The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1915-04-29
In Company With Spokane
Bankers Makes Com
plete Tour.
SEES BRIGHT FUTURE
County Presents Enormous Pos
sibilities to Men Who Deal in
Country's Finances.


Camas prairie, and the Clearwater val
ley have a wonderful future and are nov
beginning right by introducing the rails
ing OF hogs and cattle on the farms,
This LIS the statement made yesterday
by r. c. Dahlhjelm. promoter Of the
lewiston Charleston electric railway sys-
tenn. who returned Saturday evening
| from trip over the prairies with NJ
b. Connolly, president and I. w. Bedle,
cashier of the Washington Trust COM
pany of Spokane. This is the first Wis
it either of the members of the party
has made to the prairies and Mr. Dahl
hjelm stated they were little prepared
for what they saw. He states Messrs
Connolly and Bedle are equally as en-
thusiastic over the prairies and their
| future as himself
Mr.. Dahlhjem is well acquainted
with the immediate Lewiston country,
having made his residence here for
! rhe period of about a year several
! years ago. During that period, how
ever, he did not visit the Craig noun
tain country or the region beyond.
II do not believe there u a section
of country that has a brighter future
than the prairies," said Mr.. DahIh-
jelHn. "Of course / have OTTER heard
of the prairies but had no idea OF the
extent of that country beyond the
mountains frequently referred to
by our people.
1--WE drove to Lapwai Culdesac
Reubens. IloVollmer Westlake, Cot
tonwood Denver, Grangeville, WI
mona. Kamiah. Nezperce, and across
the prairies and again across the
mountain to Lewiston. The crops are
just sufficiently advanced to show
the fine stand OF fall grain and the
wonderful start the spring grain is
making. There are many beautiful
homes and best OF all there are evil
dences of diversified farming on
every hand.
''There are miles OF hog-wire fences
and In fact 1t Is the exception where
a farm is found without preparations
for raising hogs. There are also
plenty of hogs ON the farms and It
needs only a glance to ascertain that
the farmers have given attention to
getting the best breeding stock to
head their herds. The same is true
of their cattle and horses and l was
told the annual show of the Northwest
Livestock association at Lewiston has
been the greatest factor in bringing
good livestock to the upper country.
''There can be no mistake made in
making investments in a country of
such natural prodnctiveness and where
the farmers have commenced early
+, to conserve the fertility of their lands
{ by diversified farming. We were told
that dairyiLg is carried on quite ex-
tensively in many of the localities
and that the returns from the dairy
herds are highly profitable. We saw
great fields OF alfalfa and other grass
: es and the general appearance of the
farm homes and the barn lots told us
the farmers are prosperous and well
Z contented with their lot.
8 what the prairies need Is to have
e their resources exploited among the
= people of the middle west who are now
t farming $3.50 an acre land and secur-
b ing less than one-half the crop the
8 prairie farmers harvest. Let the peo-
= pie who reside in the regions of Sc
I we're winters know of the delightful
= climate of central Idaho and enlarge
on the diversified farming operations
until every 100-acre tract of the en-.
:, tire prairie country supports a happy
= and prosperous family. This win in
= crease. the value OF the prairie lands
= will make better business for the pra-
irie merchants and win give that vas
fertile region the necessary population
- to become a factor in the administra.
ton of the affairs of the entire state"