The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-09-09
Boomers T cry.

THE HERALD is constantly in receipt of letters making
inquiry about the of Boomers Ferry and the country
surrounding it, by people anxious to Idaho and To-
1t is for the benefit of those and of patrons of the
HERALD who have friends whom they wish to send
descriptive of the country that the following brief
and conservative article is written
Boomers Ferry the commercial center of the upper
portion of the Panhandle of Idaho 1t located at the head
onavgaton the Kooena River, 25 miles from the In
ternatonal line 1t situated the line of the Great
Northern Railway and at the American terminus of KOOte
mai Valley Railway extending into the mining camps of
British Columbia 1t at town OF about 5OO pop
ulation which is increasing with the development of the
country.
The resources of the country surrounding Boomers
Ferry 10 its timber ranches and mines The country
contains vast forests of pine fir and cedar which capable
OF manufacture into an excellent quality OF lumber aid shin
giles, There mills at Boomers Ferry besides
millions Of feet of logs cut and RATED down the Kooena
river annually to the mining towns Kootenai lake in
British COMMUNICATING employment to many persons AS
agriculture, the Kootenai Valley is of the fertile
and attractive in the Northwest 1t is from three to five
miles wide and 50 miles long There many broad mead
utilized for hay land and ranchng But the best ranch
ing land is usually found along the foothills owing to the
overflow of the meadow land Almost every variety of crops
be raised but gardening and fruit raising have
the most profitable owing to the demand for these products
in the mining where all products Of the ranch bring
prices that in eastern states would seem fabulous The
mines the Kooena country the last but not least
be named famed world wide and need special
ton in these columns. The three principal
toned above all yet in their Infancy, compared with the
great possibilities of the country
Tributary to Boomers Ferry other smaller valleys
than the Kootenai and thriving settlements Cow
creek Paradise valley Moravia Naples Deep Creek Moyea
Meadows Round Prairie and number of other places and
the remarks made herein apply to them well as the
greater valley.
Port Hill is thriving located at a point in
the valley where the Kootena the international Line
incidentally speaking fruit culture is receiving great
attention Apples, pears plums, peaches, apcots and all
the small fruits thrive The quality of the fruit fine ard
the quantity E all that could be asked has been demon
sated by actual results AS instance last year gen.
teman sold 800 worth of strawberries from quar-
ter of an acre of ground
Stock raising the dairy business also profitable
Ranchrs have not sold pound of butter in Boomers Ferry
the last for less than % and ranch eggs bring
% per dozen
AS 1ustrating the possibilities of ranchng take the
item of raising hay. Many ranchers fine meadow
lands which fine crop of wild hay after the overflow
Of the river each 1t makes good feed and sells well
in the market But tame hay yields enormously ground
suited for its culture and alwaysn demand al good price
We know Of an instance where the tnothy) went five
the and timothy hay has been worth less
than $40 in Boomers Ferry and high S5 1t cost
about S25 clear the ground referred to and put
in cultivation At prevailing prices the ground yielded $50
last And there still unclaimed ranches in
the Ko oenai Valley that can be made productive
All products find a ready market at good price. The
mining camps within easy reach furnish home market
The climate Of the Kootenai country is remarkably
mild considering the latitude. This demonstrated by the
tender fruits that may be raised here 1t unusual
thing for the thermometer not to get below the whole
The senc beauty of the Kootenai country unrivaed
and nowh ere in the world is there finer hunting and
fishing close to transportation lines
The NKoOtenai is a navigabe stream and many fine
} steamers ply upon it,
Boomers Ferry has many of the qualifications for good
the least of which is the i9c that electric
may be obtained from Moyea Falls only six miles distant
There thousands of of railroad and government
land suitable for agriculture yet to be had railroad land
be had cheap and payments Government land
may be homesteaded No great of land required.
10 piece of ground for fruit and garden with your
stock grazing the hills, will yield actual profits
than while quarter many prairie countries The
greatest expense in clearing the ground but get
and the profits from few we'll cultivated will do the
Wages always fair and industrious aborer
nearly always employment Loggers get $50 to $40 per
month aud board; ranch hands, S25 to $50 an1 board
miners, 70 So so per day day aboers, $3.50 3d.
penpr 1880 SO so per day. Board "a 50 per week
. not including lodging
= Bonners Ferry has "a large of country from which
draw trade and does immense business each year
Nearly every line of business IS well represented and the
population made exceptionally enterprsng
It has snlendid public school and there