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Show I Idaho's Wealth Proved by Year of Development Immense Electrical and Reclamation Projects Enrich State and Give Accurate Forecasts of Exceedingly Prosper-ous Prosper-ous Future. ' By E. A. IiAWSON. W pcrini'.'nti.Ml -with tho Jtcy tied VV to 1'a kitc b! 15tt, llrcan,C(1 of tho worvleritil possibilities lie had opened to daho. Tho year of 1012 iust passed irtfo hiitory proved j that tins state is lfotincii to stand Bj -prominnntlv forth as endowed with rc-' rc-' markahlo olectricul energy that must bo harnessed, controlled and distributed. ,Tliis is the one tfroat fact that has R lieeu driven home to lh men nC enter-. Hl i prise the men who do things in Hfl Idaho. It 18 buyout micskion tho most noted realization of the yw. A now Hg t ra of development has opened for tho extensive exploitation ot natural ro-sources ro-sources in a field almost unlimited. For renturics enough power haa been ijuing to waste in Idaho's watorarterics j 1o drivo every wheal of niachinory in ihe northwest bad it beou transformed into electrical, current. Todaj- but a wmall fraction of that power is turu-Ijnp turu-Ijnp the wheels of factories, di.stribut-ing- wnter to arid lands and lighting -itics both withiu and without the stato. Tllcotrieity has eren become and will continue to bo on a much larger scale in the future, a rival of fuel for heat-Hj heat-Hj 'inp; purposes, for already it is being H8 delivered, commercially to heat homes viul business houses. H The mighty .Snako river which has H its source iu the perpetual snows of Hl tho loft mountains in and about tho Yellowstone National park and flow-iufj flow-iufj in a jjreat semi-circlo, through or touching the eastern, southern and w-slcrji portions of the state for more mm tliau GOO miles, is, like Franklin's key, the key to Idaho's wonderful possi-bilitius' possi-bilitius' as a phenomenal power state. The Snake i. the one great river in Idaho. It drains not ouly al the southern section, but most of'the north-em north-em sretiou :is well, its drainage basin mduding about seven-eights of the sia:.o. Its course in Idaho until the mouth of ihe Weisor is" reached is through a generally lovel plain, vary-kkVf vary-kkVf ,u A in width from ."( to 1.00 miles aud x'ai'.ed by rugged mountains. Its r'"ciricul power generating possibilities ran easily be seen from the fact that iroin an elevation of -000 feet at the western border of tho s-tute the great plain of the Snake gradual j- rises to an "lovation in the Teton basin on the W "Mwu:ig line of 0000 feci. At iluer, .southern Idaho, the Snake enters its mmiioiis canyon ;I0 miles long and iu B 1 hat distance makes a descent of over f luoi) feel, the lliree prinei)al falls 1 'rg Twin falls. Shosliouo falls and Hv, i."r fa llji, their rcspeetivo heighlH be-t be-t '.!; J.H fo'Jt, 210 feet and !:!) feet. These lulls, with other falls and rapids both f i' ajid below, afford some of tho H f'uest and greatest power sites in the Hl I't itcd States. Hr Idaho, howover. is not required to Hf depend oti ouly the Snakc river to i furnif-h its power sites. The Bear, H; ibe Big and Little Wood rivers, the Joise, the Payette, the "Wciser, the 9 )wyb'e. the .Salmon, the Clearwater, the St. Joe, the S)okane and numerous H other rivers most of which aro charac-Hi charac-Hi -eristieally swift, have hundTcds of H tiov.'er sites located along their shores. H The majority of these sites arc still H unclaimed. The federal government has H t'ouidered them of so much import-H import-H ;i u-e an to withdraw many of tho sites Hj vrom all forms of entry. Private camtal howover developed man, espceially H during the past year. I IRRIGATION OPENS i SURE WAY TO WEAL1H To the outside world irrigation is j Idaho's woudcr. From tho crude plow- furrow through which water for irriga- tiort waa directed from the laleo or ' stream to the thirsty land, irrigation t :n this stato has advanced at leaps and I bounds until, with the passing of 1012, ? Jtlaho leads tho world in tho roclama- lion of arid laud, having buildcd gigan- f i'p projei-ts representing an investment I today of approximately $100,000,000 r and i? now capping tho climax through ! IDAHO'S NIAGARA, SHOSHONE FALLS ; Another of the great water power sites among many in Idaho. Electric power plant