The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1913-08-05
A LIVE QUESTION.

"A LII V Il SoEso L lo-\.
Is Idahos governor a governor for
the whole state or just merely for
Boise? 1t would appear from the
recent activity of Governor Haines in
attempting to get President Bush into
Boise on the occasion of the latter's
visit to this city that the question
was certainly answered. Twin Falls
does not relish the interference of the
Boise people in the attempt OF this
section to interest the Western Paci-
fic. Boise had not played fair and
Governor Haines in allowing his name
to go on the many letters and tele-
grams sent to President Bush during
his trip here and his visit has lost
thousands of votes in Twin Falls
county. Is the governor for Twin
Falls and the other sections of the
state when Bosses interests are at
stake? good plain answer to this
question from the governor will be
appreciated. The sending of Major
Reed, an appointive state officer, to
this city to further the invitation of a
visit to Boise looks like using state
influence to help Boise. What about
it? His flowery talk about develop
ing Southern Idaho looks like poor
excuse for injudicious butting into
Twin Falls little game.
In the first place Boise men saw
Mr.. Bush in San Francisco and put
their case before him and urged a Wis
it. He refused. He was invited to
visit Twin Falls and accepted. The
only thing for Governor Haines and
the Boise boosters was to keep off and
not attempt to hurt Twin Falls
chances of interesting the Western
Pacific. At least Governor Haines as
governor of this state, should have
taken the above stand. Bosses self
ishness in butting into the game here
will do much to cut off from that city
a great deal of jobbing trade which
that city has enjoyed with this city,
and rightfully so, Any man save a
Boise enthusiast would do little fig
uring on the railroad situation and
then boost for the Twin Falls route.
In the first place, the route from
Winnemucca to Boise is 2S4 miles,
with miles of unproductive barren
desert TO be traversed to take it into a
comparatively small country with
fixed tonnage and an old settled coun-
try with little future. Against this is
a distance of 125 miles into the Twin
Falls section through copper camp
that will add more tonnage than the
whole Boise valley; into the Twin
Falls country just developing but al
ready with greater tonnage than the
Boise valley and the future showing
more than a double amount. Rail-
roads don't care for state capitals.
There is no sentiment in the PROPOSE
ton. Tonnage versus milage and cost
of operation are the deciding factors.
Reason would place the Twin Falls
route first. Another feature of the
situation ignored by Boise to her own
detriment is the chance of getting a
line through from this direction at a
saving of twenty miles over the Boise
Winnemucca line with the tonnage of
the two valleys. To tap Twin Falls
via Winnemucca-Boise would add 165
miles to the 2S4. Railroads do not
build roundabout routes for the sake
of saving Bosses prestige as the big
city of the state. By coming in with
this city and boosting the Twin Falls.
Wells line through to Boise they are
helping a feasible proposition ant
building up friendly relations between
the two cities. Are the Boise people
big enough to see the point?