Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-03-16
THE FREE PRESS
WANTED IMMEDIATELY!
10000 Men Ind 500 Sa,y Mills.
To Work in the cedars Of Lebanon. Situated
In the Forks Of the Clearwater River,
In Idaho County, I. T.


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Those who apply immediately-tha
is, within the next fifty years-will FIN,
inexhsustible forests of the finest whit,
cedar that the world produces. Will,
throughout the older regions of tn,
country We hear the doleful cry tha
the numbering business is fast falling of
FOR want OF suitable timber. here in
Idaho there is world of timber, un.
touched and unknown, which only
awaits the advent Of capitalists to open
up az large q numbering field a. any
locality OF the country ever produced
Down along the coast, in California
Oregon and Washington, after having
culled out the best timber several times
over. they are eking along few mills
on the scrubby remnants, while good
lumber is yearly becoming more scarce
and higher priced. And here. within a
stones throw of the railways, in easy
situation to he got at. there are cedar,
red fir and yellow pine enough TO boom
the world with the cheapest and best
lumber for decades to come. II only
requires the extension Of existing tho.
rofares for a distance of about 100 miles
TO penetrate this region, and open ~.
thereby the avenues Of fortune to tl,ou-
sands of people, and supply the country
with an indispensable article Of com.
merce.
will endeavor 10 give little DIES.
crlpt'on of the Typographical features o,
This new Lebanon. The cedar belt lies
along the foothills Of the Clearwa,e,
r"nge of mountains, beginning about
sixteen M les north vest of Grangevilie,
and running nor,herly and westerly
across the various branches which form
the headwaters Of the Clearwater river.
'he country is broken and diversified
with deep ravines aud small fats CT
hen'hrs. the ctdars growing along the
rav'"es and on the sleeper hillsides
while on the benches fir and yellow
pin" mostly prevail. The soil il of the
rh hest, and all the level and rolling
places are well suited for cultivation.
In uIany places the cedars choke the
cuts made by the streams for MANY
miles up into the high mountains, and
The belt extends north westerly into the
Bitter Root range, as far as has been ex-
piored. About the headwaters of the
main Clearwater the cedars attain their
greatest size. though in twenty miles OF
Grangeville, there are immense ouanti-
lies from one to three feet in diameter,
'traiyht and tall. with SO to rs feet " ith-
Jul limbs.
On exploring . portion of this fine |
timber belt during the open weather OF
February. and observing the vast grassy |
region along the foot of the belt, as also
The rich and arabic land stretching
alongside, between it and the Nex Psrce
l am amazed that there has
1een no pioneer enterprise to direct it's
strides thither. And considering also
hat few miles up to the mountain
'ange, there Is n great mineral belt run
hing longside this timber belt, where
'l"cers and quartz ledges abound with
'oId, and which have been gouged ut by
ingle-landed miners for twentv-six
'ears past-taking all these things into
it is an unquestionable
that here are the factors
which must room attract busy hive of
human industry and skill, such as but
ew localities are now left with such
magnificent offerings.
The first railroad that penetrates the
clearwater country will discover these
last timber resources TO the world, and
What with numbering and mining and
ettling OF land, this will become the
busiest portion of the northwest. This
+ no idle ODjecture-inasmuch as the
hree greatest resources of modern civil
ization-iimher, land aud mipes--lie
'ere together with, also, the finest wild
ange the world affords.
Elk city. the center of the minino
epion. lies some forty miles back and
bove this timber belt, and there, "
yell as throughout the mountains, the
'reams are all bordered with greater or
ess valleys, producing the rankest and
inest grasses for hay. A few miners
re scattered around Elk. and they have
10Th horses and cattle which they win.
er there, and exc-p, in rare tiue.
'hen deep snow falls, their hay is Ieft
Untouched.
Those who live down in the older
ettled parts, where the timber and land
ave all been utilized To their limit. and
rho have no precious minerals among
heir resources. iulagine, and even weep,
Ike Alexander. that there are no more
to conquer; but let them take
trip to Idaho county, /. r., and they