Show idaho a no the th State of or T ani an and Its it Resources ilI T v W ISM 1550 Idaho was one not on an the map ot of States On starch March 3rd th the ij 3 Congress organized her Into n 1 1 of or the States and 1 Territory l n f local habitation and n a agam ng her gam g Rata vo wl with l over cr tier present name nm Montana ant Wyoming v t n te H HOn On May 1861 18 1 Congress organ Territory where ere It now Is and lz lied Iced the the khe th of a Jill July 1868 created the tha on Territory of ot Wyoming fixing the t o west we western t toun ern boundary oun line of ot that territory to as ns asIt asit It today In isTO 1910 lS O on 00 the of ot December r Con Cnn Coni gress i rebounded re the Territory of ot conformity with the western bound baunel In I a of at Montana and Wyoming and 1 nee that time there has hns been lean no nn change chaise Ch I In these Ih lIe lines and i l there will be none nono In tho future The fM state ite now non embraces ill rill the tho land and water lying between h the tho British r on tho rho north Montana ani pos ro Wyoming on tho east Utah and Nevada on the south nuth and Washington on the th Ih we wrest t containing square mlle miles or acres neres which from froma a car fut estimate of or the facts at nt hand handu handus u us as g from tho the once of oC the sur terY er general of tho thu State Slate the tho Statue land and from the records r of or the Iho County recorders and wid C will readily segregate Into the ft lion Ins acres arp of at timber ber land acres of ot pasture pa ture land band acres netos agricultural al alland land mid the remainder mineral land Mat Mui li Ii of ot that which Is III now mow classed cla sell as hI timber land will when whon the timber Umber app rt rs merge Into agricultural land and much of ot that now no classed sed ns as pas turo will n nd 4 Improved 1 methods In It cul cui and progresses also alsa metro mergo Into agricultural land States Great Tho high crests of at tin the Cabinet The Tho Th Coeur dAline Tho Thu Hitter toot Hoot and the tho Mountains nit nil parts of ot the came ramI great Kreit chain fonn farm the estern boundary of ot the tho State Stale and right hero here not coy licK Hen the tha source of oC her great lent and 1 water waler power but hut acting In conjunction with tho Japan current Is li the source Bounce of oC her mild and und unrivalled climate A spur of ot this great chain of crosses thu late hate from tram east cast to tn e west tending lending south sauth and ruts cuts the statu atatu In two so a to 10 speak MI All south of ot this uplift U Is arid all north j I humid I Ilia rho Mighty 1 II t Snake hirer r The fhe Snake has three great t I Iu u known as all the North Middle 1 md end South Forks rho Tho North For rises Ilses In III the northwest north corner of ot IM Fru I r J 1 j I wont mont County the tho middle Turk Fork In the tho I northeast and tho South Fork In Wyoming under the tho very none no of or tho the but as ns If It dissatisfied with Its I surroundings hastens Into Inta tho state near tho the south southeast corner of ot BIngham County crosses cio S S that county Into Fro 1 re remont i I mont and Joins Johns tho the parent stream ne r Idaho IJ ho Falls Falie I forming tho the Snake proper Whence the tho majestic stream proceeds south nu 1 west to a 1 point near the town of ot Parma In Canyon County Count I where It Il turns almost directly direct north and lows Hows In that direction to the city ell of at In fez ez Perce County Count J Tributary Tho The tributaries of this stream In tho the J I edd part parI of of the Ihl state are aru so 80 numerous that it would consume too murk much space apace to even mention their nn s it II to 10 say Ha that the arid acrid portion of tho the state contains front from to 10 here acres s capable of ot being put under tinder Irrl Irl gatlon with a noil 1011 largely Inre composed of ot lava laa ash and the erosion from trotH laT Ines In r rock lock the nest must fertile und null ta table ble the toll soil In the world mid that there Li h water waler enough hi w this thin river cud anil Its 18 tributaries to 10 make every ecru of ot It ns as n with verdure and nn 1 with bloom as na the poetic pestle 1110 of oC The prongs and of ot this great river travers tho the state In almost every cr direction creeping up UI the tho hill hili sides up the mountain sides Hides until their heads il r sleep ell H on pillows of at eternal et snow i awak wuk n moat perennially Into lira and energy by the genial sun Bun In his vernal return from his southern journey now no gather gatherIng Ing their Inters eaters Into placid streams forming meadow land lan here bench land there nail depositing auriferous gravel yonder then leaping over precipice after aCler precipice at lit short In Intervals Intervals sometimes at allon long as If nature In her prescience and forethought for tor her darling creation MAN made the tho stream ready for tor an Irrigation ditch or ora ft II turbine wheel heel Timber TIm bel taunts The Tha timber land Inn 1 of ot Idaho I Is generally on the head waters ot of of the tho Bit cams There are very extensive tracts of at yel yellow yellow el low 10 pine lit fir hemlock and cedar on tho the head h l waters or ot the Dolse tho the Payette the Welser Weiser the Little Salmon anti