The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1921-08-11
TELL THE WORLD.
This Country Pictured for Big
Advertising Compaign.

Idaho country in the interests OF
picture taking for the state pub
licity plan being directed by
State Commissioner of Immigra-
tion @. II. Barber. While in the
central Idaho country he visited
practically every part of Nez
Perce, Lewis and Idaho counties
and secured a total of fifty pic
lures that will be used in the
state advertising campaign.
The central Idaho region has
wonderful resources, said Mr.
johnson yesterday. "This is my
first visit to this part of the state
and | must confess that / had
little idea of the extent Of your
agricultural lands or the fertility
of the soil. We commenced our
work in the immediate Lewiston
country.
In the Craig mountain coun-
try we secured wonderful pic
lures of timothy crops grown
upon logged-off lands and near
Winchester we spent some time
in securing pictures of the farm
development on the lands that
were cleared only a few years
ago. We were given most val
liable assistance at Winchester
by E. H. Van Ostrand, president
of the Craig Mountain Lumber
company, and from him secured
the actual data as to when the
timber was removed from the
land. We secured pictures of
very fine crops GROWN" betweenl
the stumps and other fields where
the stun1ps have been removed
but the records show this land
was covered by a heavy growth
of pine as recently as five years
ago.
I'VE saw wonderful grain
fields in the Camas prairie and
Nez Perce prairie districts and /
doubt if there is a locality in the
United States that will show a |
better crop this year. 1t was not
a question of finding good fields
to picture but our effort was to
prevent duplication as far as pos
sible and at the same time secure
representative pictures of the
communities visited. In the Nez-
perce section we were given most
valuable assistance by Curtis j.
Miller and S. B. Onthink and at
the Onthank ranch near Kamiah l.
we found a Garden of Eden with
twelve varieties Of native grapes
that will produce a crop running
into the tons this season. All
kinds of fruits and vegetables are
grown on this ranch which we
believe worth featurisg as an IL
lustration of the possibilities of ,
horticultural and agricultural de-
velopment on the bench lands Of
the Clearwater river.
eve secured splendid live
stock pictures at the Henry THE
sen ranch in the Lapwai valley,
the ThieSen summer range on
Craig mountain near Fairburn, !
the James Madden range on the !.
breaks beyond Zaza and the Cur
tbs j. Miller Herefords on Nez
Pefce HralT1e. ,
eve secured highway scenes
on the Winchester Culdesac
grade, the Nezperce-Kamiah :
grades, the Greer-Pierce City
grade and the Ahsahka-C -Caven- {
dish grade. We secured pictures = :
of the great white pine forests
between Pierce City and Orofino
and endeavored to get little of :
everything this great region has
to interest the tourist or pros q
pective homeseeker and investor. \
81 have enjoyed my visit to
the central Idaho country very
much and feel your people are
doing the right thing by joining
in movement that will let other
people know what wonderful re n
sources this region possesses. q
Comparatively few people of the s,
state have any idea of what this tt
great region is and l will venture G
10 say that if this advertising 81
plan is put over as it is now out D
ined, this part of the state will "
attract many settlers and inves- u
,ors.' II
Mr.. johnson was accompanied II
IN his trip by Bert F. Savage, of
he state department of agricul- *
,ure, the purpose being to have el
he agricultural resources of the Il
state well represented IN the pie Il
ure advertising to be sent east. cf
Lewiston Tribune. W
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