IS raised qo,,e ex-
seHsiveiy anf yields at~eut - bushels -
sf7e acve. Tho price does no. exceed 81 pet
taSheL In grasses there has been hut
tittis experiment bat r. Is believed that
rysi clover alfalfa and timothy Will al
least 10 J1o~ieratelF Welt. Al the haCii"'
frutts 80 particularly we'll. especially ths
srpie TIE writer has nc recollection 81
ever noticing a single worrAv apple which
was gHjSs8 in :he Faios5ss country FTUues
peaches p.urns. arr}eatS ana pears - thc
most delicious k'-sti A. grown Ntth "a So
and find ready market Iu small Trusts
there "a notHjag thst Is mo, raised N;th
ease. excepting ghc Ala-khcvr>
T9ae rc%rryatiee te bounded ou the rartA
~ tafah cougty. ara extends south ~,
Idaho and Nss ftere counties. tn
Clearwater river ruus through tho north
aa3 east sides 81 the reservation aef
many streams .ao .H every direction
TIE EraegSl contour ef rhv rr~e-s alton
consists or hHlS ANA valley lands inter
s2efsyf wlta numerous streams auts
spglnSs az rettr-t3tlinE water \ llusi,-
ei supFty cf .iw'ytr exists tu certain tsr-
tiooa % IL. yVhft~ a8 ahHnHaNF ~uugtv is
a. AT tlnrs available from points sa~t
RHf aS}afert sa r. Tae cNtrn. ~ snr-.
-. embraces Aa arsa cf a.u.ut az.
square u3tlss-
owiaE to the different elevations ~.
talnet krtAt variety ~ climate - .Srs
Aiaag tbe valley ~ {he Clearwater ffH,-
the climate Is similar SO EhaE ..ss--f..f.... 5
a. Walia WAN2. VASE Era ta1s Sartsa-.
fvuit growing may Pc enSes,-t 81 nsct al
the assurance er sac ana rrae.as.e al.
Ncsfwr~t All tae Varieties az frus, *
sF~sE gtH css rAesR s+aHf hss raised ts re.~F.---