Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1884-06-19
PROM BLAINE.
BLAINE, !. T., june ID, 1884

DLAINEs l. L., june ~, 1854.
ED. TELLER, Dear sir:-Being con-
slant reader Of your valuable paper and
residing in the most beautiful aud fertile
portion Of Ncs perce county, l thought >
few lines would not come amiss 10 your
very instructive and pleasant paper, the
TELLER. Correspondence from nearly
every portion Of the county appear at in
tervals but never from this beautiful local
ity. Geneses valley, with her low bot
tom land, that has been subject to frost
every season that have been here, ex-
cept last summer, and yet that part Of the
country has been braged to the skies for
her great advantages offered TO all, new
comers not excepted, and the country
about Blaine, they say, is no country at
all, calling it Finland, Seberi@ and every
other kind Of unjust and wrongful names
and when stranger comes among them
to seek home they have their great and
pleasant stories to tell about the soil and
crops Of Gencsec, but caution every man
against going to Blaine, for there the soil
is not the kind that will produce aud there
is winter the year round, and the snow is
so deep that farmers here have to build
snow sheds from house to house aud vice
verse. These arc the stories that many
residents at and about Genesee and the
lower part Of Cow creek tell new corners
about the Blaine country. But let Vi
look at the facts and not idle stories that
those people tell that are enemies to our
welfare. l will here stick to facts, ye,
facts, that can be proven il called upon
That we have here about Blaine mach
nicer looking. country when the wontler,
bottoms at Genesee are left out, we have
a soil here for producing all kinds oI
grain and vegetables that ever saw any.
where in America. There has been raised
40 bushels Of fine wheat to the acre with.
in one-quarter Of 4 mile from Paradise
Hill, % and 30 being common among
farmers here and those who have farmed
their land practically have had crops that
have not been excclled anywhere in our
county while l have lived here, and that
is a number Of years, well then comes
that terrible snow Finland they cry, We
do claim that we have little more snow
and that it lays couple Of weeks longer
than ut either Gcnesee or Paradise, and
when we have nice sleighing and good
going, Genesee and Paradise are deluded
with mud and water, We prefer the snow
to travel in. Now another fact worth
speaking Of is that in January and Feb.
ruary, 1883, Mr.. Psiges thermometer
registered, on the coldest days, only 240
below zero, while at Moscow and Gene
see ii run down to 45o, yes and behold
mercury became hard and refused further
to tell how cold it really was until the
Chinook thawd it out 10 working order.
These are the facts in the case hence
where is the advantages over US ut these
braged Eldorados.
Blaine is improving and may soon put
on metropolitan airs. We had some lit
tic difficulty in locating the school house
ground last winter, but finally we took
courage and now We have got one Of the
niccs school houses iu the country, for
quite distance, big school is now in
progress with Miss Campbell from Par
adise as teacher aud l believe is doing
very well. The farmers are jubiient over
the promise Of the finest and biggest crop,
next fall, that was ever Iaised here, ii
rain and sun shine will do it. | think
we don't figure without minehost either,
and il Moscow gets railroad next fall
you bet the farmers around Blaine will
be heard from. will only say word
or two to the people coming to our shore
TO seek for homes in our fertile country
not to listen to anyone that runs the
Blaine country down, but to come and see
for themselves, and if they be practical
men will venture to say that they will
be pleased with the prospect this locality
has for farming and when they come "a
look around, to consult George Weeks,
Andrew Boo and many other gentlemen
who can be relied upon, l have given
their names because they are of the oldes,
settlers here and know more about the
land here. A man can get nice farm,
for home, with a very little capital to
start and rely on good crops every year,
no failure is known here, fine climate,
scenery superb and pleasant people, and
last but not least, | wish the peoples pa
per, the TELLER, the success it deserves.
/ remain your friend,