The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1909-02-11
Shall Idaho Be Dependent State9

Shall Idaho Be Dependent State9
Boise has no unfriendly feeling nor
rivalry toward Twin Falls and the
Twin Falls country. So long as Twin
Falls and the immensely rich section
adjacent to it, have to rely upon some
secondary distributing point for it's
wholesale and jobbing supplies, Boise
wishes that business.
But with the completion of plans
now under way by the Short Line,
! Twin Falls promises to be placed in
position to handle such trade as that
herself, not only for the territory now
settled and adjacent to that city, but
also for the great Bruneau country
after it's settlement following the COM
ing of water. Only the determination
of the Short Line to advance the in
terests of Salt Lake City over those of
cities in surrounding states, will in
terfere with it's supremacy in that line.
When that time comes Boise will
have to retire as gracefully as possible
from that field.
In other words the very best that
Boise wholesalers and jobbers man
hope to do is to build up trade that
will be but temporary, unless the pol
icy of the Short Line should greatly
change from what it is now, or unless
some transcontinental railway, which
is not now Indicating its intentions,
should build here and make Boise a
center.
But there is a territory that belongs
to Boise and one which should always
belong to Boise. That territory ex-
tends at least $50 miles toward the
south, the west and the north and
Boise is able not only to hold it and
utilize it, but it can build it up MAX
ing it double, treble or even quadruple
itself with but little expenditure. That
done and the supremacy of the city es.
tablished it will be in position to fighl
for possession of the territory 15(
miles towards the east in spite of the
efforts of the Short Line to shut it GU
; fro many of that territory.
The Jordan Valley, Silver City, De
! Lamar and South Mountain countr.
constitutes an empire tributary tt
Boise sufficient alone to make a cit,
, here equal to Spokane, built up almos
!, wholly by the Occur d'Alene countr,
of this state. To the north lies anoth
er country only partially developed
!, but intellectually rich even now, bu
. which with the railway transportation
. that Boise could give would supper
a city even larger than Spokane
To the west there is another empir,
in southern Oregon that is begging
Boise to accept it, and the acceptance
of which would place Boise in direc
connection with the ocean. What tina
means will not be fully comprehendet
until the Panama canal Is completed
bringing the Pacific ocean within it!
former distance from the Atlantic.
The Oregon legislature has before
1t measure which, if approved, will
permit counties and cities in that state
to extend aid to railways.
( The very purpose of that measure i:
} to benefit Boise, and of course. them
selves, by constructing railway from
} Boise to the Coos bay country.
| Shall Boise be less interested In it,
own welfare than its Oregon neighbor.
{ are in it?
, With proper encouragement, safe
! guarded with every protection, Bots,
could begin movement which would
( result in the building of these three
J lines of railway A bond issue in Ad;
} county, supplemented by bond issu,
In Boise county, supplemented by thu
, aid the Barber Lumber company would
/ give, would build railway to the cen
} ter Of Boise county's population, and
perhaps, with bond issue from Gus
, ter county, would build road into tn
! great mining country there
A bond issue by Ada county,. sup
plemented by bond issue in Canyon
county and another in Owyhee county
together with the aid of the. Colder
Cato railway onviouc for cyoh on ~