Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-02-17
STATE WAGON ROAD AGAIN,

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ssse q the Beneficial Resulss thas
Will yellow lts CsassFuessss.
The Ketchum Keystone Is mad,
very mad, in fact hot-hotter than
the hot end Of hornet-becausS Of
the passage Of the State wagon road
bill. But the keystone in the sweet
by and BY will see the error Of its
way when Central Idaho begins to
boom. This system Of roads will do
more for the State than any measure
ever proposed for her advancement.
Without it the richest portions Of tho
State would remain as they are
scarcely touched by tho pick Of the
prospector. There has heretofore
been no encouragement for prospect-
ors to flock into those isolated sec-
tions. Some, however, have gone in
and discovered the richest mines IN
the State, but they cannot work them
at : profit with no way Of getting
their ores ont except on pack mules,
and without . road cannot take in
machinery. Capitalists will not en-
ter such region. The prospectors
tnat will 60 into such an isolated
country with scarcely any hope Of
reward even should they strike ore
fabulously rich, are very few. Now
that the road is an assured fact, pros
pectors will flock for Central Idaho
by hundreds as soon as the snow is
gone, and they will unesrth wonders
in the way Of great variety OF valu-
able metals. This prediction is based
on the great number OF large and
rich veins already discovered with
SO little prospecting done. There are
great mines Of gold, silver, galena
and copper, and besides this there Is
an immense amount of very high
grade cinnabar (quicksilver) ore scat
tered over the country, and prospect
ors will never let up the search until
the ledge from which it became de-
tached is found. To say nothing
about new discoveries that are sure
to be made, the discoveries already
made are alone sufficient to Justify
the construction of this system Of
State roads. As a direct result OF
this long-needed appropriation the
State will receive in taxes, long be-
fore the bonds are due, far moro than
the amount the bonds call for-taxes
on property that will be brought into
existence solely on the strength oi
the construction OF this system OF
roads. Besides this, wealth create:
wealth. As the mines are developed
and more miners and more supple.
are needed, the farmers will be called
on for more of the products of the
soil, more lands will be taken up and
cultivated, the farmers in turn will
need more help, and consequently
more men will find employment in
the agricultural districts, this will ne
cessitate more business enterprises
and a greater volume of business will
be done, and more labor will find
employment in that line, and SO il
goes. And some people are so short
sighted as to wisely proclaim that thi:
system of roads will be for the sole
benefit of the counties through which
the roads will pass. Idaho has beer
fossilized and kept back too long by
such people. She has been rarity
la fossil covered with the moss EN-.
blematic of inactivity and non-pro
gressiveness. But change is com
ing over the spirit of the dreams o
ldahoans. They have seen wha
other mining States and Terrific
ries have done to bring them to ths
front, and not one advanced until at
Ter State and Territorial appropria
tions were made for roads. Thei
construction is the beginning of pro
gress, and without roads fossilisn
thrives in all its glory, and mos
J grows spontaneously. With the min
ing sections of our State opened wit
wagon roads, railroads will naturall
follow. The trail comes first, tn
wagon road next, and then the iro
horse.