Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1916-06-08
RAIL GAME Dance AND SHOW
At white BIRD ON JUNE 18TH
ESSAY OF BLANCHE WooLWoRTH
WHICH TOOK THIRD IN CONTEST
Continued from nage ~

L
ence at the risk of her own Efo -
help for the protection of the wbita
people at Slate creek. A rude fort was
punt at Mt. Idaho to protect the white
people from the Indians, but when the
Indians found this out, they tried ia
destroy the lives OF all the white people
tney could beIore they reached MI
ldaho. Mrs. Manuel and her eleven
months old baby were both slain by an
lndlan, who was said to be Chief
Joseph. Mr.. Manuel and his seven wear
old daughter escaped to Mt. Idaho.
although they were badly wounded.
After this terrible war the Indians
were captured and put on reservations
and now the Indians that 90 tbrmgb
TINS country are all ON friendly and
peaceful missions.
The climate of the country is warm
and many people came here for their
health as the high mountains afford
plenty OF pure fresh air. When winter
storms are raging on Camas prairie, but
ten miles away, the people of Salmon
river are comfortable in ordinary cloth
ing.
Stockraising is common industry
among the Salmon river brakes, as the
weather is much warmer in the lower
regions, and grass grows boundlesslv,
making an abundant supply of feed for
the stock the year around. Cattle
sheep, hogs and horses are raised in
large numbers on the mountain ranges
and with mild winters and DELIGHTFUL
summers they can Craze the year around
with but slight cost to the owner,
m pfaiy al Ga1.
are rich with minerals of every kind.
Silver and gold are the principal miner
ais and many miners have been known
to make fortune panning out gold
There is a vast amount of water
power along the Salmon river going to
waste every day, in fact enough to run
electric cars from Grangeville to New
Meadows every fifteen minutes. 1t
has been suggested to the state that a
hydroelectric plant for the manufac-
ture of nitrogen, construed where
White. Bird Creek empties into Salmon
River, would be very beneficial to the
country.
To open way to all these great OPP
portunities, we must first have a good
highway. Then the country would in
crease in population and the industries
previously mentioned would be a great
boast to the Salmon river country.
A convict force from the state prison
at Boise are already at work on road
about a mile below White Bird.
Situated in the picturesque canyon
of White Bird creek, about mile above
where this stream empties into Salmon
river, is the small but beautiful town of
White Bird. 1t is sheltered from the
winter winds and storms and makes an
ideal home lor the people who have
assembled here. A. D. Chapman was
the first white man who settled in this
beautiful valley where White Bird now
stands. His only improvement was a
little cabin where he Accommodated oc,
casional travellers, and his life was en-,
tirely among the Indians. At the time
of the Indian outbreak, James Baker
had assumed possession of the land. He
was killed by the Indians and in 1891
S. S. Fem purchased the land. From
that time on White Bird has developed
into the present town. Today the town
boasts of population of four hundred
and the average enrolment of the
school is one hundred and twenty-five
The school is the most prominent factor
and mainstay of the town. White
Bird supports an independent electric
light system as the swift White Bir6
creek supplies the water power.
This BEAUTIFUL and rugged country
present paradise for the ambitious
homeseeker and field of untold pro
mise for the investor