Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1907-02-21

has arrived. 1t is no longer an
hour Of preliminary talking or
wonderment as to what is the mat
ter or cause or question. The hour
Of resolution and action is come to
Us as q legacy from the pioneer SET
tiers who made the existing facts
apparent to this community. The
need to act for the interests Of
Greater Grangeville, is not only a
protective measure for the present
but positive duty to the future
good Of posterity.
With all it's advantages, what
will Grangeville amount to in this
progressive age if we do not use
the energy and capital we now
command to encourage a greater
interest in our behalf from the out
side investors, and to stand as one
unit of individual strength with
the individuals among us who have
faith and friendship as we'll as
capital to invest in any of the
many lines of business which are
represented in the city?
Thousands of dollars are now
tied up in stocks of merchandise,
places of business in which to dis.
play them and the expense of trans
acting business. There is not a
city of comparative size in Idaho
or the adjoining states which can
give to it's people better selection
or variety of goods, or more up-to.
date, modern methods of dealing
in regard to displaying and con.
veniences for customers. These
merchants need the support OF
Grangeville and must have it to
give US such an advantage. The
merchants, also, must keep abreast
of the times and take advantage OF
opportunity with the rest of the
people of this community, or in
time they will feel the influences
which silently and impartially
work for good or evil in all the
events of commercial life. A drown
ing man seeks to save his life by
grasping the hand extended to help
him, and it is not an infrequent
occurrence to lose his own life and
also drag down to death the friend
who sought to save him.
There is q moral in the above.
And yet, the drowning of both did
not, or does not, prevent the loss
nor excuse the lack of caution in
one or the other or both. Grange
vile is in the swim. 1t is a case
Of sink or swim! And in the tide
of fortune even the friendly hand
of help is scarcely ever in evidence
to help the individual or commun-
ity whose misfortune it may be to
have failed to assure future to
support him in an hour of need,
when storms make toys Of
stsuncher craft.
Camss Prairie can deliver the
goods in regard to agriculture,
horticulture, cattle, hogs, and all
domestic animals. The mining dis.
tricts can and will be equal to their
share in the matters OF supply and
demand. Railroad corporations
need but the assurance of support
by the masses to expend in invest.
ment the necessary money to reach
the points where business may be
obtained. What have we to offer
as inducements to hold these inter.
ests, expecting greater percentage
Of patronage and an increased in.
fluence? Who will take up the
matter of solicitation for Grange
ville's we'll being, it not Grange.
ville'e own people?
Will other towns employ on,
people and allow them to return
here to put the earnings Of ths
worker or professional in
circulation? Or will either of then
care to return to do SO?
Will men who have the financia
means sit idly by and lose the earn
ing power Of their money while thu
community bubbles and pessimist
doubt as to the chances agains
even an assurance OF the return o
the original capital to q man WIN
might invest? Large cities hav'
been builded by the earnest en-
deavors OF small communitie
whose faith and works have bego