-iHE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JUKE 19,. 1910. A
HEAVY RUSH OF
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AMERICANS TO B. G.
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V ALU ABLE ORE IN
American! Prominent in the Present
Stampede to Nechaco and
. Fraif r Valleyi.
CASSIA COUNTY
KLONDIKE SCENIS OVER AGAIN
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J. H. Ellis. W. E. Jackman and O. R. at Idaho Falls, Idaho, these young men are so through the Instrumentality of the
Ellis, all midwest "boys," are among the
great army of young men from the middle
plains who are doing their utmost toward
the development of the New West. Under
the firm name of Ellis Bros. & Jackman
developing lands; planting orchards and Ellis Bros, ft Jackman. Reliable, well
generally putting their best efforts Into known- Possessing the confidence of the
pcopie oi mo siaie in wnicn tney located
as well as those who knew them In the
the growth of the west. Hundreds of mid
west families who have located in Idaho
middle west, they are doing well; a fins
and tho intfrinountaln country have done tribute to their midwest training.
ALASKA, LAND OF TREES
Woodland Area in Southeast is
larje.
PRECIPITATION NINETY INCHES
Along- the Coast Climatic Condi
tions Are Favorable, Some
thing Like Paget Sound
Country. ,
WASHINGTON, June 18.-On the south
eastern coast of Alaska the average annual
precipitation la about ninety Inches and
trees grow to a large size; In the central
plateau, the precipitation Is less than fif
teen inches, including the melted snow, and
the average size of timber Is small; while
on the arctia slope, north of the Rocky
mountains, and the region adjacent to the
Uehrlng Sea, climatic conditions make for
est growth altogether impossible, and those
vast tundras are coveied chiefly with moss,
sedges and a few small shrubs; hence the
discussion of Alaska forests In Forest
Service Bulletin No. 81, recently issued by
the United States Department of Agri
culture, Is necessarily confined to the south
eastern ooast region and to the central
nlateau, lying between the Pacific mountain
system on the south and the Rocky moun
tain system on the north and east, and
drained principally by the Tukon and the
Kuskokwln rivers.
It is estimated that the total forest and
woodland area of Alaska is approximately
100,000,400 acres, or about 27 per cent of the
land area of the territory. Of these about
20.000,000 acrea may possibly bear timber of
sufficient size and density to be used aa
saw lumber, while the other SOOOO.OOO acrea
Is woodland which bears some saw timber,
but mostly only firewood.
The coast region has a mild climate, not
colder than the northern part of Fuget
Bound or of Scotland. The stand of trees
Is dense, averaging for considerable areas
28,000 feet per acre; Sitka spruce forming
about 20 per cent of the stand and western
hemlock about 7E per cent. Although by far
the most abundant species, western hem
lock does not produce as large Individual
trees ss the spruce or western red cedar
the former occasionally showing a diameter
of six feet with a height of 150 feet, and the
cedar attaining dimensions of from three
to four feet.
.The usual lumber cut In the coast forests
of Alaska is about 27,000,000 board feet, al
most entirely spruce, as hemlock is but
little used, a large part of this output,
probably one-third, being used for salmon
cases, and much of the best lumber Is used
in this way. The southern and southeast
ern coast having a much larger timber sup
ply than will be needed locally for a long
time to come, much of the hemlock should
be cut and the spruce be given art oppor
tunity to Increase. The cutting that has so
far taken place on the coast of Alaska has
hsd but little effect upon the forest, the
bulk is "yet untouched and as it Is now
overmature, utilization for other purposes
than lumber should be encouraged as much
s possible. Both spruce and hemlock t,t
good pulpwood and taken together they
comprise almost the entire forests. There
is faint piotpect that, so far as the coast
lumber la concerned, it will er be needed
for use In Alaska. The permanent indus
tries of the coast region are fishing and
mining, the mountainous character of the
country will forever prevent agricultural
operations and the' natural barriers pre
vent this lumber from being of present
benefit to tho Interior where the need is
greatest and the price high. Besides the
timber itself is not suitable for the struc
tural work that will be needed In the in
terior when that region is more fully de
veloped and made accessible by railroads.