the tho Salmon rivers rIvera Tho The groat body boJ ot of tho the timber however Is s within the Humid Melt It on an Priest tho the the Pa Palouse louse lou e the Potlatch and the North Worth anti Middle Forks of tho the Clear Water river Here lIere Is the most extensive body hod of ot white pine timber limber mingled with fir tamarack cedar and In tho the 1 States and same nomo say In the tho world orl embracing In the neighborhood of f square miles Its Ifs commercial com mHO III I t alun Iun under tho the present pre enl demand for Cor lumber staggers the tho Imagination Tho The i Industry however la le only In Its In Infancy infancy fancy While thero thore are aro In tho the state In tn the tho fc of ot saw mills yet yot not notto notto notto to exceed 2 25 are manufacturing for Cor t ox IX x Port porI ana aM practically all 1111 of or these are located led In county count the lie re rev which lire are over nver the Uie entire state being operated to supply lh th the local leech trade Harrison situated at nt atthe the tho h head d of nt the tint Cou Couer r dAlena dAlene d lake Inko hiss has 1 lx mill alto In I it Cotter Conor e 1 I r 1 J Garl eLf r rr Jai i 1 I C J r f r r 1 4 I y ec rwaN r cTT 1 j i t t I I y 1 t t i x rrT J d dl tl A r u sis Q 1 I I V I l J F f fv fI It Ir r l 7 t if vI vII vII S I I I T r 1 w r i I f j r it r r f i i t ti rr 9 d d 1 r r r I J 4 Y Yr r I IL r I I e i i ir L i L sit w r 1 j 1 lL N I J 5 Y J feene r rr v I Il If i I z zI l f r I II j lL ry rifi 4 Yr tt 4 w I LL I I t 1 t r I l t tr I Il r rag T WL SP K l C cv ty yaI SCENES CENES IN BOISE THE BEAUTIFUL CAPITAL TAL OF THE GEM STATE dAlene City at nt tho the foot toot of tho the lake hns ha two mills In operation and an 1 two others othon In course couro cour o of o construction On Oa the Spokane river between Cour do tle Alene Aleno City and Post Palls Full are arc two and at nt Post lust Falls IH is one ono arid and one other now being erected A number of or others are arc located atom alons the Great Ort t Northern and Northern PacifIc railroads and at rat II Sandpoint on the tho Pend lake the tho Lumber company has hall per perhaps perhaps haps hap the tho finest saw mill In the United States with a capacity of ot feet foet per day Tho The output of or these the e mills a aready 1 aready ready read market In lu n the line stales states of ot tho the upper Mississippi valley The demand there for lumber far nr exceeds the and Inti andIs Is Increasing annually The fhe commer commercial cial clan value for tal lumber product for or 1946 will approach the 2 nark mark The Lumber cons com company CI CIpan pan pany Is now new erecting a I fine tine mill near City with a capacity of ot feet per day dey da The We syn In syndicate syndicate has hall In es of erection on an anthe the river In county n a at t plant which whirls when finished will bo be the largest saw mill In th thu world acrid nut Hut Lewiston on account of Its natural advantages situated 1 ns oe It ItIs itIs Is hI nt at the tho junction ot of the tho Clear Water and Snake rivers will be bo the tho center of the lumber Industry of the state tute The Tha north fork tarl of ot that river with Its nu 1 menus branches penetrates Into Inlo the tho very cr heart of at thU great while white pille pia belt thus affording n n 1 natural and free high highway way IU for tor transporting the logs loge tn to the tho mills With an nn open river riser to tine the th sea ev c cnn and nn lh the Northern cut off arf built hullt over liver the tho Loin pros IHUS thero there will not nut only alii be e a market In tho the ru glen glon of at the tho United lilted States but also no mean one In the Philippine Islands and ant the orient generally use The lumber Industry of ot Idaho will In Inthe Inthe n the near future exceed In value her mineral product which reached In 1901 1501 mid and this too loo without count counting countIn countIng ing In her home consumption licu Statehood Canut Idaho was admitted Into Inlo the Union on onon on July 3 1890 1590 Congress was na exceed exceedIngly ly generous generalis to 10 the yang state It gave gao her a dowry of at two sections of at land In every township of at tho the square miles for or the maintenance of ot hor common schools school s fixing the price nt at which hl h It could he be sold olI at not loss lass than thun 10 per ler acre aCIe and constituted the tho pro proceeds coeds Cells an nn fund so that th the Interest only onh Is available for tor or use This fund Ivis already passed tho the million mark In tho the same net Congress also granted her In the neighborhood of nt soo I OCO oro acres to be selected In tiny any nn purt part of ot the for the erection nail maintenance main maintenance ten ance of or Perm penal reformatory the tho higher educational Institutions and for r public buildings and Ona granted her liar 1 I acres more snore to 10 encourage Irrigation tion Population of IlIO The federal reissue census of ot ISTO ISiO gave gae go the then Territory n a population 1 In roun l number numbers of ot That of or ISIO made mali It nn l In 1800 1990 19 O the year par of o state stale statehood statehood hood It rose roue ro e to 1000 S and In 1900 1500 it reached No 0 census of the tha state linn has been taken since that time lime except that of ot the