Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-08-05

the people who eventually have to fur
nish the money for the construction o.
said road.
Visit Eastern Capitalists
The next step probably will be m,
visit to New York, Boston, Philadelphia
and Washington the latter part of mex
month with view of looking up finan
cial possibilities for said road, and it i,
important that | will be able to SAY
that back of this road is the State OF
peope can have, no matter what great
effort shall be required upon their part
Coming from the southern part of the
state, | can truthfully say that nothing
has appealed to the people there as has
this proposed railroad. BY its construe.
ton we hope to allay the idea that the
northern part of the state called the
Panhandle has no interest in the
south, and that the south has none in the
north; and the talk of new state or
being annexed is a thing of the past
We in the south would not let you PEG
pie of the north go if you wanted to-
we cannot get along without you've
love you well enough and we will be
abe to make you stay and enjoy the
great possibilities in store for us of
Idaho by future developments and by
the bands of steel that will unite us as
common wealth ought to be.
ID. ~.
Pollock will, no doubt, receive the
greatest benefit by the construction of
a road through Grangeville. Grange
vile will be the metropolis for this sec
tlon of the state; White Bird will be
city as it's natural location has destined
1T to be. We are not Jealous whatever
down south of the building of these
cities nor of the great future that is
before them; in fact we are anxious
and willing to lend our aid, and as chief
executive of the state, / am here to
testify tonight by my presence not
alone MY feeling in the matter, but the
feelings of the whole state If there is
is any difference of opinion in any com
munity on certain matters that beget
i'll feeling rivalry of different inter
est, ETC.; | ask you all to bury them for
the greater interest of the north and
south railroad.
Way Shortened to Boise.
Think of it, from Grangeville to Lew
iston is 20 miles, and when you are at
Lewiston, Idaho, you have to go through
the states of Washington and Oregon
to get back into Idaho and travel "a
hours on roalroad to get to the capitol
OF your state. When you are at Grange
vile you are only 100 miles from the
very center and heart of the state of
Idaho. By the construction of this
road, and when it shall have been com
pleted, you will be able to leave Lewis
ton IN the evening and eat your break
fast in Boise, and vice versa. 1t will
save us II hours on the journey, and
probably half of the cost In place of
the citizens of the north and south pre-
pairing days ahead to make this un
pleasant journey to the capitol, they
Will go down to the southern part of
the state, or the northern part of it. on
short notice, transact business and come
home without losing one day. Time,
energy and money will be saved, and
by the OPPORTUNITY to come in contact
with one another, here will be created |
unit of interest and civil pride
throughout the state that will produce
still greater things little dreamed of.
IL Will produce an era of better feeling,
better government throughout the state
and will bring capital that we little
dream of. Instead of Spokane beng
the metropolis of the north, there will
be cities growing up that will rival it.
Instead of Salt Lake and Portland on
the south, there will be Boise, Pocatelo
and other towns to take their places
Now is the Time.
At no better time could the construe
ton of such road be undertaken and
discussed than now. With the close of
the European war at some future date,
there will be a demand and desire for
that precious metal called gold that has
never existed probably in the history
of the world. With this railroad con
strueted there will be opened in the
central part of the state in Idaho county
alone DEPOSITS of low grade ores that
will rival that of the great and early
days of Idaho. The mining industry is
already reviving in our state. War |
rens, in this county, is already turning 6
out gold bullion that is marvellous con- I
sidering the handicap they have to I'M
dergo in the way of transportation. But I
from the great canyon of the Little and '
Big Salmon there will be built radiat- Q
ing from this road trails throughout q