Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-08-02
pany, and w. Il. Hudson of Seattle
Wash, IA camera man.
Address by Howell.

pany, and w. Il. Hudson of Seattle,
WASH, a camera man.
Address by Howell
Secretary of State Howell was the
principal speaker at the meeting of
this afternoon. His address was an
earnest advocacy for the construction
OF the proposed highway and por-
trayal of its vast benefits to this city
and tributary country as well as to other
cities and sections through which it
would pass. In his advocacy of the
highway he said:
When the idea of forming an as
sociation was first conceived it occurred
to some that it would be well to EN-
brace in the federation much more ter
ritory than the three commonwealths
of Oregon, Washington and British
Columbia. by inviting some of our neigh
boring states to join with us. Upon
further and more mature thought, how
ever, rs the work commenced to get
under way il seemed wisest to limit the
association for the time being to its
present membership, for too large an or
ganization might become unwieldy and
lose the force of unity. Even as it is,
a vast territory is included in the pres
one vast empire containing practically
all the resources necessary even for in.
dependent existence. This territory, if
You will notice, extends more than 1900
miles north and south and about 400
miles east and west 1t comprises, al
told, 515,5s9 square miles of territory,
exclusive of water, equal to the com.
bined area of the entire German EN-
,4Ir EF1au falu
before the war, or if you leave out
Russia, equal to more than fourth the
size of all Europe. It is equal to 10
times the area of England, 32 times the
area of Switzerland and almost five
times the area OF Italy, and two and a
half times the area of France.
9 But while the density of population
in Europe is in some places more than
600 to the square mile, in this terri
tory, according to the latest estimates.
it averages no more than five persons
to the square mile. So, you see, we
have some territory to advertise and
much room to put the people in when
they come.
Same in Idaho.
But much that is said about our
| territory can also be said about yours.
! All the states of the west are large and
not one that is not larger than all the
New England states put together. Why
the eastern states are mere counties
compared with these empires of the
west.
although it did not seem best to in
Nite you to associate yourselves with
us in this particular organization yet
we would be only too glad If similar
organization could be formed in this
lregion. And so / am pleased to see the
merry little 'fGood Roads Bug abroad
in your land, as evidenced by this
splendid undertaking of establishing
the !" Evergreen Highway which will
result in an all year route to the Pa.
cific northwest
.This is certainly Il step in the right
direction and we of the Pacific north
west want to congratulate you TO-
such movement. It is to the interest
of every town in tht Pacific north
west and on the way hereto to eneour
age and support all such movements a.
this. My hope is that you will 90 even
. further, that you will become so en-
thusiastic in your desire to lure tour
lists to your beautiful state that yot
will emulate our plan for uniformali,
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