The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1908-08-20

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about Idal0. Its tf6an1s, ~ mo-
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ture and whit HI citisShs Of -
state are doing.
can give the Mail and Times read
6fd fair review Of one OF two inter-
est1ng Idaho subjects, but when called
upon the cover this whole territory's
interesting things I am AFRAID would
land where the Irish did. Pat, after
imbibing too freely, became quarrel
some: meeting crowd on the street
he said: II can whip anybody In this
township" No one took him up. 4
can whip ANYBODY In this towndhip!"
No one replied. Becoming more
courageous. said: n can whip any man
in this countryl" A young fsllow
from the country stepped up and
knocked Pat down. When he arose
from the sidewalk he said: guess
I've covered too much territory"
4 am not sure but /, too; have been
assigned to too much territory.
I'll do the best to tell you facts about
Idaho; II must cover two or three
issues. for the story must OF necessity
be little extended.
Idaho. the gem of the union. y
480 miles long by 1926 miles wide e
the extreme. It possesses So. OoO. 900
acres OF land, Of which 2O.0OO.O0O are
timber lands; 10000, 900 acres of pas
ture lands; ii, ooo. 900 acres Of .agri-
cultural and horticultural and 5000. =
900 acres Of mineral lands. IA
The elevation above the sea range
from 71z feet at the city OF Lewiston.
10 the top OF the SAwtooth mountains.
about $4,000 feet above the sea.
That visible thing We call climate 10
made Of sunshine, altitude. topo-
graphy, temperature. precipitation.
winds and drainage, and for variety OF
climate Idaho has all kinds and Qualt-
ties.
Down ON the sagebrush plains near
to the mouth Of the Snake river II
gets 115 degrees in the shade. and
there's no shade; hundred miles
away one can find natures ice factory
working every night in August.
There are places in Idaho where one
breakfast at 100 degrees in the shade
and ON the same day, with a % mile
drive, dine on carpet Of the greenest
grasses. beside the coolest mountain
springs and but few feet from one
OF last years snow banks.
In 1860 all this great 5000 square
miles was held BY the Occur d Alene,
Palouse and Nee Perez Indians on the
north and the Blackfoot. Bannock ana
Shoshone tribes at the southern END
OF the state.
In August, 1860. Captain Pierce, :
friend of the Ne4 Perce tribe. learned
from q sQuaw that there was gold
over on Orofino creek. The captain
visited the find" and said that the
sauaw's story was true. He let the
story get out to Walla Walls; from
there it went to the coast, then down
among the placer gold diggsrsS IN
California. g.
The news that placer gold existed In
paying quantities in Idaho was enough.
The sfampede commenced In 81 and In
the spring Of 81 10000 men, LAWYERS
doctors. clerks, bookkeepers, preach
ers. servantgirls, blacksmiths ana even
editors were camped ON the banks OF
Orofine. Newsom, Elk City and War-
rem creeks. The gold yield was faoa-
lous. -. So
today, had . population q 10000 men |:
. pint cup Of gold nuggets was the
result Of common days work Of TWO
men. This army soon exhausted
these northern gravel beds; something
must be done: new fields must %
found; nine men, headed by Ola man
Grimes crossed the big Salmon river
and came south and discovered Boise
gold basin. This field was, perhaps.
the richest placer ground the world
has ever known. The basin produced
from 80 to '6S over $300, zoo, 900 In gold
dust.
American securities In those war
DAYS from 80 to '66 were at y low ebb,
but these miners flung $3.50, 900 600 Of
new gold into money markets and the
S financial world took confidence ana
BOUGHT our securities. The United
States with all its war expenditures
s.made good" and it all came about
by the valor OF these hardy miners.
They were besieged with lack Of prop
er food stuffs and tools and appliances
to extract tho gold from the gravel.
.Then, too, roaming bands Of Indians
Kept them busy.
OUTPOST guards were on the look
out day and night around these placer
diggings"
NO sheriff or policemen; every man
Vas law unto himself: In those days.
I'm told by some Of those old pioneers,
everybody waa law-abiding; everybody
paid his debts; everybody kept hie
word. The fact Of the matter every-
body had to be good. They al knew
Lynch and he held court. passed een-
tence and executed It. without right
81 appeal, any day Or night that -
CASTOR justified It.
n 1S10 the federal census showed
idaho had only 1885 people. n
Lfncolnse last election Boise baeln
elone cast 10000 votes and the north
end Of the state east nearly - many
moro votes. What became Of al this
nopulation III s707 They had broken
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