Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-09-26
ALONG rnK STATE ROAD.

imove until the spiri, moves it, and
that spirit is the Ange! OF Progress,
or the goddess Of modern civilization,
which is mi ney, hard money. shekeIs
of the realm, with In God we Trust"
upon them. So it looks low rs
though hope deferred will break our
hearts OF those who had
hoped to see that great enterprise
brought to happy realization before
the snowflIes were upon US again.
Sic transit" Twas ever thus
from childhood's hour in these moun-
tains-today you see it-in your
mind-iomorrow Ills gone.
We had already begun to fix our
mouths for apples and cider and
sweet potatoes and water melons aud
such, from Boise, and prunes and
pears and peaches from Weisrr and
Garden valley and other fruit bearing
districts of Western Idaho; but at
present il looks as though we must
be content with spuds and rutas and
carrots from our own county and
forego the luxuries.
Idaho is young State full of Vi
tality and resources, snd there is no
reason why she should no: be able TO
construct her own internal improve
ments without going begging to the
outside for assistance when we have
abundance of it at home.
If we had trusted to ourselves our
State road would now he we'll sd-
vanced TOW ard completion. Srpt-m-
her and Oct,beI are our two best
months for road building; and aside
from the general advantages to be-
derived from the building of the
State road as planned it would have
furnished employment to the unem-
ployed and help many who are tenn
porarily knocked out by the "crue
wah on silver. But as State W.
may overcome one youthful diff
dencc and acquire confidence with
age. "N-xt year, you know" is the
tomb of hopes deferred and the grave
of bitter disappointments. First i'm
pressions. and first actions are alway.
the best, and If work is to be done a
all it should be done at once and be
done with.
When Appius Claudius, banker il
ancient Rome, saw that there WAS
necessity for a great highway from
Rome to and beyond Capua, wear b
{. 3l0) to reach the fertile trioutar'
! rovinceS, the money and supple
were at once forthcoming, aud tn
historical Appian Way was soon com
pleted, and the Roman nation Wa
greatly enrichend thereby.
Manv and manv time have | sa
in the shades of the groves of tn
Appian Way, by the side of the Eide
Mephisloph-les, who explained to IN
the advantages and benefits that ao
, crued 10 the Romans by the construo
r lion of that roadway thoroughfar'
1t was lined from morning till nigt
with richly ladened caravans hringin
goods and produce from all parts ,
(. the country; and the Roman armis
\ returning with the spoils of man
| conquests, always made it point t
: come in by the Appian Way, the he
ter to display their trophies of Wet,
! ry. The Elder Meph. repeated
i said that he had ALWAYS noticed fro
j the first time he set foot on ear
that money spent in road improv
ments bv the sons Of pioneers new
failed to enrich both the country al
the investors.
!, 1t was the same, also, with the gre
National Road leading west fro
, Baltimore and Cumberland to Whe.
ing and Columbus. Although t
first cost was $l20 Tone hundred al
- twenty dollars) rod, with labor
80 cents per day and no strikes,
was considered good investmeI
and it connected the East with I
West in those DAYS. OF course,
:. time, the Pennsylvania Central a
Baltimore aud Ohio cut away the bu
of the trade of the National Turnpil
hut it is a good and useful thoroue
fare to this day. 1t is hardly pos
ble that our State wagon road "
be supplan,ed by railroad in I,
u day and generation with silver in
W present dcmoralized and demon
j. tized condition.
H. | have been along the State ro
CT survey recently and found much I
Va tivity in anticipation of the ca
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