The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1921-12-01
DEVELOPMENT ERA
FOR NORTH IDAHO,
Potential Progress Predicted In
Encouraging Convention of
Northern Chamber of
Commerce at Mos
cow.

Gl1y W N4ltNiASiA, VII ~ .
president of the North. Idaho
Chamber of Commerce, and Rep
resentative M. L. Jarnagin were
the Lewis county delegates at the
meeting Of that body in Moscow
last week
Saturday noon saw the close OF
the two day Sixth annual meet
ing of the North Idaho Chamber
of Commerce, the most largely at
tended and most successful ses-
sion in the history of the organi-
cation. Representatives of eight
of the northern Idaho counties
presented their annual reports.
Platt P. Morrow of Wallace
was named president of the or
ganization for the coming year
and George Weeks of Coeur d.
Alene was reelected secretary
treasurer. Both men were cleo
ted by a unanimous vote of the
delegates.
Delegates voted unanimously
to accept the invitation of Wal
lace to hold the semi-annual meet
ing of the association in that city
in June, 1922. Lewiston was
named as the next meeting place
for the Seventh annual conven-
ton in November, 1922, by a un-
animous vote upon the invitation
of w. j. Jordan of Lewiston.
Mr.. Morrow, the newly elected
president, is president of the Nor
Tow-Hutton company operators
Of chain of stores in northern
Idaho. He is one of north Ida
hos most prominent business men
and he has been actively interest
ed in the work of the North Ida
no Chamber of Commerce.
G. P. Mix s resolution calling
for the earliest possible compile
ton, all in Idaho, Of the North
and South highway was adopted
by the delegates. The delegates
generally favored the making of
the highway into an All-IdahoI
highway with the elimination of
the "missing-link" or the one
half mile of highway In the state
of Washington.
The Spokesman-Review of last
Monday made the following edi-
toriaT comment on this meeting
The university city of Moscow
o4,+ o,.+ n ,,,oJ ENr, axr onI Oaf17pI a "
the North Idaho Chamber of
Commerce, meeting in sixth an
nual session with so delegates
representing nearly every impor-
tant town in northern Idaho.
Retiring President Perry w.
Mitchell of Nezperce predicted
that Northern Idaho, which has
been almost at standstill in pop
ulation for the last 10 years, will
double its population in the next
decade.
In its so years of existence
since the territory was cut off
from Washington, Idaho has seen
alternating industrial develop
ment and increase Of population,
first in the north and then in the
south. The northern counties
had their initial development
with the discovery Of placer gold
in the Clearwater region adjacent
to Lewiston. With the waning
of the northern placers and the
discovery of new mines in the
Boise basin, population shifted to
the south and carried with it the
territorial capital from Lewiston
to Boise.
With the construction Of the
Northern Pacific railroad, the
discovery of the mineral wealth
of the Coeur d'Alenes and the
homesteading of rich farming
lands, northern Idaho entered up
on a long period of growth and
prosperity extending through the
'80s and '90s.
Between 1900 and 1920 the de-
velopment of large irrigation1
projects shifted rapid growth OF
population and development to !
southern Idaho. Now the ener-
getic leaders of the northern COM
munities foresee a period of fine
growth for their part of the
state. There is every reason to
believe that their predictions will 5
be realized. The north has vast
and rich great miner :
al wealth, expansive forests of
white pine and other valuable t
woods, rich agricultural lands S
and large possibilities for the de- {
velopment of the live stock and
dairy industries. 1t has more
over vast water power potential
tiles. and withal is region Of I
scenic delight and beauty. y