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


bring forth their golden harvest, an
families will live upon them and pros
per, and where there is now the silen
and vast there will be happy familie
! and communities with schools, churche
and modern civilization.
A Scenic Route.
The tourists that are now taking IN
the slogan, "'See American First will
be able to traverse the greatest canyon
of the world-the Little and Big Sal
mon-and see the things of nature tina
no other locality will be able to rival
The timber industry along the Salmon
will start up, and there is timber il
quality and quantity to match any
thing, no matter where you point ant
look
Great Power Resources.
But more valuable, probably, than all
these enumerated, there is the great
water power of the Little and Big Sal
mon rivers. Electricity, one Of The
forces of nature, and the greatest of all
of them, is now being harnessed by the
hands of man, doing his bidding in
every occupation of life There is no
water power equal to that on the Sal
mon. There can be generated over five
million horse power ON the Salmon,
which is about onethird the possible
horse power available in the entire
country think of it; and it can be har-
messed and utilized on less expense than
anywhere else. Cheap electrical power
is the dream of the future man to turn
the wheels of industry, propell rail
roads, heat and light homes, and is be-
ing looked for as never before. This
electrical power will intensity the agri-
cultural interests of the state of Idaho
as nothing else will do. 1t will be con
Quoted to places no matter how remote.
and will be an aid in irrigating lands
that are now lying waste and will help
to make Idaho what it is intended it
should be, the greatest agricultural
state in the union. With this power
harnessed and utilized, as it will be by
the building of this road, southern
Idaho will be benefited more than bv
anything else, as with cheap power
small units of irrigation lands will be
the thing that will be sought after. and
in many places instead of building ex.
pensive dams and reservoirs, there will
be pumping stations along the rivers
irrigating the individual units; and the
delta of the Nile duplicated in dozens
of places throughout the state.
This water power cannot be harness
ed and generated without machinery
which it is impossible to transport at
present from Meadows or Grangeville
to the accessible spots of Salmon can
yon, but let the railroad be built and
electrical power will become a thing of
reality which will thrill the heart of
man and woman with the great posi-
bilities in store for them and for our
common welfare.
To see these things accomplished is
the object of this commission and to
which they have consecrated themselves
without money without price to serve
the people of this state in the realiza-
ton of this great and wonderful de-
velopment to which we ask you to CO.
operate to the fullest extent. The pos
sibilities that the future presents to
you and to me is worth the effort of
every man and woman within reach of
my hearing, and even those who are not
here, and let it go forth in Grangeville
tonight, and from day to day, let it be
heralded broadcast, that the greatest
the most important of all things that
the state of Idaho needs is a railroad
the north and the south
through Salmon river canyon.
The Need of Wagon Road.
In travelling these 100 miles, we have
discovered another necessity, and this
s highway from north to south, fol-
owing the same lines and the same can
IONS that the railroads ought to follow;
md this is another one of the hopes
hat we expect to accomplish with the
of the counties of Adams.
IDAHO, and the state of Idaho. In or.
Ter to build a railroad, materials have
o be hauled ahead of the construction
work and to aid it. The day for the
lead axe wagon and the horse team is
zone.
Use Convict Labor.
Steam, electricity and gasoline are
he propellihg forces used by man in
he twentieth century. 1t now takes
wo days for the stage to go from
to New Meadows. This