Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1905-02-23
A Great Opportunity,

A Great Opportunity.
At no time during the last GEN.
fury had the Pacific Coast such an
opportunity for showing to the
world the vast possibilities and OPP
portunities for individual, collec-
tive and national advancement as
that which is to be presented
Immediately proceeding and during
the period of the Lewis and Clark
Fair. The exposition to be held
in Portland represents the culmin-
alton Of the various agencies and
activities which have been working
together during the past two de-
cades to draw the attention of the
of the world to this section. 1t
will be mistake, however, to at
tribue the opportunity which has
now come to this Coast as due en-
tirely to the fact that the Lewis
and Clark Exposition is to be held
this year. For many years the
railroads which terminate on the
Pacific Coast have been doing ex-
tensive and enthusiastic advertising
of the wonders, opportunities and
advantages which this section
offers. Newspapers and magazines
have been aiding the publicity
work undertaken by the railroads
until the nation has begun to
awaken to the fact that the West
offers something different from the
idea which has been previously
held regarding it. The California
Promotion Committee, the Oregon
Development League and the
Chambers Of Commerce of the
various cities and town of the Pac-
fic Coast have also done an i'm
portant and indispensable work
along these lines. 1t is undeniably
true, however, that the Lewis and
Clark Fair strikes the iron while
is hot, and as it were, brings the
publicity of the various agencies to
a full fruition. Only dullard
could be blind, therefore, to the
tremendous and overwhelming op.
portunity which is offered in the
way of advertising to the Pacific
Coast States. Opportunities come
to individuals, to business enter
prises, corporations, cities, states
and nations alike. There is no law
which effects the prosperity of the
individual which can not be applied
with equal force to the city, the
state or nation. In every individ-
ual's career, at one time or another
here comes to him a great oppor-
tunity. Such an opportunity has
come, not only to the individuals
of the Pacific Coast, but it has
come with overwhelming force to
this entire aection. There is no
place in the world where the pessi-
mist is so badly out of place as
here, and there is no place in the
world where the optimist has more
chances of realizing his greatest
dreams. In every direction there
is the stir of great things to be
done. Tremendous schemes are
being brought forth. 1t would be
almost an impossibility to imagine
a more alluring and brilliant
prospect. The Pacific Coast, aside
from all contagious enthusiasm and
optimism, is developing into the
most attractive part of the world.
Yet the man who comes to the
Pacific Coast with the idea that he
will not have to work, and work
hard, will be deceived to the last
extremity. The man looking for
a snap is not the man who is want
ed on the Pacific Coast. True men
do not need snaps. Work, con.
slant work, constant planning, un.
bounded faith, unbounded enthus.
iasm, unbounded belief in ones own
energies and possibilities - these
are the qualities that are in de.
mand every where, but the qualities
, which have greater possibilities or
this Coast than, we believe, any
where else in the world. We wan1
patriotic men on the Pacific Coast,
men who are not burdened with
sense of their own littleness, mer
who have the large, broad, clear
minded prospect. We went mel
Of power. We want men who be.
lieve in themselves and in tn,
future of this Coast and thi,
nation. Pacific Monthly.