Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-10-01
ADVANTAGES FOR lMMIGRANTS.

who are DESTROYS of coming among us to
locate. These letters have been handed
us to answer, and as the questions are
nearly all alike one answer will suffice
for the whole. The soil of the agricul-
tural portions of Idaho county is black
heavy loan which produces wheat, oats,
barley, flax, vegetables of all descriptions
and fruit. Taking one year with anoth-
er we raise twenty-five bushels of wheat
to the acre barley. fifty bushels to the
acre; timothy hay, one and one'half
tons to the acre. There are, of course,
instances where, in favorable years,
these yields can be doubled. Four tons
of shay, one hundred bushels of oats,
and sixty bushels of wheat to the acre
are frequently produced two or three
seasons in succession, but the first men
toned figures are a fair all round
average yield.
The varying attitudes Of our agricul'
tural lands permit the raising of every
variety of cereal. fruit and vegetable.
The cereal crops and the harder
varieties of fruits and vegetables grow
to perfection on Camas prairie while in
the sheltered bottom lands of the Sal
mon river and Clearwater valleys the
choicest varieties of fruits and vegetables
are raised. These low wing valleys are
almost exclusively devoted to fruit and
vegetable raising. Nearly every ranch
has it's orchard of apple, pear,
plum, peach and prune trees. An i'm
mense quantity of grapes, corn and
vegetables of all descriptions are raised
every year. Timber is everywhere
plentiful and abundant and we have
the best watered country in Idaho. In
the mountains game of all kind exist,
and the streams are alive with fish.
Our climate is mild beyond description,
the lowest point registered by the Their
mometers being 90 below zero, and that
only for few hours. The rainy seasons
of spring and fall are the most disagree
able portions of the year. Winter
commences about the middle of Decem-
Der and may be said to last till Febru-
airy !, although this period is broken in
on by the Chinook winds which seldom
permits the snow to remain more than
ten DAYS at time. Winter as it is
known in the states does not exist here.
Our coolest weather never lasts more
than few hours, and the atmosphere
for weeks at time in mid-winter is
frequently as balmy and mild as the
weather of May.
We have no exclusively rainy season
as the clouds shed their moisture during
every month in the year in quantities
that come just as it is needed. Irriga-
ton is a thing never practised here.
The extremes of heat and cold arr
never felt here, as the Chinook wind
moderate our winters, and the vicinage
of the mountains cools the heated at
mosphere of summer. The healthies'
climate in the world is laying out o.
doors in Idaho county.
There is much vacant land as good as
the best on the outskirts of the settle
ments land that intending settlers car
file on and buy from the government Al
a dollar and two bits an acre; the bes'
land in the world with wood, water and
horse-feed all around it. Improved
lands can be bought at prices varying
from ten dollars to one hundred dol
lars per acre, the price depending upor
the nature of the improvements and it,
nearness to the towns. Unimprovet
lands can be bought at low figures, anC
this is class of property which vii
increase in value every year. There
are no railroads in the county at pres
ent, but surveys are now being made
of two routes, over both of which rail
roads will be built in a year or two
Our present market is in Lewiston
sixty miles distant. Our farmers d.
not care to raise grain for export, a
they find it more profitable to rails
stock to eat up the surplus produce
Newcomers frequently rent farms th
first year or two to raise enough to fee'
and clothe themselves and improv
their own land. No man should com,
here with the intention of renting
because there is good land here oil
which he can file and make home O
his own. The present selling price o
wheat at the Touring mills here is fit.
cents per bushel. The mining countr.
around us is a sure and steady marke
for produce, and as new camps are dis
covered and developed there will be
larger demand for all we can raise.
The best way to come to this countr,
is over the Northern Pacific railroad t.
Wallula junction. There you buy
ticket for Lewiston, and at Lewiston
you come by stage to Camas prairie
The Northern Pacific sells emigraD
tickets to Wallu]a at very reduced rate
and when you get here you will find
new and prosperous country, where