Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-04-01
DEVELOPMENT news
OF NORTHWEST STATES In
DICATES PROGRESS In
ALL DISTRICTS.
Panama Exposition at San Francisco
Great Boon to west-Great Irrigation
Projects Prepared of
Lands on Large Scale Under Way
Idaho Growing Fast.
(From Pacific MonthIy.l

(From Pacific Monthly
San Francisco displayed remarkable
energy in the contest for the exposi-
ton. Its citizens have pledged the i'm
nense sum of ST., 5000 as a nucleus
fund toward the success of the national
and international celebration. And the
final resolution passed by congress does
not ask for single dollar of govern
ment appropriation.
Great Educational Value.
The Panama-Pacifc International Elk
position in 1915 will in itself be of
great educational value. Thousands of
people from all parts of the world will
visit the Pacific coast, and nearly all
of them will see the other coast. cities,
as we'll as San Francisco. The exhibits
from the orient will doubtless be the
most complete ever brought to the west
ern hemisphere. The whole world will
ioin in the celebration of the compile
ton of a nation IS greatest engineering
monument.
Salmon Wealth of the Northwest.
One of the most valuable of the re-
sources of the northwest is the fish
cries. The annual output does not equal
that of number of other products,
but there is this difference: mining and
underwriting must sometime reach its
maximum and then decline; while the
fisheries wealth, with intelligent cul-
ture and due conservation, can be made
perpetual.
The most valuable of the fisheries
products is salmon. The total worth
of the salmon output of the Pacific
northwest in 1910, according to recent
reports, is about $19,OOO,OOO. Nearly
three-fifths of this total catch came
from Alaska waters, this being the
largest output of the territory since
1902. 1t is stated, however, that the
last year s run in Alaska was about q
per cent below normal.
The value of the salmon pack from
Puget Sound for 1910 is placed at ovel
5000 900. The Columbia river is th'
chief salmon fishing grounds in Oregon
and the product for 1910 is placed a
SO, 5OO,OOO
Large Hatcheries.
Large hatcheries are being operate'
by the states of Oregon and Washing
ton, and by the federal government
The total number of salmon caught Il
the Columbia river during 1910 wa
2s, sO4, 537, according to report, $4,000
600 of these being Royal Chinooks.
Millions for transportation.
The executive head of the Harrima
system announced a few weeks ago /
New York that extensive double TRACK
} ing had been authorized on the Unto
Pacific and the Southern Pacific. Ais
, their main railway line down the C'
= lumbia river to Portland will be double
o. tracked for a distance of 200 miles an
3 more. The estimate cost of this me-
construction work is placed at $4,000
600, the amount to be expended durin
the next FIVE years.
Improve Waterways.
The improvement of the waterway
of the west is of very great importanC
toward the commercial advancement
the Pacific coast. Nearly all of I'll
1 harbors of Importance are being dec
= ened and enlarged in anticipation
the completion of the Panama cana
= The removal of distractions from II
;, river channels, chief of which is IL
Columbia river, will greatly increa
+ transportation facilities, and will be Il
+ means of lessening freight charges.
Coionist and Homeseeker.
t The great part of the newcomers
e the west arrive during definite spriI
/. and fall periods.
1t is estimated that nine-tenths
the colonists decide in advance ju
where they will locate, and they
i there direct.
The spring and fall colonist periods
the first from March 10 to April ]
this year-have been in vogue with T.
/. trans-cOntinental railways tor III yea
In addition to the one-way, or ''c'
!, onist" tickets, the railways have ma
y practice of selling special round tr
&c 'homeseekers' - tickets during certa
months of each year. According to
y cent announcement, the homeseeker 81
- cial rates period for 1911 has been G
g tended to include the entire year. The
- special round trip homeseeker rates
to encourage trips of inspection to t
west, previous to migration.
S Protect the Antelope.
lie Eight head of antelope have recent
been shipped from the Yellowstone n
tional park to the Wichita Game Refu
in the state of Oklahoma. This is
'. incident and an experiment toward t