The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-08-08
WHAT OF THE FUTURE!
COMING CITY OF NORTH IDAHO
why Occur d'A1ene win Grow and Pros
peril has the Resources. the cAbisaI.
the Brains and the Muscle to MAKE =
City ofIo.OO0 People.

What Of the future for Occur a.
Alepe! That is a question which
many persons would give money ia
have accurately answered. There il
no way of positively determining the
question, but We may form an opinion
by taking retrospective and prospect
i've views Of the situation The past
three years have been years Of prosper
ity for Occur d 'Alene. They have
witnessed the building Of the big
lumber manufacturing plant Of the
Occur 'Alene Lumber company which
is now running night and day with
a crew Of over 100 men and cutting
100, 600 feet Of lubmer daily. The
company has large acreage Of fine
timber TO draw from, makes shingles
and hath as part Of its lumber
business and is ably managed by Geo.
w. Mason. The establishing Of this
industry here was the beginning Of
the towns prosperity. 1t marked
the turning point in the history Of
the place and there has been a for
ward movement ever since.
Closely following the above enter
prise the William Howard Land a
Lumber company entered the field and
is at the present time among the
heaviest holders of timber in Idaho.
That it will become one Of our great
est manufacturing concerns is evident
from the movements Of its manager,
F. A. blackwell. who is one Of the
most enterprisinR and progressive
business men in the Pacific northwest.
When be takes hold Of a proposition
be simply makes it go and there is
no getting away from the fact. He
may be said 10 he the father If the
st. Joe Boom company. the ST. Joe
Improvement company and the
Occur d'Alene A Spokane Railway
company. Two Of these enterprises
are already IN successful operation
and the third h nearing completion.
The Big -Four Lumber company has
just completed sawmill with a
capacity of so. 600 feet of lumber in
ten hours. and another mill down the
river is ready to begin saving for the
Mctiilil 4 Gibbs company. which
viii turn out the same cut. Across
the lake the Gundenson Il Allen mill.
which started up during the spring.
il turning ont 10000 feet daily.
The Rutledge Lumber company. which
IL Weyerhsuser syndicate, owns
large site fronting an the lake east of
town and will put in big plant within
the next two years. The r. b. Lewis
company also intends to build mill
in the near future. The William
Howard Land 4 Lumber company
owns and has cleared very desirable
mill site on the old Sander place.
which theF purchased some time ago.
The electric railway company il
preparing to handle lumber between
this place and Spokane and there are
many other evidences of future prosp-
eirty for the town.
With the past rs criterion for the
future and the prospects for addition
al industries AZ above outlined, il
does not seem to be necessary 20 have
the wisdom of solomon nor the
confidence Of = Damon, to d, eide
what the future has in store for
Occur d'Alene. II is no dream. but
a clear case. where he that runs may
read, that here is to be a town Of
from siS to ten thousand people. and
at no far distant day Then the
possibilities that some of US thought
of ten years ago will become actual
facts. What Of the future OF Occur a..
Alenei II lie written ON our pine
covered hills: it may be seen in the
meadows Of our valleys; our orchards
and fruits proclaim Il to the world
our stock industry is a living monn.
ment to its future. and 1t Is reflected
in the crystal lakes and rivers that
Rlisten in the sunshine: Il is stamped
in the lives of our citizens. whoes
enterprise will sieze the advantages
offered by nature and bring about the
result which the future has in store
for the Queen city by the unsalted
sea--a city nesting in the bosom Of
the mountains, sAnitarium casting
its shadows into the blue waters Of
beautiful lake Occur d'Alene, mart
of industry sending its lumber to the
markets Of the world,
A. Bettes, general manager of the
Occur d'Alene 4 Spokane Railway
company, has moved his family to
this place. Mr.. Bettes has been an
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