Good Old Days: Sept. 21, 2017

8 years ago

Colfax Commoner

September23, 1892

The opening of the Columbia and Snake rivers to navigation from Lewiston to the sea is the dearest wish of the people of Eastern Washington and Why? Because it means a lower cost of transportation of their products and an increase in the price of their crops to the extent of at least five cents and probably ten cents a bushel.

Just think of it, ten cents a bushel.

An open river to the sea is not agitated in Eastern Washington from any love the people of this section have for Portland.

Their only object is to secure water competition to the seaboa...