Show TELEGRAPHIC a 1 GOVERNOR KIRKVOOD He Booms the Broad West Iowa City In 25Governor Kirk wood ex Secretary of the Interior has just returned from a months trip to tbo Pacific const mono of the government commissioners to examine and report upon the manner of the contraction of the additional fortyfive miles of the California and Oregon railway now being constructed between San Francisco Fran-cisco and Portland by a land grant corporation Tile exSecretary added observation and pleasure to business in bis extended trip His outgoing route was by the Northern Pacific from St Paul to Tacomi thence to Portland returning re-turning via San Francisco over the Central Cen-tral and Union Pacific lines The Governor bpoke most enthusiastically of the great west and the promising future ot Wyoming Washington Territory Colorado Idaho Montana and Oregon He stys the mountainous portions of Montana and iJaho Washington and Oregon are covered with the finest and most valuable timber in the western region Besides the mining interests are extensive and add largely to the resources re-sources and wealth ot the country As evidence of ttis together with the largo cattle growing interest I may mention the fact that one of the banks in a beautiful Rod active business town Helena the territorial capital and about half the siza ot Iowa City had its deposits de-posits of nearly 000000 which t1pe1 ks highly for the productive interests of this section of Montana The fine appearance appear-ance of the cattle was observable which is a favorable commentary on the climate cli-mate and productive qualities of the soil Dear Lodge forty miles southwest if Helena is also a beautiful and active town through the mining and grazing industries thereabout I noticed that the valleys were generally cultivated with all the crops Usually grown in Iowa The same outlook in quite a measure appears in Idaho as well as in Washington Ter rtory 1 think the completion of the Northern Pacific will settle Washington and Oregon mpdly There are think already more thriving towns along its line than the Central and Union Pacific though an observer from a railroad does not Mnays gather the view the best as the roacs quite generally follow tbo streams |