The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1912-02-01
Another Word

l suppose you are all wondering
what We are doing up here in III,
frozen north. II some Of you people
from the banana belt were here yol
woaid certainly enjoy lovely win
ter As I understand from some o.
my friends and also from the Spo
kesman.Review, you are having /
lovely winler down there, some o.
them tell me four, 1--WE and six de.
gEees below zero, and from two t.
twenty feet Of snow, with the snow
drifting so that the trains are moi
able 10 move.
] had a letter from a friend on
the Nezperce prairie Who did mol
care 10 have his name mentioned. al
be did not wish 10 knock the Nee.
perez country, stating that they
had been having considerable cold
weather. the Thermometer going az
lov as thirty degrees below. Also
had a letter from a Moscow man.
whose name is John Jaeksha. telling
me that the Thermometer had gone
dovn from 10 TO thirty degrees be-
lou for sometime. and there we're
plenty Of to wade through.
! tell you that certainly makes a
man from Alberta SILVER to read
such reports from the banana belt.
Our friends have written 10 Us
wondering whether We are frozen up
or not. We are willing to admit that
Il has been quite cold this winter. but
must say ve have never spent more
enjoyable winter; hive just enough
NOV 10 make good sleighing. pos
sibly eight inches on the level; and
nice. bright sunshine every day
There has not been one day that We
have rot seen some teams out; and
10 make my assertion a little strong.
sr. vill say that my girls have
teacher. vho by-lhs-vsy Is a Cali
fornia young lady. and they are
holding school IN a tent. a. veil as
sleeping In a tent every night. This
may sound a little hshy. and Of
course ! could &c, a sworn statement
10 that effect, bat you may simply
all smile and sink your eyes and say,
"cl course. that Is from q real
estate man" bat should any one 50
desire. shall Be glad 10 have .
sworn statement made 70 this effect.
from any plny you might know IN
this country as most Of you we'll
enough know a number Of people
here from your country.
ofcourfe I am not writing this
statement just for the fun Of Il but
as an inducemeni 10 bring the peo-
tls from the banana belt 10 the fro
sen north. a. we have considerable
Wild land for sale. which viii double
IN value IN the next two or three
years, and We like to see you get
your share Of this. The people Who
have bought land here. are making
money. Why don't you do like
wiser
Even Mr.. ]. ]. Hill. your grea,
railroad man. | understand, is going
10 bald a number Of roads into
Canada. The Canadian Pacific, the
Canadian Northern and the Grand
Trunk Pacific arc also spending mill
lions upon millions Of dollars for
roads In this country. What does
This msan1 Are they just building
Ihese roads simply to be building
railroads. or are they building them
because they have the grain 10
mover Answer the question yourself.
Why are these great companies try
ne to get railroads about every ten
Dr. twenty miles apart, making a re-
aular net work covering Alberta1
Az 10 whether the frozen bels IL
,toeressing. Take, for instance,
,ur cities such as Calgary; A man
rom Spokane, Who Is contractor
md should know something about
Ne line Of work, told me a few days
.eo that there vas fifty times the
AMOUNT Of building going on in Cal
.ary today that there vas in Spok- !
me at the present time. What, does !
f, mean that the American capital
,o,n The banana belt Is moving to