Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-15
CALDWELL WILL
Be BENEF TIED BY
PROPOSED ROAD
Highway Fro m Canyon
County Seat to Winnie
mucca Will Mean Much to
Country it w i'll Traverse.

Caldwell Oct. A. That an oppor-
tunity. which if utilized. will contrib
ute materially in the growth. progress
and prosperity of this city, Is pre-
scented through the possibility or Sc
curing the Caldwell Winnemucca high
way is the opinion of j. Nj. Lewis, OF
this city, local manager of the Noun
tain State Telephone and Telegraph
company, and former president OF the
Caldwell Commercial club, who mas
been nrominently identified with the
marked nrogress of this city within
recent wears and a strong factor in its
phenomenal progress, In commenting
upon the benefit tho city would de-
rive from securing the highway today
Mr.. Lewis said:
"In my opinion. the opportunity pre-
sented for the secural of the pro-
posed Caldwell Winnemucca highway
is one that this city should take ad-
vantage of with the least possible de-
lay, for it is of vast Importance TO the
city 1t would bring 10 u vast area
of new country and a most lnestlmaply
enlarge our trade territory. rms new
country is already one OF great pro-
portions in the livestock industry ana
n certainly means much as a factor in
the business life Of this city. / do
NOT believe that the importance of seiZ-
ing the opportunity can well be over
emphasized.
.'Moreover the cost would not fall
heavily upon either this state or the
CITY of Caldwell, for the greater part
of the proposed highway is in Oregon
and Nevada which state VIII meet the
ma or mart of the expense incident to
its construction.
AN EASY GRADE.
Nv going I'D Succot creek and cut
ting Poison creek hill an easy grade
can be secured and the cost OF con-
struction would be reasonable. since
the transformation OF the vast area OF
country surrounding this city wlthlh
the last four or five Wears from sage
brush desert into one of the most
highly developed farming sections IN
the entire nation what Is Known as
the Caldwell county has been
wonderful producer of wealth, ana
the city of Caldwell as consequence
of having such rich country to draw
unon for it's business and progress
has forged to the front with an aston
ishing rapidly.
"Why. since the first Of the year not
less than 80 new residences, all mod
ern homes have been erected at an
approximate cost OF $lOe,0OO and IN
addition to this Investment there has
been a great activity along various
other industrial lines. For the ex-
tension and improvemen: of its sys-
TEN in this city the Mountain States
Telephone company, alone is doing a
work involving the expenditure OF
something like $4,000 our future is
without doubt destined to be one OF
uninterrupted growth and progress
The city has a logical basis for such
future Within the last four or rive
years through the completion or the
great Arrowrock dam, which has so
favorably advertised our great state
throughout the entire United states.
there has been brought into profitable
cultivation and added to the farming
country tributary to Caldwell in the
neighborhood of zoe poo acres OF as
fine agricultural land AS is to be seen
anywhere.
BIG SHIPMENTS MADE.
1.-THE vast livestock, grain ana po-
tato shipments which have gone out
of this section this year not only at
test gu" present greatness nut they
forecast also the wonderful progress
yet in store for us. lt Is almost uhpe-
lievable but 1t Is true nevertheless
that this year our livestock shipments
have approached $3,OO0,oO0 in Valua :
ton, then some rs carloads or wheat
have been shipped out from the Wilder
and Deer Flat communities and some
thing over 200 cars OF potatoes have
been shipped out from the Deer Fiat
potato belt, now famed as the great
est potato belt in the United states.
Each car of these potatoes is TO be
estimated at n valuation of about $3.50
which would mean that the farmers
growing these potatoes have taken IN
$40 600. which is now contributing to
the wonderful prosperity this city Is
now enjoying. Our g tvs progress Is
an enviable one and so sound is the
basis of it's continued prosperity that
every possible effort should be made
to hasten it's progress and Increase its
growth. Fully recognizing the adVan-
tages to be secured through the pro-
posed highway, am impressed that we
should make every possible effort tc
get it,"