The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-01-30
Bright Future in Store.

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to look as if the fondest hopes of the
people of I.ehmi county are about to
be realized. There is trite saying
There is many slip tiki the cup
and the lip, but we are not too op-
tomistic to believe that actual con-
struction work will begin this year.
1t is true there is no certainty that
such will be the case, but the indica
tions are most encouraging. The
very day that construction work does
begin Salmon will commence to boom
as never before in her history. The
stage line between here and Redrock
will be taxed to its fullest capacity
to carry the homeseekers and those
looking for business openings. This
condition will continue in moderate
way until the first train reaches this
place and there are more easy meth
ods of ingress, when a further i'm
petus will be given to the growth Of
the city and its population. In
many ways we should be prepared to
accept this new condition, and some
effort made to induce capital and
men Of means TO develop our wonder.
full resources.
There is every reason why the Sal
mon of the future should be smelt-
ing center We have the ore all about
US, all that is needed is some meth
cd for its reduction. There are in
Vulnerable copper properties within
a few miles of town which yield
higher per cent OF the this metal
than the best mines at Anaconda or
Butte. Heretofore these properties
could not be worked prottably on ac-
count of the expense of getting the
products To the smelter. All over the
county there are what is known as
free milling properties, which 90
high in gold. As depth Is attained
she ore becomes base and smelling is
the only method OF saving the values.
For this reason many OF these proper
ties are now lying idle which would
he worked extensively had we a
method of successful reduction.
Some months ago The Recorder ad-
vocated the organization Of board
Of trade or a commercial organiza-
tion. The advocacy of this proposi-
tion did not seem To reach a respon-
sive chord at the time. and have been
waiting until more opportune time
arrived. We believe that the time
Is now ripe for something to be done
/ In this direction. A centralized ef.
+ fort can accomplish much, while In.
+ dividual efforts are largely failures in
propositions which require energy
and a united front. Outside of the
efforts of a few individuals no par
? ticulsr effort has been made to secure
. railroad Capital has been induced
to look over the field merely as an
opportunity for investment. The re
soures of the country have not beer
brought to their observation only a.
the hackers OF the enterprise sought
them out.
, Those who have been in the couu
try for the past forty years bay,
waited so long for the development o.
the various industries that they MAJ
have become pessimistic TO some ex
tent and dc not reaiZe our possibili
ties so quickly as those who baYI
lived in various mining sections o
the West. We have tile advantage
of most mining sections TO bayInl
plenty of agricultural land, and ar
independent Of other localities 70
the products of the soil. In tbos
|. respects We are extremely fortunate
What is needed now is to publish &
! the world our many natural resource
. and when the cars reach Salmon
people sho are looking for home
! will be with rs, and land which nos
| has nut little value will be made {
blossom as the rose The greater tb
: population, SO IL does not over-reac
! the demands for labor, the create
: will the values OF land increase an
} the greater will be our prosperity.