shown at left of picture. tho- erection of tho highest irrigation dam in tho world, the Boise, located at Arrowroek, twenty-two miles east nd north of the state's eupilal. As early as 3855 settlers resorted to tho diversion of water from str-oams iu this state with which to givo moisture to aud. cultivate their lands. The Salmon Sal-mon river valley in Lemhi county has the distinction "of being tho first irrigated irri-gated spot in tho state. Tho second settlement to uso irrigation was Fiauk-lin, Fiauk-lin, Oneida county. Since then there has boon a wonderful transformation aud tho southorii portion of the state is a vast area is a network of irrigation, irriga-tion, canals and laterals. From tho-standpoint of its physical features the state naturally divides itself it-self into two divisions, separated, by imaginary im-aginary lines irregularly drawn across tho stato froin east to west between the forty-fourth and. forty-fifth parallels. The northern section is in tho main a region of mountains, rich, in minerals, forests, lakes, valleys aud fertile rolling roll-ing country. It hua sufficient raiufall for tho production of most crops without with-out irrigation. The southern: "portion of tho stale is distinctly the opposite. Kainfall is not sufficient to pr&duce crops, and irrigation is nlmott entirely resorted to, although within the past few years vast areas of land have been profitably dry farmed, cspeciallj- in the caste.ru part. The great Sna.ko river j and its tributaries have been fanned into tho vest, and at ono time desert sagobrush. plain; through tho construc-1 construc-1 tion of canals, by the use of great pumps and water wheels, delivering water wa-ter to tho land, making it wonderfully productive. This empire attracted tho investor, the builder of irrigation projects became be-came a profitable industry, -settlers followed fol-lowed both boforo and. alter tho water, and southern Idaho became a prosperous prosper-ous section, in which modern towns aud cities were built up whilo hundreds of thousands of acres of land, wero reclaimed. re-claimed. Tho year 1511 2 has been an. era of great development .and prosperity. Idaho now bus forty different and distinct Carey act irrigation projects, representing a total acreage of -jl71-482.94, costing $6l5,789,G3S.05, of which amount $22,S'i5,75S.22 has boon expended. expend-ed. On these projects there arc a total of JU98.93 miles of main canal, 3259.07 miles of laterals. Final proof has boen made on 458,902,0(5 acres of tho land. Tho United States has issued patonts- to the state covering 216,993.62 acres, of which 193.892.S7 have been patented to settlers. The acreage entered is 726,-47G.S9 726,-47G.S9 and the acreage now open to entry is 211,169.70. A total of $2,000,-000 $2,000,-000 was expended on Carey act projects in this state during 1912. There are many irrigatiqn projects besides the Carey act, notably the United States reclamation and private projects. The two main projects of the government govern-ment arc tho Payette-Boise, containing 213,000 acres located in southwestern Idaho near Boise, and tho !Minidoka, comprising 324,700 acres, located in the southern part of the stato along the I ' BEAUTIFUL TWIN FALLS, IDAHO J One of Idaho's many magnificent water power sites located on Snake river. Snako river, surrounding tho towns of Minidoka, Burley, American Falls, Bu-pert Bu-pert and others. This project has installed in-stalled what is said to bo tho largest and most powerful irrigation pumping plant iu tho world. Other irrigation projects of the government, include the Fort Hull. This state has constructed and is at present cugaged in constructing canal systems to irrigate 5,000,000 acres of llaud, of which 2,000,000 arc bciug reclaimed re-claimed by private irrigation co'mpa-uies, co'mpa-uies, and tho balance- of the i,000,u00 acres is being reclaimed by the government govern-ment aud tho Caroy act projects". The total length of irrigation canals in the state is 13,000 miles and the total cost represented by those projects is between $90,000,000 and $1.00,000,000. The gigantic Boise dam that is now under courBe of construction is being built by the government, an appropriation appropria-tion of .