Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1898-11-11
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Clearwater Valley, The Won
derland of the Pacific.

I
derland of the Pacific.
OF the great counties of
Idaho that m yearly advanc-
ing in population and wealth,
and thereby contributing to
the prosperity Of the whole,
Nez Perez occupies a deser-
vedly high rank. Nor is its
progressive condition to be
wondered at when one pauses
to consider its many natural
advantages and great resour-
ces. 1t can truthfully be said
that nature has been kind,
even generous, to old Nez
Perce, and that it only re-
mains for the well-directed en-
terprise of man to make it an
empire in wealth and popula-
ton, as it is an empire in the
broad sweep of its fertile acres.
The growth of Nez Perez
, county has not been mush-
room-like, but steady and le-
Ultimate. 1t has never eX-
perienced any unnatural, spas.
modic "boom;" nor on the
; other, suffered the panic of
. bankruptcy which too often
follows upon a sudden initiation
of prices in real estate.
! Hitherto, all railroad building
has stopped short at its hor'
3 ders, and the advent Of new
Corners into this favored sec
e ton has been retarded to ar
), extent quite uncomfortable te
! the older residents who, as q
rule, have been too happy If
their condition of prosperous
S isolation to care whether the
railroad ever built to them OF
not. But now that the North
S ern Pacific railroad system i
actually at last extended int
Lewiston, there are signs Q
e increased activity; immigrant
h are finding their way into tn
}. country and the future 0
A. grand old Nez Perez is safe.
AT the present time, as Ii
n the past, Nez Perce's leadin'
P industry is agriculture; ant
since the opening of the reser
i walton it is quite impossible t
u speak of this country withou
O. thinking of headers and han
'e vesters and countless fields c
sr waving golden grain. A
'e though the opening of the re:
r. ervation is but a comparative
10 ly recent matter, it is contr
N buting to the harvest of tn
world thousands of tons of M
re l wheat annually, and thel
&C seems nc limit to its capacit
aa in this direction in the futur
X Indeed, when it is considere
We that the new settlements on tt
reservation are checkered, ha1
pered and harassed by the |
OF dian allotments monopolisin
the water and subdividing tt
choicest lands and the prese1
imperfect condition of it'll
which prevails, it is matter f
ire surprise that so much has BET
ne done by SO few people in sus
le, a short space of time.
eo But grand old Nez Per-
= has other resources than Il
raising of wheat. The fan
u of the Lewiston valley as
wonderful fruit-growing regi'
has gone abroad, and while t
excitement has not yet reac
ed the stage of fever SO univt
- sally desired as a symptom
,th financial health, yet its pulls
since the advent of the railroa
has decidedly quickened, a
it is hoping to feel a strong
~ fullness of vital power in t
tns immediate future.
Very much of the credit I
the the existing promising con
ton of affairs in the Lewist
,er. valley is unreservedly due
,cl the Lewiston Water & Pc
er Company. By the exper
iture of Yankee capital und
the direction of the Yankee
Re- telligence and business sag;
nno' ity of president Libby,
the Said lands ia Acotip 10,