The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-08-02

full such MS straw berries, rock ber- ,
ries, sarvies berries, buckle berries
etc.
AS far as stock is concerned
they come from the range
fat every fall. People are very
careless with their stock, they have
no barns or sheds. they are in luck
if they get some kind of wild hay
once a day for their cattle. Any
way stock could not stand such
treatment in other countris and live.
Our best hay land is on the Koot-
enai river bottom, which overhows
every spring. There are many parts
of the valley that need draining as
the land will be very valuable in
the near future. Tame hay makes
good growth, timothy turns out
about 3 tons per acre, which is
worth $40 per ton ana no limits to
the demand. Wages Of the country
are as follows: For miners SO to
1880, for day lahorers $1.75 to $2 %.
Bees and honey do well. Sun
strokes are not known.
There are several means of secur-
ing government lands, viz: home
stead, timber and stone act, pur-
chase by scrip, and purchase Of the
Northern Pacific Company. N. p.
agricultural lands can be purchased
on time at from $l.00 to $3.50 per
acre. Timber lands for cash at
from $3.50 to So, by the section,
and some of these sections viii cut
from 100000 to 100000 feet of
saw logs. There is plenty of unim-
proved land yet remaining, and, as
IN all new countries, partly i'm
proved ranches can frequently be
+ bought at a bargain, while if the
purchaser is looking for something
; choice-an improved ranch with
fruit, stock and everything for up
7 to-date ranching, he can secure it
! with an outlay of more capital.
; | have found by the last ten
years experience that this is the
NJ )st desirable climate [ ever saw.
: The climate of the Kootenai valley
J. is remarkably mild, considering its
t latitude. This is proved by the
: tender fruits that are raised here
and it is not an unusual thing fol
. the thermometer not to sink below
zero the whole winter through.
It In winter times a hazel gauzt
r, generally hangs from hill top u
10 hill top and in the summer daz
cling greenish mist creeps up from
the river that surrounds the valley
:, The Kootenai country does no
IS compare with countries farthe
is south for It's agricultural re
,s sources, but whenever this bottom
=, or moor is reclaimed from yearl,
II foundations end assisted in its de
e velopmenas by enterprise will com
Ig faith and claim its prerogative witt
h adjacent coun tries. The vale.
TO as it stands, presents perfect pic
ture of fertility, there are no rocks
trees or coulees in it as are to b
er seen in more sterile countries, bu
es green meadows with luxurian
an growth of vegetation that cannc
be surpassed in milder chimes.
III The town or village of Port Hill
I'd of the Kootenai valley, is locate
en- on a promontorv of the Kootens
re river at about 25 miles from tn
~ town of Bonners Ferry and abou
-, 80 miles from the town of Kusk'
- nook at the south end of Kooten;
IN lake and at point where the Koo
ST. enai river crosses the Information;
nd Line. =
No 1t is the commercial centre
this portion of the Kootenai vale
oi 1t is situated on the line of tt
Kootenai ValleyGreat Norther
~. railway at the American terminl
70 of the Kootenai Valley road exten'
- ing into the mining camps of Bri
W. ish Columbia. AT present 1T is
To- small village, but it will incTea
Jill with the development of the countl
,m that surround it, in connectiC
M with the opera tons of the rev
~ finished Kootenai Valley railroi
l"e which passes through the villae
les, The scenic views of the coun
ETY. through which the Kootenai Vail
is railway passes is unrivaled for
of grandure and romantic appearan'
md Nowhere in this or other count
:; .Lo;r 6oar buntino and fichin o.