$5,000,000 having becu made forit. Tho estimated cost of the dam, which is being built- across the Boise river, is $5,159,000. It will be 350 feot high and will raise water to a level ot 212 feet, impounding it for use on the Paj'ctte-Boise project and backing it far up the Boise river canyon. The length of this gigantic structure will be 1050 feet and tho foundation, solid concrete on bedrock, has been laid. The masonry used in its construction would cover a city block 500 feet bv 26'J feet to a depth of 233 feet. The water impounded im-pounded behind it .will represent 237,-000 237,-000 aero feet, enough to cover a square mile 370 feet deep. About five yours will be occupied in its construction. Crews aggregating 1000 men aro engaged en-gaged ou the dam at tho present time and a small city haa been established at the dam site equipped with stores of all kinds, amusements, resorts, hospital, hos-pital, Y. M. C. A., residences and buuk-honees. buuk-honees. A railroad lino has been constructed con-structed from Boiso to the dahi. Federal Fed-eral engineers uay it is the most gigantic gi-gantic undertaking of its kind in tho history of modern engineering and irri-ation irri-ation on this continent at least . VALUATIONS TREBLE WITHIN TWO YEARS The valuations of all roal and other propcrf In this slati within the paj;t two years has; mora tiwtn trebled. Tho udopllon of the- full ?-i.li value revenue plan if responsible for thia. The toUtl assosHcd valuation of all propertv in the state w?s ?41S. 780,39 (.' for 13f2. For 1011 the tota assessed valuation waa $n20.7S4.7Si.H, and for 1010, ?17,05C,-075.46. ?17,05C,-075.46. ' The total 7012 valuarlon. uu aases3cil by counties in the stale, follows; County. Valuation. Ada 5 -J7.I32S.459.S5 Adams .'. -!.575,:t2J .55 Bannock L'3,-H1,U0S.G5 Bear Lalco '.... 7,757,917.55 Bingham ' 13.,99.75 Blaine 10, 199,312. S7 Bolfiu 7.-522.31H.S0 Bonner 25,71J.-;63.S5 Bonneville 12,231.730.02 Canyon ', 31,700,017.35 Cassia ii, 163,161. 85 Clearwater .. ; 9,-l'i0.599.30 Custer v.... i!.o29.35i.C3 lSlniorc 7,602,790.27 Fremont "J-i, 605,092. 10 Idaho ' ... .' 1 2. i 2t,329.0.'i Kootenai 29, 172,830. SO I.atah 19,511. 374. SS Lemhi -1,972,517.80 LoulH r 8.073,300.37 Lincoln :-1.17C!3?3.50 l.'c-z Perce ' 1S.931.32S. 10 Oneida 11.091.795 20 Owynco 4,321,333. 00 Shcshor.c 23,795, WJ.. 33 Twin Falls 19.523.M7.U3 Washington 10.657.930.90 Total assessed value 511S.730.39 1.23 The rat of taxation established by tho alato board of equalization for 1912 wa .0043. In addition to tho total amount, of taxes to he collected through the general gen-eral levy, or. $71:1,683.60, there is $200,-8U.9G $200,-8U.9G for the general interest and sinking sink-ing fund and SS3.C0l.lu for the public building and interest fund, making1 a grand total of $ 1,004, 129.S0. While the Ulx rate for 1911 was .003, in 1912 It was Just double that amount, or .006. The state board of equalization ordered that the general rate should be fixed at four and three-tenths mills, that the levy for tho general interest and sinking fund bo fixed at one and two-tenths mills and that the bulldlnc and public endowment fund levy bo Oxcd at five-lcnthn of a mill, making a total on each dollar of the assessed valuation of the property of the state of Idaho for the year 1912 just six mills. JVlillioiis Are Invested . In JVlodern Buildings Millions of dollars were expended in building construction work during tho past year. T.ie most striking edifice that will stand complete January 1, 1913, Is .the main pection and dome' of the new state capllol. Over $1,000,000 Is represented in this structure of stone, cement and marble. The wings, costing about $800,000. will be finished probably this year. Building activity has been noticeable nil over the t;tale. Cities and towns have taken forward steps along this line to keep pace with the rapid development de-velopment of tho slate. Business blocks, public buildings, factories and honvs liavo gone up by the hundreds in all parts of the state. The building Improvo-ments Improvo-ments alone represent an investment of ! $50,000,000. taking the stato as a whole. The towns and cities aro modern in every ev-ery respect and have, voted hundreds of thousand:; of dollars in bonds for municipal munic-ipal improvements, Including cement -.valks. water and light and gas plants, tie. Railroads, electric, telephone- and telegraph companies have