Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1884-05-22
PROM 0EEESEE.


place. The read up the hui Is IN tht
b.st Of condition and dry all the way
but quite uneven after We ascend the biz
The section Of country along the road in
cluleJ in the reservation Is of the finos,
character, well watered and covered will
luxurant growth Of bu,TitiotA grasses
Many a valuable 800 acre tract could be
selected 10 this scciion which seems now
npt to be UTILIZED BY either Indians OF
whites Some effort. have been made
to have this portlOn Of the reservation
relinqnished to settlement by the whites
embracing al Dorth Of the main Clear
wai.r. as far as the North Fork. But
the prospect Is now more favorable to
having the Indians take their lands III
severaliy wherever they please on the en
tire reservation and open the balance to
settlement, and this would be the better
plan, both for the Indians and whites
and We are inclined to the belief that by
adopting speedy means aud urgent mean,
To convince the Indians Of the benefits
Of this policy, the Indians consent can BE-
secured, and with that, the Department
will be ready to cooperate and bring
about within two Of three years, the de-
sired end. Genesee has improved great
ly in one respect, and that is stranger
can now obtain good meal at the hotel,
set upon clean table and prepared SO as
to be pala,able. The new proprietor,
MIR. HOLSTER, has just opened and done
50 without waiting to have all his build
ing fitted up with finished rooms and
furniture, but has started in with "A good
table with properly prepared food, and
If all continues in tbs food line as began
We have no fears that he will not make
his house popular resort for those who
have occasion to visit Genesee. Travel
lcrs will not say when going north from
Lewiston, that they must start in time to
reach Moscow before getting a meal, be-
cause they can get nothing pala,able at
Genesee. They complain much here of
the general dullness of the times. The
farmers this year have not had fair
chance. They made exertions and raised
good and large crops, with the exception
OF flax, but when harvested they could
not get it to market, when prices were
up. Some had good Offers, but held back
in hopes of still higher prices and did not
sell to local buyers, but hoped that trans
portation would soon be speedy and cheap
either by boat from Lewiston or rail from
Moscow. The result was the boats could
not take away the grain till after prices
fell, and the Moscow railroad fell short
Of its promises and became total failure.
This state of things forced some, who had
incurred considerable debts for labor and
machinery to raise and harvest large crops,
to borrow money and pay large interest
and mortgage ranches and other property
as security in order to meet their engage
ments, which were pressing, and these
securities still are held, with but little
prospect OF their being able to release them
at an early day, unless some change takes
place in the prospects for cheap transpor-
tation soon take place. Some are dis
couraged and ready to sell out and 90
hence where they can have market for
tn ir surplus products, while others more
full Of faith and hope in the developm, ut
and increase of the means of sendiny
their surplus to market, still are willing
to hold on and struggle with large inter.
est, till relief comes to them, instead Of
aoandonin. a country which they know
is so prolific as an agricultural country.
All new corners are fascinated with the
without having experienced the
Inconvenience Of gettieg off to market
their surplus 1t behooves every man
who knows the natural resources Of this
country 10 bring all possible influences to
bear upon inducing railroad and other
men to build trunk line
into this section either via. Snake river
or to the north or the south of it where
il can be reached by the farmers with
reasonable speed and certainty and at
expense. When this is accom-
plished, this whole section of country will
be the garden spot Of the West.
A. /.
Moscow, May II, 1884.