The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1897-11-19
LOOKS ENCOURAGING.
Railroad and sawmilI Ramors--Repori
That Col. Dewey VIII Push His
Road Toward Pa5stte Timber - f.
J. Dockery. Representing Wisconsin,
Lumbermen. Returns 10 Idaho to
Reside Permanently.

The owyhee Avalanche, in its lasr is-
sue, says
"CoI. W. H Dewey is now at Nampa,
and il is rumored that railroad opera
tions will soon be actively pushed. 1t is
more Than probable that the next grad
ing VIII be- on the north end ofthe line,
to reach the timber Of the Payetie~
II there is any foundation in fact for
this rumor. II means a great deal 70 the
Payette valley The wonderful natural
resources Of the Payetle region must
largely lie dormant until railroad is
built To develop them. aad the fact that
Col. Dewey has actually builf aud put
in operation a section OF his road. from
Nampa to the south side Of Snake river,
including = costly bridge across that
stream. may, with reasonable certainty.
be taken as earnest that he can and will
complete the road int the timber The
section already built viii e,er be OF
practical value either to the railroad
people or to the mining region II Owy-
hee county. until the road is completed
into the timber belt Of the Payette river
Owy hee miners must have timbes. lum-
Der, fuel etc. to develop their mines, and
the only source Of profit for The railroad
is To supply sucn tlmbers etc. to the
miners in order that their mines NAV be
developed and worked TO their fullest
capacity.
The foregoing statement from the Ava
lanche. taken IN connections with ths
following from the Boise Statesmen Of
last Sunday is. to SAY the least. encour-
aging The Statesman says:
Il. J. Dockrr,. Of Wisconsin. has ar
rived and will make his home in Boise
His law library is on the way as well as
his household effects and his family
will follow as soon as he gets settled
Mr. Dockery stands high in the legal
profession and will be valued acquisi-
ton to The bar Of Idaho He has been
closely identified with the numbering
interests in Wisconsin and comes here
as the special representative of men
there who intend to establish lumber
ing business in Idaho. He was here
some months sgs and was so fsv0rably
IMPRESSED with the place as well as with
the timber resources ofthe central val
leys ;bai he determined not only to rec
ommend his princil ais to take hold Of
some of the timber but TO move here
and make this his place Of residence
Our readers Will recall the fact that
Mr.. Dockery visited Emmett "A few
weeks ago and ia company with Mr..
Edward Allen made hying trip into
the Long valley timber brlt. ard that n,
expressed himself a. being highly pleas
with the outlook for numbering on a
large scale 10 this section. rs stated ia
the INDEX. at that time. Mr.. Docker,
made the statement that be then has
p information 10 The effec that the b. y
4 o. X. 4. would be pushed through q
the Payette river al an early date, AZ,
now these two reports. coming simuiia
I neouslv from different sources. and ~
ting together so nicely. give PaNette val
ley people good reason to believe that
Z, new era is about TO dawn in this section
tn article in late issue Of the Rois'
Democrat. under The heading "Boisri
n Danger. shows that the capital city be
& lieves enough in the early completion d
Q this road to be badi, scared abou
e her future. The article says. in effect
e that IL this road should BE- bnilt, Bois
would only be a stopping place for peo
pie travelling from Nanpa iuto the Ba
l. sin.
= The INDEx refrains from becoming
. untitig excited over the prospects of ~
; early boom in this section. but believe
10 iisslf justified in saving that never be-
,. fore were the indications better tina
something will be done and thai sIeedil.