Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1909-01-07
What TheySay

I-' LuWdTus, OOeuF AI0n6
Yes, hear great deal about
Grangeville on the outside but l
believe you should advertise more
than you do. l found the town
much better than l expected. l
believe you will have a lively town
this coming summer.
E. s. Stacy, manager of the Lew
iston Mercantile Col have net
been in your town since 1897 when
| was on the road. l was in
Grangevile during the big Hump
boom. To say l am surprised is
putting it mildly. My, but you
have little city here. 1t is my
opinion Grangeville is going to
make the best place in this section
of the country, of course can't go
back on Lewiston. My trip to
Whitebird was quite revelation,
never supposed there was such a
good town at the foot of that grade.
You people must not overlook the
Salmon river country when extoll-
ing the merits of your county.
Judge Scales-I believe Grange
vile is going to go forward in leaps
and bounds this coming year. |
have all kinds of faith in the future
city. l am going to put up two
story Office building on my lots
across from the school house this
spring.
John Coram-I can recall the
time when county warrants could
b. bought for seventy and seventy
five cents on the dollar. l Dor.
rowed money at eighteen per cent
with which to purchase warrants at
that time. While selling now at
face value / consider them pretty
good investment.
Tom Johnson-You can't say
too much about the mines and
miners Of this county. Much of
the present prosperity is due to the
prospectors and we sure have the
mineral.
Mark Howe-The extension of
time the timber syndicate is going
ask the legislature for is a big
graft as is also the condemnation
of the Clearwater which the syndi-
cate is working for. l lived in
Minnesota when b similar graft
was put through and the lumber
companies secured over a million
feet of timber from individual own
ers who lost logs on the river. 1t
is the growth of young timber with
in the next twenty years that the
company is figuring on when they
ask for the extension. Its a graft
Of the rawest kind.
j. B. Weimer-You people do
not seem to realize that Grange
vile is the center of the mining
districts of Idaho county. You
should wake up and hustle. A
stage should be put On to the vari-
GUS camps at once, even though it
be necessary to subsidize the same.
That trade is worth going after.
B. Murphin-It is frequently
said the mining interests are Of lit
tie or no benefit to Grangeville. 1t
is fact that Idaho county pro-
duced and shipped to the Mint
s1S5 600 in gold in 1906 and SlO2.
600 in 1907 which is considerable
more money than is in actual cir
culation in the county.
Gen. Agent Jordan of N. Pas
to when my company will accept
stock for shipment over the new
line l cannot say. You see we have
no doubt but what track will "sink
out of sight when spring arrives
for we have not had time to ballast
it up just as it should be. So it
would hardly pay us to accept stock
and then be unable to handle it in
the spring. You must remember
it takes mighty heavy engines to
haul trains on the new branch and
we would rather wait until the
roadbed is in good shape before
pulling heavy trains.