, 1881-09-17
We Want q Railroad.

1t may take the Oregon Railroad &
Navigation Co. some time to realize and
correctly appreciate The fact that North
Idahv has outgrown their facilities OF re-
moving oGr products, bat it IS none the
less stera and positive fact. lt is slso
a fact that the era of our Development
"a a productive locality has but Just
damned that the impetus which has
brought US 10 the point where all the re-
sources oi river rayisat::R are inadequate
f..r our relief. will seqcir5 an annually
Increasing momentum tha, viii demon
strate the nsceaaity Of providing artificial
arteries u commerce, not only 10 ensure
the e1portation Of our Increasing produe-
tions, out also 70 stimulate the further
development oi our active and dorinsn
resources
Il is agains. the 6.s: principles OF COM
mon sense and common philosophy I"
suppose tha, country so rich IN ns,urs.
.lth-'hn, ia progressing so rapidly IS
North Iiaho-can long remain IN I's
pr sent isoisted and bottled Cp Condition.
The ethics Of nature and Of business silk,
forbid such 81 assumption, tor if the fae'
bs once known in financial centers that
an empire i'll area and wealth has made
oua!s transp ,rts.ion facil ties no long in
trrval will elsPse HI the cheap capite
Of our day ~iil provide Us with outlets
independent ei all EXISTING corporations
And why not It is in the northwest,
more espec iy III these rich ne" he!ds
of ths far or Invest, that the great possi-
b;li,;e, of the future lonm G andy up.
North Idaho, IL particular, lowered
Ui,h an infinite var ety Of peculiar gifts.
We have at our feet grea; MYERS where
with to convey our sup rfnous and EASILY
. .btainabl tmb, on 10 the gr at treeisse
pIsins OF Eastern Or-gon and Washington.
Wherein are the dry, unpr1ductiVe sage
pLsins OF Sou.h-rn lishO, Utah and Ne
Tsd., or the arid ssnG deserts Of Colorsdo,
Ariznna and New MexIco, superior 20 the
ever verispt and prolific prairies OF North
Idaho, that the Turner should be terraceo
with railroads while We remain isolsfed
md unknown2 Possibilities OF great
rn;ps-sl discoveries exist here IS well -
there. for the surface Of our mighty noun
t,,ns rsrres have thus far been no more
,b.u scratched over With the single
exception Of being farther from market,
va hsye in Nurth Idaho country that Is
!, srerr resnec: superior 10 the much be-
Landed piains Of Eastern Oregon and
W.sbinsfon, for our climate il rnore
humid snd eqnabis, cur crops are more
.ure. We have a larger number OF uniaI-
ing strr,n,s great resources of rim' er, an
immrnse mineral region at our back, ana
diversity OF other natural gifts iunpossi-
he IN spsc;iy in the brief limits OF news
n.nar article. Then let it ba remembered
that the metropolis If this greet country
sIrhouph seated on the banks OF great
river Is isolated from the rest OF the
world for At least four months IN the
vesr. snd the necessity for providing
;r.psportation FAC c.li,ies, additional TO
| ,bo.e offered by river navigator, VII be
at nnoe apparent
ys, We wsnt q rsilroad, snd the eon-
,arv ths. has the ssgscity TO hst plant
=. s.skes in Lewiston will forever bs the
Ianj M the situs;ion. Irs extension up
Clearwater and across the Bitter Eoots to
oonn.ct with an eastern read would then
he forced upon the company a. necesr
ss-v and consequential respon.s 10 the
tremendous strides Of ~salrh and none
,.ry command which the lntsrior North
at i nov making.-Nx Ps,ss Nsas-