Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1922-05-18

aiH1Su AZ tue Atnlson county Mail, oil
May 5:
Editor Mail and Friends will now
try and describe some more of the In
land Empire, as l shall call 1t.
This | will say is one of the most
beautiful mornings l have ever beheld
in my life as / can see one of the most
; beautiful valleys and rivers and lakes
surrounded by fertile fields and top
most hills with green for st and noun
talns all around covered with snow.
can say right here God has planted
some wonderful country which has not
yet been fully explored and developed
by man. | will try and explain il as !
have found it.
arrived here from Montana on Sun
day evening. On swinging in on the
Great Northern railroad, was greeted
Dy view of nice quaint old town
called Bonners Ferry founded by M. M
Fry in the year 1877, where he estab-
hshed a ferry on Kootenai river.
4 The town of Bonners Ferry now is
pushing forward and building up with
a steady growth. Also two large pub-
lie school buildings have been built
and the contract let for another sS5.
10000 school.
AS l am interested in the farmers
welfare | found the farmers of the dis
trict had organized and put in a gro
Gerry and grain warehouse which now
has developed into a paying business
They have been compelled to enlarge
their quarters and have contracted for
the erection of a store room and ware
house with grain mill costing $4,000
was Informed by reliable parties
that their stock on market would sell
Tor net profit of 100 per cent which
speaks well for the farmers
was invited by the commercial
club OF Bonners Ferry to attend a big
spread. The members are fond of en-
rtalnlng all new members. I found
live up-to-date bunch of 100 good
industrious fellows ready to assist new
settlers
shall now try to explain the conn
try as | find it, My first trip to farme
was south in the valley among the
farms which l found lying along the
Roosevelt highway, which is hard-sur-
faced; nice homes built and being buiI
and the land being cleared and plowed
| found the soil the same as in the
Willamette Valley of Oregon. as rich
and productive.
In visiting the farms I found rod
clover 70 inches high and timothy to
my shoulders and yielding from to
412 tons to the acre. Alfalfa also
munity. I'm
Potatoes are staple crop and find
d d. ready market. Boundary county was
llrsI lOU per cent pure and free from
uIsease on potatoes at Nampa, Idaho
IN open competition to the world on
EXHIBITS at the fair. Will say of fruits
take OF your hats, boys. Boundary
county is there with both feet in rails
ing apples of all kinds, prunes, peach
es' aprlcots, pears, plums and ROYAL
Ann cherries, Black Republicans. OK
Hearts, etc, also blackberries. rasp-
berries, strawberries and currants.
All kinds of garden vegetables grow
prolific. | paid visit to a number OF
different farmers who all seemed to be
prosperous, although hit same as ar,
the home boys.
In visiting the Bonners Ferry Lum.
Der Go. mill in the suburbs of town
found fine bunch of business fellows
with a mill of 100000 capacity and
good building material to be had at S15
per M. This concern employs 500 men
In two shifts of hours each. navine
them an average of about $500 neT
day of hours. ~
IN Vlsltlng merchants of the town
met Causton Bros, who conduct
III 'e' clean grocery business and are
'Whers and proprietors of a first-class
lean mining property known as the
~ynide Gold Mining Company whose
'Iock mad doubled in value in 30 DAVIS
naturally, as you all know me. an6
'elng so close to Canada, Won would
expect me to fall into the hands of the
sheriff, whom | found to be a deviIieb
nee fellow as he had married am A.
'hlson county girl. Upon explainino
IND making myself known he took me-
'ver to the variety store which was
by Van Gundy e Helmer To
ny establishment they were Alex Van
iundy's son and a nephew of n
telmer of Rock Port, from Brown
lille, Nebr. Sheriff Fisher then had
ne laugh on me. | then visited Josie
an Gundy Cnee EVERETT and Alex
an 1undy 5 wi1e, all of Atchison
ounty, missouri. They stated: eve
an nelp II; we Just like Idaho.
u aud mat they all looked the pic
ure of health. ~
Inc boys with me from Oklahoma
nd | were now ready for trim 70
'aradise valley We started IN cars
P an incline of 500 feet, then straight
way for mountain due south. when
D and behold, we came into 4 fine
alley miles from town. In LOOKING
yer farm of 60 acres we found q
room house, barn costing in this
ountry $500 and outbuiIdinps atc
aiore, and the best water that ever
an, piped right from the mountain
pring into the house and barn. Mr.
Iutf purchased this home for $4,000
good terms and found the banks
ere very liberal in giving credit 10
ny settler If anyone with small can
al wishes to get a home there are
God opportunities here.
For sportsman I will state il as
&c it, On SUNDAYS tho four, =;