The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-01-31

pines give way to paved streets and
gas light, and the busy hum of COM
merce shall make men rich, and the
great smelter sends forth it's pro-
ducts, the town has grown into
city, and its founder has grown more
rotund in person and so fat in purse
that he becomes regular plute of
the Peter Cooper variety, Ill drop in
for dinner and swap yarns of years
gone by. Besides the Seven Devils
mines there are the Heath and Min
eral districts in Washington county.
Both are opening up fiue ore bodies
and threaten to rival the production
of the great camp at Decorah. There
is little doubt that the mining inter-
ests Of the county alone will make it
one of the wealthiest and most pop
ulous in the state. But this is not
all. 1t is only half. Welser is sur
rounded by as fine an orchard DIS
trict as there is in the state, with
we'll regulated bitches and excellent
watering facilities. There are some
magnificent orchards in good bearing
around the city and large number
of others just coming into fruit age,
with hundreds Of acres of one, two
and three years growth Then
there is the distinctively grain, hay
and stock section of the county.
Middle valley, Salubria valley, In
dian, Council and Hornet Creek val
leys, and the magnificent Salmon
Meadows, These valleys are all sur
rounded by fine grazing lands, some
OF them, notably the meadows, by
superb pine forests, and as whole
are capable of sustaining thousands
of homes and herds.
These valleys are being settled up
very fast. Some of them have q
family on every quarter section or
less. and Mann's Greek is the finest
valley, improvements considered, in
the. county. 1t looks like an old
settled community in the east Or
chards are full grown, houses and
barns are, in the main, largo and
substantially built, and the land is
in high state of cultivation. All
the farmers there are also live stock
raisers. They raise hay and grain
for the ranches for winter feeding,
and use the ranges east and west for
summer pasturing Last spring
gentleman from the state of Wash
ington went up Mann's creek to see
the country and find home. On his
return he said only one place in the
valley was for sale and that was
larger than he wanted. One old
gentleman told me that he nor none
Of his neighbors would sell, for the
reason that it was the only spot OH
earth where they wanted to live. l
accepted that reason as conclusive
and made no further inquiries.
All that | have said of Idaho has
been as result of personal observa-
tions, and most of it has been said
with the full conviction that many of
the Courier readers would visit the
state and see for themselves. Much
that | have written has been less
than saw, rather than an exaggera-
ton For the young man in the
east, of moderate means who wants
| to better his condition, to get into
country where he can, with the
same capital spread over more ground
: where the same amount of industry
will bring greater returns, and where
: an investment in property now means
what an investment meant in Iowa
/ thirty years ago, where he can ''grow
up with the country and be one OF
z the somebodies in purse and influence
twenty years hence. Idaho is open.
/ And when he gets there and has
! lived one year, seen the country,
r breathed it's atmosphere, and formed
! the acquaintance of its people he will
/ measure his enthusiasm only by the
: strength of his vocabulary. l am
a aware of the fact that every country
e has its drawbacks. Even Adam anG
: Eve longed for other advantages