Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1881-08-11
WHAT HAVE WE EIGHT To
EXPECT.

The promises that have been held
out to the people Of the Columbia
basin 10y the different railroad and
steamboat companies have been such
as to induce the hope and expectation
that ths facilities for quick and com
para,ively cheap transportation to the
sea board would he ample for the
present harvest 1t was this promise
tina: induced the ex tensive seeding Of the
present as compared it'll former years.
So far as we can learn the seed sown
will produce largely the present sea-
son. The weather has been quite fav.
orable, and if the crops arp harvested
in time and placed beyond the reach
Of the Fall rains. the aggregate yield
will I've very large and will require
large facilities to take all the surplus
to the sea or to market It is quite
certain the Northern Pacific will lie
In readiness to take up what is brought
to them betweenthe Pend d'Oreille lake
and the Columbia river and convey it
as far as Ainsworth. 1t is quite as
evident that the O. f. e. N. Co. will
he able to take away as far as to the
DalleS all that may lie offered on
the line Of their road between Dayton
and The Dalles, and they think they
can take it forward to Portland before
Winter. This they can do if they are
successful in completing their road
from The Dalles to Portlsnd before
the middle of November. Otherwise
there may be some doubt 1t is a
matter of serious question whether the
tonnage Of their steamers between the
Dallss and Portland is sufficient to
take all away before Winter comes upon
them. Tho latter company say they
will have their extension built to Tex
as in season to take all the Snake river
surplus above that point before De.
cemler. If they do al! will no pros.
porous. If thy do not our farmers
bordering the upper Snake and for 20
mills back had Letter keep their grain
in thei, granaries till the ensuing ysnr
rather than chanse its remaining ware
housed along the river awaiting the
uncertain time when the steamers car
take it away. The O. r. 4 N. Co
say they will have at least two, if no
three steamers plying between Lewis
ton and Texas, whose capacity will b'
ample for the fre,ghting. We trus
this will be SO, and that the roat
thence will be in readiness 70 carry i
forward on its destination for q mar
ket. IT would seem that thos,
farmers who live many miles east o
Lewiston cannot have this year man.
advantagessof shipment Of their SUI
plus, so as to save them profit. Som
will haul in wagons to this point, bu
at big expense. Of course not muc
of their surplus which will be large
will have to remain. in the granarie,
But it will not spoil..if properly ha,
vested and cared for iii another yea,
aud then the facilities for s,,ipmen
may BE- much increased. if not to tn
full extent OF the foreshadowings of
railroad to Camas Prairie, yet SON
other cheap mode of transporting ma
be improvised that will be of gres
advantage to those producers who Ii,
on or near Canas Prairie. If Fa
rains are late, so that harvesting ca
be completed without Loss, and whe
commands even moderat price
low, and no extortion is practised
freighters, tho farmers OF this upp
country will have abundant occas,e
to rejoice in their progress this ye
end will he able to liquidate MA,
debts which now cause them to mo
about with dropping heads and an
ious countenanccs.