, 1883-04-14
As 1T SHOULD BE.

With the advent Of Mr.. Willard into
hi, north western country next week,
there arises q very important question u
farmer. IN that par, Of Umatills county
adjacent TO Weston, Centerrille and Cay
,se and ,hns. # Rebel and Union nHs
in the Pslou.e esrntry.
Frs, We ~i.l SPEAK u the furmer- we
h.Iry.a \ meeting MAS held at Cent r
v,,l,, .rre time -incr, at which 1t vas de
.d.Ity yf.r Mr. Wizard boGus "i u
sr,n uu aL.xt and guarantee 1,ovo
Lu.hel. for transportation this c'hii''e
harvest, il he would decide to extend the
rad from Blue mountain, It's present Ter
minus. clear through 10 Pendietnn, ois-
,ance Of %. miles. This action l. aosufu
IN the extreme. II is reasonable to sup
,s, ,,,., v.r. Mr.. Willard inclined To
buiId the road, he would Charge Just what
he considered night for transportation OIL
c-rr,ls IL Is not the extra dollar Ies
TIM tl,a, would be All iuducenIent, but IL
is the assistance III procuring night OF
cav. Itsa we'll knoSn fact that some
farmers, the moment they learn that the
con,pany desire right OF way through
their land, become impressed with the
idea that tha, particular part Of their held
!. of untold value, and they want enough
for il TO pay all their debts and have
,pug competence LETT. These drawbacks
are seriously considered by railroad man-
ayers, and they study long time before
,hey take the bull by the horns, so to
speak.
In this connection We wish to say
word 10 the farmers Of eastern tmatilia
county. During Mr.. Wizards stay In this
part of the Territory, have meeting and
anno,nt committee Of two or three good
sensible men to wait upon him. State
vonr wishes in straightforward manner
Tell him you will do all in your power to
assis, in procuring right of way that
YOU will spend the ga, 600 you would Of
fer him as bonus for that purpose, and
we wager he will give the matter his Sc
,;ous consideration, and nine chances out
of ten he will decide to build the road
through before he leaves the Territory.
What amuses US is the perfect assurance
assumed by Pendleton that the road will
come to that city, if *uilt through. And
thew are so sure Of it thu. they are max
| ing no effort to have it 30. Unless they
b.stir themselves aud work earnestly, they
will surely see the branch from this city
tap the Baker City road at Cayuse sta
ton, which is about II miles shorter from
Blue mountain. Tney have no reason t1
believe that the company will build l:
miles Of track Just to accommodate them
without some inducement. We advise
the people of Umatills county to take
this matter III hand and strike while the
iron Is hot. The present visit OF MIR Vii
lard offers no more fitting opportunity
than now, and we believe he will fairly
consider the case.
The people of Rebel and Union fat
want the iron laid on the graded road bee
which runs from Texas Ferry through
these two flats. Construction forces art
now at work Oh the half moon road whlcf
extends from Palouse Junction to Willow
creek. 4 road has been promised from
Spokane to Pennington, and the compile
tion of the old proposed line from TeAa'
Ferry through the fats mentioned woult
afford complete drain Of that wonderful
wheat producing country. If the latte
line is neglected, it leaves a vast area o
-. ..Uu,.u..I UOuiIUIy 'u.uany "I,hout al
outlet, which will be great drawback Il
its development. Let these people, hk'
the farmers of Umatilla county, send goot
honest men to represent thei- case to Vii
lard and We assure them they will receive
courteous treatment and due considera
ton Don't offer bonus on freight; SHOW
by earnest and effective efforts to assis
the road to procure right of way, ant
your labors will not be in vain. II tn,
road is worth having. it is surely wortl
hard work to get it. What they woult
do in thi, case must be done quickly, a
the gentleman will be here next week
and as his time is valuable, in all probahil
ity his stay will be limited.