Show I J PHENOMENAL r r GROWTH OF POPULATION I i V H X 1070 when tIle the first t census WItS was wasi WIS I i taken In hit this tills state by hy the tile Federal Fe eral I I Census bureau Idaho was given a I total population of souls The second census figures mastic made in iii isso 1880 gave mo an all Increase of 17 11 or I 3 13 16 per or cent In 1890 1090 the S year ear of statehood tho tile general total Was raIsed to showing sh an nn ad advance vance vanco In the time population for that de the decade cade eade of 52 or 01 per lieI cent From 1890 to 1900 1000 population rOl for that l eca 1 0 of or l Z per el cent From SO ISDO I to 1900 when the tile last 1101 federal census census was taken which gave Im tl state slate 16 population n the tile tn In crease creaso cr wo was or I per pel cent Idaho has now a Estimating that las population of tile the Increase since sinco SI C oo would be or ero nt The Thc total Increase there tarp In ill Ii the tho population of tile the state stale stateS Which would WaPiti WaPitiS sinco no 11 It II S S average a year or 0 12 1 12 1101 cent ee centS t i S S ll S S SS IS AL L LS S Immigration rilon to tn time the state slate during tIle tho st three o years has been almost 5 r phen Tile The he opening to settle sette i nt t c grett irrigation on tracts I t Ithe g the th tl principal cause caus itIs I It Sj Is estimated fUI have ho come comet t to tile and lild made mn homes dur ur S Ins ii tg uio ost two year CIU Tile The average 0 In III tIle thc last population S eight been 3 OO per lOr an al allu lu niini Of Cor cour b ci this Includes tt ne n t iJ Increase as a WeIl wel as the th im immigration migration to o tile the state st t lERE THEY TIIE LopATE L Thu rhe are aro 10 scattered rod over overtime time the entire state stale but t td ed td d most thIckly upon up m the the l S southern t ou i The lumber lumberS S r 5 S St t fl tji t jiL 5 j Ins lu s of the thc north have Ilave also re ye received Homo fomo In Iii excess s of a proportionate share shalo A feature which Is agreeably in Ia tillS this Influx of now new blood is I tho tilo fIlet fact that It is hit l I liberally sprinkled throughout the country districts which Is indica indicative tWo tive of o the class of citizens Idaho Is getting a class by tho the way Wa a which forms forums the tho most sturdy factor In tIm the tho citizenship of any ony great common commonWealth Wealth I IER Y COME CO L FROM KHOM They come CollIe COJO principally of or Anglo Saxon extraction I from maui the thu west est cen central cn trl states mainly from Minnesota Iowa Missouri Wisconsin Illinois Kansas Konsis and anti the tho two to and when they Iho they hEY come to stay sta Idaho is receiving ro rc lo of tile the Immigration from i I foreign lands hands landsI though It heartily welcomes tho tile citizens of df dr the tile European countries I The negro Chinese Greek Gr c ek k Hussion and alit Italian population of thi ih the state Is very small The he last latt federal census statistics st t les gave Idaho J aho a 0 total foreign for horn born hor pop population of whIch were ore principal principally ly 13 I from r C European B countries cou rles with I England Germany 2974 Sweden 2022 2 22 in inthe time the lead In ilL given However I It ii haro wo n Russians Greeks 9 91 Af Africans f rl ricans 20 O Australians Aus lan 24 Chinese 1111 Japanese Japanese 1305 and amid an 79 Ital Italians ians Of course i th figures especially as its to th tb Eur p ns should sl old bo be consid considerably date chute elaI Increased In d to o bring them up tiji to to jo 1 WHERE SETTIE The 6 Japanese J are nrc ni located h t d I In ill the tho i beet b ct fields l on on tha th railroads ds and andI I tura wc j e in ih i J t I BY HEBER Q HALE H LE rants mitts and amid city vegetable gardens the time Italians and a d Greeks on I tile the railroads mines mh time the Ul II negroes are arc confined wholly to o tile the dRies they th it gago Ih lb ser sor servant I vant work w e in 1 hotels Ito itile Russians alid Hl Australians AJI tako and street sleet The Time great lumbering ea of of the north arm the t o of tho limo where thousands are 1110 now employed cl The principal principally ly I to farming and the English are do doing o lug ing a I little IU I of everything from flOI mom to years back baele at nt n t Is called to 10 th l immigration to tills state firstly ns the oln try tr and amId secondly as ns affecting aff tn tho the towns and hold cities s e 0 Within tIle the last la t three eal people practically al all al of T J are aro ar new nev ne to 10 the the state havo set settled tied on til a II single tract trat tra ll of HOA nO hind Sir In Inthe the snake river valley al These com compose Col pose the tho citizens of of Bounty count of Twin Twill Falls Fals ils which was created by hy an all ana act a t of tile the mat last legislature o oThe The of time government ov reclamation project 1 rH has ha during the time last two years earl Increased tho tIme population of Cassia county count and added hundreds to Lincoln S inhabitants TIme The olula I I of tile the last named amed county is Ii again 1 materially augmented lK 11 m n 0 great Carny arf act which have hwe boen ileen opened op pe et ed within adding I O more to her number 