The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-09-07
PEARSE'S LOUD PRAISES
Rev l R. Pearse Tells People of
Erie About Idaho.
REFERS TO BLAKE'S ROAD
And Spreads News Of Our Resources Through
Eastern Papers.

Rev Pearse has arrived safely at
Erie, again, and is determined that
people there shall know of Idaho, as
will be seen by the following from
the Erie Times:
Rev Richard Pearse, pastor of the
Second Baptist church, arrived in
this city from Payette, Idaho, where
he has been spending his vasation
upon farm which he owns in that
place. He returns full of enthusiasm
for the country in which his farm is
located and says there is plenty of
room in that section for everyone
who wants to work and own his own
farm. He was caller at the Times
office this forenoon and brought with
him several valietles of fruit that was
grown upon the trees located on his
farm The Yellow Transparent, an
early fall apple, the Duchess of
Oldenburg, a later variety, the Elem
ish Beauty pear, the Bradshaw plums
and Silver prunes, were all of the
finest grades of fruit imaginable and
considering the great distance he had
brought them, were in remarkable
stage of preservation. The apples
and pears were grown upon trees
planted only three years ago and the
fruit was large in size and delicious
in flavor
He spoke of the Seven Devils
mines and said that the mines were
undoubtedly of the richest kind i'm
aginable He said that railroad
was now being constructed, following
the Weser river up the mountain and
over to Lewiston That was the
natural route and 27 miles of the
roadbed had already been built and
1000 men were at work on one end,
500 men on the other end and 800
men more were wanted to push the
work along, but could not be secured
He said it would be only a few miles
to run a spur from the main line to
the mines and this would be done.
He said there appeared to be plenty
of money back of the present railroad
and it would certainly be pushed
through.
Referring to the railroad in which
Erie capitalists are interested, he
said it was easy for anyone to sec
the mistake of attempting to build
railroad along the Snake river, as thu
protector of the Erie men said HI
was going to do Snake river, III
saws, is not the natural way of getting
to the Seven Devils mines The ele
vation was too great and the building
of the necessary tunnels would re
ouire an immense amount of money
He said the proposed road was bull
up to the tunnel, started upon tn
, other side and run to the next plae
where a tunnel would have I. to b
built, and 80 on. No work what
ever had been done upon the tunnel
and that WAS the most expensive par
of the work, and when the road wa
even built, tunnels and all, then til
mines would have to be reached b
v an elevated road, expensive to bull
and operate =,
Mr. Pearse said, however, that tt
t. railroad now reaching completic
would answer all purposes of an ou
: let for the product of the immenseI
rich copper ores of the Seven Dew
mines.
The reverend gentleman stated
Times representative that he wou
shortly deliver lecture on his TT
o. in his church and when that is a
= nounced Erie people should make
a point to be present, because ne Is
very interesting speaker,