The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1922-09-28
What! Lynden Farms at
$500 an Acre?

price forty years ago, according
to a pamphlet issued by Pangborr
and Stafght, Lynden real-estate
dealers Of that period. A copy
of the pamphlet, now on exhibition
at the County Fair, describes the
Lynden district through the fol-
lowing series of questions and
answers:
Q.-Will hop-growing in the
Nooksack Valley be a success?
A.-Without doubt it will
prove a complete success, as the
experiments made by Geo. H.
Judson, of Lynden, and others,
amply attest, the yield being SUI
perior and the quality excellent.
This one product is no doubt des-
tined to be the source of great
profit to the people of the Valley.
Q.-How far from it's mouth is
the Nooksack River navigable?
A.-Forty miles,
Q.-What is the prospect of
railroads penetrating that coun-
try soon?
A.-Excellent. Two or three
lines have already been projected,
and some Of them surveyed thru
the Valley, connecting Seattle
and New Westminster, or some
other point across the line. One
or more of these lines will doubt
less be built within the next two
years, possibly sooner, opening
up one of the finest bodies of
agricultural land in Washington
Territory. OF course, one cannot
forecast with absolute certainty,
but it is confidently expected that
Lynden will be one of the points
touched by the projected routes.
Q.-Is there any vacant land
to be had in the NoOksack VAL
ley?
A.-There are a few pieces of
desirable vacant land, but the
choicest land is taken.
Q.-Can claims be bought in
that section, and if so, what are
they worth?
A.-Claims can be bought for
from $3.50 to $500, according
to location, soil. improvements,
etc. To illustrate, l know of
claims that can be bought for
$3.50, $3.50, $500, $1,000, $1,000
and 81 500. These claims, as
rule, have an immensely product
i've soil, with fine timber and
water.
Q.-What are decided and par
TALLY we'll improved places
worth?
A.-From 81 to $12 and in
some cases SIS to $25 per acre,
according to extent and character
of Improvements, location, etc.
To the northward of Lynden is
marsh prairie, large portion
of which is entirely open or only
covered with sparse growth of
hack brush. A fire started in this
during July or August would
sweep it clean. This marsh has
a fall of eight feet to the mile
to the south, so that it can be
easily drained into the Nooksack.
There are other portions of the
Valley that are quite as easily
cleared and prepared for culti-
vation. Especially is this true of
the Sumas country, which borders
the Nooksack Valley on the
northeast and is practically a
part of it. 1t takes it's name from
Sumas Creek, a small stream
which flows northward and emp
ties into the Frasier River. There
are large portions of this country
which are easily cleared. The
large trees are scattering, and
the underground of character
easily handled.
Q.-What is the cost of living
in Lynden?
So to IS per week.
Q.-What is the character of
the wagon roads through the
country?
A.-Of course, the roads are
still in what may be called the
pioneer stage, and yet roads have
been made in almost every dir
ection through the country, many
of them good. The people are
keenly alive to the fact that good
roads are prime necessity in
the development and prosperity
of the country, and consequently
are improving and extending
them in every direction.
Q.-What kind Of market
have you?
Ave have no established
market in Lynden as yet, but can
ship all our surplus produce to
Seattle and realize Seattle prices,
minus freights. The prices real
ICED are generally such as tC
leave the producer fair profit.
AS Seattle increases in population
the work of railroad building is
fairly inaugurated, and as the
coal and other mines to the east
and northeast of us are developed
the demands and prices for al
sorts of produce are bound to be
such as to insure great profit to
the farmers of the Valley, as well
as the Sumas country, which
bounds it on the east.
Q.-What are your church and
school privileges?
A.-There are two church or
ganizations in Lynden, with ser
vices every Sabbath and the pros
pect of church buildings being
erected in the near future. Public
schools are organized and in sue
cessful operation throughout the
County, and a Normal School, il
a substantial frame building, il
doing a grand work in Lynder
for town and County.
Q.-Do food fishes abound il
your lakes, bays and rivers?
A.-The larger rivers, as wei
az the hr0nks and lakes literally