Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1915-05-07
ALEXANDER
MEANS BUSINESS

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become big railroad centers.
They will double their population
at the completion of this road.
Lewiston with its deep water
connection to the coast, which
has resulted from the completion
of The Dalles-Celilo canal, and
Boise connected with Lewiston
with this north and south road
this would result in putting Boise
and all south Idaho in line of
making shipments directly by
water to the Pacific in competi-
ton with railroads, and would
stimulate every enterprise in the
state far beyond expectation.
Lewiston and Boise would
also become great financial Gen.
tiers, which in view of their in
creased population would become
bank reserve centers of the
United States banking system.
Our surplus commodities could
all be shipped north for use as
rates would not be prohibitive,
while on the other hand, the
products of the north would find
a good market in the south, and
instead of Oregon supplying two
thirds of our wants in the lumber
line, our own state will be in po-
sition to do 80. The building of
this road will stimulate all other
kinds of business. Railroad ties,
bridge timbers, telegraph poles
and all classes of lumber could be
furnished at reduced cost owing
to the ready means of transporta-
ton. The building of this road
will electrify the lumber industry
of the north as nothing else has
eyer done, and the lumber indus
try needs encouragement and
stimulation to bring it back again
to where it was in days gone by.
"A road of this kind would
prove a business asset to the
state itself in the way of trans
portation. State business can be
conducted more economically and
travelling to and fro from one end
of the state to the other will be
minimized both in cost and time
consumed and will bring the peo-
pie of the north and south to-
gether in daily contact and they
will then begin to realize our in
terests are mutual and common,
which will result in greater pros
perity.
Engage in Propaganda of Educa-
ton
i intend to visit every county
in the state and to take up with
the people the various subjects
herein enumerated, and l will
spend a great deal of my time as
governor of the state in bringing
matters of vital interest to the
state as a whole before the peo-
pie and not sit in the capitol of
the state surrounded by marble
columns discussing political issues
of which people are absolutely
tired and are ready now for action
and not words. There is no ripper
time than now to get into active
work. The country is awaken
ing from a long period of inactiv-
ity and money depression to find
that money is again looking for
investment, and the great trans
continental highways are looking
for feeders for their roads. The
Oregon Short Line in the south
is looking for feeders for its main
line-the more the better. The
Oregon Short Line is getting
ready to double track its road
having already put in abutments
in the Snake and other rivers.
preparatory for bridge building,
which means double capacity and
that they are looking for more
business, and no better business
opportunities can be found for
their main line than the opening
up of that rich part of our state
that is practically untouched.
Railroads from now on will
seek their tonnage close to their
lines and they are going to at
tract business from their contact
points and from points nearest