The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-12-08

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= paper after a recent visit to our city
The writer spent a part Of last Sat
= urday in the town of Nezperce an
the way they do things and attain re
suits over in that coming city, 70
truly with the present advantage
!. and those which will drop in he
/ lap shortly, that place is going Il
make quit a little city of some conse
quence. is quite astonishing and al
eye-opener to a man.
From the time you take the lite
dinky train at Vollmer and heaC
across the Prairie there IS enthusiasm
on every hand, the air is fairly sat
urated with it. If there is a man or
the train from Nezperce. and there
usually is,he loses no time in getting
acquainted withhis fellow-passengers
and soon switches the conversation
from the weather and the frightful
conditions of the railroad to that Of
boosting and never grows weary in
extolling Nezperce and the land Of
accomplishments.
And in singing the praises of this
wonderful country he does his sing
ing in such a manner and with a
softness of voice that is enhancing
and has not a d~iscordant note. In
fact harmony seems to be the magic
secret Of the wonderful success Of
the town of Nezperce. You can't 6nd
a knocker there, at least not on Sat
urday's.
Meet a man and he takes you to his
competitors and enroute tells you
what a fine fellow he is. Everybody
pulls /. gethsr over there and there
is ample evidence that they PULL
AskILewiston, if you doubt this. A
professional man said that whsnever
they did discover a bad man for the
town he vas sort of tabooed and he
gets out. This would be a mighty
good remedy for some of the sick
towns that have been lingering be-
tween life and death to administer
to some of the business men, and
'enterprising'' citizens they are
troubled with.
But getting back to the railroad,
your fellow-passenger from Nezperce
relates how after many years Of
struggle, the railroad vas finally
constructed, how obstacle after
obstacle was overcome and how this
man or that town worked against
the sale of the bonds, really that man
Johnson, who constructed the road
IS a wonder and some day will be a
OF a Hill
The road is not much-of a line, no
rock ballast nor concrete bridges;
the train is a mixed" that is it is
made up Of freight cars and a com
oination baggage and passenger. To
.ravel over the line is not solid com
tort, but it must be ike riding in a
as compared with the former
mode of travel, a rolIicking stage
,ver bottomless highways.
However, necessity brought the
road. It was not built for luxury
put for use and they sure use it.
along the line are many
warehouses; their sides bullying With
and the line is kept busy h aul-
wheat out and merchandise il
Ilso the thrifty N~ezperceites and
heir families, and the usual country
RUNNER is in evidence on all trains
secretly cussing the road but public
y boosting the town which gives
i'm the big fat orders he has tucked
way cozily in his inside pocket.
Nezperce is a good town and it
Ioes one good to meet with the busi-
ess men, all enthusiasm, all opti-
aists and for Nezperce, first, last
all Of the time. There are a
umber of fine stores, the Fike Mer-
Co the Felt Mercantile Co,
9th Urge general stores, two imple-
and hardware stores, plenty Of
o'el accommodations solid banks, in
act every linz is well represented
icludirg one Of the best newspa-
ers in that county, the Herald,
hich Il unblished bv Messrs.M Mitch +