| Show THE intermountain N STATES the intermountain Intel mountain states made a good account of themselves last year their industry Is mining the tco yield of utah WILS vaa moro more than ever be fore ore riot not so much in balver tl lver but more in gold cold it was a close race raca between be colorado and california last year as to which wag as tile greatest gold producer business in colorado has boon been greatly disturbed because of the troubles lit in and because of the swift closing down ot of so many industries that in full tide three years ago dut but she ehe Is bravely redeeming herself tier her gold yield li Is did it till ith a promise of an increase czi annually for years to come ifer her agricultural industry Is 13 extending her live stock is 13 a great factor she Is altogether a glorified state wyoming Is fairly prosperous A gold district north of rawlans ilni has been a good deal developed and the promise of it tor for tile future grows brighter every day ifer her mines in the region of south pass have likewise been a good dual deal developed tier coal measures are a per perpetual P emual source of I 1 revenue evenue tier her stock interests still remain very largo large and 1 I tho C owners w s of her flocks received more last year for their wool than they have in three years past wyoming has haa every element of a great state slate 0 so o soon as the denser population in the ohp middle west will enable be her r to utilize some of the slumbering resources oa or which other states have mado made great commonwealths common wealtha in the matter of coal and iron and possibly of coal oil pennsylvania syl varila lg Is not in it with Wyom lne and there aro are children now in their cradles who nill mill see bee MYor wyoming 7 one of the tha greatest tn calest of manufacturing states we have riot not tho the returns but wo think montana will like utah show a heavier output of minerals than ever before bullo alone will mill send out a record of more than obtained from her mines balnes montana tw too Is b slowly rounding round roun dInT lne into it a greitl ereal agricultural state it Is the clio boast of her hep people hut bite lia lias liaa s more agricultural isTl cultural land and more water with wilh which to irrigate that land than any other state stale in hie clio arid belt TW they y axe are a steady conservative people in montana just juat such a people as such nuch a state stale with such LL a climate and such resources would produce tile the fluff area arca of idaho lias has been greatly extended during the past year moro and moro more land has been brought under irater and under cultivation some most import urit gold bold discoveries have been made and the work of development going on in them now will bear wonderful fruit in the near future we b lle bile ic her lave have uren been birly fairly pr berous tp pe erous rous lut but ina inasmuch much 0 asi great dep lit in the poat has been alvr ir i r low grade silver and ana mad lad minot fl they have suffered buff ard exceedingly in trying to adjust themselves to tho the chamra which has como coma upon the tae country through ill taft imbecility of 0 the die american congress arid and president old nevada lids jigs not insco any inc noise ilse and yet wo mill clang to the tha idea uial nevada li 14 tho lie foremost or at tho iho mineral states stales some great copper have been discovered in northern northeim we ne vada ads the impetus which the work of 0 caal jo L la mar lar in lj othel tt nevada ad hoa has given to mining has caused all 11 ll that region to bo be thoroughly explored with tile the result that ir jhc hen n tho the roll rosula illi ally penetrate that part of 0 tile the state we ive suspect that nevada will resume tier lier old place as aa the foremost tore most gold and sll bit vor producer of 0 all ah the I 1 maln A great dal of oc development Is going on in the deep creek country likewise tor for the coming ot of a mill lall road cad and it Is true that the building of perhaps aniles or railroad now nov would double and quadruple quadi quad uple tile tho amount of ore ere which finds a market lit in this city these necessary developments cannot much longer bo be put off and a d wo we bid the people in the country and in the city to keep steadfast their hopes ind and thir faith in clio belief long lone aso ago formed that ne ae are arc in the beba spot between the seas icae A certain proportion of the eastern press especially that ot of new york affects to believe that it i is a great hardship upon the country at largo large that this country has an existence T ven tho president of the united states refers to tho the states in tills this maln region as aa unwelcome states stales but wo we can bear all that the truth jj if that ali it these states are the ones that enabled the east to crow crew so opulent that their people became arrogant and Irm insolent lent they c in hardly live now standing tho the stream 0 of treasure Lre asure has haa been steady in its iti it i now flow from alili 3 region tor for forty seven years aall chich except tor for lla its effect upon the people of 0 the kat eat would havo have lett left them still driving lumber wagons still an ait agricultural people shorn of 0 a great brent proportion ot of the railroads which they now possess pos poe sess shorn of 0 a multitude of oc their high houses find and with a credit on oil a 9 parallel with egypt as aa it was waa when the west put its dr to tho the wheel to elve them clio ina material through which it would be possible for them to utilize their helpless and to make ot of tills this a great nation |
