Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1891-06-19
C1MAS PRAIRIE.
The Present Year is a Period of
Great Prosperity.

loneliness, take spin up Cot.
tonwood butte and from that
commanding eminence feast
your eyes upon the broad
acres of grain and meadow and
pasture lands of Camas Prai-
rie. Many time and oft, and
under varying conditions OF
weather and temperature have
we beheld this self-same scene,
but never has it appeared to
better advantage than at the
present time. 1t is without
exception the loveliest spot
and the most productive por-
ton of the state of Idaho, and
its soil is so rich that when the
seasons are at all favorable it
never fails to yield an abund-
ant crop. From the eminence
of Cottonwood butte you can
look for miles without a single
obstruction and see nothing
but this great prairie, checker
ed with fields of growing grain,
residences, barns and orchards,
while upon the bunch grass
pastures are feeding splendid
herds of hogs, cattle and horses
galore. The people of Camas
Prairie may well be proud and
feel encouraged over the pres
ent prospects. for nature seems
to have combined it's forces to
work together for their good.
We note many new residences
and barns being built, and
other improvements going for
ward which indicate prosperi-
ity and thrift. In fact, every
thing hereabouts seems to be
in a prosperous condition, and
the people are contented with
owning and living in the gar
den spot of the world.
1t is getting to be a stale
and dismal platitude that Cam
as Prairie only needs railroad
communication to become the
center of population and civil
ization in this state. The won
der is that the railroad compa-
MES have so long neglected
these fertile fields. In Idaho
county alone there are about
three million acres of unoccu-
pied lands. Of these a large
part are arabic lands, and will
in time be occupied by thrifty
farmers, vine and fruit grow
ers. The building of the Mid
land Pacific down Salmon riv- !
er, or a road down the Clear
water, or even the building of 9
the proposed North and South
Idaho road via Little Salmon,
will greatly aid in bringing
about the complete settlement
Of this outlying portion of the {
state. The greater part of the {
county is now used for grazing (
purposes, and the more broken
sections will continue to be SO .
occupied, as the rich bunch l.
grass and other kinds of feed
$ capable of supporting a very ]
arge amount of all kinds Of
i've stock.
The prosperity of any state n
depends upon its country pop ]
llation. In this county we )
want farmers, orchardists, dali 4
ymen, first: in their time and +
rain will naturally and neces- b
arily follow artisans, towns
nd cities. There is no coun- /
ry left in the United States :
which offers so many opportu-
lities to honest homeseekers b
s Camas Prairie. If a man {
las few hundred dollars let E
lin exercise good Judgment, 2
md save hard labor and phys
cal wear and tear by investing
lis capital where it will insure
he largest possible results.
>amas Prairie is still in the ]
nviable condition which Car
yle asserted created the great
st amount of human happi-
less:
A country Of much land and ts,O people.
Such a country possesses ad- !
antages and opportunities
which exist nowhere else. To
e free from sudden changes A
f temperature, deleterious to
salth and inconvenient to
usiness; free from billiards..