The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1916-01-06
Development Showing
Up in County

in stock raising the season was one
of the best. Owing to the very mild
winter the stock was in fine shape
in the spring and usual winter loss
was not as heavy as it is generally.
| During the season it was repeatedly
shown that the effect of the livestock
show in Lewiston was one of the best
things that could happen to the
country as the grade of stock was
much improved. In several instances
yearling calves were sold for $50 and
even as high as $100 The sale of
livestock during the season of 1915
was heavy and the price on an av-
erage has been very good.
The mining industry has been quiet
for the last few years but during the
season of 1915 there was a good deal
of activity in all parts of the county,
and in many cases the operators were
able to realize very substantial div
idends.
Idaho county has been termed the
greatest undeveloped mining section
i'll the west and during the season
just passed 1t seemed as if the county
was coming into its own as a large
number of the properties that have
been idle in the past few seasons have
again renewed activity. This has
. caused the general feeling that the
coming season will see one of the
most important eras of development
that this part Of the country has wit
messed for years past.
Several mining men from the out
side have been in this section dur
ing the winter months and have Sc
cured options on quite n large num-
Der of properties and in some cases
the work of getting them in shape
for spring work has already com
menced. The showing made in the
Ten Mile district has aroused much
interest and many of the claims in
that section will be in operation this
summer. The mining in Buffalo
Hump, Warrens, Elk, Marshall Lake,
Florence, and many other camps will
be quite heavy this year. 1t is pre-
dicted that there will be several sales
before the summer is over.
There has been great improve
ment in the roads and the trails and
this has added largely to the pros
perity of the county The forest ser
vice has been very busy in the line of
general improvement within bound
aries of the national forests and the
number of settlers that have moved
on to land within the reserves has
been larger than in years past.
From all the towns of the county
comes the report that the business
has been much better than during
the previous seasons and the bust
ness men in general state that they
feel that the coming season will be
better than the past
AS a proof of the increase in bust
ness of Grangeville attention is called
to the increase in the business of the
postotlice. The Grangeville postmas-
ter receiving the greatest raise in
salary of any postmaster in the state
and it is generally conceded that the
volume of business of a city can be
found by the report of the postoffice
Speaking of business conditions in
general in Idaho county the season
of 1915 was one of the best that they
have had and its people are looking
forward to the season of 1916 as a
banner year. From all reports it Is
quite likely that they will be re
Warded.
Camas Prairie Railway Carries
Worlds of Stock and Grain.
The Camas Prairie Railroad com
pany, which is the organization
handling the line of railroad from
Riparia up Snake river to Lewiston
and thence to Grangeyille. serving
the uplands of the Camas and Me-
Perez prairies, is called upon to trans
port much of the grain fruits and
livestock produced in that portion OF
the Lewiston country immediately
surrounding the city of Lewiston
That this business is of magnitude /,
easily seen by the statement Of the
company for the year 1915 just closed
The records Of the company show
that of this seasons grain crop the
company has handled 7,500,0 900 bush
els and the records of warehouses
and farmers show that this is little
more than n major fraction of the
grain produced in the territory ira
yersed
The record of livestock shipments
is even more interesting. OF hogs
there have been shipped over the
Camas Prairie road 1880; sheep, 8.
600; cattle 10000 horses, 1900
What proportion Of all the livestock
sent out from the territory east OF
Lewiston would be difficult to deter
mine. The shipments of livestock
from the Clearwater section does mo-
come to the Camas Prairie road, il
consigned east or to Spokane OF
some point like Moscow. In horses
cattle and sheep probably not more
than half, and in the case of the lat
ter class of livestock much less thar
half are shipped to western markets