Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1912-03-28
~. Stock Show at That 0ity Makes
Hit with idaho Visitors.
|DAH0 CAPTURES PRIZES
brangeville Fails to Take Advantage
Of Opportunity.

Idaho county citizens returning from
he Live Stock Show at Portland are
Iigh in their praise Of the excellent
keatment and entertainment provided
w the commercial bodies Of that city,
Not alone is Portland in this praise ~
Paseo, The Dalles, Vancouver, Hood
kiver, Pendleton and Walla Walla are
be recipients Of lavish compliments by
he Camas Prairie people. From III
Iccounts the show in the Rose City
kas well worth going hundreds Of
hiles to see and the way in which
Portland took care of her visitors has
Irought forth many congratulatory
|emarks.
While we Of this locality did not
Vim all of the prizes, the fact that to
Idaho went the honor Of having the
Srize steer gives US glory enough.
This animal was raised by the agri-
|ultural clolege at Moscow and when
5old under the hammer at Portland
brought $1.2O pound. Such price
as not ben paid for beef since the
ale of the prize steer "Shamrock" ct
|he International Show at Chicago sew.
raj years ago. In the students judg-
|ng contest the team from the Univer-
'ity won first place.
Idaho county took down four prizes.
6eorge Cowgirl, who knows q thing or
wo about wheat raising and how to
Ratten hogs on grain, carried off the
first money on carload Of heavy hogs
ind second money on pen of five light
keight porkers.
Edd. Knorr, another local stockman,
lot fourth money ON ear Of light
weight hogs and fourth ON pen Of
Aeavies.
From the time of leaving Lewiston
week ago Sunday, until the return
Friday, the 238 live wires from North
rn Idaho and Eastern Washington
we're banqueted and entertained as
you'd be foreign prince by title
eeking American mother.
Cottonwood got more free advertis-
ng out Of the trip than any other com.
nunity. A novel idea in the way Of .
rained pig was taken along by the
Delegation of visitors from that lively
little city and everywhere the atten'
ion of the people was attracted to the
nan from Cottonwood and his porker
stites was also to the front with Z
good line of advertising and aoi
course Lewiston did its usual boosting
Bad as we hate to admit it, 1t is Z
act nevertheless, that Grangeville lps'
h fine opportunity to place itself prop
erly before Portland people and tn
visitors at the show. A little tima
hnd small amount of money woplt
have provided something suitable il
the way Of publicity and not made
the leading town ON Camas Prairie Oil
back in the shadows while the smahel
places were basking in the smiles o.
|admiring hosts. f
A number of speeches were made .
the banquet rendered the visitors .
the Multnomah hotel, Portland's mod
ern hostelry, and several from Idsh'
county were among those who respond
|ed to toasts. Herman Nuxall Of Cot
tonwood, in his usual interesting man
ner, spoke upon the advantages Of thi
Section. The Grangeville speaker, +
A. Tamblyn, Of the Imperial Hotel o
this city, delivered short and meat,
talk and received liberal applause. Al
ter speaking of the pleasure Of bein
with the Portland people and bar
queters, Mr.. Tamblyn stated that b
came from the best diversified =
source country ON the map an
while it might appear that it was no
On the map at all ON account Of ii
lack Of demonstration by the visitor
the time was coming when his parties
lar section would be the entire map 4
self.
He spoke of the excellent orator
that remained at home and those fro'
drangeville who were present weresth
cut backso who had strayed fro'
the regular range to the luxuriaI
grazing in the Portland fields. Whil
ne did not possess the powers Of or
tory to sway his audience Mn > -
Ion voice, he wished to 49, -
that Grangeville extended = tueo1pe