Improved their syutenis at a coat of thousands of dollars spent in construction work. GRAIN PRODUCTION AUGMENTED IMMENSELY Rapidly this state Is advancing as one of t lie leaders in the Union as a grain producer. Tills Is especially true of the irrigated sections, whero crops of a phenomenal yield were recorded during tho past year, oata going aa high as 100 bushels to the acre and wheat reaching reach-ing sixty. The grain sections are confined con-fined principally to eastern, southern aud Earts of north Idaho, the Palouso grain elt being located In tho latter section. There were 2S.000.000 bushels of grain harvested in this state during the year just closed, of which amount the eastern east-ern and southern part of the slate produced pro-duced the greater proportion, or 17,00.000 bushel?, and tho northern section 11,000.-U00 11,000.-U00 bushels. Complete crop reports will, It is bfilie'-'ed. Increase these figures considerably. con-siderably. In the northern counties a decrease in Iho yield under that of 1911 Is estimated at about 20 per cent, while a material Increase has been evidenced in the southern south-ern counties, owing to the extensive cultivation cul-tivation cf newly opened ureas bv drv farming :n Fremont county. The Ifrl-gatlon Ifrl-gatlon projects and the dry farming areas in Bear Uiki, f'nssla. nniilBi Fatln. Lincoln. Hlal And BaXsW iIch have .iiigu.cnw.d tho ycRH Southern and oastfrn pnimn WuJ llvHy product S.500 000 ? EVW1 whoa I. 7,500,000 bushHs of m,9 1.500.000 bUKhcl:; of hurley. nK counties, the northern iiinv'?.cMr bushelB of grainx as follows- vTpt ,i Wheat, S50.000; uats, 240.000' K.PgV 000. Latah Whom. 1.7..0.000- niJ'K" 000: barley. 1.250.000. i.LWOfi 1.750.000: outs. KOO.OOO. :Hev K' ClaawM-r-Wheat. 200,uiift; Sts 1 barley. 125.000. l.,wR -W,oat VJMJ1 oats. 'iOO.000: barley, J.O0O.00Q kitMi Wheat, 200.000; oats. 100,000- biriSmZV dock ' umi7Wkqn To store, tho grain it ralsn building chaliiK of elevators thJmV ra-'item. southern and northern SSX" 1. ho fitale. and during th0 ycnr and won nit vutor havo bronW i..x follows: N'ampu, concrrtn capacity 60.000 buaheh. Parn ISrt1 olrvalor. capaelty 7C..000; i LiR v."Ood.'n elevator, capci-lty 70,000- jM, can Falls, concreto .Mrwator. caJWL. 000; .Drummond, wooden lovat'rf ily 40.000; Pica bo, wooden e!ovator M paclty 30,000; tlollloter, concrete ? capacity 00,000; Hanson. ouncMm tor, capacity 60.000, Fllor, cnncrt lor. capacity 00.000; Buhl, concrf-4 valor, capacity 60.000; Idaho r-luM-crcte elevator, capacity 60,000- RrtHf' I hon.v, concrete elevator, caDapIfv-K-1 Idaho':, greatcat lnduslryla tLtStzMt This 13 particularly true at the tHI time, dno to Iho lanro amount BW' now producing. Tile humid aecriBi the north contains one of tho rrP" grain beltstho Palouce which iH both Idaho and Washington. TB ' farming section Jo in Iho southMuHJ the irrigated area In the south. ;Wtf All three sections are very prodtB1 In thorn are found a totftl of 35 ooO'Bf Alfalfa is the most productlvo '.P6, crop, and hundreds of thousanda eP weri grown last year from the thraaW-" during the growing season. iBpJf Sugar beets form another BronV' agricultural industry, supply sumuflUJI torlos located at various points thSP tho uoiith. S A new $1,000,000 sugar factory hfl " being built at Burley, near whlchw' section which has the rare dlstlnctlS growing sugar beet seeds. ApproxbHl 100. 000 tons of .sugar beets were aB jn Idaho last year. The grains arcc oats, barloy and rye, corn. The-B? timothy, alfalfa, clover, grain inypti grasses. Othor agricultural cropsB potators, all vegetables, onlona anBft cry being particularly profitable. jM?! ta.1 of 10,000 carloads of notatoerB grown In 1912, and .1,022,400 tons B fal fa. St PROSPERITY OF BANKS an index op mim The 1 15 slate banks In Idaho BnB. on tho face of the la:it call Issued gXi state bank commissioner that theyT resources amounting to a grand toW $22,S5-i,t37.92 and an avorago rcjcrij over 30 per cent. The national batiH (ho stato arc in the same flourishing ditJon. 1912 having been an exceptfct good year. An abstract of reports of Btate t of Idaho at the close of business tho tor part of 1912 follows RESOURCES. ' Loans and discounts $14,130,11 Overdrafts lOS.f Bonds, warrants and loauB securing savings deposit?. 