Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1910-09-08

hams, shoulders. etc, are imported by the
carload to supply the local demand. Cream
is daily shipped to Lewiston and Spokane,
where the demand is unlimited. An aver.
age family can make good living and ac-
quire competence on so acres of land de-
voted to the dairy industry on Camas
fralrle There is not only large local
market, but the mining camps are large
consumers and always have the cash to buy
the best.
Pork is produced here at a lower cost
than elsewhere Our farmers figure that
wheat used in fattening hogs nets them IS
cents per bushel when hogs command their
normal price of Sc or 81 per 100. The
present local price is 1915 per 100. Hog
cholera is absolutely unknown here. This
is the best hog country on earth, and we
ship hundreds Of train loads annually to
Seattle, Portland and Spokane. The ex-
portation of cattle and horses from the stock
ranges of Idaho county is increasing every
year. Timothy is also highly profitable
industry and commands 81 per ton more
than any other hay for use in the racing
stables along the coast, and for shipment to
Alaska, the Philippine and Hawai- Islands
As natural restlt of these conditions our
Camas Prairie farmers are the most pros
porous in the United States. and they have
more than million dollars on deposit in
local banks.
President j. j. Hill of the Great North
ern railroad pronounced the Camas Prairie
country, as he stood in its grain fields with
the golden grain higher than his shoulders,
to be the best and greatest country for mix
ed farming that he had ever SEEN He was
right. At the Lewis & Clark Fair, Port
land, Oregon, 1905, | had an exhibit of
Camas Prairie grain and grasses, and was
awarded first Gold Medal against all compe-
ting states This exhibit was made up Of
bundles just as they were dropped by the
binders in the field. Our exhibit of fruits
grains and grasses at the lewiston Clarks-
ton Fair, 1907, captured 81 first prizes
against similar exhibits grown on irrigated
lands selling for ten times the value of our
Camas Prairie farm lands. At Seattle
Fair, 1909, Idaho county again captured
first Gold Medal for the best general dis
play of agricultural and horticultural pro-
ducts.
Camas Prairie is well watered by several
creeks. Springs are abundant. Pure soft
well water is found everywhere at easy
depth. People from other states generally
find relief for kidney and bowel troubles by
the use of our pure soft water.
Grangevile, the county seat and COM
mercal center of Camas Prairie, is a town
of 5000 inhabitants, surrounded by the
largest and most productive area Of agricul-
tural lands in the northwest, where crops
have been successfully raised without irri-
CATION for more than forty years. 1t is the
terminus of the railroad transportation
which provides the outlet for the millions of
bushels of grain, and the thousands of car
good supply of wood for fuel and domestic
uses within easy hauling distance. Cord
wood CA feet long, sells at Grangeville for
Sc per cord.
The price of farm lands depends upon
the location, quality of soil, improvements,
etc. Good farming land near transporta-
ton can be bought at prices ranging from
$50 to SIS per acre, and by going back from
the railroad few miles it can be bought