Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-01-05
LowER rAyErrE LETTER.
FALK's s,ronE. Dec. Al. 18a1

blers from different parts Of the coun-
try there seems to be no one from
this part that wishes to show up in
print and get his name up as ! news
paper scribblsr, and | have long since
given up the business as being moth
ing IN it. But for fear that you and
the rest OF mankind might come to
the conclusion that there is no such
pIscs ~ Falks Store, / have con-
cluded to forego my past resolve aud
give you . few items. The country
of Falk's Store is, you may say, !
world within itself. We are forty
milss from Boise City. twenty-five
miles from Caldwell, seventeen miles
from Payette and thirteen miles from
Emmett. In al this range Of coun-
try we have no preachers, no doctors,
no lawyers, no churches and no Chi
namen, and some think that in con-
sequence we are blessed. The last
divine we had here was the ever.to-
aforementioned Jones; remarkable
name. Further comment is unneces-
sary as you know or have heard Of
him. ! am led to think that we are
under the divine care and guidance
of m Omnipotent Ruler, as We are
blessed with the best Of health, there
not having been occasion to call q
physician in; but one case in the
ncighborhood in the past four months,
while our neighboring town of EN-
NETT has been sorely afflicted with
much sickness and several deaths
Well now to something else.
The weather-well the weather il
bad; rain, snow and sleet. Snow
now about six inches, and lower dowr
along Snake River valley much more
another thing that shows we are q
favored race.
The hills and the valley are entire
ly destitute of grass or feed of any
kind for stock, and the consequence
is all the cattle have to be fed. The
range riders are out every day and il
is no unusual thing to see them com.
ing in with bands Of from ffty to foul
hundred at time, all going to the
pastures for feeding until the gras.
grows in the spring. Ada county al
stock range is failure. There are
a good many heavy stock owners
here, but for range they have to g
to Boise and Washington counties
Stock from here for summer rang
go to Upper Squaw creek, Hlgl
valley, and the Upper Weiser IL
Washington county. You see tha
other counties have to furnish tn
range to fatten the cattle and tn
purse of the Ada county stock man
If the Legislature in its wisdom coul'
only devise some means OF equalizini
the taxes commensurate with tn
amount of grass that each county ha
to give up, it does look like it woul
be more justice to all. But here
am again away off from Falk's stor
trying to give you people lesson I
political economy
Well we are going to have I'm
bridge over the Payette at a poir
due north of the old residence
Gov. Wra. Stewart Governor OF tn
FaIk's Store Nation.) The people
this district have had hard fight
get the location at the presest site,
; the people of Emmett made a har
and determined struggle to get
away to a point above, and why, yo'
correspondent knows not, except II
I ways that are dark and tricks that a
. VAN, some of the people of Emme
are peculiar.
We are still on the great overiar
route that has been travelled since Il
path finders crossed the plains, al
MANY are the wayward wanderers tn
0o by with their all loaded in
wagon. Some are well equipped t
travel, but many are very poorly pr
pared except with plenty OF chlldr
and dogs. l took occasion to pay
rood deal of attention to the Svera
" emigrant, as it was good chance
study human nature aud note hS
:, different people in the world Pr
: through life. In the early SUNNI
they are all going east. Ask thu
. where they are from and they rep
: @Oh, the Sound. l have been do
,e there two years-too wet for me-9
a the runaatics. Couldn't stand 1t a
- longer.n "Where are you gong
ot @ oh, I'm going back to hansa
\
ID some will say, and Others to ingu
- Nation. But the most INTEREST,"
r !, tho late sunni