The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1909-03-12

hundred thousand acres Of tillable land
that this land is worth now not to ex-
coed $40 per acre; the total value Of
this valley at this time would be APP
proximately s3,o0O,0oo Suppose that
The community taxed itself to secure
the construction OF railroad to this
valley, and that the railroad would cost
100000. Suppose that land upon the
completion Of the railroad, advanced
in value to an average Of $40 per acre.
Then the value Of the land weuld be
$4,000, 600 In other words, by reason
Of the construction of the railroad the
assets Of the district would advance $9,-
100000 in land values alone, plus the
increased profit from the products Of
the land resulting from the ellimina-
ton Of an expensive 50 mile wagon
haul
If the entire expense of the construc-
ton of the line was borne by the inhab-
itants Of that valley, and the railroad
owned by them although only one end
of the new line would be ia the valley,
and the major portion of it would ira
vers a district difficult of development
by reason Of being forest reserve, or
for some other reason, and if the rail
road never earned a dividend, it would
none the less have netted the residents
and land owners of that valley in the
aggregate profit Of $4,000, 900 within
a few months after the construction of
of the line. and in the broad results the
construction of the line would be prof
table 10 the public whether the rail
road ever paid dividend or not.
Now, in my own opinion, 10 order to
open up the great Golden Heart Of
Idaho" by public aid, it will be neces-
sary to amend the Constitution in such
a way that cities and counties perhaps
remote from much Of the new track
which would have to be laid, could still,
if they SO desired aud if it appear to
them that the construction Of the new
line would bring them an adequate re-
turn in benefits. bond themselves to
assist in its construction.
believe that the essence of success
III new communities lies in cooperation;
in boosting something new and not in
knocking what we now have, in har-
monizing our views and our purposes
so that we may all work consistently
and insistently to the same great ends
] believe that the organization of Com
mercial clubs aud other industrial and
development associations is a step ia
the right direction, because without
organization co operation is difficult to
accomplish, and with organization mote
intimate contact between the different
units is secured, resulting in better
understanding each of the other, and
in harmonizing the methods and aims
and purposes of all concerned.
The time will probably never come
when all people will view important
measures from the same standpoint,
and III my judgement if such condi-
ton could be reached it would be unde-
sirable because it would seem to ter
inmate human endeavor and striving.
to which nearly all the of the desir-
able progress Of the world in every di-
rection Is directly attributable.
So by free exchange OF views, and
by frank and conscientious represent
ations each to the other, and all to all,
we may eventually Gull the dross, elm
mate the undesirable, cultivate sub
stautial and sturdy growth Of those
seeds OF progress which may commend
themselves to the majority of our cti-
zens, which such an exchange of views
develops. The greater interest of all
concerned are really identical. 1t is
only necessary to adjust and reconcile