Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-12-16
BOOST FOR A
COUNTY FAIR
MAKE COEUR D'.aLENE CENTER
OF ANNUAL GATHERING OF
FARMERS.
Back Up New Enterprises and Help
the City.
(By M. G. Whitney,

ny ANAs As Wh'tASJsI
The feeling OF uncertainty prevail
ing in some quarters as result Of
the recent election ID gradually pass
ing away, and the smell of powder
that filled the air for a time has
almost entirely disappeared Many
supposed serious wounds may, after
all, be only surface bruises. Let
us remove the bandages. Even though
the consistency Of the movement may
still be a matter OF honest and wide
ly diverging opinion, as we couldn't
all win, let us recount our blessings
and forget our differences.
Regardless Of the fact that we were
wet" or dry before election-or
that we may soon be still "drier''-
every citizen can assume but one at
itude toward the matter-that he
5 still for Occur d'Alene. The mag
c surroundings Of this city--its beau
tiful location, it's undeveloped resour-
ces, make it the duty of all to press
into the collar and pull all the harder
for this city, that the full develop
ment of its possibilities may be real
lied. Both as a matter of princi-
pie and self-interest that is the wise
course and the only thing to do. This
Is our home.
In development this country has so
far seen only its dawn. It's full de-
velopment has not come and may
not come, so many believe, until
these thousands of acres of stumps
are replaced by agriculture. Be-
tween this time ana that will inter-
yene years of great activity.
Billions of feet of timber stand
uncut in territory tributary to this
city, owned by some of the larger
companies that have no mills as yet
for handling it; good mining pros
poets now in process of development
indicate that vast bodies of rich ore
still lie undisturbed by the miners
pick in the foothills closely surround
ing this city; fruit growing has only
begun and lacks that organization
for marketing the product necessary
to make it profitable; and agriculture
is only getting under fair Roadway
acre after acre of land lying close tc
this city that is not producing a dol
lars worth of anything, with food
stutfs soaring higher and higher with
every passing year.
Land More Desirable.
In the eyes of the average Ameri
can land is becoming more and more
desirable. Many are deserving tn,
oyer-deyeloped east and coming II
the undeveloped west, to secure /
possible few acres of land that hay'
SO far been without cultivation: ant
anless all signs fail next year will SCI
many people from the east coming
INTO this northwest country. Oppor
unity Will be passing our way. l
these newcomers do not see the cit,
oil Occur d'Alene on their way. who
TO blame? Do not, therefore, regar,
this city as being in the past. LIE
Us ADAPT ourselves to conditions
they come to as. exercise a it'll
keener diseernment, and from tn
benefits and the opportunities tina
naturally accompany the process c
development. endeayor to secure 70
our city and county that Just shar
which we may make ours by bein
alive to the situation.
Get Into the Came.
The thing to do at this time is nc
10 sit down and wait to see what vi
happen next, but to get back Int
the game. Back mp every active e
tort for the eity's good. and develo
every new enterprise that Is fairl
representative of the importance {
our city. county and state. And \
Occur d'Alene aspire to first ranl
ITS advantages and resources entitl