The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-12-14
Attractive Literature Circulated
by the Northern Pacific.
MAPS AND ILLUSTRAl IONS
A Wen Written Article on the Topog
raphy. Resources and Climate of
the Opened Lands.


pany has issued a special 15-page fold !
err descriptive of the Nez Perez reserva-
ton. 1t is beautifully printed in red,
pale blue and black, and contains we'll |
written and accurate description of the |
reservation, its climate and possibilities |
in fruit-growing, agriculture and min
ing.
on one side Of the folder is printed a
large map of the state of Washington
and a special map Of the reservation
and surrounding country, showing the
mountains, streams, roads and prairies
The other side contains the descriptive
matter and scenes on the reservation
and in the adjacent country. These in
clude a steamer at the Lapwai agency
landing, Indian farms on the Clearwa-
ter, Big Thunder Flat and Fourth of
July celebration grounds on Lapwai
creek. Indian church al Lapwai agency,
Fort Lapwai training schools, stages
starting from Uniontown, Lapwai
agency looking down the Clearwater,
and Lake Waha.
The descriptive matter is well written,
and contains much valuable informa-
ton. The following extracts will be
read with interest:
LedlOuSly ny TIE ISllluduN VI
a once powerful native tribe, the TAG 651
acres comprised by the Nez Perez res
ervation of Idaho have been held as
common property by less than 1000 In
dams. For years the restless tide Of
immigration has been turned back by
the artificial barriers surrounding this
empire, forcibly maintained by the mil
itary arm of the general government,
within the limits of one of our new COM
monwealths. Obstacles to the develop
ment of one of the richest sections of
the Pacific northwest could not easily
be overcome while this reserve was per-
petuated intact.
Wheat fields of the famous Palouse
valley-more than a hundred miles in
extent-blend with insignificant little
patches of grain that fringe the western
border of the red mans domain. Guilt
waited farms of the noted Potlatch coun-
, try stand out in strong contrast to the
equally fertile but neglected lands they
a adjoin on the south, that the Indians
/ never titled themselves nor permitted
- others to improve, while the bountiful
e harvests of Camas prairie are an index
4 of great possibilities, in an agricultural
. way, for the expansive Cold Springs
s prairie, of which it really forms the
t southern portion.
b GOOD LAND AND CHEAP.
i Conditions are changing. Before the
march Of progress this coveted terri
tory, that was the heritage of ages to
> the Indians, has gradually been alb
= sorbed in the public domain, through q
series of treaties. At the price of citi-
= zenship to be conferred on the red wards
:, of the government and payment of g
:. money equivalent for their surplu.
. lands, consent has been obtained to the
total abolition of the reservation. Over
% SOC, 900 acres of the Nez Perez principal
70 ity have been thrown open to settlement
- and immigration invited. More thar
Z 5000 homesteads have become available
N for farms by complying with the cas-.
J. terms and requirements prescribed b.
" the government for acquiring lands tina
n have belonged to Indians.
" The Nez Perez land is every whit a
good as that of the Palouse and Pot
D. latch sections in the immediate vicinit
s. Of the reservat ton, where demand for
is for agricultural purposes and its fer
g tility and desirability caused it to b
ed rated at $50 to 500 an acre.
OF Old gold camps are beginning anew
n, attract attention; new fields have onl
III just begun to be prospected, and whe
of the embargo is raised that was place
al on mining operations on the reservatio
he when it's limits were defined in the earl
n SOS there will be another stampede fc
an mineral lands and gravel deposits nc
D. unlike that which led to the former ce:
hg sion of Indian territory. Quartz an
ne placer mines of value are known
ap abound on the reservation or along IL
ne course of the Clearwater river, thu
OF forms it's boundary for many miles. o.
en- erations that will be carried on in IL
u new camps and diggings will employ
~, lareg population of miners. Their SUI
~ ~ plies will be sought among the farme
80, most conveniently at hand.
OF CLIMATE AND ALTITUDE.
Except that the altitude may be som
what higher, there are contracts
lat stretches of land along the Clearwatt
hit like the narrow valley in which Levi
ton is built, and only six miles fro
,st, the reservation. While the country il
Dor mediately surrounding the city has
RS, elevation of 1000 feet, and more abo
&C. sea level, the river at that point ru
ing through a section where the altitu
ort is less than 700 feet. This causes t
er- valley to enjoy the advantages of
AS artificial latitude, corresponding to tn
in of North Carolina, and climate \
the dissimilar to that of the old north sta
-" Due to meteorological phenomena tn
ted prevail in the Pacific northwest,
ady valley of the Clearwater outrivals m'
of the fruit growing sections of Ca
fornia. For grape culture, especial
n" these Idaho valleys are in every "
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