“Where were the Ritzville promoters?”

On a recently aired news broadcast during the week of Sept. 19, the town of Warden was successful in obtaining a Canola oil processing plant that may result in approximately 35-40 new workers.

One of the reasons given was because of its railway accessibility. Excuse me!!! Warden is situated on a “branch” line of the former Northern Pacific Railway and on the main line of the Milwaukee Road. The latter carrier abandoned all of its trackage in March of 1980 west of the twin cities to the Puget Sound.

At present, Warden is served by a short line railway that must depend upon the Burlington Northe...