The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-02-21
PLEASANT VISITOR
TO OUR dTY +!
I. |. Payne. 4 Prominent Citizen Of GaId-
well, viSfS Salmon looking iG I
Business INatDn-

+. l.. Payne, of Caldwell, Idaho,
has been pleasant visitor to this
city during the past week; and dur
ing his stay OF three or four days
made many new friends and ac-
lquaintances. Mr.. Payne informs us
that he Is looking for location for
wholesale aud retail butcher business,
and thinks Salmon will prove the
ideal location, taking Its future into
consideration, as he Views IL.
For the past eight years Mr.. Payne
has been deputy sheriff OF Canyon
county, but the first OF the year his
longing to return to his regular oc-
cupation was unresistahle. From
what he had heard Of this section OF
the state, and Its possible opportuni-
ties he was determined TO see for
himsef and look the situation over.
He returned to Caldwell Tuesday
morning, having received notice that
his wife was sick, but as he clinbed
into the Redrock coach he informed
US that he would he back In week
or ten days.
While in conversation with Mr..
Payne he gave US some OF his reasons
for the faith that was In him that
the Salmon River country has great
possibilities before IL, and why he
was anxious to get In ON the ground
floor. Among tile most potent OF his
reasons IL might be unnecessary 10
mention that he firmly believes that
we will not only have a railroad In
the near future but will have two or
more. He states that on the outside,
in OF her parts Of the state he has
heard more reliable railway news
than he heard after he arrived Ia
Salmon.
The government has been at work
on gigantic irrigation project at
Caldwell, which Is about finished. A
large reservoir and dan. has been con.
structed which will make the largest
tiicial lake In the world A large
construction company has had the
contract for this project, but thcii
work is about completed. Mr.
Payne has a son who has charge oi
their steam shovel They signed 4
contract with his son TO run thi,
] part OF their machinery, one OF tn,
stipulations Of the contract was that
the young man was TO draw his salar,
5 when moving from one contract tS
another. In their proposals to th'
young man they stated that as sooi
as they finished their present con
tract they would move To Salmon
\ where they had contract with th'
, Milwaukee Railway to build line o
! road through the Sawtooth noun
A taiDs.
. This is simply another railway ru
. NOR which the readers of The Re
n corder will do as we have done--tak
1t for what IL is worth, and doin
n this exercise their discretion au
o Judgment. We give the rumor fo
a what It is worth. But studying owe
the situation and viewing the condl
!, tions 1t sounds plausible. The Mi
n waukee people are now at work Il
). the North part OF the National Park
e heading this way. This Is almos
!. directly east OF here. The Salmo
o River route is the only place With
;, a hundred miles north and south G
~ this point where they can ~
through the mountains, and ther
a. may be more facts In line with Nj
- Payne's argument than might apes
/. upon first glance.
;. The people OF the Salmon Vale
;, have been expecting railroad fl
n the past twenty years, aod ma
70 urally are pessimistic, and they WI
- have TO see actual construction woi
"a commenced before some of them wi
M he convinced That they are to see d
4. actual consummation OF their mo-
~ earnest desires. In the past twent!
40 i've years. this Is the hrst time tbi
"a the Oregon Short Line has becon
uneasy over the situation, whis
:. convipces US more than snythir
20 else that there Is going TO be som
60 thing doing"