Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1875-08-17
fK3 LOCAL NxWj1tAl1R,

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The gfstlstess iiisfoltuns which Has az
ficted Boise county has been the absence
Of q lively local newspaper. This void In
great measure IS the cause Of the depres-
sion that has been for years creeping over
and finally almost entirely stagnating bus
mess affairs in the Basin. No community
can succeed and remain prosperous With
out its aid and influence The. rise and
progress of all new countries furnish album
dant evidence Of this now universally &C.
cepted fact. The Idaho Statesnsw, made
Boise City the beautiful and thriving little.
city that it now is. That paper filed the
valley with an industrious and prosperous.
people. The Avalanche has made the.
gloomy solitudes Of Owyhee an anthill of
industry; and busy towns now hang upon ,
its mountain sides. It has also been the "
means Of throwing into the current Of the
worlcid's rculation millions Of dollars And
It isa pleasure to note Tint thesetwo papers
are still going ahead ii, the good work of
leading Idaho Territory on to q highborn
destiny. The hidden wealth of.A1turas coun-
ty will never be made known and fully de-
veloped without local paper; and the
citizens there we'll know this, and sadly
feel the loss of one.
With natural resources to back its efforts
the local newspaper builds telegraph lines
and railroads, and villages, towns and pop
ulous cities spring into existence where it
leads. General prosperity everywhere fol-.
lows in its wake.
When fanseeing enterprise wishes to de-
velop the agricultural and mineral resour-
ces Of new country, or to further the in
terests of any great public undertaking,
the first thing it does is to establish good
newspaper to commence with. The wise
public-spirited man is well aware that it
would be uphill work-that he could not
we'll succeed without it.
The course heretofore pursued by the
press of Boise county has bsendetSimentaE
to the public and private interests Of the
people. In place of aiming to advance its
growth it has proven direct drawback
Outside Of riding to death some favorite-
nonsensical hobby and dealing out fulsome'
personal notices, and engaging in PERSONAL
abuse, the former presiding geniuses ofthe"
press with enc or two exceDtions} have
done nothing. As steppiagstone to
the progress and future greatness of
the country, the newspaper has not been
worth the material used in printing it
and the neighboring press have frc-
quently pointed out the humiliat-
ing defect and wisely snggested . change
The people have become so accustomed to-.
this lethargic state Of things thae some Of
them express astonishment and look with
no little surprise upon an attemptto instill
life into the dropping energies Of the camp
by new departure in the conduct of the
WUR1ns bat' from the encouragement ex-
tendedbn all sides we know that our efforts
in that direction have met and will con-
tinue to meet the approval Of every man
who has the welfare Of the county at heart
And we again repeat that rich quartz
lodges exist all through these mountains
that only await the labor of the prospector
to reveal and utilize; that in less than a.
year several more mills will be in oRprs.
ton crushing out gold from them and
making their owners rich. H,however,
with all the prospecting now goidgon, but
one paying ledge only is discovered; jand
the WORLD has in any manner aided in
that discovery and development the public
will feel perfectly satisfied and we amply
rewarded.
KETURNED-Bon. Geo. Ainslie and j.
c. Fox returned from Rocky Bar on Sun
day night, all right Two bears disputed