Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-11-24
LEWISTON
BOOSTERS HERE
Visitors Talk of Development
Work and What it Means
to our Country.

day evening and was met by
quite number of our citizens.
After greetings were exchanged
the visitors were taken to the
Newport theatre where they
stated the object of their trip
and short talks were made by
several of the visitors. Presi-
dent Beach, of the Idaho-Wash-
lngton Development League, ex-
planned how Lewiston was ready
and willing to do all in her power
to help advertise and build UP
the central Idaho section, know
ing that as every section Of this
vast country develops Lewiston
will naturally be benefited by
the increase of it's wholesale
business and will eventually be-
come to this country what Spo-
kane, Portland and Seat tie are
to the territory surrounding
those cities.
Secretary Struble, of the De-
velopment League, spoke along
similar lines and explained how
the work of the league would
eventually result in great bene-
fits to every community that ac-
cepted it and assisted it and,
while it will take. time for the
beneficial results to begin to
show, that persistent efforts will
result in benefits far beyond the
conception of the average person.
He especially appealed to the
women to call on the wives and
womenfolks of the new people
who come here to settle and to
make them feel welcome and
thereby prevent the homesick-
ness that naturally follows the
leaving of an established home
and old acquaintance. Speak
ing of the prairie country, he
said that it exceeded his fondest
expectations and, while he. had
always considered the Willamette
valley in Oregon as the garden
spot of the world, he was now
free to admit that it had close
rival in the central portion of
Idaho.
W. J. Jordan, general agent of
the Northern Pacific at Lewiston,
M. A. Means, Mr.. Spengler, and
President Black, of the state
normal school, spoke of the great
good to all to be accomplished by
all working together for the
benefit of this portion of
the state, while Hon. Paul Clag-
stone, of Bonner county, called
to the live stock show
to be held at Lewiston early next
month and asked all stock men
to attend it and to bring stock
for exhibition if possible.
After an hours stop here the
visitors went on to Grangeville
where they remained that night,
making the run back to Lewiston
and stopping at several points
along the line the next day.
The result of the visit here
was to put new life in the devel-
opment movement and we feel
confident that Cottonwood will
be in line with the other towns
of central Idaho in taking up the
work of developing this great
country and attracting eastern
people to the prairie.
Following are the names of
those who comprised the delega-
ton:
R. C. Beach, w. ]. Jordon, Wallace
R. Struble, R. L. Sheppard, R. J.
White, Richard Stevens, c. F. Osmers,
Rube Portuguese, E. H. Kilham, E. D.
Potvin, Phil Weisgerber, G. G. Belch-
er, A. E. Clarke, William Dwyer, F.
N. Finch, Paul Clagstone, G. W. Tan
nahill. L. L. Miller, E. w. Eaves, j.
A. Cook, DR.. S. S. Salsberg, M. d.
TAYLOR, C. J. Vassar, R. N. Wright,
B. T. Bryan, Fred King, Bert F.
Savage, ]. Alexander, Milton Boren,
A. C. Spengler, George H. Black, T.
s. Ward. DR.. ]. B. Morris, H. D..
Kinsman, Frank Cole, Henry Heitfeld,
Frank Thompson, o. P. Pring, M. A.
Means. F. P. Lint, DIR. J. F. Gal
braith, E. C. Gerry, NJ. NJ. Murray, A.