The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1898-02-10
That is What Traveller Says Idaho
Property will Do.
DITTO WITH HER POPULATION.
He is Stuck on Idaho, and is Plainly Enthus-
iastic, but He Tells the Truth.

81 will give Idaho just I've years
to double her wealth and population, "
remarked man who travels over the
state a good deal and keeps his eyes
and ears open. cone can see enough
to justify making such remark if he
will Just look around little. To |
start with, outsiders are just begin
ming to realize the grand attractions
our fertile valleys offer to home build
ers, what magnificent country we
have in the northern part Of the state
for the production Of wheat, barley,
oats and flax, what glorious fruit
growing sections all Of our many river
valleys can be made, and what u sal
ubrious climate can be found in all
portions OF the state. Go to Lewis
ton, Boise, Payet,e, Wciser Noun
tain Home, or twenty other places in
the state and mark the Improvements
being made and the number of new
homes being built. Take q ride
through New Plymouth and see what
fine community is happily located
upon land which only three years ago
was sage brush plain. Notice in
all the local papers published in the
-. H. oo,,;n,o,+, ox,roucn1 hx tho
citizens regarding the outlook for the
future. Get into the eastern quarter
Iof Idaho and visit Idaho Falls, st
Anthony, Market Lake, American
Falls, Pocatello and every other town
or settlement, and see the improv-
ments going on and YOU must confess
that the people are making rapid pro
gress in all agricultural pursuits.
Then look around among the cattle
and wool growers and you will find
all of them getting on admirably
And. after all, remember that there
are probably not more than two, il
there are anv, counties in the state IN
which mining is not an important IN.
!, dustry, neutrality-suspicious. and cap
ital. Think of the new mining camps
!, opening up, each one of which means
new settlement growing up. Not'
what is going on ut Warren, Florence
Gibbonsville, G Neal, Willow Creek anC
every where from the head of TIN
Clearwater to the mouth of the Sal
mon Every trail in our mountains
: will he kept hot by prospectors an'
all along our mountain roads, mex
summer, will be seen freighters load
ed with machinery and supplies 70
, mining camps. Then the Seven Dev
lis country! The very wrangling go
ing on over the proper route how Il
reach that section, while temporaril
retarding its development, is scrvln
=. one good purpose. 1t is advertiser
it's enormous mineral wealth Minin
in our imperial state is an industry G
almost boundIess possibilities.
j, will bring people here by the thors
70 ands every year.
What is to become another gre:
industry of the state has never V,
i. been written up. 1t is the lumber il
dustry. Our splendid forests {
90 white pine, spruce, fir tamarack an
cedar are, of themselves. II source {
wealth which has been us vet lit
discussed These forests will be n
n tackled before long, by the lumbe
man. A railroad is now beng bui
. Yin Latah county to reach one Of Il
great white plne forests Wealtl
ea Michigan and Wisconsin lumberm,
are watching their opportunities
;, get grip on great areas of tiinbe
70 the equals of which they have nev
IN found in their own states.
<"Anoiher era of railroad constru
= w ton is likely to be inaugerated 500
as and the men who organize and bui
lay railroads are keeping their eyes
the Idaho The Oregon Pacific is alrea
~ making moye in the direction
On Boise; railroad will, sooner or lat,
ON be built connecting Butte and S
Ied Francisco, and that portion of it e
tending up the Payette and Sam
will be the first to be built