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Show THE GROWTH OF IDAHO. There Is no doubt thnt Idaho Is on the eve of a very great growth both In population and wealth We printed yesterday morning nn article showing the preparations lo begin nn the great Twin Fills irrigation enterprise which Is one of the greatest In view ans wheie lt his taken some time for the plins of the promoters to gft to the executive point we printed a full Illustrated account of the project ln the New Year s Tribune of 1901 which gave the enterprise as one of the great things of the West Jn The Tribune this morning we have x review of Idaho as a State presenting great opportunities, op-portunities, and as one of th most progressive pro-gressive and fntt-grovvlng of all the American States lt takes monej to earrs throuuh the great enterprises In view there but the returns are certain nnd the Investment first-class In tho decade between 1M and 1M0 no other State showed the percentage of growth thnt Idaho did, and only Oklahoma ind Arl-oni (tho latter vers little) exceeded ex-ceeded It In rate of growth In lfM the population was S4 ISO In 1900 It was 161 772 tho increase being little less than 100 per cent Great settlements were made along thc Snake river and lis br inches, from the cast border of Hie state to tho west, those along the the south fork being the greatest of ans one section A wonderful Stato It Is great In possibilities enormous In xrea hospitable to good settlers and eager to use good money and pas well for tho use |