Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1906-11-15
$S5o,00o FOR
STOCKRAISERS
Large Amount Paid for Idaho County
Live Stock.
CARSTEH co. ALONE PAY $6O,0000O
Local Buyers Also Pay Good
Amounts.

As country of untold promise,
where the man of limited means
has chanch to better his condition
where crop failures are unknown,
or as country with several other
good features and very few bad
ones, Idaho county, and especially
Camas Prairie, has but few rivals
in the entire west.
For the crops Of grain, Camas
Prairie is known as one of the
largest producers Of any country Of
like area in the whole United States.
Both the quantity and quality of
the crops raised here are known to
be Of the best. 1t is recognized as
one Of the largest grain producers.
But only until lately has the i'm
portance of another industry, that
Of cattle raising and feeding made
itself known as one Of the best pay
ing industries in the county. This
season, especially, has proven to
be banner year for the stock
men and the industry may be ex-
pected to grow rapidly in the fol-
lowing years. Farming has paid
we'll and nothing very extraordi-
nary has developed in mining, but
the stock raiser has indeed been
successful. Various estimates have
been made as to the amount Of
cash which the sale OF live stock
has brought in to the county in the
last year. Estimating at random,
5000, 900. was considered q fair
estimate, but when one considers
the magnitude Of buying done by
the four principal firms operating
in this country, namely: Geo. Stu
Der, of Cottonwood; E. s. Sweet
and Bales and Jones, of this city;
Frank E. Wyatt, of White Bird
and Carsten Packing Co., of Ia.
coma, that amount seems to be in
sufficient. In fact, $3.50, 600. is ap-
proximately q careful estimate.
With $3.50, 600. as the amount paid
for lives took in the year 1906, the
importance OF the industry can
best be realized when it is consider
ed that the government census of
1900 gave the population OF Idaho
county as less than 10000.
The amount of business done by
the Carsten Packing Co., of Taco
ma, during the season makes some
inter resting figures. Last week a
shipment of $50 head Of cattle was
made. They we're shipped to the
company at Tacoma. In the Sal.
mon river country, A. v. McCarty
one Of the buyers for the firm, hat
purchased 1900 head of cattle al
prices ranging from $2.75 to 1925
per cwt. About 1000 head of these
cattle will be shipped out this fall
but the remainder will be wintered
here on the prairie and will be fat
tened for spring trade. Mr.. Nc
Carly has also purchased 1000 heat
Of sheep paying 4 cents pount
for them. At price Of Sc. % PEI
cwt., he has purchased IL carloads
of hogs for his firm at Tacoma. II
all, this firm alone, through Mr.
McCarty, has paid the sum of $50,
600. for Idaho county live stocl
during the year. Bales & Jones
whose main ranch is located abOu
10 miles north OF town and who bu,
and feed large herds Of live stool
every year, have made purchase
this year which have been estimat
ed to amount to $3.50, 900. Thei
purchases for the month of Octobe
will reach $40, 600. Geo. Ssuber
of Cottonwood, buys hogs princi
pally, and his purchases are yer,
large. Frank Wyatt, of Whit
Bird, also buys live stock exten
sively and is known as "The Cal
tie King" E. s. Sweet Of this city
has paid out goodly sum for liv
stock this year.
II is estimated that the sale {
sheep in the county in the year {
1906 has brought in the amount {
425, 600. This evidences that th
eheep-raising industry has not ia
len of, but has grown along wit
the other lines OF stock raising
Some Of the prominent ranchers o
Salmon and Snake river country
who have heretofore raised catt
exclusively, have decided to en-
bark in the sheep business. Ho
& Rhoades, Of Pollock, and G. .
Hall, Of Snake river, were anon
the first to do this.
i Such facts make it plain and in
press more firmly on the mind ,
the home seeker, the fact that Id