Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-06-02
WILL BUILD
NEW ROAD
Kooskia Farmers Have Plans
Under Way for More
Direct Route.

If reports are true the long hoped for
day when the Elk City Basin shall have
closer connection with the railroad and
better roads is beginning to dawn. The
farmers in the vicinity of Kooskia have
learned the advantage they would have
by more direct connection between that
district and this, and having wearied
from the slow method of getting relief
from the county and state, they have
taken the matter into their own hands
and will begin the construction of the
new road to connect Kooskia, on the
Sites line of the Northern Pacific, with
Newsome, which is the over night stop
ping point on the stage run between
Elk City and Sites.
Jake Leitch, of Tahoe, deputy as
SCISSOR for this district, and who is also
one of the farmers in the Kooslxia dis
trict, gives the Mining News the infor-
nation. He says the farmers some
time ago decided to undertake the i'm
provement and they are now waiting
for fair weather to begin operations.
Work will be carried on until harvest.
The road win be started by the builders
cutting and constructing a 12-foot trail
and this will eventually be made a road.
1t is claimed the new road will shorten
the distance between Elk City and the
railroad about fifteen miles and will cut
the grade 1900 feet.
Evidently the Koosl<ia farmers have
come to realize that Elk City Basin Of
fery better market for their produce
than do the outside points, and, unlike
some places known to have held US in
check by failing to cooperate with us
in the upbuilding of the country, they
are broad minded farmers with the
enterprise and public spirit to set under
We plans that will establish and facili-
tate commercial intercourse. The most
sparkling gems dug from the diamond
fields in Africa would be of no value if
there We're no transportation facilities
to place them in the countries where
there is demand for them.
There is demand in Elk City for the
products of the farm, and there is also
a demand in the outside world for the
mountains in the Elk City Basin. Bet
ter roads leading into this valley vii
have tendency to bring capital for the
development of the mines, and capita
will bring the laborers and population
This district was by nature intended tC
depend upon the outside world for pro
visions, and the farming district neares
to it, in the commerc2a sense, is the
district that is in position to reap the
greatest benefit. With the new roaC
completed Kooskia viii occupy tina
strategic point, and places that hav,
blocked the wheels of progress tina
have often been started here to improv,
the roads we now have will have to G,
way back, and sit down.
The Mining News has not SOUNDED
any of the people of Elk City Basin il
regard to the new road, but basing
statement on the records, it believes i
the new road is started in good faitl
the builders will receive substantial en-
couragement from the people here.
j. Kiper entertained the caml
in a few stunts with a buckins
cayuse near the school house
Thursday afternoon. A consider
able portion of the population wa
present to see Kiper tame th'
wild beast and this he did in tru,
cowboy style.