Show SOUTHEASTERN IDAHO 5 m The whole of southeastern tern Idaho has hll witnessed such an era of at prosperity during the year 1900 1000 that It will godown go godown down In hr history AI a the bet beet year ar fir Cr bUlin and that It has bas baseer ever eer witnessed In all ail directions there has hall been beeh plenty or of encouragement for Cor enterprise and In no year ar the public lands land have hav been thrown open to settlement has bat there bun been so 10 many ius AI a ba have ben been recorded at the local land o of re ee at Blackfoot dot ot only has hast t the e rich Snake River Valley been set eat tied upon by of families mo movIng Ing into our thrifty State but this year ear all the tbt available lends between Soda tee ring and McCammon embracing thousands and thousands of acres aeres ot of floe farming and grazing lands have han toen Abed on 00 This I la the result ot of the building ot of several large Irrigating canals at Soda Springs and Bancroft coating small fortunes fortune In their con construction The major portion of this Immigration has ha come from Utah Thre Th re Ire are several veral CAuses which have contributed to the unusual prosperity of southeastern Idaho tills this year ear One is II the entire absence ol of frosts this year ear the farmers a heavy and rich harvest Then there hu has never been a year ear when cattle have commanded such urh I high agures as aH during 1399 1 9 In one county alone head hend of stock have been heen shipped to OmAha and Chicago markets The sheep industry has bill been beena a very er one for and every pound of wool hu has sold for not less than 15 cents centa per pound an In increase crease of almost lot per cent So man many manysheep sheep are now no being fed in southeastern Idaho during the winter seasons that hay this year yar has hll commanded prices that has hal been so 10 tempting AI a to leave the ill country with but little for tor market nut next spring Even Ren wild bottom ha hay brought ton The Mormon Church now no ranges all Its rattle In the Bear Lake Valley Valle keep In them there the whole year ear around This is 8 the largest herd berd In the State Slate and numbers thou thousands andl of head hend A large lalle number of at men are employed In connection with the herd and with teed feed and labor thousands of at dollars were wert paid cot oot by the Church last year rear for tor Ih these purposes The took stock business will be one or of the principal Industries ot of this section of countr country and one of the main for the facilities ties are excellent and Ind the hay log area arla I is very try large Much ot of It I le overflowed b by the waters of O Gear ar river each spring and this not only serves the purpose ot of Irrigation but also GIRO very er the ot of the soil 1011 Along the mountainous surface ot of southeastern Idaho Is Iff a heavy growth of at lime timber into Inlo which numbers of mil have made mad inroads Inroad without diminishing the supply Lumber has haq commanded an excellent figure the past year ear and from August to November r there has hall been a famine of native hum Lor Gr on account of et the unprecedented for It and much Oregon pint pine hal bar been sold old In consequence The Industry ot of Rear Der Lake county continues to contribute to the prosperity ot of this sec Ie tion of country Toni Tone ot of the now tam fAm fAmous OUR ous Bear ear Lake chee cheese find their way the markets of the surrounding States and while seventeen cheese chee toe toc tortes are nt at work yet t with the In creasing demand for tor this superior or ar tide It II fe that more capital I is not inverted in III the buln business The mineral ral water industry of Soda Springs has hal assumed larger er this past pilAt year In common with the rest of oC the enterprises ot of south eastern Idaho and It Is estimated that over a million and a half bottles of the ramous famous mineral mInerai water was WIP put pu up and sJ 11 n i aWl away into Inlo all parts parI of the Illel during 1809 This water I ts h out of the spring called ailed Idanha the Indian na of Idaho The water ater front this spring I is most mOlt palatable and Ind hRS has a and Within a radius of two tO or three miles there le Is a group ot of such luch mineral mineraI springs near Soda Springs which are considered most beAU ot of their waters rangIng from Ice