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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 25, 1911)
THK KKK: OMAHA, WKDNKSDAV. JANM'AKV W. 1011. 3 ' i Bird's-Eye View of Idaho Resources What Inducements the State Offers to the Home Builder. CLIMATE FINE. RESOURCES RICH Prixprrltr innlia on ln1aar. Whether Apiillrd to Arli-olm-, Kmlt, Stork TtalaliieT or 1ln Inn In Krrtlle Idaho. BT J. IT. BRAPT. COVKHNOROK IPAJUV Hardly lialf a rrntury haw elapsed alnee the pioneers laid the foundation of the empire In the "ilrm of the Mountains" anil yet the wilderness haa blossomed. Cities and villages have sprim Intn life. hh Minerva aa aald ti have sprung full nrheri from the brow of Imperial .love. vast areas of aage plains have been trans formed Into waving fields of grain and billowy iwrrp of orchard and vineyard. The mountains have lelded their stored treasures, while peare and plenty have folded their white winds over happy homes and a prosperous people. Idaho comprises the territory llnK be tween Brllfcti Columbia on the north and the states of I'tah and Nevada on the south, and of Oregon and Washington on the west, and Montana and Vomlnn on the east. It Is nearly 40 miles long and ranges from forty-five to 3'.';i miles In width, with an area of a trifle over 84. tVX) square miles, or nearly eipial In size to New York and Pennsylvania combined. Its arreage Is something over 64.144.000. Its prtsent population, a shown by the census of 1910. Is azj.fiM. and rapidly Increasing. The elevation varies from 700 feet above sea level In the extrmc west to 10,000 feet In the extreme eaat. It Is a land of fertile valleys and mountains rich In ore so valued for Its surface and elevation that all va rieties of climate that are to be found abound here. Climate la Mild. Idaho climate Is one of the finest In the world, and notwithstanding Its high alti tude In some parts of the state and Its latitude, the Influence of the Japan cur rent greatly modifies the northern part of the state. The average mean temperature la M degrees, milder by 5 degrees than Ohio and by 12 degrees than Maine and New Hampshire, liolae, the capital of the state, has an ave; vse mean temperature of ul degrees, the r "orda of the United States signal office shoving that for seven con secutive years the lowest temperature In Boise was 12 degrees below zero in the month of January and the highest 108 de grees In the month of July. The prevail ing winds are south southwest, and aver aging only twelve miles an hour, and the greatest velocity not exceeding thirty miles. Open air work Is performed every day in the year, sun stroke Is unknown anywhere In the state, blizzards or cyclones to those who have come from the Htorm center of other states soon bf come memories. Idaho Is a land of almost perpetual sunshine, the state averaging 2t0 clear days each year and showing 300 fair days to Boston's 191. Idaho has no floods, no severe storms, rains seldmon fall during the harvest time, and crops can be gathered up to the time that snow flies. Neither Italy nor France can compare with Idaho as a health resort. Statistics of mortality collected by the United States census bureau show that Idaho Is the healthiest state In the union. Its mortality being rated by the bureau at 0.J3. while that of Colorado Is 0.D4. Cali fornia 1.61, Oregon, O.tW, Utah 1.03 and Florida 1.21. There are many artesian hot springs In various parts of the state that are Tine as health resorts. Its area has been classified as follows Twenty-one mil lion acres agricultural land, S.000.000 acres mineral land, 20,000.ono acres timber land and 8,000,000 acres grazing land. Hanks High In Agrleultare. The agricultural resources of Idaho ranks very high. Its 21.000,000 .acres of agricultural lands produces every variety of crops known to the temperate zone. Of wheat all varieties of both spring and fall are produced, with an average yield of thirty bushels to the acre, but yields have been reliably reported as high as eighty bushels to the acre; of barley forty bushels to the acre la an average crop; oats from fifty five to ninety bushels weighing forty-five pounds to the bushel; rye Is produced In large quantities and grows nicely even In the arid belt without Irrigation. In the northern part of the state, flax Is grown, the yield being some twenty to thirty bush els to the acre. Fine corn In produced all through the Irrigated districts. Of grasses all the natural are abounding, while al falfa, timothy and clover are produced In abundance. In