tho children of o school age 3 which gave gate OO fi tr for r June JUlie 1908 From Irom this and other theta gathered by b the Ihl bureau of nt Immigration labor lahr and a 1111 tine tho present of ot tho the statu le III run con ely at This The Immigration into the tho state stale during thelast the Ih i last year ear has hns bi Bern n unprecedented and anti by b tin bureau to be lie not l Ins lell ts than Ihan in and It will probably double that number next year y lr The content contemplated plated increase In lu tho the limber Indus Industry try alone It If only carried to completion will lu Ig 9 Itself very nearly approach these thea d The Tho new rail ab abroad railroad road enterprises now actively at work worl t road lOid beds at as well a nil as the extension of ot the older old r ones on Into In III hitherto tin d territory and ami the tho great frea Iti in flex Hux of and v will VIII idd edd very viry er materially to 10 the tile popular papillA thin brought In n by bv the lumber industry Xo XII o Mow 1011 Pioneer Un The daY of ot the American pioneer how low iiii mu h Ir It II may he regretted hit lies hila for tor evor from America Th y their work In Idaho III They The in n the territory now comprising the state tl In IStO 1160 in as gold rold hunters hunten They The found H II washed wa It from the mt sand di and gravels nd aid after Injecting over our ZIO Figures That Thai Tell Story of Idalo s Growth G o Admitted to fo the Union e JulyS July 3 1890 Population PO at That Alai Time Tine o D tp e a Population PO in 1900 t L l I jk r Population m rO ll I in 1905 I tl e e c r 2 50 a Surplus SIlT in Bushels 1905 3 t f e a o c yM t n Mineral Output ul for 1905 i ti II e X Wool V Clip in 11 Pounds for 1905 if r II n 10 Assessed Valuation In 1905 Of N r 97 0 1800 of ot the tile yellow ello metal Into the avenues of or told and many of them than sought loughl other of oC exploitation lion tion Tile The real pioneer however h re rev remained malted and 1 in of or Making staking nut placer claims fencing off fat arme ins The Indian naturally took um un umbrage brag brage at It thin tills appropriation of ot isle hl h ram hunting grounds und and In Isis 1818 th e eold old rugged and d pion plon eon o r on the broad and ami fertile Held fields ot ol tho the Carnas i fought their la III last t I battle with the red man and anti Hung flung the Amor loan frontier out Into the lands of ot the Pacific Placer Mining A l little 11 I lie over a n hoe hail elapsed since sines the pon Hi ceased tn to stake out placer claim claims and commenced to stake stakeout stakeout out an en empire What progress have they made For after all la II sold sall and anti done donI this Ihl IH Is the Inquiry the th world will m snake make They hare ho A goodly herlt herU rc What have they done with It When the gold goltl hunters hunter separated then them selves from tr ln the roil real pioneers the em empire ense pire builders their whole force toree moss men ornen w and children numbered less lew Ie than souls cou scattered huts hull along the Iol Ilot e river In n the Palouse Pa 14 Palouse louse Iou country In latch Isaiah county on nn the Clear water aler around on the tho Cumin Camas m prairie and a of Or n II settlement In III near Bear take lAke county COU II l H lc mid Tier Her great at 11 stock Industry did net not then exiel Sits Sh had no railroads no nil wagon roads lid no nn toots no nu meane nt ot and no ox I I In it a n 1 email domestic way VA after the f primitive mode of ot barter and exchange I I In lii I year jear of her hel helI hert t I whole property wis was valued fur for fl r taw tax I than purposes at nt OO During Durin that w t I I period she line has ted by hy private 11 1 enterprise e alono 2100 pities miles of or Irrigation f 1 canals nt at n If ot co t of J and put j under Irrigation In the th neighborhood I 1 of at of at land K l P very vary acre il ilot I I of ot which Is It worth O 0 aggregating J I 1 In the humid tumid portion of at Ii 1 I I the th state stata she has hall cleared 1 and put un tin under k der cultivation iO acres more mere ci worth nt at n 1 low 40 on nn acre J jI snaking making O oo more And It la its I e t that her surplus l Wheat crop crap for tor MM will wIil he be bushels She will have a 1 large largo cur sur surplus J 1 1 plus of or the I other cereals and her lier iota pota potato to ton and hay Iny crop fOrI le 11 something de lie delightful iJ to Joule honk at aI During Durin that time Nt rV rI has hall planted to orchard over 40 OO t b H from free which she cho ho has hns exported I II I this year In the neighborhood ot of GOO roO roOI I l i I gars it 1 which will bring her In close on I She Rhe has built and equipped i I 1 fl I liC 7 t miles ml lei of ot railroad and at the tho same gamu I time Ilm l constructed d state wagon wn on rondo rond fO over She iha commenced l il u j without n IL saw 1111 mill and has now naw over overa I I In n a and at rat least leant seven seven vell other immense Immen l I sac It C being In 1570 1810 there theto I was van tot not a I smelter smeller or mill In Inthe inthe I 1 the territory now there th ro anti Hru HI over Or SO ro big bigand bl bigand l and little In iii the state stilt and their out output output put for tor or 1101 1901 l OI wan 1111 over ncr S f Tho |