Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1892-09-02
haAo's IMcomparable CLIMATE.


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Chief of the varied resources of Idaho
is her climate. The hsm-slaped state
boasts mines rich in gold and silver lead
and copper; valleys of wide expanse,
aeep-soiled and .splendidly watered
mountains ,grass7covered and timber
clad lakes and streams spring fed and
tront-infested,; canyons and plains fowl
flecked and game-fretted. She is pro-
fuse in promise to the prospector and
plethoric,in performance to the miner !;
returns fnll store to the farmer, the gar
dener, and the frni-grower; assures the
stock raiser steadiness of increase and
wealth of grazing; offers to the miller
perfect grain, to the sawyer abundant
timber. and to both good markets; ten
ders the manufacturer power from her
rapid rivers, with neither stint nor
price; invites the angler to f1y-fshing
beyond compare, the wipg-shot to gun
ming unexcelle3 and the harder hunter
TO pursuit of fleet and savage game. She
has the supreme resources" of mines,
soil. water, grass and timber in great
degree, but above and beyond them all
is her climate.
COMPARISONS THAT MAY BE oDIous.
Idaho does not afford the contentment
and the luxuriance which mark and
make delightful the states Of Florida
and California; does not impress with
the fragrance and the beauty of the
y lndwich islands; does not offer easy
and peaceful descent to lassiiude and
death. On the contrary. she revives and
encourages, rengthens and upbuiIds.
One has but to leaye the dreary sage
brush plain, the monotonons desert Of
the Snake river valley, through which
the Oregon Short Line runs, take the
Wood river branch ut Shoshone and
penetrate the central part of the state, to
learn that Idaho is rugged. bold and pic.
''turesqne. To an invalid afflicted with
throat or lung trouble her mountain air
ID bracing and invigoratinp; its sweet
ness and delicacy appeal even to the
sense OF taste; it is appetizing and
hunger making. One feels ready to eat
the very air. But, of course, he wants
something more substantial, and he NAV
proceed to make meal on trout or ven.
ison or prairie chicken at any restaurant
or hotel. If he be a sportsman, and is
ut HALEY, Bellevue, Ketchum, Challis,
Clayton, or any of the cities or resorts,
he may hook the fish himself in the
crystal torrents that scurry past the
nearby towns, or perchance kill the
fowl or deer on the adjacent hills.
REsTFUL NIGHTS, STRENGTHENING DAYS.
Let the invalid worn with bronchial
troubles go to Idaho in the summer.
During the day the mercury will range
from 20 to 100 in the shade; yet in the
light. dry air he can stroll or ride or
work IN the bright sunshine, his face
hronzng and his muscles qnickening in
the mountain breeze, with never
thought OF discomfort, the while there
bends over him monochrome of sky
whose shade and density of blue were
never seen in a humid cline, and every
breath he draws is an inspiration At
sunset he will need warm covering, for
the mercury will drop 80 to so degrees,
and soundly, peacefully, he will sleep
the cool night long. With rest and ap
petite he loses lassitude; the languid
feeling which he WAS waiting for death
to relieve begins to go. He no longer
wants to be let alone TO die as easily as
may be. divine discomfort" seizes
him he grows conba;ive and regaius
ambition in short is on the return to
health and usefulness. He has simply
awaited himself Of the greatest of Ida
hos resources, her matchless climate.
DIVIDENDS FOR INvALn,5.
foor to the extreme of poverty, be-
cause lacking the boon OF health, the in
valid VINO goes to Central Idaho for re-
lief from throat and lung troubles will
lind what is of greater value to him than
mine that "pays from the grass roots"
Without running a tunnel or sinking Il
shaft without work of development or
construction of mill without PRODUCTION
.ofores" or dropping of stamps" lie will
get the greatest dividend vouchsafed to
man-health.
BRIEF RETROSPECT.
Looking over the foregoing rhapsody.
At arouses memories OF school days in
Portland and well it may, for its writer
recalls score of former pnnils of the
High school who were SD fferers from
lung and throat troubles. Most of them.
as they drifted into consumption, went
to the South or to California, or to the
Sandwich Islands, and are dead. Four
only went, by chance, to central Idaho,
and are today vigorous and well This
is written that others who are troubled
with bronchial and pulmonary affections
may, like them become the beneficiaries
OF ldahos vivifying atmosphere, her
crystal water. her delightful days, her
delicious nights.-her boldness, her
grandeur, her exhiliration, her sub
Unity. ID.