Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-05-15
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The commbttee on awards in the
contest among public scnool children
is now ready to distribute the priza
and the letters written in the COM
petition will be forwarded to their
destinations. There are hundreds of
these boosting letters and a study Of
their addresses show that they will
have vide circulation, many going
to friends. but some to notables in
important positions. One of the lat
ter is that addressed to William
Jennings Bryan and written by Ruth
Talkipgton. Below is a copy, showing
the scope and style of the compost
tons:
Lewiston, Idaho, May 2. 1897
Hon. William Jennings Bryan,
Dear Sir:
L am writing you a little letter
about Lewiston and Charleston. They
have a population of about twelve
thousand and are situated on the
Snake river at the mouth of Tho
Clearwater river which is the gate
way to the sea.
They have a tributary area greater
than the total land and water sur
face of Delaware, Maryland, Massa-
chusetts and Rhode Island.
VI,
seven hundred thirty-seven feet above
sea level and have a delightful eli
mate. In mid summer the evenings
are very cool. The cities are protect
ed by large hills which make it quite
warm in the, winter. Spring begins.
in February and the summers are
two longs months, July and August.
The rain falls in winter and the early
spring but the summers are long and
dry so it necessary to irrigate The
winters are clear, crisp, sunshiny
DAYS. There is little snow and ice 5
never very thick.
The Lewiston basin is an ancient
lake bed which makes the soil Won
derfully fertile. The great fields that
cover the rolling hills in the Lewis
ton-Clarkston country produce from
forty to fifty bushels of wheat to the
acre and some of the best wheat lanes
in the world are arond these cities.
Part of the soil is black and Is from
eighteen to two feet deep which
makes good gardens.
I to
!. which are in bloom now. Wheat.
oats and barley are the chief crops
raised on the farms Alfalfa ana
clover are also raised and make good
feed for stock. The farmers besidhs
raising grains raise hogs and sheep.
; The clearwater river is surrounded
on three sides by timber, The Famous
white pine belt is located here anu
is the best in the world, there are
also tamarack, cedar and fir, covering
a total area of nearly three million
acres.
The mining industry is carried on
chiefly near the railroads. The great
bars on the Snake river are very rich
in gold, copper, silver and coal are
also found and granite equal to YER
mont granite is found not far from
Lewiston. Fruit raising Is a very
important industry. there are peaches
cherries plums. apples, pears, april
cots. grapes, prunes and other small
fruits and vegetables which come on
the market the latter part of Febru-
airy. Most of the fruit trees are OF
fairly good size. Last year on one
farm twenty-seyen cherry trees yield
ed one thousand-eight hundred
pounds. The grape lands are east
and southeast of Lewiston.
There are excellent opportunities
here for the fruit growers and farm
ers because of the fine soil and large
area of ground and also opportuni-
ties for the manufacture of different
things because of the fine water pow
er. There are fourteen churches and
excellent public schools. sixty-one
teachers are employed in these schools
with the Normal school. Carnegie
gave ten-thousand dollars for fine
library which has just been COM
pleted. There are bank deposits OF
nearly three million dollars. The gas
company have established large
gas plant and the electric light COM
pany have a fine power plant and
supply the neighboring towns with
light There are all fraternal organi-
cations. I hope this little letter viii
interest you enough so you will visit
: this country, you will be most well
come
Yours Truly,