Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1900-03-09
MAKES A GOOD SHOWING
Memorial From the GrangeVille Board
Of Trade Presented to
President MeIlen.

Ii0olueut MCllCu.
Grangeville, Ida, Nov. 20, 1899.
c. S. MELLEN, Esq,
Pres. Northern Pacific X. K.
Dear SIR
In view Of the poss-
ible extension of the Northern
Pacific system from the Clearwat ter
river to Camas Prairie, and fully
realizing the immense benefits
which would accrue to the town OF
Grangeville by reason of this
extension, we respectfully desire to
give few concise reasons why the
move would be, to "a great extent
of mutual advantage.
OF the physical conditions re-
garding construction. you are OF
course better informed than we are;
but our general observation and
information lead us to believe that
the route via Grageville can he
built as cheaply and operated as
economically as any yet contemp-
lated; and we are confident that
we rs a community and locality,
can offer better arguments for
your favorable consideration than
any other point on Camas Prairie,
and respectfully submit the follow
ing, asking your attention to them
as a simple statement of facts.
Grangeville is the commercial
metropolis of the Camas Prairie
country, and Idaho county, and
it's influence extends to all the
important mining districts of the
inter-mountain country, reaching
south as far as Warren, Florence,
and the newly discovered mining
camps in the Thunder mountain
country south Of the Salmon river,
and at present controlling all the
trade of points nearer by, as New
some, Elk City, Dixie and Buffalo
Hump, as well as a great stretch
of country lying beyond that is
just beginning to be prospected;
and as the initial point for wagon
roads extending to these localities
it is worthy of special considera-
ton.
Local improvements and
advancements are incidents natur-
al to our location. Our popula-
ton is at present about $500, and
today we have the only president
ial postoffice between Lewiston
and Missoula. The town has
eleven large mercantile establish
ments and variety of other
businesses, and is the banking,
and general jobbing
and distributing point for the
mining country in the interior and
for the vast farming interests of
Camas Prairie. The following
businesses are established here:
Eleven mercantile houses.
Five hotels.
Two banks.
One daily newspaper.
Two weskly newspapers, one of
which was established in 1856.
Two Touring mills, combined
capacity of 300 bbls. per diem.
Three meat markets and pack
ing houses.
Four drug stores.
One wholesale liquor house.
Two breweries.
One distillery.
Two lumber yards.
Two furniture stores.
Three machine shops.
One bottling works.
One steam laundry.
Three assay offices.
A fine gravity water works
system in operation, with unlimit-
ID water and power for manu.
'acturing purposes.
A telephone exchange.
An electric lighting system.
A presidential post office, salary
$500 per annum, and the only
office of its class between Lewiston
Idaho, and Missoula, Montana.
Wagon roads connecting
irangeville with the mining camps
II Florence, Warren, Buffalo Hump,
Elk City, Newsome, Dixie, Big
Creek, Lake Creek, and the Clear.
water and Salmon rivers, connect
ng on the latter river with the
Rapid river and Seven Devils
mineral districts, many of which
were built by Grangeville money.
'esulting in drawing to us a large
proportion of the trade of those
lamps.
The following secret societies
AVE lodges in Grangeville:
A. +. 4 A. NJ.
Order of Eastern Star.
Knights of Pythias.
Odd Fellows.
Encampment I. o. o. F.
Degree of Rebecca l. o. o. f.
Order OF Maccabees.
Ladies Hive of Maccabees.
Independent Order of Red Men.
Woodmen Of the World.
Woman's Circle Woodmen of
he World.
Modern Woodmen.
The Methodist, Episcopal,
resbyterian, Catholic and Baptist
hurches have buildings and
pastors here.