Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1906-03-27
COTTONWOOD CENTER RICH
FARMING COUNTRY
Lands That Few Years Ago Sold $40 An Acre
Today Are Being Snapped Up at $50
."RaiIroadS Coming

Cottonwood also has over three miles
Of excellent sidewalk and Is open for
the installation OF an electric light and
water system. Its people are a happy.
prosperous class of citizens with plenty
of faith in their town and have built
up many beautiful homes here.
Location.
AS before mentioned, Cottonwood is
on the western side about the center
Of the rich Camas prairie which is
plateau Of between $500 and 5000 feet
elevation. bounded on the west by the
Salmon river, on the north by the
Craig's mountain. on the east by the
Clearwater river and on the south by
a branch Of the Blue mountains It il
as yet without transportation facilities,
being 30 miles from the railroad, but
these difficulties are rapidly being
road is building a branch line through
the center Of this rich section and an
electric line is also under construction
which will tap every past Of this vast
country. Also the Pacific & Idaho
Northern railroad now building from
the southern part Of the state will con-
meet with the Northern Pacific line at
this place and afford direct connection
b tween the two ends Of the state.
These roads are not projected but are
all under actual construction at this
time.
Camas prairie embraces about so
square miles Of excellent farming land.
The soil is deep black loan very rich
in quality and averaging from to 20
feet In depth. Forty years ago this
country was occupied solely by the In
dams with their bands Of ponies Cor
cayuses) and was not thought Of as
valuable for farming. Later the stock
men used it as a range for their herds
of cattle and horses and more recently
its worth was realized for agricultural
purposes until today It is practically
all under cultivation. dotted with the
tasty homes Of the thrifty farmers.
and yielding mammoth crops iof what
ever is sown into it. AS an evidence
of what it has done for it's people under
proper conditions we know many farm
ers who came in and took claims on
the Nez P0rce reservation (part Of
which Is in this county, when It was
thrown open for settlement seven years
ago, having at that time nothing more
than team and wagon and perhaps
few dollars in money, and today these
same men are worth from $4,000 to
$4,000 each.
Crops.
On Camas prairie almost any kind
Of grain, fruit or vegetables can be
grown profitably. Fall sown wheat
averages from 80 to so bushels to the
| acre. spring wheat going from 20 to
| 20 bushels. Marley yields from SO to
100 bushels per acre, oats from so to
80 bushels and fax from 10 to Is
bushels. Hay will yield from two to
four tons to the acre. All kinds of
! vegetables are grown in profusion
while the harder fruits. such as APP
pies, pears. plums, prunes. cherries and
all kinds Of berries are raised in
abundance on the prairie while on thw
bench lands along the Salmon and
Clearwater rivers the more tendei
peaches and apricots and grapes can
be easily grown.
| Diversified Farming.
| Owing to the distance from market.
diversified farming has been carried
on successfully here for years. most Of
| <te <ovv.ar. %oaN3vu thu uraotor 10 ~ -
their grain into hogs and cattle. which
have nearly always brought good
prices. Hog raising especially has been
a strong feature with the farmers Of
this country and as hog cholera II UNI
known here their efforts in this line
have met with great success and hav-
ing learned 30 thoroughly the value Of
diversified farming It 10 doubtful It
they will change their methods to any
extent even after transportation II pro-
vided. Dairying IL also carried on here
to advantage and with the market pro-
vided with the building OF the railroad
this pursuit will make rapid growth
and soon become . leading industry.
Rainfall and ciimats.
The rainfall u plentiful for all pur-
poses and Irrigation u . thing un-
known here while . crop failure has
never been recorded. The winters are
mild with . light tall Of snow on the
prairie and deeper snow further back
In the mountains. this assuring . plen-
tiful rainfsil during the summer when
It IL most needed. It does not get cold.
seldom falling below zero In winter.
and then for only few days, while the
summers are cool and delightful. the
nights bringing fresh healthful slum-
bar ana being sufficiently cool to 3us-
thy the use q quilt IN mid summer.
The country 10 generally healthfui.
there being no consumption. asthma.
agus or fever and but few cases Of
pneumonia and typhoid fever.
Wator.
Most OF The farms = tn1s country