The annual growth of the coast forests is
In excess of the local needs, and unless
methods of utilisation which will result in
exportation are developed, these products
cannot be rightly handled or properly con
served. But the Interior conditions tell a differ
ent story. There the forest stand varies
from practlcully nothing, in areas of
scrubby black spruce, to twenty or more
cords per acre in the birch-aspen type, and
several thousand feet per sere in the bert
whits spruce forests. The best timber of
spruce, birch and poplar gtows In the val
leys, particularly along the Tanana in the
Fairbanks dlstrlot. Black apruce predom
inates in the mors poorly drained situa
tiom. The average of timber Is small,
white apruce rarely, and balsam poplar
sometimes attaining eighteen to twenty
four Inches in diameter; the white birch
and aspen average eight inches in diame
ter, though maximum of eighteen Inches
on unusually, favorable sites are noted, and
black spruce rarely attains a diameter of
Six Inches; while the heights of the differ
ent speclei run from twenty feet for the
black spruce to seventy-five feet for the
best whits spruce. Naturally 'it is Impos
sible for timber to grow rapidly or to large
else in soil permanently frosen. Unlike tu
coast forests, those of the interior have
suffered much from fires; in some cases ten
times as much timber has been killed by
fire than has been cut for fuel or lumber.
The bulk of the timber out In the forests
f the central plateau 1 for firewood, sev
cral times as much being used for that
purpose aa for lumber. Nor is this sur
prising, ss the Interior of Alaska depends
entirely upon wood for heat, light and
power. Wood la burned by the Tanana
Valley railroad, which haa forty-five miles
t track out from Fairbanks; the river
steamers, except three large boats on the
Tukon, which use oil, burn wood; and the
severe weather of the eight months winter,
when the thermometer sometimes goes
down to SO degrees below zero, makes the
consumption for fuel in domestic affairs
much larger than the population about
30.000 would use under condltiona existing
elsewhere.
The present sparse population will un
doubtedly be greatly augmented, and its
need for timber will be large, therefore,
Its timber supply would be conserved to
lessen as far as possible, the heavy expense
which importation will entail, as transpor
tation is elow, expensive and uncertain,
and by boats which operate only a few
months In the year.
Obviously all the forests of Alaska should
be protected and made of the utmost per
manent use. They should bs managed so
as to Increase the stand of the best tim
ber apruce a nd decrease that of the less
desirable hemlock. Utilization of the pres
ent over-mature timber of the coast should
be encouraged, while the insufficient supply
in tbe forests of the interior should h
given the best of care for It Is not likely,
with most Intelligent management, to be
able to furnish mora than a part of tb
home demand, as the high grade timber,
which may be needed, will always have
to be imported.
His Personal Grievance.
"Papa is so foolish. See him down the
street there?
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"Weil, he's going to see Mr. Burridg
sham ar.d a cruel grind the modern school
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"Whi- Hn.l Via ratl I, hftm?"
"Bei-ause he said he could spell sll the
wura in our iesc examination, ana wniwi
i tnea mm ne missea nine out or iweniyi
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Idaho Crops
Never Fail
The upper Snake River
valley has great opportun
ities for fanner and inves
tor. Abundance of water
at all times. Lands yield 6
tons of alfalfa, 50 bushels
of wheat, 100 bushels of
oats, 600 bushels of onions
or potatoes and 20 tons of
sugar beets per acre. Fine
climate.
For illustrated booklet, write,
C. C. Moore Real Estate Co.,
St. Anthony or Aehton, Idaho.
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Moadom
Irrigated Farm Lands With
Perpetual Water Right
Rich, deep valley soil, government land, $36.25 per acre,
deeded land $40.00 per acre, abundance of water. On rail
road; another building. Just what the middle-west farmer
has been looking for. Investigate this; you will never re
gret it. Price will soon raise.
JOIN OUR EXCURSION
We Leave July 5th
$5.00 per acre starts you, balance you can pay from
half of crop, or ten years' time if you want it.
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General Agent
1201 Farnsnt Street, Ground Flsar, Omaha, Nebraska
Ninety thoussnd Americans and ninety
millions of American wealth transplanted
from the United States to Csnsda during
the past year.
The counted number of persons sc.-
tually reached 10,141 in round numbers
the wealth scersnpsnylng them being
estimated at $1,000 per head.
This year bids fair to even greetly
exceed this amount; present "rushes" in
S'echaso and Fraeer Valkys of British
Columbia, bringing back to those who
have undergone the experience, the
scenes enacted In ths Klondyke regions
in 1SI.
As a temporary substitute for the rail
roads thst are being built as fast as steal
can be laid, numerous suto and stage
lines are being pressed into service by
those who would be "early In the val
leys." In numberless cases the trip has been
made on horseback it is not even uncom
mon to see some enthusiastic ones making
the trip on foot.
