, 1890-03-20


farmers, stockmcn, miners and pros
pcctur-. Here ~ IL region, said Mr..
Parker, 200 miles from north to
south aud an equal Il stance from
east Ia west, containing agricultural
lhnd sufficient TO feed the puplllu-
ton OF an empire, with less than
l.J'b voters to-day and with not q
bank, express oilice, telegraph or tel
cphune line within Its limits, al
though II exports annually several
bundled Thousand dollars Of gold
and silver bullion aud thousands of
head Of live stock. The nearest
shipping point to its agricultural
lands il Lewiston, sixty miles dis
tapt; and although the greater por-
tiDil Of the Cnmus pluiric II taken
up and patented, yet the cost Of get
ling produce to market Is so great
that very many landed pr1prietors
are absent awaiting the advent of
railroad transportation, and as u
consequence nothing II raised for OK
port and the community Is u self
sustaining one.
The adjacent mines in the salmon
river aud Bitter Root mountains are
Its only market, and III these aIc situ-
utcd nom litty to 100 miles distant
from the buSo of supplies the cost of
freighting goods OH mule back over
the mountain trails for the subsist-
cncc of the mlucrs IL cents per
pound. In spite of these disadvan-
tagcs mining is still an important
and profitable industry, und Mr.
Parker cited In his address instances
tnI Ia. NJ I'll.
shipped out last summer llO pounds
ol gold bullion, and Of anpther-the
Cleveland mine, in Alton district
which has shipped out ON mule
trains 100 tons of ore to the railroad,
aud after paying freight TO Omuha
ana reduction charges and other cN-
pcn-es added, has still netted 5000
per ton 10 the prUprictors of the
mine. According to Mr.. Parker's
statements the Bitter Root and Sui
mon River mountains contain
many such camps and hundreds of
such lodges, all of which would he
valuable If railroad transportation
could be secured to Camas Prairie,
from which point large apprupria-
tlonsof state and county money are to
lie expended this summer In building
wagon roads, thus aflording not
only cheaper frcigHts, but also the
shipment of improved mining ma
chlnery for the reduction of the
quartz, which hitherto has been
treated In the most primitive man
ner.
MIR. Parker concluded highly in
iercsting address on the resources of
his county; which was listened to
with marked attention, with the re-
mark that there was time when
Lewiston expected to occupy the
position now filled by Spokane
Fails In the commercial life OF this
great and new Northwest, but cir
cultistances over which they had no
con troll had caused them TO abandon
that ambition, and that they were
now ready To carry II flag In the rear
OF the procession led by Spokane
Fall., and therefore he appealed to
the bOard of trade, Ia everybody in
tercsted In the welfare and CONNER
clal supremacy of this city, TO aid
the people of the Clearwater and
Bittcr llOot regions In securing rail-
ioad facilities which would make
tributary to It's wealth and
Importance IL largcr and better
country than that already occupied
by the Northern Pacific railroad.
SPOKANE no THE FRONT.
MIR. Il. j. Webster said that he
considered the request of the Lewis
ton delegation very moderate, and
that he voiced the sentiments of the
board of trade and the city at large
when hc promised them assistance,
and II necessary, that Spokane
Falls would help them with money.
MIR. {. II. Burns spoke in much
the same strain, and at his sugges-
tion committee was appointed by
MIR. Sherwood, consisting of r.. j.
Webster, III. l.. Gutter, &. X. Burns,
j. w. Chapman, Mayor Fred Furth,
w. III. Taylor and w. :. Norman,
to meet the delegation this morning
nj II O'Clock, and together call upon
Mcssrs. Kcndrlck and Huson.
MIR. W. :. Norman and Others
spoke in the same strain, and the
general sentiment was strongly in
favor of helping Lewiston to rail-
road.
-hN ''''iiiiiN''t uplloiiiNtu W WbIk
with the delegation drew up the fol-
lowing resolutions, which were
adopted with great enthusiasm:
Resolved by the board of trade Of
Spokane Falls, That we heartily endorse
the action of the people OF Lewiston and |
Camns prairie in their efforts to obtain /.
railway facilities, and earnestly pledge 1
them the active ana untiring support OF |
the people of Spokane Falls, believing /
tdut the building OF n line of railroad |
into Lewiston and adjacent territory /
Will he OF immense importance to the /
OF that country |
and TO the mutual advancement OF both |
sections,
It's further resolved, That this board |
of trade make special and earnest ap. |
peal To the Northern Pacific railway TO /
construct and equip road to Lewiston I
and the Camas prairie from Pullman in .
time 10 remove the crop of the present |
year.
THE CHEROKEE BooMEHs.