the Irrigated districts, es pecially these grasses grow profusely, al falfa and clover yielding usually three crops during the season from six to eight tons to the acre. 1 All kinds of vegetables are profitably cul tivated; potatoes, beets, peas, squashes, beans, tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, etc. The sugar beet Is extensively cultivated and Is one ot the Important Industries of the state. The total value of the eight principal farm products for 1910 is 133,000.000. Fruits of all kinds are grown, with the exception of those of the citrus family, In cluding berries, canteloupes and melons. The value ot the fruit production for 1910 It :2,000,00. Stock Raisin. Miolna:, Timber. Idaho ranks high as a stock raising state. Its (,000,000 acres of grazing lands are cov ered with grasses highly nutrlclous and furnishes abundant feed for grazing pur poses. This Immense range makes stock raising very profitable. Herds can be pas tured on high ranges in the summer time and moved dowi. to the valleys In the winter time, and only in severe winters must they be fed. During late years much attention has been paid to quality of stock and thoroughbreds of high grade cattle and horses are rapidly taking the place of common stock. The sheep business has mounted rapidly o the first rank of Idaho industry. The wool clip of last year was 18,000.000 pounds, valued at 1!,610,000. The possibilities of Idaho's mining Indus try seems unlimited and It furnishes an important factor in the development of the state. One county alone, Hhonshone, has produced over fcXlO.OOO.OiiQ In precious metals, and the state In general produces over forty per cent of the lead production of the entire United (States. The report of the state mining Inspector for the year 1910 fchowa that the total output of the Idaho mines-gold, silver, lead, copper and coal was $15.60ti.fcti-.15. Immense coal aod phos phate beds have been discovered and await but the magic touch of capital and industry to work out this enormous wealth. Idaho's timber resources are almost Illi mitable, its forest area being estimated at M.OO.OiO acres, c intainlng i7.fiO.JOO,OtO feet of merchantable timber, enough to supply the western siope, If properly conserved, for the next 600 years. The timber belt In Idaho county, tn the Halnui and Uralgs mountains, is from five to ten miles wide, while the forests of Pend O'Hellle cover an area of lti square miles. The pineries of Mlchlitan and Minnesota are open parks In comparison. There are L'.34-.v9 miles of rail roads in the state, valued at f.':'.79.'.475.10. The year 1911 will nhow a vast increase In this milage, as a number of new lines will be built In different pans of the state. There are 1,177 21 miles of telegraph lines. Valued st lu03.I35.Tl. The milage of the If t . i Vvjl Or v Vh'-;'V Skilly v reeled with the larger cities and town by electric lines, and thus the advitnlaue . ( f city and town life will be had by those who culilvati' Hie soil. In ism the popu latton was and the amount of aase. able property nv .m,im.(inii. Today tin population Is .V4...MM ami the assessed valu ation of aU kinds of pioperty s i:7.l:.. 07"i 4t. The actual aliiatlnn I, of course, many times larger. I in in I aril I loo 1 1 envy. Immigration to Idaho haa been verv targe during :h! last jear. The Union Pacific Kallroad company nlvcs out that more people came over their lines between March 1 and April I.V P'lrt. for Idaho than went to Montana. Utah. .Miming. NeaiU points combined, with a er largo per centage to spare This company states thai it delUeieil more passengers t" Idaho II iin It (II. I to I'. 1 1 Inn, I or to other iHtK"n points. The number tick' led user the Union Pacific Kalltoail to various western points liming the colonists season of the Jinr I'Mil tiai in follows Poiilimd, 2,il.vs; other ureKon points. 1'unet Sound and nshiuKliin. J.iw, Idaho. ,11..', Mon tana. Neiaila. Utah and Wyoming. I. the imreiisi' of Idaho over the colonists period of last urn was V', This Is an l In. Hi HI Inn of Idaho h mplil growth In po ulal Ion, an. I this is bin a In ginning ot the gnat Increase that will cmin durum 911. Aeeoiillni, to the Tinted Males renin. bureau. Idaho's Inrrease in poimlat Ion fo. the last till cars has been hll.i pel rem iiregon, ill'; per tint; California ii I i . cent; Nevada. M per cent, and Coioiaoo. 4.N per cent. , Ibis blrdseve lew will ghe the leaden of this 1 1 poll pome Idea of the ast re sources of Idaho and the opportunities lure af folded to win a compete m v. Holsc. 