of luscious fruits, fields of waving grain, and homes ornamented with vines and flowers has succeeded the gray areas of sage brush, through the efforts of this bright and enterprising class of people. And for the climate I will state it is one that is healthy, bracing and invigorating. Nampa has the Dewey Palace, which is unsurpassed in architectural design by any hotel in the West.
Here also has been erected an elegant depot by the Oregon Short Line Railroad Company, as this is an important railroad center, with a line extending south to Murphy, the distributing point for the rich gold and silver mines of Silver City. To the north extends another line, through the valleys to Emmett, the supply point for the tributary lumber sections. This is also a rich fruit country and is surrounded by val-
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