Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-04-04
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csit Lake City has given bonus
Of $l00,0tN to secure the erection Of |
copper refinery in that city. That is
enterprise. and the kind Of enterprise |
which makes commercial centers and |
manufacturing cities. We have in
our mind another place, not 50 large |
- Salt Lake, where similar enter.
prise. not necessarily begun on 20
extensive or costly plan, would
build up town around it Of as much |
importance as Anaconda. That place
is q thriving town on the Oregon
Short Line railroad. Its present pop
u'ation is as enteprising community
of business men a. one can find in .
town Of its size anywhere. That
town has on one side or to the north
OF il, one of the greatest copper min
eral deposits in the country; in the
same direction lie extensive forests Of
pine timber. and not far distant are
reported to be extensive deposits OF
coal. Water power can readily be
obtained at that point. Situated
about as far south Of this place as the
Seven Devils lie north, is great car
Donate and galena district, capable OF
furnishing smelling ores in unlimited
quantity. Nearer still are the great
gold and silver mines of Owyhee.
Why not the people of the town in
dicated inaugurate . movement to
center all these great natural re-
sources at their favored point? Why
not build up a great manufacturing
city Just where nature has made all
the conditions so favorable? Let Us
tell them what will occur as soon as
it is established that a smelter will
certainly be built. The two or three
great railways which are now seeking
routes across Idaho to and from the
Pacific, will cross the Oregon Short
Line there. The Oregon Pacific, on
/ its way to some eastern terminus; the
Burlington, now undecided on its
route TO Portland, and the Northern
Pacific, trying to get to San Francis
co. would all see that that place
would control the most important
traffic in Idaho, and to or through
that point they would all tend. a
north and south road would be built
connecting the Seven Devils and
South Mountain. The immense agri-
cultural and horticultural resources
of the country adjacent to the great
manufacturing city which would grow
up with a rush, would receive an i'm
petus of development such as but few
places in this country, where town
and cities grow up SO suddenly, hae
ever seen. People are now talking
: of forming committees to raise DO
muses. and present arguments to IN
drce the officers of the Q. road to 10
. cate its route to Portland via Boise
: Better than raising such bonus, lie
S them put the same money INTO
b shelter enterprise and the enterpris
0 itself would be worth more as an al
: gu.nent than all the FIRE spun statis'
: les and wordy reasons they coul
: give in a year. The smel,er, wlthor
5 counting any of the multitude OF ae
i van,ages it would bring to the poir
}, where It would be built, would be
> paving enterprise in itself. But fe
h smelters ever built in the mining n
r. g,ons have failed to be paving ente
nrises. Smelters everywhere, whe
thew have been favorahly locate
y have made their owners fortune
Is Owyhee county is shipping rich or
e, to Denver every hav. All that a
Or shipped are only drop in the buck
Of to what would be hauled or shipp
* were freights cheaper or the smeli
at close a, hand. All the characters
is ores to make the best mixtures
IL smelling and fuxing are obtainao
~ by using the Seven Devils and O~
hee county oresiu combination. Nc
y. YOU gentlemen to whom We ref
be- think the matter over. We kn'
no your ability to get move on yo'
he selves when once you see into
tie merits of question. When y
have thought of the subject call
ID Owyhee county miners. They ar
little slow aud conservatlve-boo
he ing enterprises not being in tn
e, llne-but they will come to
"A scratch when subscription books
on opened.
Tho SAM'L DAVIS returned Friday fr
cal Moscow. where he went to stten