Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-12-06
WONDERFUL POSSIBILITIES
The Richness ef Gravel DIseevereA
Below raise DeArscks Has
Seen Fabu1Ous.

BeIoW bouae Be0foCko Has
Seen Fabu1eus.
II every business inshtution in
Boise City possessed the spirit Of
enterprise Of its newspapers, the cap
ital would forge ahead 1t = rapid
rate, and soon be in idaho what Dem
yer Is in Colorado, CITY of ma1nifi-
cent proportions and the center Of
great wealth, enterprise, life, hustle
and rustic, and the chief factor in
building up the industries and devel-
oping the magnificent resources of
the State, al Of which would pay
tribute ia return, as feeders Of the
distributing point, to degree thar
would eventually make the favorablv
located capital the queen city Of the
mountain regions of the west. The
life blood Of Boise is drawn from her
surroundings, especially from the
mineral belts, and it looks as if the
people Of that naturally favored town
would awake from .heir sleepy leth-
argv, rub their eyes and behold with
. clear vision this fact with its grand
possibilities and stir themselves. The
prosperity Of Boise City's surround
,ngs mea' her prosperity and growth.
but it seems that the slow and sleepy
denizens down there will never be
able to thoroughly comprehend this
plain fact. These are the ideas thai
, the newspapers of Boise have correct
ly conceived, presented aud agitated
with untir,ng zeal, and their effort.
have been appreciated by few O
the business men of the place pos
sessed Of an enterprising spirit. bu
we are sorry to say but very, very
} small per cent. of the population pos
sesses that spirit. They are sadly il
the minority, and can do but little
Every paper in Boise is working to
. the growth of every part of the Stat
!. and the capital city in particular
we'll knowing that all tributary point
indirectly benefit the latter. Each
striving in accordance with its capa
y bilities, but the most enterprising O
all is the Statesman, but It surpasse
:, the others because its capital
ii greater, and consequently its cap'
|" bilities are greater in proportion
= The Statesman is twenty years ahea
of the town, but is working with migl
Y, and main to bring the town up
what it is capable of becoming, ar
up to what it ought to be now wi
its natural advantages, magnifice
Sc surroundings and rich feeders. Boi
: CITY, if she had the enterprise such
place ought to have, would turn h
attention to the devising of mea
n for increasing the sources OF h
a wealth. Boise was not brought in
re, existence and built up by her o'
ct, immediate resources, but by minel
ey districts surrounding. Boise Ba:
is the parent of Boise City. She
only owns her birth to Boise Bas
~ but her subsequent growth for ma
wears, as we'll, almost solely to t
~ original source, and still she contio'
~. to draw from US the potent and g
~" tering factors of material grow
'n and wealth. Boise ought to be a
Jus to see, and with both eyes shut, t
-" by enlarging this chief source of
commercial prosperity she would
'tte benefited far more than the sect
her in which is located the source. i
ON section has iraugurated an en-
,m- prise, the possibilities of which
irty bevond comprehension, and b.
.ate City has been asked to lend her
This but the response has not been "
side was expected. Ours is not an unit
wa .cheme. Although untried here
we'll not so in other places. In e'
placer camp in the world havl'
false bedrock fabulous wealth
been discovered between the
= and primitive bedrocks. The pc
here proposed to demonstrate whe
or not Boise Basin is the excep
y. to the rule, and considerable t
county money has been put into
"o W., work. Our faith has been der
lace. strated by liberal contributions
lson, carry on the work. BOISE CO
'wn- has been a great producer OF we
but it is no longer here. The m
e its have raked in the golden harvest
snnn it has passed into the hands OF ot
Peo- principally into the hands OF
mn is City people. Boise Basin pl
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