Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-02-28
BEDROCK PLUME AGAIN.

oil says the feeling on the other side
II the Basin against Boise City in
general and the Board of Trade in
particular, is intense, on account of
The protest against the bedrock fiume
forwarded to Delegate Dubois. The
people OF the Basin we'll know that
the Board Of Trade is opposing the
bedrock fume hypocritically; that
every member of that board has no |
fear whatever of debris; that every
one of them knows that mining was
carried on in these creeks by ten or
fifteen thousand men, in early DAYS,
and a far greater amount of debris
carried down by the waters of the
Basin than will be If the beds OF the
creeks are worked by a bedrock
fiume, and that not particle of the
debris reaching Boise river ever
stopped in its bed; every member of
the Board of Trade knew that the
statement that the company would
"dump into Boise river" was false;
every one of them knows full we'll
that there is no pay in these creeks
to justify the putting in of bedrock
fiume at any point further down on
More creek than six or eight miles
below this place; they know that
More creek hasn't sufficient water to
carry off any but very small per
cent. of the finest sand that would go
through the fume, and that this sand
never reaches the bed of Boise river,
and the only effect it has is to make
the water slightly muddy; every
member of the Board of Trade knows,
or ought to know, that no heavy ma
terial will be put through the fume,
and if it was put through would stop
at its mouth, the head of water in
More creek not being sufficient to
carry a pebble the size of mans
thumb, into Boise river; every mem
Der of the Board of Trade knows the
enthusiasm of Boise City was un-
bounded few years ago for bed
rock fume, when Boise City men
were the incorporators; every one OF
them, if Boise City was to reap all
the benefits, would now be enthusias-
tic for bedrock fume; they know
that their protest is false and hypo
critical from first to last, and calcu
lated to deceive; they know that nc
greater amount of sand would reaci
Boise river, if these creeks wer'
worked by means of fume, thai
what already goes down; they know
that by opposing this enterprise the.
are dealing blow at their creates
benefactor-Boise county, the paren
of Boise City; they know that ther
is no parallel between the debrl
question here and in California, an
! that in California the mining stream
a have an immense fall that carrie
), boulders as we'll as sand, and dunn
! into sluggish rivers; that here tn
r very reverse is the case. More cree
t can carry off only little fine sane
n that goes into the rushing waters {
the Boise; they know they are III
o justly opposing an enterprise 'n'
will not only benefit the bushes
;. man, day laborer and tradesman
Boise county, but that will also CIV
; claim owners along the creeks G
: low bars, dump. so that they ca
- :. work good ground that cannot no
= be worked. They ought to hay
8 known that the enmity OF boi
county will not contribute to the
rs Golfers. The cry all through Dol
k, county now is-"Boycott Boise City
la Wbv d,d this Board of Trade &c
g ward their protest SO late in the day
Us We can tell you. Because they nj
err an idea that it would do its damnao
'e and deadly work before its falseho'
W and hypocrisy could be exposed
at ,ba farmers of BOISE Valley are atra
of being covered up with failing
IL why didn't they take the matter
lit hand. and forward protest? '
MS do not believe the farmers are 0
he ,osed to the enterprise, but on l
at other hand favor it, knowing that
,e. would give them splendid CT
nc market for all their produce. "
ed authorized this all-wise, meddleso'
ed falsifying Board of Trade to :, spe ,,
tor for the farmers? There is click
art Boise City that would resort to al
re thing to stab Delegate DUBOIS
/ 80. him ont of the way to advA'
.ha ens Of their own crowd. Perh