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Show OUR PROSPEROUS NEIGHBORS. Tho States tnirrounding Utah havo had for tho year just closing a ecaBon oe prospority substantially similar to that onjoyed by the people of this State. Thoro have boon good crop3 everywhere, tho mines have produced well, and the people aro enjoying a prosperity greater than ever known before. be-fore. Our neighbor on the north, Idaho, has continued its remarkable series of years of development, beginning some ten years ago, theso bringing tho Stato up substantially equal with Utah during dur-ing the decado that hnB passed. It is a State of Immonso natural wealth and agricultural resources, and when fully doveloped will be a prido of tho Wost. Largo aroas of new land havo been opened, moro new railroads have been built than in almost any other State, and altogether Idaho Is on tho top wave of prospority. Nevada, to our wost, has enjoyed a gonerous degree of prosperity and adV vancement. The mines of that State are holding their own ns enormously rich in gold, silver, and copper. The now discovorlos of tho year have more than mado good whatever exhaustion has boon noted in mines previously opened, and tho more thorough exploration ex-ploration of mines heretoforo discovered discov-ered has resulted in further great and rich production. Arizona has been admitted into the Union during the year, and ib now a full-fledged Stato. Her agriculture is stimulated to an extraordinary degree by the completion of the great National Na-tional reclamation project on the Salt river. Tho utilizing of tho Colorado's wators hns also begun, and agriculture in Arizona is talcing on an extent and a variety and productiveness hitherto undreamed of; whilo her mines keep on with their great production, yielding a steady 6tream of wenlth. New Mexico also has been admitted to tho Union during tho year, and there is great development in her agricultural ag-ricultural and mineral resources. Now Mexico was ono of tho forbidding States for a long timo, and its progress prog-ress was very Blow; but now it has begun on an advancement that is altogether al-together admirable, and will bring the State forward into tho front rank. The great Stato of Colorado, on our cast, has developed wonderfully dur ing tho year. Her agriculture now presses her mineral product for first place, and her mineral product is shown to be tho richest of any in the Union, all yields combined. Tho mines of Colorado, overlooked for a generation, genera-tion, havo been tho wonder of tho world, espocially in tho richness of Lcadvillo nnd afterwards of Cripple Creek. Colorado is already ono of the great States, nnd will give a good account ac-count of herself under any and all circumstances. cir-cumstances. Wyoming, to our northeast, has come to tho front with ,a steady advancement advance-ment during the year. There has been good development of oil and of other mineral resources. Her stock-growing industries are enormous, and her general advancement has been rapid aud substantial. sub-stantial. Wyoming holds the koy posi-sltlon posi-sltlon for a group of States, and will always rank high iu importance. Montana, although not directly touching Utah, is so near to us by reason of ncqualntanco and interchange of citizenship, that we count Montana as a near noighbor.- And Montana ranks first among the States in tho production of wool and of copper. Tho past year has Been a great dovolop-mcnt dovolop-mcnt of the Stato, and it in beyond question that our great northorn neighbor neigh-bor is entering upon a period of development de-velopment nnd of enrichment that will place her far in advance of even hor present proud POsuVW of Montana ar0 tT)ll ' ; Mjffl t"o mpplug brccr ffl Uon at once a necesif MFV Montana is a gTl B well fillef S ' patriotic people. fc& Jf. . Tina whole mountain JB -joyed a period of Drnl Mfol: ment during the vc?rW is unoxampled in'it3 l,J1 fc firatifyin as it SMB public and private fltlUl " mountain region h 11 pJ?t tho Republic, And I J J source of strength ad jW'" Republic. 1 ml |