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Show I IDAHO'S FUTURE I . FOE II AIL WATS J Id Line Building j , Op Me. if New Wining ancf Agricultural I I Regions to Be Greatly 1 1 Developed. jj ijtoo Lines Now Being- Built, but jNext ii Few Years Will Soo at Least 500 Miles of New Hailroad. i ' I jj Tho length of Umo being taken up by 'I Jj- Hr. Bancroft and other officials In their ? ? trip over fields In Idaho soon to bo pono-j pono-j tratcd by tho rails of tho Short Line In-: In-: dlcatca a season of activity In that Stato a i on tho part of Its pioneer railroad. Since i lta Inception tho Oregon Short Lino has I jj very naturally concentrated Its efforts .5 i toward building up Idaho, ns that Stato t, i contains the greater portion of its mileage ; ) and the Stato Itself has presented a most i i alluring region for those who know how - i- to build up a new country. It seems but t 4 a few years ago that tho Stato was but ' sparsely settled and In thoso days a peril per-il 1 con who had predicted that tho Snako - river desert would one day be a rich ngrl-i ngrl-i 2 cultural valley would have been ridiculed i? ?. rlfht and loft. Today, however, the whole section under tho new canal Is bolng turned Into Just such a valley and tho '.' rails will bo there when tho thresher f ' turns out tho first car of wheut. C i V But tho Minidoka line, tho Malad Valley ?( J fcranch and tho Bolso extension arc not the onlv new lines tho Short Lino has In -dew, Tho Mackay branch can bo put i Ihrough litlmo to both tho Salmon river ' region and tho Thunder Mountain coun- . try. It may no bo this year or next, but M there Is every reason to bellovo that tho & i Short Line will bo the first In tho field. A j Then the St. Anthony branch has a great . future. Tho Short Lino secured all lis t" !i Information as to the region beyond each ! ! of Its termini long ago.and when tho tlmo 1 ui comes tho road will bo ready to cxtond. - a Just at present tho' company It dovotlng " A lta time to tho two branches already k planned and now being built, but It has & Its eyes on all tho other regions and It Is ircely predicted that tho Snort Lino will ' In tho next five years lncreaso Its Idaho t lines by at leaet COO miles and every mllo I i vill add to tho Stato's production. I |