, 1883-04-28
HENRY TTLLARD AND TALLA
HALLA.

Nov tha, Mr.. Wizards v:sie 70 rais
city is a certainty, "ur qeopie ~ih "ne
accord should consult IN ualsoE HI'ii
view of finding out Eha' tbs city ~
ally requires. A. by asking We shAi
probably rcceve, IL may h. rs "sH i":
our citizens 10 make some c1acrs-i''.s O.
the company. s. lar. q. 4 ei,y, 49, haze
done pp,hing tor commercial eivr"c-
mel, b. Offering the .els: eucJura1cHeI.;
or inducemrnt ;o the computes rePr'--
sented 10y Mr. Willard lears -, how
ever, a demand vas mad. i.r 80, go b,
. local curPnr.;ipH fr the rz'':--ian 81 a
little road then being built from he Co
lumbia river, and the amCua:. after
considerahi. objection, US sub
scribed and pad. TIE rr-uli vas rha'
the city received material ber h;s there
from.
Nov, what our bIs. hiss men aUt the
community genera'!y desire, If t.,s con
tinuation of the Iai.IuIi from Erxes fef-
~ over 10 WilloG c.eek to cru.sct with
the Palcn~e branch, RON sO r'p.aig beng
built The -,ad IS graded and only s"n
has to be laid, aud the G.-tau-r, !" n"ass,
is So short that there is nu doubt but
that, If asked, Mr.. Nilia.d all gI.It the
request, Il for no other reas II tnan be
cause it viii pay. THIS vii! he but 'hr
entering wedge Of plan to ultimately
Connect US by a shorter route .!th ;he
Northern Pacific at Spokane fa.i-. from
which place 20 Pennington. wh'ch Is but
a short distance from pom, "a the Pa
lpuse branch. a road IS ln'e"&,d % be
built. The trade Of ;haj country, ~hich
is one of the best agricultural G'su'cs N
the northwest. il worth c"n.tnUinc for,
and can be obtained by such means IS Ne
have pointed out Through a committee
from the board Of tradoA our ely should
make some offer 70 Mr. Willard u GG".
Situated as Walia Wal!a IS, the .rar1 Ia
dating center Of the finest country lit tie
railroad system, there Is i strvUg rrpba-
bility that many changes, highly beneh-
cial to the city, might be made II certain
propositions We're advanced. NJ doubt
thstsupon the compleiIn OF the ;rlnseon-
tlnental lre great aud important ChlI ges
will be made 10y the company in and
around this city. II such - the case, IL
land AND WATER be offered, to the qran-
tity the company requires, for their GSe.
We are now in a transition period, and 1"
the action Of the board of trade who wAIi
upon Mr. Willard, matters # vita! letter
est depends Much can be accomplished
ifproperly worked Tie examPia s.: by
Seattle shoTli be taken aivan,gr Of by
our citizers Nalla Waia has IL all, We
believe, gwen less than one 6tmircl deG
lars-Seattlc, in two hours. -IalsTf $50.
OO0-a slight difference. Yet we're any
one to tell our merchants that Seattle
was Iaro5r or more enterprising than
Villa Wslla, they would lsngh IN de
rislon; but the figures don't lie: Seattle
wants enterpris and she ia wiling u Of
fer inducements for their establishment.
Walla Walls wants enterprises but here
tofore has been too short sighted t"encuur-
age capital. The accusation is blunt
one-nevertheless 1t Is true. We can
redeem ourselves on this visit of Mr. VII
lard for i; is virtually essential fn7 th5 fu-
ture prosperity OF our CITY that something
of a substantial nature he dpu". There
is this yet to do: let our citizens with one
accord act in harmony and UNISON with
the committee appointed by the board Of
trade, they are identified With the ma
terial interests of this city ard county.
and being men Of practical hnoa ledge and
sound common sense, We feel assured
that whatever they do VIII Re acceptable
to our people