The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1900-06-28
A Highway that Would be of Great
Commercial Value.
PASS THROUGH RICH COUNTRY
Free Press Talks on a Matter Of Great Interest
to Two Counties.

Free Press
For 80 years past various efforts
have been made to secure concert of
action whereby wagon road could
be opened along the Salmon river
from White Bird to the mouth of
Little Salmon, and thence southwark
to the Little Salmon meadows in
Washington county, thus giving the
northern part of the state easy access
over good water grades to connec
tions with southern Idaho through
our own borders, without having to
take the long and tresome journey
through Washington and Oregon as
we have to do now. For many long
years nothing could be accomplished,
and it was only by desire to con-
ciliate the northern counties, which
were at that time strongly desirous
of being annexed to Washington,
that an appropriation was made from
the state treasury to build part of
this much needed throughfare This
appropriation built the road from
White Bird to point one and one
half miles below Golf at Higgins
ferry. From the ferry to Goff the
road has to be blasted out of the
solid bedrock, and this fact has hith-
erto scared the county commission
ers out of the idea of doing anything
looking to the ultimate completion of
the most badly-needed road in the
state. Above Goff, the people have
for long time past been steadily
working on the extension Of the road
south and now the road is completed
to the Washington county line and
all that is now lacking is the small
gap between the ferry and Golf to
give us communication with the
whole length of Salmon river terri
tory between White Bird and the
county boundary line.
For the past six months the people
along the river have been working
hard to get the necessary funds OF
means subscribed to complete the
gap, and in pursuance of this policy
Mr. j. o. Levander recently visited
Grangeville with a subscription list
and succeeded in raisinng very near
ly $3.50 in cash to help along the
road to completion. Mr.. Levandel
returned to his home few days
since and writes us that he has Sc.
cured contributions to the road al
White Bird and other Salmon river
points amounting to 800, besides
AZ days work, and that now he has
the equivalent of 5000 promised, anC
it is hoped that the road will be com
pleted with the amount on hand.
The completion of this road means
great things for that part of Idaho
county, opening up as it does th'
long isolated sections of the Little
Salmon and Rapid rivers, whicl
hitherto have been only accessible b,
trail. These sections are possessed
of wonderfully fertile soil, with tn
best climate out of doors, beside
the best cattle ranges on the cont
nent. In addition there are known L
exist there immense deposits of gold
silver and copper ores, gypsum, as
bestos, marble, coal, lime and iron i
inexhaustible quantities, all of whic
have in the past been passed by by tn
intending investor on account of tn,
inaccessibility oil the region, whic
otherwise possesses every naturs
gift to make a populous and wealth
section Of this great county Of ours
1t is therefore with good deal Q
pleasure and pronounced satisfactio
that we announce to the world tn