lold to warm containing magnesia soda Iron sulp ur nur and nd various arlous other constituents In such uch proportions as to ha have n a great power on disease and some or of them brine being so highly with carbonic acid and other gases a as tr prove a most pleasing beverage Numbers Numbe of Salt Balt Lake ke people such uch as I the Hooper Dunbar and others own property properly In hr and fl fat ml SOIa Sala Springs Springe And spend the summer seasons rusticating Among Its lovel loveland lovely and delightful attractions The Oneida salt alt works II a short distance from Montpelier continue to 0 do I a good business Titers Ther are sev oral nal springs owned by the com company pall aced no J pumping Is required the salt being run through wooden woodell pipes into large larg Iron pans In which the salt alt Is made b by boiling the water The water II RII as cold as ordinary spring springwater water and le Is perfectly clear showing ho ln how completely the saline matter le I held In solution The salt I ie shoveled out In thirty minutes and after AUer drain draining In ing hours is II thence thrown into Inlo the drying house houle there to remain until sacked and nd ready I for tor shipment The supply of water gives rhe pounds of salt lOr Ier df day and the owners owner market It at 6 5 CUlts cents per Iter pound An anal analysis 11 made b by D Piggott ot of Baltimore shows a higher percentage of pure salt nit than the celebrated Onondaga brand ot of Syracuse while hUe neither Liverpool Turks Island Illand nor 1101 Saginaw salt Alt ap preaches It In purity or is II a a white clear or soluble In liquids What to be one ot of th most valuable of hear lAke Indus Industries trl tries I le the marble quarries Immediate Immediately ly west welt of Parts which have han but re recently Gently been opened up The quality Is black bliCk black blaek end Ind gold Jold black and green greenA A dab ten feet by eight and feet and tour four Inch inches 8 thick was taken out during the latter part of Noem her lOr And shipped east It was a a most rich and beautiful specimen ot of mar marble marble ble line and worth In the market St per cubic toot foot It is IR said Aid that th there le II only one other quarry In the world where such lIuch beautiful black and gold ohl marbin le II found and that la II Arrange Arrangements ments art are now under way to supply the palatial residence of Millionaire Ilona Ire Clark which he is II going to build In New NewYork tw York City with the Parts marble while It a Washington D C building la Is to be furnished with It also allo The rise riel are owned b by prominent and In men ot of Utah and Chicago and anda a large fore toree ot of men de Is employed In quarrying the product supplied with the best of machinery The checkered CArper career of the Hum humming ming Bird copper 1 by the Hanauer Smelting now to end AI ac this rich properly le 18 to tobe tobe be thoroughly developed and nd worked The property Is situated about three miles mile west from ot of Rear Lake Iak 41 j I I art r the Ore Oregon on Short j it I e I Iu to 10 connect the If II t line at Montpelier R a 1114 thirteen miles mil The 1 are on only I about It a tulle t ii I II I from the Humming JIll Isle i I I r I line ot of the proposed spur The pioneer creamery t th It h I portioned and Ind equipped I 1 i Stile State ot of Idaho Is III t I In 1 owned b by a stack u I I Sens len The factory i milk per day and nd day Into the several tit hie Ii meats ment adjacent to the a gathering lip up milk To tb II ii I able energy and well 1 I ot of lIon J t C la II to k I Ithe b the lon construction of the I tp r 1 u Ix x May ar also l r I valuable time It un n which th Ih I r I I Stake leoy now nOI stu I 1 n I tune tUf eo SI I I Ib b by the v II mon aril un II only ill State Slate or of Joy by the Ial I at Moscow The on the bench a r Paris and the II IIA I IA A quarter or of 1 a mill mile fans I academy la II the 1 t r v tal tabernacle built of at rfd red and quarried from the Rear tar ln Iah I has hall a seating capacity or of r rand I and cost bulls buill Il dw 11 t tar donations of the Ii of l lunder under the pr I a Bishop William Mudge Quite R a spirit ot of II r a abeen been visible among the hJ a I and the people generally In ri I r I county title past year ar and It s i f mated that no Ip less R than I 1 l expended in III this n |