Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-11-28
PEACE AND PROSPERITY


The war has been brought to most
successful conclusion. Fighting ha,
ceased. The allied armies are victori
Gus. With the signing of the armistice
by Germany, four years O. war and des-
truction suddenly gave way to an era
of peace and construction.
The allied victory should result in the
greatest business expansion the world
Las ever known. Commercial readiust-
ments should be rapid. Manufacture of
war materials already has stopped, and
millions of persons who have been en-
gagged in the production of war supplies.
and also those millions who have been
on the firing line, will soon engage in
the making of peacetime products
Industrial expansion, especially in Am
erica, will be rapid, for we must not
only replenish our own stores, which
have been greatly depleted by the de
mands of war, but we viii be called up
on to lend great aid in the rehablita-
ton of wartorn Europe.
Idaho county viii benefit hugely dur
ing the days of reconstruction, for Idaho
county has much which the world de-
mands-wheat, cattle, sheep, wool, lum.
her, fuel, pulp wood, waterpower, gold,
silver, lear, zinc, and numerous other
products-all of these Idaho county pos
sesses or is capable of producing in such
quantities as to bring a steady and en-
Ormous inflow of dollars to its towns
and cities, to It's ranches and mines
Already we have visible evidence of
what peace means in an economic way
to Idaho county, for little more than
week after the armisitice was signed
contract was LET for the construction of
the North and South highway link be
tween Grangeville and Whitebird, at
cost of 1927, 900.
Idaho county is a veritable empire of
opportunity within itself and the time
seems near at hand when its mines will |
be developed, its forests utilized and
more of its soil cultivated Indeed the
palmiest days of the Buffalo Hump ex-
element, of which the pioneers so vivid
ly and fondly tell, will seem
like naught, compared with the era of
development and unbomded
prosperity which will ensue with enor-
nous investments, greatly increased
ed to the unbuilding of Idaho county.
The reconstruction period is here. Its
advent was as sudden as was the out
break of the world war. But, as we were
not prepared for war, neither are we
prepared for reconstruction. We have
alked much of what we should do after
he war. But as a matter of fact we in
IDAHO county are indeed backward ,
Where is our place in the SUM- Can 7
t be, by reason of our isolation and
liter thoughtlessness the people of this q
reat, young, rich and vigorous county, I
which has no nobly responded to the q
leeds of the country in sending moro Y
han 800 men to the colors, ans meet z
ne all pecuniary war obligations can
be that we shall fall back IN yhe
larch of industrial progress?
Mr. Business Man, Mr. Farmer, Mr..
toe'-man Mr. Minnie Man, lei us put h
little pep and kick into things. Let II
S get the wheels of peace-time industry "
arted again. We must do tie starting, L
hen the outside commercial world viii h
Ike constance Of what we have to Of
ar. Let us get things going in good Is
lapc by the time the boys come home. W
hey they will step up, place their III
oulders to the wheel, and do more than
eir part Of the turning. a
Let us form new trade organizations, pc
Id put more life into those we already m
I've. Let us arrage our Commercial W
ub meetings at a time when we can 4
We more lengthy and more careful deli m
rations. Let us invite representative al