The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-11-14

ton, well knowing it would not do to
add fuel to the flame then SO fiercely
burning.
must preface it by saying that for
the past two months 1 have been
learning that the people Of southern
Idaho have been steadily looking for
ward to a time to come-a time when
they will grid up their loins and en-
gage in a fray something akin to the
one just waged in Montana. It's a cap
ital fight, and it's billed to come OF
when the allotted time is up. Further
more, Pocatello is the city destined to
, reach out and take it in. The Poca-
tello people have carefully considered
| the matter and have laid their plans
to wrest the capital from beautiful
Boise" at the expiration of six years.
How do 1 view it?, I don't view i'll
have no choice in the matter. The peo-
pie, though, are entitled to whatever
light l may be able to throw upon the
matter in my own way. Now for the
light. 1 am informed that according to
the law governing, Boise could not be
deprived OF the capital for ten years
after the location of the same. and four
of these years have already gone gIim-
mering down the aisles of time, leaving
but six more until a stronger power
may step in and walk off with the
prize. Clever people down south hero
have figured it this way: Boise is off
on branch line while Pocatello has
superior railroad facilities to any other
point in the state. and when the res
ervation is opened will take an addi-
tional growth that will be truly as
tonishing. The whole country round
about VIII be thickly settled, and at the
rate OF settlement now going on in
southern Idaho they will have the ne
cessary votes. They reason that while
it will be a long ways for the people to
come here from the northern part of
the state, yet it is a long ways for the
people to go now from the southern
part Of the state up to Boise. Again.
they argue that when you look at the
map and observe how the state runs
up to a peak in the north, anyone can
see the wisdom of the peak coming to
the base, rather than the base going to
the peak. A careful canvass has also
shown them that Idaho Falls will line
up with Pocatello in the matter-the
latter place is already great and gIori-
Gus enough in all her surroundings to
willingly aid her sister city and not en-
ter into any spite work such as Is
charged up to Butte on the late capt.
tai fight in Montana. I must say that
the many arguments advanced in favor
of the Gate City appear specious. if
not wholly convincing, and be this as
it may, the public VIII witness a capt.
tai contest as herein stated If the
writer survives until that period, ne in
tends to perch upon a peak far off and
watch the fur fiv-for fly it Will
POCATELLO PEOPLE AWAKENING.
,Pocatello people are awakening now
to the necessities of the hour, as is evil
denced from the following attitude re-
Gently struck. The chamber of COM
merce is to be revived. A meeting of
the business men is to be called. and a
live, energetic man placed at the head
who will devote his time to looking af-
ter matters concerning the welfare of
the city. The initiation fee will pa
placed sufficiently low as to enable ev-
cry public-spirited business man to ioin
and take an active interest in the work
Mayor Bean will lend his every energy
TO the work to. be carried on, and every
one Will aid in all that is possible and
work together unitedly for the good or
all. IL anyone SulkS in his tent. or
through feelings of animositv seeks IN
tear down, then will that class be mt
on the blacklist" the while the worl[
is carried on as outlined. ~
NOTES AND PERSONAL.
General superintendent Bancroft and
Superintendent Calvin, in their snecio1
cars. arrived from Boise this a. m. and
went on through to Ogden. where they
will meet General Manager Dickinson
ana party, who are enroute from the
east. In this connection I may add
there's a hen on" but at this iunc-
ture I'm bound to not state some
things L know.
W. H. Remington went south this
norningI-possibly to Salt Lake.
c. E. WantlaIId of Salt Lake spent
Sunday here
Thos. Orchard, chief clerk of the
railway mail service at Ogden, was
here on business yesterday.
Fred j. Kiesel of Ogden is here.
J. M. Daniels, superintendent of the
Pacific Express at Salt Lake, is here
looking after transfer matters. The
new time card, No. 40, that went into