Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-05-06

Vast Territory teeming with varied Resources
as yet undeveIOped, with Boomers Ferry as
the unavoidable Commercial center.

Nt ItElnh ~ lux tINhVA anu lIl-
butary to Bouner- Ferry is 80 ex-
teusive as To seem almnst Too great
T. people from the East, where a
few miles viii encompass whole
county. But we can safely claim
twenty five mites on the Nest,
North and East, and fifteen miles
on the South as being the natural
trade district of Boomers Ferry.
To enumerate all the natural re-
sources of this territory would b.
impossible at present, rs there VIII
doubtless be many things, of value
to civilization, yet discovered with
in this district, which at present
are not revealed.
But among those which stand out
most prominently are to be named
Timber, Minerals and SMl which
can not be surpassed for the prod
uction of grasses, fruit and root
crops. The timber is of inany var
ieties, including White Pine, yell
low Pine, Fir, Tamarack, Spruce,
Hem'ock and Cedar, all of witch
are Of great commercial value Tor
lumber, ties and poles, and there
are several other varieties of less
quantity and less value.
The amount of this timber can
scarcely be estimated, for it covers
practically every foot of the valleys
and bench lands, and extends we'll
up on the sides of the higher noun
tains. This is true of the country
Immediately surrounding Bonners
Ferry, and also OF the country for
several miles on each side of the
Kootenai River for $50 miles above
it, and this timber will all be man
ufactured at Boomers Ferry, because
it can all be run down the Koo-
tenai and its tributaries, and this
is. the cheapest way yet found of
handling and trans porting logs.
The facilities for manufacturing
this timber at Boomers Ferry at
present consist of the mill of the
Boomers Ferry Lumber Company, a
thoroughly equipped and well man
aged modern plant Of about $4,000
feet capacity for every II hours
run, and includes a Dry Kiln and
a Planning mill which makes ali
kinds of dressed lumber and
mouldings This company employs
a large number Of men AL the year
through.
Then there is the Murphy saw
mill, mill of smaller capacity OF
about 15.to 20 mills per day, with
d small planer ATTACHED also. Be-
sides these there are five porro BILE
mills in the near vicinity, with
cutting capacity varying from 10
Is mills per day, and much of their
product is purchased by the Bon
nefs Ferry Lumber Co., and by
them converted into dressed mate
rial ready for the eastern market
and thus giving the smaller mills
ready market for their entire pro-
duct.
The transportation facilities con-
sist Of the transcontinental line of
the Great Northern Railway, the
Kootenai Valley Railway, which
extends into British Columbia, con
Meeting with the Canadian Pacific
The navigable Kootenai River from
Boomers Ferry into ohe mining
district of Kootenai Lake in British
Columb a,and new transconLnent-
al line, the Spokane q international.
which Is just begi lning construct
ion, and which will connect witt
Spokane ard the Canadian Pacific
Thus is the future Of Bunners Fer
ry as great manufacturing center
We'll assured,
Next in possibilities, perhaps, t.
the timber resources are the ann.
ing opportunities of this vicinity
The only mine that is operating t,
any extent at present, is the Buck
horn group, which is iree-milling
gold proposition Of very promising
value, The owners of this property
are preparing to install a STAMP
mill which will be in operation
before the summer is gone,
There are many other promising
properties that only lack develop
ment 10 give them an establsheC
value, These enterprises all gel
their supplies from Bonners Ferry
and as is well known, there is NJ
class of trade of more value to the
merchant and farmer than ira d,
from mining camps,
Last, but by no means least, and
in permanence of value probaul ex
ceedlng ali ether resources comb H.
Ell, are the industries arising from
the fertility of the soil Chiet o
them at present are; Dairying
Fruit Raising and production @
lay. DAIRY ing ana The production
"i hay may well be discussed u
-oth-r, tor tine tom depends larg
5 upon the latter
rr"u experiments, ooth th,oreu,a
larp- B, % late ext li o.
.Df tI. 4ll at s4c.e- AZ
,,ors, our -oli has been proven {,
be the nttnral home of White Clio
yer, Red Glover, timothy and Rec
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