1 lei -ember . li'lo ,'rult lountiy doing this after seveinl (ears' Investigation and experimentation. Mr. P. H Kustls, general traffic manager of (he Hurllngton. baa personally Invesil giiled the poaslhlllt lea for raising fruit and especially apples In the Itlg I loi n basin, and haa become cut husiaxtlc In his be lief that the finest of apples and all var ieties of small fruits, plums, grapes and melons can be successfully grown for the commercial market Within the last year the coiumeir lal on hardlst from the higher developed Irri gated districts of the Intermoimtaln coun try bae been coming Into the lllg Horn hiiMit pinchnslng Pacta of land and Mart Ing commercial on hauls. Last spring-some Ni.fi apple trees were planted by sin h men and over ni.eini trees have been con tracted for ileller this spring While heietofoie there has been no danger from frosts hl h are a constant menace to so ii ih ii v of the districts In other states, the natural gas now utitly.cd in tin hnsln can Km c e I' 1 1 1 1 y be used In the orchards for prexenlloii of sin Ii danger nt Just the rlh (line. It Is water Insur ance and therefore crop Insurance. "The storage mid dllrh svstem under which this land Is located, we have no j feet of water In twenty-four hour hesitancy In saying Is one of the best to be found In this t alley. The drainage area tributary to It Is more than 2.001 aipiare miles, composed of territory for the most part high, rough and mountainous, where both the precipitation and the run-off are nii:rh greater than on the plains. The two reservoirs, Nos. I and 2. are lolntly supplied from three streams, namely, the Chleosii rreek, the lioylo Arroyo and lh llueifnno river. Immense feeder ditches have beeit constructed to convey the water into these storage basins. The combined tarrying rapacity of (hens feeder diteloa Is about S.ifln cubic feet per second of tltii or a sufficient enpn-'lty to store 5.i; in-te The available storage rapacity of the t n reservoirs Is I .VOW acre feet. These ditches, running full three dnvs out of the intlre year, will store this amount of wutT. which Is sufficient to supply every airs lit the 10ono neres under the system with n iiiotn of one and one half acre feet of water at one filling; Hint Is, enough wat-r to cover every acre one and one-half feet deep, which, with the natural rainfall. Is considered ample, although If more Is drawn out as It is needed the rcsrrvnln ran bo partially refilled from time to time." GOVERNOR J H BKADY or IDAHO telephone lines traversing the state Is 18,099.81, valued at IS32.274.75. '.durational Advantages. Kducatlonal V Idaho takes high rank among the sisterhood of states. Congress donated to the state 3.3Sii.OOO acres of land, the proceeds of which go to the support of Its public schools. The fund arising from the sale of these lands are. by provision of the state constitution and by statute, so carefully managed that none of the principal but only the interest can be used for educational purposes. Thus, this fund is perpetual and genera. lo.is yet unborn will receive the benefits -of It. Idaho has had free text books In the public schools since 1893. In 1W0, when Idaho was ad mitted Into the union, the school population was 25,741. The prrsenl school enrollment Is 76,lti8. Idaho has a state university, located at Moscow; two normal schools for the train ing of teachers, one at I.ewlston and the other at Albion: a state academy at Uo catello, and besides these public Institutions of learning there are many private acad emies and denominational schools and col leges, so that the educational wants of the people of Idaho are very fully supplied. The religious sentiment of the state Is represented by all churches and denomina tionsProtestant and Catholic. Nearly all denominations have church buildings In every part of t'.e state. Manufactures Are Heavy. The manufactured products of the state for the present year will reach $25.oooOjO, and there has been shipped from the stat-.