Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1922-06-29
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IDAHO SCENES
N0TEQlJA[LED.
IN CALIFORNIA
Pasadena Magazine Writer
Praises the Beauties of
Mountains in Gem State
Gathers Material in Idaho
County for Descriptive Ar
ticles in Eastern Publication

Idaho IS scenery 1ar SurpaSSeS that
of California, but is not widely known
because it is not ADVERTISED declared
T. f. B. Henry, magazine writer, of
Pasadena, Cal who was in Grange
vile Monday, after having spent sew
eral days in the mountains of Idaho
county, taking photographs and
gathering material for articles in lead
ing sportsmen' publications Mr..
Henry is writer on outdoor subjects
for Cutters Recreation magazine and
Field & Stream,
The magazine writer arrived in
Grangeville Friday afternoon from
Boise. He was in company of Otto M.
Jones, state game warden, and G. f.
Carlson, a Spokane furrier. Mr.. Jones
and Mr.. Carlson continued by motor
to Spokane, while Mr.. Henry remain
ed here and spent three days in the
South Fork country with Robert Mark
ham. deputy game warden.
PRECIOUS SCENIC JEWELS
"This country Is veritable store
house Of natural wealth in the form
of timber, minerals, and that sort of
thing, as well as in scenic Jewels, -
remarked Mr.. Henry. sThe condition
which obtains here, however, contin-
ued the writer, is analogous to that
of merchant, who might locate in
Grangeville with an immense stock of
attractive goods, but who would shut
up the doors of his store, and also fail
to provide his store with windows.
Would he sell any goodss You see
the corollaryf
ct makes no difference to the state
what it costs to open the windows
Opening the door consists of putting
in highways. Then the display win
dow is advertising after the roads
are built.
"You have the goods here. There
is no question about it.
VALUES BY COMPARISON
81 have been over 1000 miles of
California scenery on burros and horse
back. We know nothing of the value
of beauty or ugliness, goodness or
badness, virtue or vice, except by
comparison, which sometimes is odius.
Nine-tenths of the population of
the United States and Canada will con-
cede that California is the queen of
the Pacific. The people of California
have built roads to their scenery, and
now are busy telling the people to go
and see it. But there is no doubt in
my mind that Idaho has double the
natural scenic beauty of California. -
Asked to give his opinion of the
view over the Salmon river country
from the top of Whitebird hill, Mr.. |
Henry proceeded:
1t is said that Arizona is state |
where You can look further and see
less than anywhere else on God IS earth.
From the top of Whitebird hill, you
can look further and see more than |
anywhere else on earth.
The view put me in mind of some
svfran enchantress dreaming from
the beginning of time Tt is beauty |
Just asleep. chained up by lack of
transportation facilities to bring tour
lists to Idaho. -
SHOULD GET SUMMER TOURISTS
In Mr.. Henry's estimation, Idaho
should become "a national summer
playground, such as is California in
winter. While California, because of
her delightful winter climate, attracts
armies of visitors from the east and
north, he said California advertising
also is drawing summer tourists in
vast numbers Transcontinental trains
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