Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1893-06-02
FACTS ABOUT aRANaEvILLE.

Grangevil,e ID centrally located In the great
Camas Prairie of Idaho county, ldaho-a
vast region OF country with the natural re.
sources to make n rich and prosperous com
munity and support a populous and wealthy
city. The farming lands OF Camas Prairie
comprise nearly million acres OF the most
productive wheat, hay and orchard lands In
the Northwest. The opening OF the ad join
ing Nez Perez Indian reservation lands 10
settlement during 1894 will add $4,000 acres
of additional arabic lands to the resources
surrounding Grangevlie, thus encourage ing
The speedy construction OF railroads, the alb
sence of which has hitherto retarded the
. growth and development of the rich and
fruitful country Of which drangeville Is thu
commercial metropolis
Grangeville Is the prettiest town in Idaho
It il stu ated in the most productive part O
Camas Prairie and surrounded by whea
nelds, hay fields, gardens and orchards. Two
miles south ia the tim Der line, OF vast forests
of the very best tim Der for building purposes
while great deposits of magnolia rock, mar.
BILE, granite, lime, onyx. opal and Other
building material exist within ten miles OF
the town. Water 10 obtained at a depth
Of twelve to twenty feet. Three-miie creek
runs through the town. affOrding, when
utilized. unlimited water supply for a large
population. and power for manufacturing
enterprises.
The mineral resources Of the country sur
rounding Grangeville are very great. The
old placer mining camps Of Orc Elmo, ELK
City, Florence, Warrens, and the rich bars OF
the Clearwater and Salmon rivers, are all d.
rectly tributary to and dependent upon
Grsngeville for every pound OF their supplies
Great hydraulic and dredging plants are be.
ing established In these camps to extract the
cold from the fiat placer fields which hav'
heretofore lain idle for lack OF means to de-
velOp them.
Quartz mining n all these camps Ia rapid
ly assuming the proportions of a great in
dustry and with increased transportation
facilities a population OF 100000 souls will
md subsistence in Idaho county. The gold
quartz mines of Elk City, in number, extent
and richness, promise To make that the
greatest gold camp in the Pacific Northwest
The low price of silver Is turning the atten'
ton of mining men 10 gold-producing prop
critics, and as the mineral zones tributary &c
Grangeville are rich in gold their great de-
velopment In the near future liz assured
The appropriation Of S135.000 by the Idaho
legislature To build a system of state wagon
roads to these mines, giving them an outle
to Grangevllle, Will greatly increase the
prosperity of the mines and of the pOin'
from which they receive their supplies. Thu
opening of the idle Indian reservation lands
and the conaeq ent construction of Northern
Pacific and Union Pacific railroad extern
sions, will also be very Important factor II
promoting the growth of Grangeville, since
this Ia the nearest trading and outfittinI
point to the largest and most fruitful part o
the lands thus thrown open to white settle
menL The entire region is a fruitful one. Il
10 a paradise for farmers, stOckmen, miners
hunters and prospectors, and offers homer
for immigrants and opportunities for capital
lists.
The trade of all this vast region is centeret
In Grangeville. All the banking and manu-
featuring interests of the county are here
The business interests of the town are repre-
scented by two banks. two -four mills, severa
large mercantile establishments, hotels, aut
other interests more particularly specified IN
the advertising columns of the FREE PRESS
There are two churches, each with its Sunday
school, a Methodist academy, a public graded
school Din course OF establishments, a brass
band, military company, several secret so
cieties, and Ri active and very enterprisnt
population of $50 souls. The future of the
town was never 50 bright and assured as a.
present.
For further particulars concerning Grange
VILE and Idaho comfy, Its agricultural
lands and mining properties, address
FREE PRESS REAL ESTATE BUREAU,
Grangeville, Idaho.