Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1901-12-19

EtVdh" spsss'y
orospectors who travelled across it
A The early COS on their. way to
he world famed placer camps of
florence aad Elk City, but they
ltle realized the wealth they
rayelea over in crossing the level
iii comprising the Prairie. Gold
VAS uppermost in their minds,
md the wealth lying under their
let, the agricultural resources OF
his vast county was the last
thoughts of the many struggling
Mortal. who wendell their way to
he mountains and across what
proving today a world Of wealth
In itself by the hands of the in
dus,rious tiller Of the soil. 1t is
not to be wondered at that the In
dams made such desperate re-
sstance to the taking of this
arden spot of Idaho, when the
white men concluded to test it for
lis many purposes, and what few
years ago was, comparatively
Speaking a country known only
for s,ockraising, is today like the
famous Palouse country, dotted
with costly farm houses, happy
comfortable homes and on all
hands il to be seeh the busy farmer
building fences, breaking ground
and the many other details con-
t.,,,1 h f,,l in nm
The opening of the Neg Perez
RESET walton six years ago with its
one-hali million acres Of fine agri-
cultural land, now thoroughly
settled up, by n thrifty and indus
uious people a. is evidenced by
their well fenced and well titled
farms aud comfortable houses,
lying adjacent and in fact COM
pri, g part of Camas Prairie, which
with It's GAO. 900 acres OF the finest
wheat land, makes an empire III it.
srif ne, eventually will give this
mnn'ry IA precedence beyond cal
CITATION.
Can,as Prairie is Surrounded by
unlimited quantities aud varieties
Of timber P.ne of several varie-
ties, cesiar, red and white fir, and
other species OF saw and rail timber
abound in great profusion and OF
exc lent material. The timber
resources are mainly on unsur-
veyed and unoccupied public land
and are ample for all domestic pur-
poses for generations to come.
Camas Prairie is one of the great
est stockraising countries j.. the
State of Idaho. 1t furnishes the
northwest with much of it's finest
beef, mutton and pork. The cli-
mate and grass seem especially
adapted by nature for the develop
ment of the stockraiser. Some of
the finest trotting and thoroughbred
stock in America are. located here,
and are being bred extensively.
Situated in the very center OF
this beautiful valley of Camas
Prairie, of the most productive
and lying out doors is the thrifty
little town of Denver, located be-
tween the thriving metropolis OF
Grangeville, nine miles southeast,
and the bustling town of Cotton
wood, ten miles northwest. The
PRESENT townsite was bought from
B. F Morris some nine years age
and comprises 1900 acres of the
choicest land on Camas Prairie
It's location, it's advantages for
pleasant homes, it's beautiful and
grand surroundings, it's pure and
never failing supply of water, its
Command of the most beautiful
mountain scenery in the west, its
nearness to the richest mining
regions of the state, will all con
tribute in the near future to make
it large healthy, bustling city.
J II is estimated that about forty
to fifty thousand acres of sod have
been broken in this immediate
vicinity the past few years, which
have been sown in flax, wheat
barley and oats, yielding annual,
from forty to seventy bushels o
wheat per acre, fifty to ninety o
harley and fifty to one hundred o
oats; flax averages about twenty
three bushels, and was recent,
given the highest grading Of an,
flax produced in the United State
by the inspector OF the Chicago
Board of Trade; its only objec
ton being it's exhaustive condition
to the soil and not being in mucl
favor by conservative farmers.
/ Timothy is q natural growth
here, and is found all over GU
Prairie. and along the trail
traversing the surrounding mount
aims, aud is our principal hay crop
yielding from one to three tons pc
acre, and once set, never needs re
sowing.
Fruit of all kinds, except peache
and apricots and grapes do wei
here. The prolific growers ar
apples, pears, plums prunes, cher
ries and berries of every variety
The low lands of the Salmon an
Clearwater bordering the Prairi
furnish US with unlimited supple
OF the most delicious peaches
apricots aud grapes; their altitud
being some 1000 feet lower give