1 r of farmers county count p parts of Bannock Cannock Fre FIe Fremont I mont Elmore Ada and amId Canyon coun oun counties t ties tl ale aro affected in like l manner only to toI tOt I t less leIs extent extent Oneida Onelda fear ar I parts of Bannock Caster Boise S ami counties are aI w m reedy receiving I bIg ing In much ilLicit new blood Washington county Olty is Ii Ii receiving hut but little Ille also IM r The hc six northern counties are arc re receiving calving n a generous though not 1111 equal portion u which Is pretty voll W distri distributed buted though the tile lumbering camps get th tl largest number proportionately Time The now tICS towns that have havo sprung up tip upI luring during the time last two tO years yearn nil their lh lr present pre together with the I increase o of other towns affected are as s follows TIe The population of ot the tile old towns tOtIS two years ago co is II v n in ill II par pu I Bonner BOmer County Spirit Lake of 1500 and amid Dover poyer of 1000 are both new towns I Sandpoint 1260 has hns added to Its Is pot pop population 2500 2600 county count Coeur d Alone 1000 has lIus hu doubled 11 its I population St Sl I Too 2 has 1155 Increased 1500 and St Maries Iare 27 1100 County Count nO hIltS has his Increased about 00 Wardner 1392 1 92 and amId Ind IndI I Latah County Count io cows has Ju I grown growl to 10 residents Troy 10 1330 1830 has added GOO and a new town Potlatch lIes has been heen founded with wih 1300 1500 inhabitants Nez County has hns added to her l and Vollmer with 1500 1600 has hns been built new buit Idaho loho County COUI G a 0 town lown or o 0 I 21 has haG added 1000 inhabitants nd Cottonwood of lEO O has ilas almost doubled doublet itself I Washington a County WeiSer elser 2961 2961 ii is I about tins time only nl town in tile the county which hIlts has attracted extra population It I bus lius about COO Canyon on County Payette p has lias added OO 0 Culdwell 2500 2600 1000 Em Emli Emmet met 1600 GOO and Kampa 1 1 Ada ora tia County Boise BolFe 2000 has hams in increased Increased creased ed in ill population about A JJ of about has ha been buen built Ell tI County 1103 has hns lIs about aboul 00 more amoco inhabitants I County halley 1810 ISIO has I added ad tied 70 0 Lincoln County Count Shoshone lOO has ha I Increased liy by 00 and the time following new towns built bui Jerome GOO COO Wendell Twin Twill Falls FAils Fals county 1011 Twin Falls Fals 2300 the thu county seat scat of O the newly created county has added 2700 20 find and nearly a a dozen more mora new towns have hac been beon built bui the important of or which are ire Huhl COO Hanson Hansen 60 FlIer Fier lOlL County Burle anew n new town or ot ats s u ded Fremont Fi County C nt Ashton of 50 has been Jont built bult from 1101 time tho ground gund up St St StI I t tI I Anthony 1860 1800 has hiss taken to herself her U u new now residents resl and amId Sugar City 50 1 County 2500 2514 has increased about 30 and all Falls Fails COO about 1500 Bannock County Pocatello la i at 1000 and amId McCammon ahot i 20 1 Oneida Onelda 11 County Preston 1500 ex ox exhibits 1 I hibits hi bits the tIle most thrift of any town In hit tho time county ouno anti and Is about the only one OhIO which Willell has Increased Its population to Sn any nn appreciable extent It I has hits 1000 2000 American Falls Pals 55 has in increased creased SOO I 5 Bear Benr Lake Lako County Coult 2 00 has hns advanced 1000 In population I Paris Taris 1000 has added Ia ed OO Ovid Ovi 26 lO OO and amid St St ii Charles has ilas bout about doublet doubled I j The Tho towns tons of Owyhee Custor Custer and hi counties countes havo have not nut increased to l l lan any an appreciable extent t Tim Tile figures fues ns as as given above showing showIng U tile tho increase e tn In n town populations total Wj for fOI tile the two two years last passed or Ol OOH a year yel ear 1 Allowing 15 per cent cont for I Increase ase of births over deaths and re tn removals f horn from OI the time country to the tho th cities within the tile state stae we would have a 0 not mItt nt Increase of M S a year O from without t i the tlc state This Tills sum SUIT deducted de from t 4 our nut estimate of the tilO total em Increase by Iw immigration for 4 f leaves lewEs newcomers to go go limb Into t country districts and anti on to the time arns tS As those e figures f stand It would old ap at appear 0 c I pear that a 1 good majority of th l new 11 citizens of or the tho state att to lbS th cities cUes but it must be horne borne in f that tha the great majority of towns In lu luthis i 1 tills this state are made up of a community 11 y of farmers hence the figures are not IC true truo In Ii the tue sense that tha t they the convey tit j I idea that town and nd cIty cl residents are ae I considered and apart t t tillers tier of the soil but lt they th ala are ar ic true In the time sense sensa that a n great number of if t farmers reside in ill town and ant run lun their th lr Jt farms in hI the tho outlying out Ing country at lit nt the th th l 1 same omo time It I would woul be b safo satt to say sy that atthe t the Immigrants to i this state become becom pec me bone bona fide fid hr residents on ott the lr S S t j jc jJ J c 0 e f 1 I hf 1 |