Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-01-11

NOW is the accepted time for the con-
struction of roadway from the mouth
of Hazard creek, twenty miles south of
higgins on the North and South high
way, to Hazard Park, distant about ten
miles eastward from the junction of
Hazard creek with Little Salmon river
This long neglected section is entitl-
ed to become one of the most popular
resorts on the line of the. New State
road connecting North and South
Idaho.
The beautiful lake lies at the head
of Hazard creek in the forest reserve,
and is now reached by stock trails and
is used as summer range for sheep.
The trees there grow in groups, with
prairie-like spaces between.
The proposed roadway would be used
not only by tourists, but by stock men
in taking in their supplies, and it would
furnish an outlet for the timber, which
is the best used in the manufacture of
paper.
The forest reserve officials will be
interested in opening the new road, and
the cost would be largely borne by the
federal government, and the fish com
missioner would no doubt stock the
many lakes with trout or with land
locked salmon from the Rangely lakes
in Maine.
1t would go without saying that the
highway should never be used as a
stock trail.
The canvas has never been made nor
the artist born to convey to the eye the
beauty and grandeur of this inter
mountain paradise, but through this
language Of ours so prolific in des-
criptive terms, there may be portrayed
a ford picture to appeal to the mine
and soul.
| In prose and in verse have been cele-
brated the natural beauty of the Little
Salmon valley, with its willow-fringed
streams of pure mountain water farmed
meadow land dotted with houses. It's
low, grassy hills, thanked by the ever.
green mountains, are perpetual de-
light.
The hills in verdure lift their heads
To smile upon the flowery meads,
Where willow banks with plant reeds
Caress the brooklet's glistening beads
The big yellow pines are everywhere
surrounding the fertile meadows. The
red frs in shady places and the tama
racks of the northern slopes give var
iety to the scenery. The mountains dc
not extend above timberline, but are
covered with dense forests. Innumer
able springs give birth to the leapine
cascades, which unsteady flow be
tween the hills until they reach the
aspen groves at the valleys edge.
Old Granite peak, which presents sc
smooth slope on the southwest is
rugged on the northeast The next
mountain north is Grassy, whose prai
rie-like summit overlooks Round val
ley. This mountain is almost surround
, ed by water. Hazard creek undermines
, it on the north, and Hard creek encir
cles, like a horseshoe, its western
southern and eastern sides. Now the
outward curve at the point of the shot
increasingly wears the base of Granite
away. 1t appears that Grassy is but {
part of Granite, and the water in cut
ting its way through the heart of th'
mountain, has overthrown the lofty
peak, which once pierced the clouds, Sc
that it now lies there like baby ele
plant at the feet if it's mother. There
on the southern slope of Grassy the
observer may read the open book Of
the age-long war between the waters
and the granite lodges. One of the illus
trations in this book is the Little Sal
mon falls Turing few pages to tht
east, on the continuous ledge, which Il