673,9 Other stocks, bonds and sc- $ curl ties 737,8 Banking house furniture and llxtureB 1.405,5 Other real eBtnte owned.... 495,1 Due from banks 3,777,9 Checks and other cash Items 107,7 ICxchunge for clearing house. 45,1 Cash on hand 1.2:6.1 Other resources 24 Total resources $22,834,1 LIABILITIES. Capital stock J 3.?52j Surplus Undivided profits less expenses ex-penses and taxes paid.. . s9M Due to banks 61D.S Dividends unpaid l.& Undlvldual deposits subject ; to check UM Demand certificates of dc- S noBil 4j,& Tim.' certificates of deposit. 3,038,9 Savings deposits Postal savings deposits m Certified checks f'; Cashier cheeks t'''" Notes and bills rcdlscounicd 119 Bills payable 44'? Other liabilities 6: Total liabilities 22,253,1! NEARLY ENTIRE STATE DOTTED BY ORCHM Idaho is rapldlv coming Into Jer'-a5 Jer'-a5 a frultbearlng state. Ihe s scar-j closed having witnessed a au?u" acreage planted to apples prunes, , w peaches and mixed fruits and ulio decided incrensH in the i-njoiii tofj shipped. Having the c Imate, the ni saiy sunshln; to give II e fn nous j color" and the rich soil from "" (Continued on Following Page if ARROW ROCK DAM SITE j inary line shows height of dam. Looking up stream, - )Mv jjf S7V17TS VARIED INDUSTRIES ARE PRODUCING IMMENSE FORTUNES. I fwut. Preceding Page.) M'tnw to markets, to fight SB.. idling moth and numer-Bjuoecullar numer-Bjuoecullar to tho Indus- X unt line Idaho has 148.773 iflp 5 . trees bearing or planted Kr fr"!t r. nriwinccti to the bcar- tho pas : year the larg-K larg-K I & Jut e 'have .been In mWShrrn counties. Kootenai. K sShone: In tho ccntral Mvi more and Canyon coun-the coun-the southern, part. Twin mWA. althoush there has itP H ?rereaso throughout the Sue In practical ly all tW&.t on : the acre-arc has dou-40 dou-40 rE jt has trebled since of Caches in Canyon Sllv conspicuous, ftjif tho acrcaso planted to SfeuTk i past three years showing m the Increase In SSStTof fruit, follows; WM 01 jpreasrc. Cars. jjjj 53,341 3014 tfir'aS- Acreage. K1?!! oveVisio.' : : : ; - ' ' ' ' 'it'ili mWJ inds in Idaho tnat arc rap-SXted rap-SXted to commercial orch-SJiled orch-SJiled m the southern, -west. Rwhm portions of tho state. LT (he valleys, on the bench H "he vast level Irrigated aec-fwoUon aec-fwoUon is necessary in the L.rt of the state. In the nortn AWLfaD-ii to the temperate zone 3t irrigation. Tho section Krilon Is rapidly becoming a iSMarala u a grape producer. INDUSTRY IS , M OF BIG PROFITS it the state had one of the. ble years in their history Att year. The great lead Coecr d'AIenee, famous the i the, moat productive, yield-Co yield-Co one-third of the lead Vclted States, have had an r. The general Increase on put of all mines In tho state 1511 was 10 per cent, con-of con-of the fact that tho mining Miho Is on the Increase on the decrease, and more e being opened and placed interior of the state, as yet beiten paths of transporta-the transporta-the oro cannot bo handled nt daring the past. year led and authentic informa-;hit informa-;hit the zone there 13 very liver and lead and la deduce ded-uce one of tho most proflta- HOW WATER IS DIVERTED FROM RIVER FOR IRRIGATION jj Concrete Uow York canal delivering wator to Payette-Boise project. I ble mineral producers In the state. The total 1912 mineral ylcd Is as follows: Gold $1,575,068.22 Silver 4,579.621.15 Lea-d ... 12,225.912.55 Copper 502.4SS.67 Zinc .' 4 5S6.533.04 Total ....$12,270,212.61 The coal and phosphate deposits dla-. covered In the southeastern part of the state, the black diamonds in Fremont county and tho phosphate in Fremont, Bonneville,- Bingham, Bear Lalxo and Bannock countiee, have been extensively developed during tho past year, giving promise of bringing into tho Idaho mining min-ing world large revenue. NEW SETTLERS GRASPING REAL OPPORTUNITIES The remarkable fact that during the past twelve months 2.264.S00 acres of land have been filed on in Idaho gives some idea of the immigration Into this state. The public lands open to entry both In the northern and southern parts of the state have been attracting horaeseekers wishing to exercieo their homestead or desert rights. The Boiso land office recorded re-corded 2S31 entries during the past year, homestead, desert and dry farming, aver-ayrfns aver-ayrfns 160 acree to the entry, or a total of 452,960 acres. There aro flvo federal land