Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1898-11-11

to-w1t: "much lanQ ana lew
people, But experience
teaches that a multiplication
Of acknowledgements owning
the land they till-gives rise
to greater material wealth, be-
cause better and more thor
ough cultivation, more houses
and fresides, more schools and
churches, more cultured soci-
ETY. and more and better sup
ported newspapers. The own
ing of land breeds independ-
ence of thought and action
and imbues in the heart of the
people a greater love for free
institutions, and a profounder
reverence for the laws of the
land. Because of these selfev-
ident and acknowledged truths
the work of the Lewiston Wa
ter & Power Company is wor-
thy of the greatest credit and
should be looked upon as an
encouraging and gratifying
omen of what is to follow when
/. the semi-arid and bench lands
: south of Lewiston are subject
f ed to the fertilizing influences
/ of an irrigation system.
4 Recently we visited Vine
land out of a curiousity to see
: and a desire to gain informa-
). ton of a section of which we
had heard much and, like
Sheba's queen, we can truth
fully say: "The half hath not
been told.' The fertility OF
a the soil is abundantly evidenc.
n ed by the great crops and in.
S finite variety of products rails
e ed. The ordinary root pro-
II ducts of the garden were fab
ulous in size and of unexcelled
IS flavor. In the course of oul
o visit we saw peanuts, tobacco
of figs, Usage orange, sweet pc
IS tatoes, catalpa, eucalyptus
e walnuts and other growths al
If together new to these latitud
es growing in the creates
IN luxuriance in the Vineland set
% Elements. Of course the eli
d matte conditions and the miner
r. al constituents of the soil have
to much to do in rewarding th'
If labors of the husbandmen il
r. this favored section, and i
Of may be said that the climatic
l. conditions are perfect. Al
s. though 400 miles from tide
e.. water, the altitude of Vine
ri. land is only $50 feet above Sc;
ne level. Graded in the lap Q
q. rivers nature has buttresse'
re it by the Blue mountains O
tv the south and Craig mountai
e. on the east, banked up a WING
ed break on the north, and enrol
he ed between these elevations
m carpet of soil which man ma
In. dye at his will. with the rich
no est colors of flowers and tn
he densest foliage of greenery
mt Overhead, the steely blue {
les sky seems to add height t
:or the springing arch. The su
en- has a warmth, kindly tempe.
CHI ed and graduated to the ma
nral needs of man. The a
90 comes very quietly into tn
he lungs and feeds life withol
ne observation. One never think
!, > of the temperature becaus
on there is nothing to suggest i
he Here you can breathe and Ii,
without the consciousness {
ar. outside impeachment. It is tt
81 luxury of breathing fl
the sick; the ease of living fe
the active; and whoever is III
nj able to love to live here mu
be unable to refrain from ha
the ing himself. In the futul
when these climatic condition
become better known the Ley
=: iston valley and Vineland a,
bound to become the gre,
winter sanitarium for the wea
~ lunged whose systems cann'
- stand the rigors of winter
~. the higher attitudes. OF Il
- 1856 three.to-ten acre trac
which the Lewiston Water
Power Company have sold
.le Vineland this year nearly fou