It has been proved often and satis
factorily that the "Valleys" are fertile
almost beyond belief, and there Is small
wonder that so many are willing to make
ths change.
The Canadian Government by act of Par
liament on May 8th of this year, reserved
or rather withdraw all British Columbia
farm lands from sale and whatever is se
cured from now on must bs obtained from
prlvatf individuals,
Omaha has been brilliantly represented
In this Canadian stampede, and a local
concern, Tha Grand Trunk Pacific Land
Co., fortunately, has remaining a limited
number of the best sections of land In this
most premising section of British Colum
bia. Quick Investors may purchase remaining
farms at 7.5 per acre arranged In pay
ments covering a term of years it only
being necessary to pay $1 per acre down.
There is every llkllhood positive as
surancethat much of this land will
reach Ii5, ISO, even 1100 Ind mors per
acre, when ths present building railroads
will have been completed.
Illustrated and descriptive literature
may be had upon request to Ths Grand
Trunk Pacific Land company, 312 New
York Life Building, Omaha,
INVESTMENTS
The first foresters In the town site of Twin Falls, Idaho, hays)
old out. In soma instances, at a profit of over 1000. Tbe land on
which the Twin Falls Bank Trust Co. erected their granite and
steel construction bank building today IS W(flTH TEN THOUSAND
TIMES WHAT THE FIRST PURCHASER PAID FOR IT. There are
opportunities like this at Albion. Let us point the war. We can
double jour money if you wUl let us.
ALDION REALTY CO., Albion, Idaho
Torn aont "OBBii" Ber "MOKOr1 aer
"CAXCU&ATV" when yon are farming oa
tbe Oakley pro)ee. A gigaalte Irrlgatiea
system which Impounds all ef Qooee Creek,
mases isrnuag as oaatsr Steeay, sale, sure.
e
Farms
Buy land in Idaho cheap, on credit. A fine, sandy loam, deep
and arable, with here and there areas of rolcanie ash, provide here
the Ideal hay, grain, alfalfa and winter-keeping apple district of the
world. Don't take oar word for It, write for onr free booklet said
letter of information.
OAKLEY INVESTMENT CO.
OAKLEY, (CASSIA COUNTY) IDAHO.
ACREAGE
TRACTS
FOR THE
INVESTOR
OR FOR THE
SMALL FARMER
THIS la our specialty. From
One to One Thousand acres.
This business Is made to
serve your interests. No sum of
money, however small, la two
small to get our best attention
And no sum, however large, Is
too large to tax our capacity to
TO PLACE AND PLACE WITH
PROFIT TO THE INVESTOR.
We would like to have you
write to us for our booklets,
literature and other informa
tion. We are aura that you
want to know about IDAHO.
It is the last West and tbe rap
Idly growing section of the
United States. Here you can
make big profits on small in
vestments. Land can be bought
on credit. ,
Write RifM Nov, Write Today
GRAY a GRAY
INVESTMENTS.
POCATKLLO. . . IDAHO
I.
Money makes more money In Ida
ho than In any other western state.
That's why the Burley State Bank
can pay a greater per cent of Inter
est with absolute safety.
You can't know about this unless
you write for FREE INFORMA
TION. WHITE TODAY. BE SURE
AND DO IT RIGHT NOW.
Tou can double your income. Mid
west Banks pay i. and we pay
net on all sums, large or small.
David Ecoles of our bank, the presi
dent, is worth tZ5.000.00O. M. 8.
Browning, vice-president, is worth al
most aa much more You can be at
One with these, big. big men.
Write today. Be sure and write to
day. Durley Gtate Dank
BUmtlY, tOAXO.
DiTm aOOX.X. nealdent.
M. B. MOWIUA, Tloe-Pres.
. OSOTIS, KICK, Cashier.
DOVBX.B TOWS MONEY 1ST IDAHO.
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Are You Going to Buy Land?
K'o farmer should think at burlng a horn bsfors
Mtlss cocr ( our Jour sal. It hu landa, city
srotrtr atecka or oo4s 4vrtlMil In It
Irsia vrr atu In th union. that jou ran find
iuai what rou wish to lu wlurjns. It r.icbaa l.
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T8AER. IOWA.
Persistent Advertising Is
tbe Road to Big Returns.
The Columns of The Bee
Are Best for Advertisers.
MONEY IN
Olympia Mine Premises to Be
a Great Producer of Gold
and Silver.
