Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1895-06-07
THE TENTH NILE POST.
The Old Reliable "Free Press
Enters UpOn It's Tenth Year
of Publication.

of Publication.
With this issue the old reliable
, county paper enters upon its tenth
year of usefulness. What the pa
per has been in the past so it will
be in the future-a paper as indie
pendent, fearless, non-political and
non-partisan as we know how to
make it. The +. p. editor has al
ways recognized the fact that there
is nothing so Improbable as the
discussion of partisan and sectarian
dogmas, and has ever religiously
RETAINED from thrusting his indi-
vidual opinions thereon upon the
community through the columns
of his paper. We are much more
concerned for the good government
of the community than for the sue
cess or failure of any political par
ty 50, not being an "organ" we
are free to expose rascality wher-
ever we find it, no matter what po-
litical label the rascal may happen
to wear. Our record on this point
is so clear that there are plenty
here who would gladly cut our
throat without further provocation.
The primary purpose of the
FREE Press has always been to
hasten the development of the
dormant resources of Idaho coun-
ty. With the general revival of
business and confidence now set
ting in, it is not too much for us to
expect that Camas prairie and Ida
no county will enter upon decade
of progress and a revival of pros
perity unparalleled in its history.
We do not anticipate renewal of
the land boom such as southern
California and Puget Sound have
experienced, because the period of
inflated land values and town lot
speculations are over. But we
look for a development of mining
and manufacturing industries in
our own existing trade centers.
We also look forward to considera-
BILE activity in railroad building in
the next few years. Three great
objects for which we have steadily
labored are practically assured
These are the opening of the reser-
walton and the building of wagon
roads to Elk City and southern
Idaho. We now have in view a
further proposition to ask the Fed.
eral government to open two inter.
state wagon roads over the Bitter
Root divide-one by way of Elk
City and the Magruder trail, the
other via Pierce City and the Lolo
Pass. The cooperation of the Sen
ators and Representatives from
Idaho, Montana and other helT
from other states is already assur-
ed. This Clearwater and Bitter
Root region is the last remaining
tract of frontier country in tn,
United States, and while the --latest
in point of development, it is real
ly foremost in possessing all the ell
ements of material wealth ant
prosperity.
If these prospects are not decep
tive the system of advertising mos
effective in attracting settlers ant
capital to Idaho county in the fiji
ture will be that which is devoted
to making known the opportuni
ties it offers for profitable invest
ment in mining properties and II
the advantages it offers for HON
manufactures of various kinds
The development of the mining in
dustry in our tributary mountain
is of first Importance, and this sui
ject will be fully exploited in thes
columns now that wagon road cor
nection is opened with the variou
camps. The prospect of successfl
quartz mining in the surroundin
mountains is what located us o
Camas prairie; and our faith i
the future of this industry hs
never wavered with increasin
knowledge. The wealth is hel
and only awaiting the magic touo
of labor and capital to people thes
everlasting hills with populatio
which will vitalize the life of tn
county and state and quicken tt
pulses of commerce and indnstl
all over the land.
And incidentally we wish
thank the people of Idaho count
for their generous support of Il
FREE Press through good tim
and hard times. The subscriptiC
and advertising patronage is stea
lily increasing. Various improv
ments will be made just as soon ;
business conditions will permit.