The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-06-17

THE HERALD constantly receipt of letters making .
inquiry about the Boomers Ferry add the country
surrounding it. by people anxious Idaho and 10
1t is for the benefit of those of patrons the
HERALD who have friends whom they wish send
descriptive of TIE country that the following brief
and conservative article is written:
Boomers Ferry is the commercial center of the upper
portion OF the Panhandle OF Idaho located at the head
Of navigation The River % miles
ternatonal line 1t is situated the line Of the
Northern Railway and at the American terminus of Koot
mai Valley Railway extending the mining camps of
British Columbia 1t is present town of about 500 pop
uaon, which is increasing with the development Of the
country. o
The of the country surrounding Boomers o
Ferry in its timber ranches and mines The country
contains vast forests of pine fir and CEDAR which capable
of manufacture into excelentquaty of lumber and shin
giles There mills Bonners Ferry, besides a
millions o. feet of logs cut aud RATED down the KOOtenai
river annually to the mining towns Kooena lake in
British }oumba-gving employment to many persons AS
agriculture the KOotena Valley the fertile
and attractive in the Northwest 1t is from three to five
miles wide and 80 miles long There many broad
utilized for land and ranching But the best
ing land usually found along the foothills owing to the
overflow of the meadow land Almost every variety crops
can be raised but rdenng and fruit raising have proven
the profitable owing the demand for these products
in the mining camps where all products Of the ranch bring
mines of the Kooena country, the last but not least
to be named famed world wide and need special
ton in these columns The three principal resources men
toned above all in their Infancy, impaired with the
great possibilities of the country. a
Tributary to Bonners Ferry other smaller valleys q
than the kootenai and thriving settlements at Cow
creek Paradise valley MomvH Naples, Deep Creek Moyea
the remarks made herein apply to them as well as the
greater valley. q
Port Hill is thriving town located at a point in !
the valley where the Kooena the international Line
incidentally speaking fruit culture is receiving great
small fruits thrive The quality fruit fine ard
the quantity all that could be asked has demon
rated by actual results AS instance last gen
@man SOLD oTe 500 worth OF strawberries from one quar-
ter of of ground.
Stock raising and the dairy business also profitable
Ranclrs have not sold pound of butter in Boomers Ferry
in the last for less than % cents and ranch bring
AS Illustrating the possibilities of ranching take the
item of raising hay Many ranchers fine meadow
lands which fine crop of wild hay after the overflow
tne river each season III makes goou eeo ana sells wei
in the market But tame hay yields enormousy ground
suited for its culture and is always demand good price
we know OF an instance where the crop (nothy) went live
tons to the and timothy hay has been worth less
than $40 in Boomers Ferry and high S15 1t
about 2o an acre to clear the ground referred to and put
in cultivation AT prevailing prices the yielded $50
last year And there still unclaimed ranches in
the kcoenai Valley that can be made as productive
All products find ready market at a good price The
mining camps within easy reach furnish home market
The climate of the Kootenai country is remarkably
mild considering the latitude This is demonstrated by the
thing for the thermometer not to get below the whole
winter through.
and nowhere in the world is there finer hunting and
fishing so close to transportation lines
The Kooena is a navigable stream and many fine
steamers ply upon it,
Boomers Ferry has many the qualifications for good
not the least of which the 9ct electric power
may be obtained from Moyea Falls only miles distant
There thousands of Of railroad and government
land suitable for agriculture yet to be had railroad land
be had very cheap and easy 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 whole quarter in many prairie The
greatest expense is in clearing the ground, get
and the profits from few we'll cultivated will do the
Wages always fair and industrious laborer
nearly always get employment Logges get $50 $40 per
month aud board; ranch hands, $25 to $50 AMI board
miners So to SO 80 day. day aborers, $15O $2
penters so SO so per day. Board 81 IS per week.
not including lodging
Boomers Ferry has large of country which
draw trade and does immense business each year.
Nearly every line of hnsinesa we'll renresnted and the