(CspiUl News Special Sen-Ice
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YOU HAVE JUST GOT TO LET YOUR MONEY
WORK TOR YOU before you will make the record the
BIG FELLOWS have made. No man can get rich
through HIS OWN EFFORTS. He has to seize each
opportunity that comes his way, grasp the chance and
hold fast to it. Thus are great fortunes made; thus are
great men made great; thus do men achieve place,
power and wealth. We want you to write to us about
this remarkable effort to better your condition; TO
MAKE MORE MONEY FOR YOURSELF BY
LETTING YOUR MONEY WORK MORE. Write a
letter. Write a post card. Ask us to explain. We will
give you such references THAT YOUR OWN BANKER
WILL TELL YOU to let your money work so that
you will have to work less.
IDAHO
Is a state filled with wealth. Idaho has made more
men rich than any other western state,' save Montana.
And Idaho is in the infancy of her development. The
Kuhns of Pittsburg have expended over ONE HUN
DRED AND THIRTY MILLIONS OF DOLLLARS
in the development of Idaho. You can see and YOU
DO KNOW that men like that put their money to
work for them where that money will bring back
more money.
That's what we want you to do.
You haven't got ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO INVEST as the Kuhns
had. But you have a few dollars that you can put
into an absolutely sure thing and thus make a good
many more dollars.
YOU CAN LET WHAT MONEY YOU HAVE
WORK FOR YOU. Then you will need to work less.
Thirty years ago the Olympic mine was worked and
its ore sent down to Pueblo, Colorado, where it was
smelted at a profit. The low price of silver that suc
ceeded the passage of the Sherman Act reduced that
profit until the then owners did not care to work it
any more.
Today there are smelters nearer than Pueblo; there
is railroad transportation. Every single process is
cheaper and so the profit will be greater.
Write today for a FREE prospectus. Write for the
letter we will send to you.
WRITE RIGHT NOW. You can lose nothing if
you DO; you may lose a GREAT DEAL IF YOU
DO NOT.
FRANK RIBLETT, Pres.
Olympic Mining and Milling Co.
ALBION. IDAHO.
BCRLEY. Jan. 19. One hundred dollar
ore has been encountered in the Olympia
mine, which is located on Mount Indepen
ence. a few milea south of Albion, the
county seat of Cassia county. Frank Rib
lett returned from the camp last week,
bringing back some of the rock, showing
galena and running high in values. A ic
turn from an assay made In Salt Lake City
shows over J 100 to the ton. He says that
they have a large vein and the company is
expecting to enlarge Its force and put the
property in shape to commence shipping In
the spring, when they will haul their ote
to Oakley, where they will bs able to ship
over the Oregon Short Llne via Burley to
the smelters. F. . Oriswold was in Albion
last Friday and brought back some fine
specimens of tho ore, which is on exhibition
in his office.
The Hercules mine, near Albion, is pro
ducing some good ore, and as soon as the
owners have shipping facilitlea, which they
expect to have b early summer, ovvr the
Albion Interurbau electrlo line to Burley,
they will have a lsrge amount of big pay
stuff 'ready to eend to the smelter.
The day is near at hand when southern
Idaho will be In the front ranks in the
output of gold and sliver. The Uoose creek
range, which runs through Cassia county,
is the same range that extends down into
Nevada, under different names, where the
wonderful Ely, Osceola, Bull Frog and
other mlnljjg camps are located. Mount
Independence, a few miles south of Albion,
towers up a little above timber line, from
the top of which ons can look over into
the Yellowstone park, on ths northeast,
see the valleys about Boise and away over
into Oregon, on the north and weat and
for hundreds of miles to ths south down
into Utah and Nevada. At tha toot of this
mountain are rich valleys, with tine farm
lands and grazing lands for the thousands
of cattle and sheep which are fed there,
on one side of the mountain Grape creek
and on ths other is ths south fork ot
CasBia creek, either one sufficient to fur
nish abundant water ppwer for mills, fac
tories or reduction plants. The scenery in
this vicinity is sublime. There are sevau
lakes at the bead ot ths south toik of
Cassia creek and lakes at the head of
Almo creek. Not far away la the City ot
Kucks, well worth the trip to see. All
through the valleys and mountains is good
tibhing and hunting. During the survey ot
the thirty-ninth parallel ot latitude across
the continent, a government signal station
was placed on top of Mount Independence
and used for trl-angulation purposes, Hash
ing signals by day and by night to prom
inent points in Nevada, Utah and la a no.
