The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-07-29
Unexampled Features Enjoyed by Wei
ser i'll the Way of Commercial
Location.
A NATURAL METROPOLIS.
Could be Made the Trade Center of Great
Growing and Rich Country, But Railway
Determinations Damage Us and Re-
duce Their Own Earnings.

The casual visitor to Weiser cannot
fail to be impressed with the appear
ance of thrift and industry that is
evidenced on all sides, and often
at such manifestations of resources.
But all this is of easy explanation
when we consider the vast and rap
idly growing territory of whicii this
is the metropolis. Our immediate
surroundings are fertile acres, pro-
ducing in abundance the finest crops
of grain, fruit and vegetables, and
year by year the cultivated area is
extending The different valleys near
by add the wealth of their products,
and in return expend their receipts
among our merchants And so on
in an unbrol<en chain, the line of our
available territory extends north to,
and even beyond, the Salmon river
as the only reliable wagon road that
penetrates this immense mineral
country is by way of the Weiser val
ley. BY virtue of its location alone
Weiser must attain to still greater
commercial prominence. Its location
on the main line of a traEscontlnental
railway, and proximity to the great
copper districts north makes it nat
ural point for large plant for smelt-
ing purposes, and for this the local
advantages are superior. Ores from
other points could be easily delivered
here from outside localities, when re-
quired to combine with the product
here. Ground with abundance of
water can be had for this purpose
without expense, and nowhere can the
employee be maintained better OF
more cheaply than here And as The
Weiser valley is the one great nat
ural avenue that is available for rail.
way purposes, it must sooner or later
he occupied, and then the whole ol
the vast country that now divides It's
trade among different points woult
center here and the products of til,
great mineral districts come here fol
reduction. The immense bodies o
timber that are at present unavail
able for want of transportation facil
tiles would in most countries be con
sidered Il resource sufficient for tin
basis of Il great and permanentindus
try, but here where mineral wealth il
classed as first, it has hardly eve
been classed as an important sourc
of revenue. Our livestock interest
are immense, and from this count
the present year thousands of cattle
sheep, hogs and horses have bee
shipped to all points east, west an,
north. And in regard to the matte
of railway rates, no community wa
l ever caused to suffer more wrong
than are the people here, and OF
cause for complaint is unquestior
ably just and the policy adopted an
carried out by the railway companie
+, is not only fatal to our progress. br
also detrimental to the interests {
the corporation. Cattle shipmen
i from this point, by reason of discrin
nations, are not possible because M
: profitable, and daily we are forced
5 contemplate the dust raised by I'll
e feet of our own herds driven past OF
doors for shipment at points that a
in no sense and for no good reaso
= entitled to the business, and most
IS these owned and sold by our own ci
IF izens. We are the nearest and be
I point for the delivery of stock fro
IS the Oregon ranges, bnt rates an
~ other facilities force the stock
i other and less desirable points, al
y yet, naturally, no place could affo
ce better facilities for the location
n y stock yards good grounds on lev
es grades and abundance of water. Ye
" with ali this and a local busiues bo
y freight and passenger, that ranl
* among the first stations. we ha
never received the consideration th
% water tank bestows All the hea
mining machinery for the north