Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-08-31

have a good road constructed from
Alton to Cokeville. 1t will only be
necessary, Mr.. Vaterlaus said, to
construct about l8 miles of road in
order to give he Alton people a
much better road TO Cokeville than
the present Montpeller-Afton road.
Last spring the commissioners OF
this county appropriated $500 to be
used in improving the Star Valley
road, but not dollar Of that money
has been expended, and the road is
now in most deplorable condition.
We have heard 1T said that the
Star Valley trade doesn't amount to
"a row of pins" for Montpelier. We
think, however, when the trade is
once diverted from here that those
who made the above statement will
find they we're sadly mistaken. Last
Monday morning the Alton stage
took all the passengers it would hold
and FIVE persons were compelled to
wait here until Tuesday. Now
those five persons had to eat and
sleep during their stay here and
they must have left little money
in the town. Then, all the team
sters who come here after Star Val
ley freight spend more or less money
here, and every citizen of the val
ley who wishes to take trip to Salt
Lake or any other point, Is obliged
to come here and remain over night
and during the course of year
there are certainly 200 or more peo-
pie who make trips out Of the valley
to points east or west. Probably
the money they leave in Montpelier
doesn't amount to much but we
would great deal rather see those
people come here to take the train
than 60 to Cokeville.
While the commissioners of
Uinta may be determined to build
road from Cokeville to Alton, yet
we believe that Montpelier should
do everything possible to hold the
Star Valley trade. This is the nat
ural distributing point for that
country, and if travel was made
good we believe they would prefer
Montpelier to Cokeyille for their
shipping point. One thing is GER
tain, though, they will not come
here over deplorable roads if good
road is provided to Cokeyille.
Now, there Is only one way to get
improvements for town or to
bring new business to town and
that is to go after them. If Mont
pelier citizens are going to stand
idly by and walt for good things to
come to them, they will find that
the town will be no better off ten
years hence than it is today. Are
we going to let the Star Valley
traffic slip away from us, and then
repent ever afterwards for not even
having made an attempt to hold it?
Are we going to look with lndiffer-
ence upon the electric road enter
prise, and make no effort to encour-
age those who are promoting it2
Don't you think it ls worth any
thing, at all, to have Montpelier
advertised as being the distributing
J point for Star Valley? Don't you
, think it would be worth something
to Montpelier to be advertised at
the junction point for an electric
road to Bear Lake? With an cleo
. trio road built and summer re-
sort established on the shores of the
lake, don't you know that the Shor
: Line would show this on the map
IN their folders AMI MontpelieI
i. would be advertised as tie point a
which to take the electric cars t,
t the lake.
Let us say that WE WILL .opeI
] our doors, not only to these oppor
: tunities Tut all others that ma,
come this way.
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