-18,000,000 pounds of wool. Of the 64.144.OOJ acres within Its boundaries, the national government has set aside 20.000.000 acres, or over one-third of our entire territory as a forest reserve, and about l.OOO.OOo acres for Indian reserves. According to the last report of the Agricultural depart ment there are still unappropriated anil open to entry, approximately 20,000.00 acrs outside of these reservations. In the humid or northern part of the state there are 1,000,000 acres and the bal ance, 19.000,000 acres, are In the seml-arld and arid portion. Dry farming Is now developing Into a great and profitable In dustry, and it Is estimated that 10.000.00) acres of this area Is suitable for that pur pose. These lands offer splendid oppor tunities for the poor man seeking a home. Of all the arid states and territories, Idaho will probably reclaim more acres than any other. It Is estimated that about 6.000.0JO acres can be reclaimed In the state, which Is 10 per cent of all the Irrigable lands In the United States. As the population grows denser, materials cheaper and labor more efficient, this may be lncreasefl to 10,000,000 acres. No state In the union has a greater num ber of valuable waterpower sites than has Idaho. Shoshone Falls alone can, if prop erly utilized, furnish power sufficient to run every railroad, electric line and fur nish electricity for light and heating pur poses for the entire southeastern part of the state. At many points along the Snake river there are falls that can be similarly utilized. Other rivers and streams In vart- 350 Annual Profit For 23 Years It what hundred! of Investors In - British Columbia real estate have mad. The British Columbia Bulletin of Information" UJls about the opportunities along the three great transcontinental railways whlch'are opening up 30,000,000 acres of rich agricultural land and 60,000,000 acres of timber, coal and mineral land In Central and Northern British Columbia, now famous as the Fort George country. Thousands of fortune will be made by those who get In before the big rush. Let us send you a free copy costs you nothing may mean a fortune for you. Write today. Natural Resources Security Co., Ltd., Paid up Capital 1150.000 Joint Owners and Sole Agents Fort George Townslte. Ma Bes-e BoUla-, Taaoonver, B. a District Bales Solicitor. W. O. SATIOBOV, 368 Vsw O mall a National Bank B sliding, Oman, Bb. ous parts of the state furnish opportunities lor electric power that are simply Incal culable. I'rom these water falls electricity can be transmitted as hlKh as J.s) miles with a loss of only 1- per cent. Already electricity furnishes the power for much of the machinery used in Hie state. There are farms In Idaho where they cook and heat and light by electricity. Uleclrlctt v lines the 'Work. I have not bad a fire In my house to cook by for seven years, nor a fire to hea: the house, either. We heat our home, we IlKlit our house, we beat our bath water and water for domestic use and we do our cooking, make our be cream and churn the butter, do the washing and ironing and the girls even wash the dishes by elec tricity. The slate Is making great progress In Its use of electricity. Its telephone lines tru verse the entire state and penetrate tin recesses of the mountains. The mines ati worked by the latest and best electrics.' appliances. Trolley lines are built in manx sections of the state, connecting lare towns with smaller ones. Other lntei urban Hues will be laid out and In a fev years the farms of the state will be cor. Big Horn Basin is Developing Many . Fine Orchard Tracts 3rchardist8 Have Planted Many Trees and Thousands Move Are Contracted For. Possibilities of the :g Horn hai-ln in northern Wyoming as a ioiiiIiik fruit coun try are cleuriy demonstrated by the exhi bition of fine apples shown In the IIIk Horn basin booth at the Land show. The apples exhibited there lire from domestic orch ards only, but are of sue i excellent variety and beautiful color as to attract linmcdlale attention. Some tw'o years ago commercial orchard men from the Urand Junction district of t'olorado and the highly developed Irri gated fruit districts of Oregon and Wash ington coming Into the basin became con vinced thai if the domestic orchards of one or two acres could praetli ally, without any care and scientific treatnunt. produce such wonderful apples, the HIk Horn basin was destined to enjoy u preut future as ail apple country when scientific methods were ap plied to fruit culture there. The basin not only has a ?li h soil and nn abundant water supply, but enjoys Ideal climatic 'unditions and an entire absence of plant .icsts. The Burlington railway has also recently permitted Its Immigration department to ..dvertlse the I'.lg Horn basin as a coming Irrigated Lands Attract Settlers at the Land Show f. W, Fitzgerald Tells of the Work of Irrigation in the Arkansas Valley in Colorado. I he Ncpestn ditch and reservoir lands late lepresenicd by n display at the Land ' Show which places emphasis on the ml- j Mintaue of farming Irrigated lands. The, hc.ntli