Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1902-06-12
Idaho In the East.


A correspondent of the Boise
statesman, writing from New York
IN the growing fame Of the state OF
IDAHO 10 the Atlantic states, says:
Idaho's emancipation from the
;hroes Of obscurity is fact. 1.-THE
iem of the Mountains" no longer
N the swaddling clothes Of infancy, |
shakes the shackles OF it's too-long |
and steps forth into the
ranks Of progress, . mighty giant
and a blazing star in the flag.
To those who, during the long |
apathy Of the past, have had the
courage Of their convictions; who,
in spite Of local envies and petty |
jealousies OF the unbelieving, have
proudly and honestly painted glow
ing word-pictures Of Idsho's future,
l say to you, brave souls, your
lab0rs were not in vain. "A victory
of mind over matter is surely yours.
Idaho is more talked about in the
eastern states this year than in all
the preceding years I have lived
there added together. This means
that the public ut large, ever will
ing to applaud or hiss, to laugh or
cry, to work or play, are beginning
to find out that away in the north
west is young state, a. large as
the state Of New York and a part
Of Pennsylvania, with q population
Of less than 300, 600 people, great
empire within itself, q land tenn
ing with Gods most substantial
gifts to man.
Idaho, with it's silent and lofty
sentinels, its gigantic waterways
and water powers, it's miles and
hundreds Of miles Of prolific soil
and grand timber; these are the
assets Of this new state that it
offers capital as security for money
to develop its wonderful resources.
And now that the flooding tide Of
a general development is flowing
in, bearing ON it's broad expanse
the diversified cargoes that lay the
corner stones and establish the
mile posts of q mighty common
wealth, the time has come fol
Idaho to unfurl its banner and
nail it to the masthead, 30 that thu
mighty searchlight of commerce
will illuminate it to guide the pro
cession OF humans that are coming
Idaho is to day the custodian o.
more gold, silver and lead yet Il
be mined than any state in tn
Union. There are other Thunde
Mountains and Hailing gold belts
In that strip Of country between tn
Northern Pacific railroad on tn
north and the Oregon Short Lin
railroad is practically the only I'm
explored mineral country in tn
United States. There is in thi
section q mineral wealth that will
astonish the mining world, an
this country is not even scratches
yet. Prospectors from Alaska
Arizona, Colorado, New Mexic
and California who are looking fo
new and absolutely unexplore
section will find in the field afore
said opportunities they did nc
dream Of. The Thunder Mountai
discoveries-and they are wonder
} ful-are but the beginning Of
mighty mining development tha
will increase year by year. Idaho
mining enterprises will establis
payrolls that will mean q soil
prosperity that will gladden. th
workers hearts and enable theI
to solve life's problem. It will b
honest money, taken from nature
, storehouses, and therefore clear
: Every city, town and hamlet i
Idaho is prosperous. There shout
be a dearth Of hard-luckers. B,
some will, of course, not be able
= travel fast enough to keep out /
prosperity's path and will be force
to feel q little of it.
Mining is not the only attract,
feature Of Idaho. Agriculture ar
4 horticulture offer splendid induc
(. ments to the homeseeker. Idaho
9 equable climate is most importal
8 and is appreciated beyond EXPIRE
9 sion by those considering q MOI
! westward. Idaho apples are CO..
n sidered a luxury in this mark
Q and command big prices.
3 The writer has for years, in h
r small way, worked for the advanc
9 ment Of ldaho-not because it W,
d Idaho, not 90 much for the love
!: humanity, but for the reason tn
a Idaho had within it's confines Il
| raw materials and undeveloped r
; sources that, where harnessed al
u put to work, meant q general pro
q perity, q creating of opportuniti
q that would enable people in all st
d tions Of life to prosper Cox
u place to live, to do business,
% make q home.
:. know of no country, mort
= south, east or west, that respon,
more quickly or generously to b
manity's honest efforts than IdYh
1.-The Gem of the Mountains.