Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1895-05-17
ALETTER FROM MOSCOW.
Our Long Hollow Correspondents Travels In
the PaIouse Country.

Ye correspondent departed from Grangeville
Thursday enroute TO the Palouse country. In
travelling across the prairie we noticed that the
farmers were busy seeding and that there
would be more acreage of grain sown on Camas
Prairie this season than ever before we think
that the population of Idaho county is increas-
ing July as rapidly as the acreage of grain
sown.
Cottonwood seemed to be alive and some
what on the progressive line, with Il packing
house in construction aud other enterprises
contemplated, It promises to be a rival to other
towns oi CamHs Prairie. The packing house
enterprise should receive the patronage of every
enterprising citizen on Camas Prairie, as long
as it Is conducted i'll the interest of Idaho county
Passing ON across Craigs mountain we met
many miners and pros pectors Hooking towards
the prairie aud mountains beyond; also met
several Indians with their families, attired i'll
their sunday best, and riding in new hacks
aud spring wagons behind well matched teams
and new harness; thus see the red man Is
rapidly advancing tow rds civilization and en-
deavoring to initiate the ways OF the white PEG
pie
from Fountains to Sweetwater, it surprising
at the change from the green grassy hills with
herds of stock grazing thereon, to fields of
grain and the road to have II fence on both
sides,
GUS emigrant teams Ell route To Camas Prairie,
which Is attracting hundreds of people; why
because it is distintiy situated from railroads
ana backed up by stock-raising, hog-raising
ana the mineral productions OF the bitter kout
mountains. | for one think that Il railroad
these had times would be detrimental to
| Camas Pr irie or ony other community
AT uenesee we stopped long enough to feed
team and driver In travelling from Genesee
| we Travelled through Cow creek valley, which
think must be the most fertile ana prosper
Gus portion of the Puouse tuut is. ii large and
| commodious farm building are 10 be taken into
| consideration. one thing we especially no
tlced was that there was not one idrmer i'll IA
doGe.I who had hogs or hug-tight fences OF any
descriptions again we feel confident That
Camas Prairie will have market Tor all OF
our swine, much more thai sne Will have to
turn of.
We arrived in Moscow on Thursdl ~ evening
and were royalty aud Hospitality received and
entertained by Mr. James Fields and family
Mr.. Fields is II stepson of Grandfather Sch rs
tian and stauncn populist aud advocate o
free ana unlimited coinage ut ratio OF l6to |
We met Mr. Cnas. Stuart, an old gentleman re
Gently from California, " no Is an uncle 10y
marriage t. MIR. Yates. Sr., of Camas Prairie
aud has not seen his relatives for thirty year
and contempiates paying Camas Prairie ant
his relatives II Visit this summer. l nave me
: several former acqualntances here III Mos
COW. Latah County is undergoing siege o
law suits, etc i'll regards to embezzlements o
, county funds by county officials. the farm
ing fraternity OF this section OF the country ar
l financially bankrupted aud hundreds OF theI
will never be able to pull through even II the
; could have II living figure Tor grain this tai
Pardon me for using so much OF your vaiuabl
= time and space.
}, Moscow, May }, 1895.