Is In fluit'Kc of .1. W. Fitzgerald of J Uiiiiha. " I h re is bo soli more fertile than these ! lands In the Aikansas river valley." aald Mr. I-Itr.Kcrald. "not only hern use It la In Its irgln stale, but also because the n.ituial client cal sails which nature ortitln all I there for plant food have not been drenched and leached out by centuries of heavy rainfall, as Is lurgelv true In the case of humid climates This Is not a theory; the heavier yield of crops here as compared with those of wet climates tic tutilly pro es It. " I he ilulit amount of water applied at the right time Is rarely possible In a humid coiiniiy where rainfall Is relied upon. It iiinkcs no difference how rich a soil is or bow excellent In other respects, uiiliss a crop receives the right amount of moisture at the right stages of lla growth, a heavy leld caniiut be expected. Ton much moisture at the wrong time Is Just as bad us too little at the rlRht time. It Is estimated that even In the most favored humid sections the average yield could be doubled were It not for the uncertainty and the uneven distribution of the rainfall during the growing season. Water Is. tin refore, wealth In any country, but Its highest value depends upon being able to apply It Just when It Is most needed and to keep It off when It is not needed. A good storage system does this very thing. It corrects the fickleness of the skies hy gathering up the rains' and the snows In times of plenty and distributing them for use in times of drouth and scarcity. It concentrates the precipitation over a large area for a long period of time, to be ap plied upon a comparatively very small area Don't Keep Books for a Bank Let a Bank Keep Books for You Now-a-days fanning is the shortest cut to wealth. It enables you to make more money on a smaller investment, to bank more profits in less time, to live better on smaller annual expense, to have a better show for yourself and for your family, and to keep healthy as well a wealthy. The Southwest is the last region in the 'Jnited States where acreage is still low priced and the first region in the United Stales in point of productivity and certainly of returns. Crops can be raised practically all the year round. No ex tremes of heat or cold. The soil requires no fertiliser. Grain and fmit and garden truck of every description flourish. Splendid schools and cheap traffic, throughout the Rock Island Lines. Uncounted opportunities can still be seised in Oklahoma, Southern Missouri, Louisiana, Eastern Colorado, the Texas Panhandle, New Mexico and Arkansas. IMPORTANT i The Rack KUnd'i Atrleultural Bureau will how yoe how to sl Ike moit value out of the least umfa, toll roa Iko markets where your crop brine the beat pricM. and aaaiit you constantly to mako a iuccch of your vonturo. The moment yota sottlo alons tho Rock bland, this railroad acta aa your partner, and beneU every efiort to make your tnyeataeal profitable. Stele how much you can inveat, where 7 we went to (o sad what jrou.want to stow. Addreeai L. M. ALLEN, Passenger Traffic Maaaser 2039 La Salle Station Chics so JOHN SEBASTIAN, Third VkesProudeat. U CJ IS) 117(0)00 Qjj SJ II) Free taw .illinium ui i iii i.iiiuajai ii l I HI ii i is." i "' iiysn, In (O) Iwilreii Given Away at the Land Show Today H flO 1 Apples IFree AT THE GREAT NORTHERN BOOTH One box of apples will be given to each of the fortunate persons first making the nearest correct estimate of the number of apples on display at their exhibit. Other Interesting Features of the Day TRI-CITY FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS, 2:30 P. M. CALIFORNIA DAY PROGRAM, 3:30 P. M. WYOMING DAY PROGRAM, 4:30 P. M. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS NIGHT. THE OMAHA REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE WILL ATTEND IN A BQDY AFTER LUNCH. MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA MANUAL OF ARMS EXHIBITION, 9 P. M. Daily Amusement Features at the Land Show TWO MOVING PICTURE SHOWS-Running all the time. THE SWEET SINGERS FROM HAWAII Every Afternoon and Evening. MISS LORA NETTIE RIETER The World's Greatest Cornet Virtuoso Every Afternoon and Evening. CONCERTS BY THE LAND SHOW CONCERT BAND George Green, Director At 2 to 3 p. m., 4 to 5:30 p. m., 7:30 to 8:30 p. m., 9:30 to 11 p. m. daily. A BEAUTIFUL IRRIGATION PANORAMA Showing Irriga tion and Power Producing Methods. Realistic Indian War Dances by Twenty Sioux Braves Every Afternoon and Evening. Open Each Day 10:30 a. m. A Hundred Interesting Features to Attract You 2Z