Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1893-08-11
A subsidy of $4,000 has been do

mill with a capacity of 200 barrels
per day in the town of Cottonwood.
The promoters of the scheme claim
that they can grind flour here and
haul it by team 80 miles to Lewis
ton, and then ship it to the towns
on Puget Sound, where they claim
they can undersell flour made ON
the railroad and still make q good
profit on the transaction. The pro-
position does not look very reason
able, but it may be made to work
successfully as long as the farmers
arc willing to furnish it with free
wheat. Meanwhile, the site for the
mill is being graded and the entir,
plant, under the terms of the con-
tract, is to be in running order by
January l, 1894, or the subsidy is
forfeited. The town people are .ju-
bilating exceedingly over the en-
terprise, and well they may, for it
will be the largest in the State of
Idaho, and town property has al
ready made a sharp advance on the
strength of the anticipated benefits
to flow from it. The great obstacle
to its immediate success will be the
scarcity of wheat. This is the
trouble with the big Isaacs mill, at
Prescott, in the Walla Walla coun-
try. 1t is a 40O-harrel mill run by
water power, and situated on the
railroad in the most productive
wheat belt in the lower country.
Even with these advantages the
Prescott mills have never made
decent interest ON the Investment;
they were never run to their full
capacity, and they are idle more
than half the time. We have no
desire to depreciate or belittle the
proposed Cottonwood mill scheme,
and on the other hand we do not
want to see our neighbors and
friends unduly excited by visionary
hopes and promises which never
can be realised until tho railroad
comes. AS an exhibition of public
spirit the Cottonwood mill subsidy
is a grand illustration of their lib
erality and desire to help the town.
The success of the scheme remains
to be demonstrated. We wish it the
most abundant good luck and good
management.
Another evidence of the spirit
which animates our Cottonwood
neighbors is the 81 600 public sub
scription raised to build new
public school building. Then there
is new Methodist church hous.
going up ON the hill, and the Cath.
olic church, both built by the aid
of public subscriptions. The Cath
olic church is the largest churcl
building in Idaho county, and was
during our stay presented with {
sweet-toned bell weighing ,049 lbs
by Mr.. Ferdinand Goble.
There is more life and animation
on the streets of Cottonwood than
perhaps any town on the Prai
rie. All the wood and lumber team!
and all the passenger and freigh
travel bonnd to and from the Who'll,
of Camas Prairie must OF necessit,
pass through Cottonwood streets
and consequently add much to tn,
natural activities of the town. AL
hands are anxiously awaiting tn
advent of the long-expected rail
road. The names of the Cotton
wood old-timers are familiar to Ou
older readers. The newcomers ar
mainly young and ambitious me-
from the overdone railroad town
in the Palouse and elsewhere. The
are rapidly introducing railroa
methods of doing business int
these parts, and are IA very valua
BILE addition to the permanent por
ulatiOn of Camas Prairie. Gu
stay in the town was necessaril
short, but everybody conspired
make it pleasant in social wa
; and profitable in a business sens,
The business interests of tn
town comprise c. B. Wood, hote
Wood & Cone, saloon. Albert Kin,
livery stable, II. M. Jorgens, drus
and general merchandise, Cox
:. Creelman, harness and saddles, etc
King & Collier, meat market, l. l
Cleek, contractor and builder, Gu
jahr & Waldman. meat marke
Ben Gerding, saloon, III. Taylo
attorney, Hiram Robbins, pos
master, Wax & Col oldstone, gener;
F merchandise, John Gilmore, blacl
smith, Nuxoll & Stubbers, gener
merchandise, J. w. Turner, ecle
; tic physician and surgeon. Hoga
& Tannatt, real estate and insu
, ance. n. Anderson, blacksmith, Il
, Report newspaper, published |
Turner 4 Rhoads, j. s. Rhoad
town-site proprietor, real esta
agent and abstracts, Heartbu
, Bros, bricklayers, painters and p
! per hangers, j. w. Gains, live
: stable, S. Goldstone, agricultur
/. implements, r. .Nugcnt, saloon al
$ restaurant, = Lapont, barber al
/ bath rooms, J. II. Smiley, furl
, ture.
p Nearly all these businesses ha
! been established since January la
4 We shall have more to say abo
: Cottonwood in subsequent issl