In emigrant times, at the base of this
mountain ran four of the mam rods to
California and Oregon. Hers is where ths
Ben Holliday stage line from Salt Lake
and Kelton crossed the mountains to go to
Boise and Tbe Dalles. Old timers who cams
Into thia section some forty years ago, tell
thrilling stories ot sieges, fights and massa
cres by tha Indians in this vicinity, of
stage robberies, hidden treasures, etc., and
ot later days when contentions arose be
tween sheepmen and cattlemen, taut now
all is different a peaceiul, law-abiding
region, lying between three of the woiTtl's
greatest irrigation projects. In all the hills
and mountains about here can be found
gold, alive, lead, copper, topax, coal and
targe dykes of marble, granite, sundstuns
and limestone.
It is on the slopes and near the top of
Mount Independence' that the group of
mines, of which the Olympia is one, is lo
cated. Some prominent men of the once
famous town of Carrlnne, Utah, located
this mine about thirty-one years ago, and
shipments ot ore, some of it fabulous in
values, were stnt all the way to Pueblo,
Colo., overland, and later to Bait Lake City.
Distance from railroads, the expense ot
transportation and the slump in silver dur
ing the 90s caused the suspension of op
erations, and the claims laid idle until the
present company took hold in 1910. In do
ing the necessary annual work the com
pany has opened up some rich leads and
veins, and such men as the present ststs
mining inspector and F. W. Schule, so
expert of high standing, have recently been
on this property and are greatly pleased
with the outlook. A short tunnel at a point
about 1.000 fee, from the main shaft Is
being driven to tsp a prominent ledge,
showing indications of copper and lead.
Surveys show that this ledge is a Spur of
the main Olympia ledge, the Intersection
being on the property of the company.
Great news from this mine is expected
Inside of sixty days. The snow is now deep
In many placea and makes It hard to get
in with supplies. Considerable excitement
is manifested over this strike, and as soon
as the snow gets off tbers will be a rush
into this' country.
HOMES
ON CREDIT IN
1 D AH O
You can make a better home in
Idaho than in any other state;
there's more to make it with! The
landscape of mountain, and river,
and hill and vale; the fertile irri
gated land; the quick cash mar
kets; good neighbors; all these arc
in Idaho.
Get busy today! Right now!
We will send you a beautiful
booklet free of cost. A post card
request is all. Bend today.
This booklet tells of Amerlcsn Falls;
ths one power city of the Intermonn-
taln, west. Wealth awaits yon
HOWELL
HlUESTMEliT CO.
American Falls, Idaho.
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PLEASE.
WRITE.
DISTINCTLY
Yes, distinctly, plainly, write and
ask us for tbe opportunities we can
show you to DOUBLE YOUR MONEY
IN SOUTHERN IDAHO. The land Is
filled with new ways of living; well,
comfortably, happily and profitably.
Send today for THE FREE BOOKLET
which describes Southern Idaho so well
that WE BRING IDAHO TO YOU.
We can show you bow to make
money. We need money to loan on
approved security at such rates aa to
net you 7 per cent. You can't get
sucb rates In tbe Middle West. Farm
lands are cheap and can be bought on
credit. You cannot make a mistake
In SOUTHERN IDAHO even if you
buy with your eyes shut. But WRITE
TO US FIRST. We point the way to
easier, happier, pleasanter living. Any
bank in Twin Falls is our reference.
Hill & Taylor
' IRRIGATED FARMS
Twin Falls, Idaho
500 Bushels of Po
tatoes to the Acre
YOU know that potatoes are
always staple. Potatoes ere
like gold. Tbe markets fluctuate
very little on potatoes. And if
you have GOOD potatoes you
CAN ALWAY8 FIND A MAR
KET FOR THEM. This is tbe
most remarkable potato country
in ALL THE WORLD. Tbe
Snake River Valley has been
known to produce EIGHT HUN
DRED AND FIFTY J3USHEUJ
OF POTATOES TO THE ACRE.
You can RAISE POTATOES IN
THI8 VALLEY. RAISE THEM
AND GET MONEY FOR THEM.
Write to us about this. We hsvs
the most handsomely illustrated
booklot written about this. THE
TWIN FALLS TRACT In South
ern Idaho, that has been printed
for a long while It is mighty In
forming, too. it is fre;jc AND
WE WILL, SEND ONE COPT
TO TOU IP TOU WILL JUST
WRITE A POSTAL CARD RE
QUEST. WRITE TODAY.
J. E. WHITE
TWIN FALL5, IDAHO
Consult The Bee Land Columns When in Doubt