The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1919-10-17

IGum0re, a mining community uo-.
ARE located the Pittsburg. Idaho. I'M
Latest Out, and the Allie ana an.
more company, producing lead. All.
yer and gold; the agricultural ana
stock raising centers Of Lemhi Ter.
doy and Baker. all in the Lemhi val.
ley. In the Salmon river valley a.
the mining towns of Shoup. Cihhons'
vllle' ulysses; also Northfork and Car.
grain, hay and stock. =
ID the Pahsimaroi valley May and
Patterson are growing towns and up
IN the Salmon river mountains ara
the rapidly developing mining towns
|of Leesburg. Blackbird and rorney.
An important feature Of the Sal,
mon country il the construction OF
the Salmon river highway as state
enterprise now under way. This high.
way provides an easy means of trav
lei to Yellowstone Park, 200 miles
Stanley Basin, Red Fish Lakes and
the Sawtooth Mountains, about 125
miles distant. Two years ago the
county voted $150,000 for highway
construction.
Salmon has churches OF the Episco-
pal, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian,
Methodist, Christian Science and
Seventh Day Adventists denomina-
'tions.
There are two city schools and a
high school; Masonic, Odd Fellows,
Knights and Ladies and other lodges
that thrive in the community.
A large wool warehouse is located
lat Salmon.
The city and suburbs are lighted
by electricity.
There is not vacant dwelling
house in the city. with urgent de.
|mand for the erection of scores OF
new residences, besides business
places. The city owns its water
plant, affording pure, cool, soft water
by gravity flow for domestic uses.
This water comes from the eternal
hills and, an even cool temperature,
in summer it serves very well to keep
milk and food fresh without the use
|of refrigerator.
The Salmon community supports
an up to date creamery. flour mill
la steam laundry, a bakery. two hard
ware stores, two banks. half dozen
general and department stores TWO
Exclusive clothing stores. one shoe
store. four complete automobile ga
RACES. one picture show, two news
naners. two hotels and numerous
rooming houses. one coal yard anu
one lumber yard. There are SIX Gus.
tom saw mills whose output furnishes
iunher for the Salmon district, ium,
hor nrices ranging from $40 10 coy
nor Thousand. There are five lawyers
and as many physicians, one os,eo
natb one chiropractor. and three aio'
paths.
Salmon's Greatest Asset.
The minimum flow of the Salmon
river, through its canyon walls Tor
three hundred miles, where very
little of that flow can ever be ap-
Ipropriated for irrigation purposes,
runs between 1000 and 1,so0 second
fleet. For every five miles OF TINS
great distance a hydro-electrlc plant
NAV be put in, so that the power 10
he derived from this unfailing source
liza almost beyond computation, Ger
tainly as great as $500 h. p: per Hlie
n is carefully estimated that IN me
Salmon country for distance OF s9
miles I'D and down the river Iron,
this CITY. there may be generaeeu
$50 900 horse power from us fali'
There are other great rivers VIII
Iimmeasuable volume OF water pour.
ing down their channels but droish.s
seriously affect their flow az umeS, :.
wb;le the Salmon river. draining as
In does the Sawtooth mountains, wiz =,
= drainage area above this city OF
| !. 600 square miles, maintains It's IS even Sal
yo,ume of water TO a remarkable oe
Railroads, sawmills, mines ar Iac
,or;ss and all other forms oi pow
rannirements for the Salmon couhu'
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