Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1918-03-08
COTTONWOOD AND
ITS RESOURCES
Richest Grain and . Stock
Country in United States.

Cottonwood and vicinity, which
appeared in this paper last Sep
tember, is republished in this is
sue. Many outside people make
inquiries of our people about Cot
tonwood and tributary country,
and the object in printing this a
second time is for our subscribers,
after reading it, to send the paper
to some distant relative or friend
who might become interested in
this favored part of the country.
1t will save you a lot of trouble in
writing SO much information.
Cottonwood, live up-to-date
modern little city of about a
thousand people, is located on
Camas Prairie on the Northern
Pacific branch railroad in Idaho
county, 81 miles southeast of Lew
iston, Idaho, in the heart of the
richest grain and stock country
in the United States. Nowhere
in the entire country can be found
a more prosperous class of farmers
and stockmen than in this COM
munity.
Idaho county is one of the lar
gest counties in the United States,
as we'll as one of the richest in re-
ces-the principal ones being
farming and stockraising. What
is known as Camas Prairie is a
vast stretch of practically level
country about 2Ox30 miles in size,
lying in the northwestern corner
of the county, with Cottonwood
as its trading center. 1t is we'll
watered by brooks and springs
and is considered the richest and
most fertile grain land in the west
ern country.
Such a thing as a complete crop
failure has never been heard of on
this prairie. Last season when
there was almost a total failure of
grain crops throughout the west
ern country, caused by the long
drouth, the yield on Camas Prai-
rie was almost as heavy as usual
owing to the deep rich soil and its
adaptability to hold moisture.
The grain yield here to the acre is
greater and more certain than in
the famous Palouse grain belt of
Eastern Westinghouse say all
the farmers who have farmed in
both places.
There is very little waste land
on Camas Prairie. Within a ra-
dius of IL or Is miles of Cotton
wood there is a population of per-
haps 5000 of the most enterpris-
ing and prosperous farmers and
stockmen to be found anywhere.
Considering the wonderful rich
ness and productiveness of Gamas
Prairie soil the land values are
considered very low-the prices
ranging from $50 to $125 an acre
this depending upon location
and Improvements.
West of here is the Craig noun
tain country and a nice belt of
timber, with halfa dozen sawmills
operating within ten miles of the
town. Among the big projects to
be installed here in the near fu-
ture will be one of the biggest
sawmills and numbering plants in
Idaho. Minnesota capitalists are
behind the move and they figure
the cost of the plant and railroad
spur leading to the timber at hall
a million dollars or more.
Representatives of the firm were
here last spring and secured g
large tract of land on the noun.
tain ten miles west of here. They
also viewed out a logging roac
between the town and timber
The mill will be built near town
and will probably employ about
$50 men when in operation.
Farther west and south is ar
immense stock country along the
Salmon and Snake rivers, nearly
all of which is tributary to thi:
town and ships its stock from
here. AS an all-rOund stock coun.
try there is nothing under thesur