Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1895-02-22
FACTS ABOUT GRANGEvILLE.

GranQeville is centrally located in the
great Cumss Prairie Of Idaho county Idaho
"a vast region OF country with the natural
resources to m Ike n rich and pr Dsperous com
munity and support n pOpulous and wealt hy
city The farming lands OF Cnmas Prairie
comprise nearly million acres of the most
productive wheat, hny and orchard land in
the north Invest. The opening OF the adoin-
ing Nez Perez Indian reservation to settle
ment will add 76o 900 acres OF additional
arabic lands to the resources surrounding
Grangeville, thus encouraging the speedy
construction of railroads, the absence of
which has hitherto ret arded the growth and
DEVELOPMENT of the rich and fruitful country
of which Grangeville is the commercial me
trophlis
Grangeville liz the prettiest town in Idaho
1t is situated in the most productive part OF
Camas Prairie and surrounded by wheat
fields. hoy fields, gardens and orchards. Two
miles south is the timber line, OF vast forests
of the very best timber for building purposes;
while great deposits of manganese rock. mar
BILE, granite, lime, onix. opal and other build
ing material exist within ten miles of the
town. Water is obtained at depth of II
to 20 feet Three mile creek runs through
the town, affording, when utilized, unlimited
water supply for n large population, and
power for manufacturing enterprises.
lie mineral resources of the country
rounding GraDgeve are very great. The
old placer mining camps OF Orc Elmo, Elm
City, Florence, Warrcns. and the rich bars OF
the Clearwater and Salmon Rivers are all
directly tributary to and dependent upon
Grnngeville for every pound OF their supplies
Great hydraulic and dredging plants are be-
ing esta blished in these camps to extract The
gold from the fiat placer fields which have
heretofore lain idle for lack of means to de
velop them.
Quartz mining in all thes camps is rapidly
assuming the proportions of great indus
try, and with increased transportation faci
tiles "A population OF 100 900 souls will find
subsistence III Idaho county. The gold quartz
mines OF Elk City in number. extent and ich
ness, promise to make that the greatest gold
camp in the Pacific Northwest. The low
price OF silver is turning the attention OF
mining men to gold producing properties
aud Us the mineral zones tributary to Grange
vile are ich in gold their great development
in he near future is assured. Tho appropri
alton by the Idaho legislature to build u sys-
TEN Of state wagon roads to these mines
giving them an outlet to Grangeville, will
greatly increase the prosperity OF the mines
and of the point from which they receive
their supplies. The opening of the idle ln
dian reservation lands and the consequent
construction of Northern Pacific and Union
Pacific road extensions, i'll also be very i'm
portant factor in promoting the growth Of
Grangeville, since this is the trading and out
fitting point to the largest and most fruit
ful part of the lands thus thrown open to
white settlement. The entire region is n fruit
ful one. 1t is n paradise for farmers. stock
men, miners, hunters anu prosptctorS, ana
offers homes for immigrants and opportuni-
ties for capitalists
The trade of all this vast region liz cen
tered in Grnngeville. All the banking and
manufacturing interests of the county are
here The business interests Of the town
are represented by two banks, two -four
mills, several large mercantile est Adjustments,
hotels and other intert SITS more particularly
specified in theadvertising columns OF the
FREE PREss. There are two churches, each
with it's Sunday school, II Methodist acade-
my. public graded school, brass band.
military company, several secret societies,
and an active and very enterprsing popula
ton of $50 souls. The future OF the town
was never so bright and assured at pres
ent.
For further particulars concerning Grange
vile and Idaho county, its agricultural lands
and mining properties, address
FREE Press REAL ESTATE BUREAU,
Grangeville. Idaho.