offices in the state, where approximately approxi-mately the Jiajne number of acres were I entered, maWnj: the jrrand total. By farj the large majority of those seeklns public ; land include the best American citizenship. citizen-ship. They aro typical homebullders and are welcomed in Idaho. On January j 15, 1013. a total of 100,000 acres of land will be thrown open for ntry within the Bolso land district through tho Boise land office. DAIRYING AND STOCK INTERESTS ARE THRIVING The dairy induotry mado a strong showln- during tho past year, indicating that the cIhIih made by experts the cll-mato cll-mato of Idaho, its forago and pcneraJ conditions con-ditions aro as good if not better than those of other states, particularly those of tho middle west. There arc 3000 more dairy cows in tho htatc now than there vero a year at;o. giving dairyman a total to date of 55.651 with a vahm of $2,-145.053.00, $2,-145.053.00, It is due to the mild climate that dairymen permit their rtoclt to remain re-main out of doors practically the entire year round, and tho cxpenslvo buildings build-ings aro thcreforo not necessary. It is also claimed to be true tnat more milk is glvn by tho milch cows under theao conditions. Butter and cheese factories fac-tories are being rapidly built over all parto of tho state. , Cattlo of ajl classes In the state have a total valuation of S3.067.2S1. 30 and number num-ber 225.033. Fine bred homes aro also being Imported into tho slate, many coming In last year. The total number in the state Is 131,003 with a valuu of $10.-777,448. $10.-777,448. Breedcrc are ulso Increasing ail ...t- n'k.i.. i -?on rrno T. - wi.jci t.b',rv, ilium uiu iidov.iiij sutjtiM and, goata valued at $4,725,242,30: 66.173 swine valued at $475,387. The 1912 wool clip was 17,000.000 pounds, valued at S2,-250,000. S2,-250,000. The land bualne33 done by tho "state, which holds title to 3.31S.0S0 acres, plves Idaho the well fitted- title of landlord. The proceeds are the heritage of ito common com-mon schools, its higher educational Institutions, Insti-tutions, charitable and penal initiations. initia-tions. The lands cannot be sold for less than $10 ' an acre but bring a hlghor price than tho minimum, but even If sold a.t that price would net Idaho 533,-180,000. 533,-180,000. although their real value ic more like $50,000,000. Classified the lands granted to the state ar as follows: Com-.mon Com-.mon schools, 2,650.000: insane asylum. 50.000; public buildings. S2.0D0; normal. 100.000; charitable, loO.OOO: scientiilc. 100,000; agricultural college, 90,000; penitentiary, peni-tentiary, 50,000; territorial university. 4C.0S0. and stato university 50,000. Idaho sold from its school land grants during 1912 the total of 356.731.33 acres for So.OOMoSe. and leased 1.1S0.069.17 acres which brought Into tho state's coffers cof-fers during the past two years rents to the amount of S195.730.05. A hoavy loaning business was dono during dur-ing the year just closed, tho loans in force up to December li 1012. being $1,574.-1 $1,574.-1 1 2.56 backed by ellt edge first mortgages and principally farm loans. Tho principal princi-pal received from the sale of stato lands Is invested in state and district school bonds, bearing 6 per cent Interest. Lumbering aud manufacturing were active ac-tive industries during tho past year. The 1000 factories in the state, employing 10.000 people, who were paid $10,000,000, manufactured goods valued at 525,000,-000, 525,000,-000, used material In doing no costing S10.000.000 on their total capital invested of $40,000,000. This stato claims to have the best l HjME 5T, BOISE, IDAHO ; 1 1 Main section and domo of capitol as it appears completed. Ifc vrtHl be ; j-j formally opened January 1, 1013. Within tho next two years wings will bq" . f! M built on each sido of the main section. i w , liifi quality of white pine and a big lumbering industry. While the past year was not as active in tho lumbering business as others have been, there wa3 3SO.000.000 feet of lumber sawed by the state's 227 saw and planing mills valued at ?9,500,- 000. The camo mills planed 200.500.000 . , ttf fet of lumber and manufactured 35,- iMt 000.000 shingled valued at SS.096,000 In' :Bi 1912. Bolee i3 the manufacturing center. k j.6 North Idaho Is the homo of tho lumber 1 W Industry. i |