Show I Great Great Resources of r IAn An Inland Empire HE material Wealth of a awo country THE T wo measure mca uro by b Us Its resources and productions tho strength Its of or a country we measure mea uro by fewer ewer to do and its accomplishments I l tho standard ot of a a country countr we measure I by Its citizenship The Intrinsic value calculated of ot any nn country cannot be I without the tho careful consideration of or these three factors Natural resources I may abound mountains may mn bo ho filled with precious metals hills hili may be cov covered covered ered cred with the finest timber farm lands land landsI I may stretch their pregnant bodies for miles In extent plains and valleys may yield their luxurious verdure for tho the hungry mouths of or millions of kino yet et all amount to naught where the i power Jower of at mans inns will does docs not operate 1 over and through them and even oven when I this la Js tho the case caso and the standard of ot r f citizenship Is low the supreme worth of ot that country is by no means super superlative superlative But Dut with a high standard of at citizen citizenship citizenship i l ship to begin with great worth north Is atI at I once predIcable for such wealth Is is e of or lIfo Itself It is both re resourceful and productive and were tho the natural endowments of or tho country meager Its thrift and ingenuity would 1 the tho implements forge orE at tho the anvil of or destiny ir meats ments of or triumph and success Show I us Ul a land rich In its natural endow endowments endowments ments m in which bear sway swa a thrifty and Industrious people and we will pre predict mall 4 dict all things S being equal tho highest standard of oC wealth Just such a coun country country country try Is the tho Gem Gom of or the Moun Mountains Mountains thins IDAHO HOMES T i It would seem that tho the desire is now tho the gi greater cater than ever before among people generally to get a n home to se Be secure act t I cure elro a n tract of or land This is evi evidenced rf deemed by the thousands who are aro com coming comIng coming mod ing west every year The Tho man of or o mod moderate moderato erato erate means In order to acquire a aj foothold must move on toward tho the fron frontier frontier frona j a I tier Ho finds himself in a congested population and values alues aro arc too high for him It not infrequently happens that certain certain 1 tain tale of at these hi in their de desire sire to find the tho frontier Journey on onward onward onward ward and westward to the coast const andI and I then wander back to Idaho to find a ahome homo home Strictly speaking tho the Inland Em Empire Empire Empire pire of or which so much Is now being spoken and written measures within Its scope the tho great Inland basin of or tho the In tho the center of oC which Is sIt t d the tho state of or Idaho Around this lids Gem of or tho Mountains about two thirds of oC Oregon 1 and W Washington trac tractions B tlona of or Utah Nevada Wyoming Montana Muntana and a strip of la laform I form a a kind of setting set tins or framo frame work i The Tho area thus enclosed is approximate approximately ly b square miles of or which Idaho occupies square miles or acres From north to south It itI I measures miles its width varies arles from IS miles on tho the northern border to miles on the tho southern border bolder r CLASSIFICATIONS The Tho total area ot or tho the state could be classified as follows Acres A L cos ts i Forest reserves I Indian reservations 9 Military reservations Patented lands and 4 6 Total Considering resource and utility tho the states slates land area has been classified In inI round numbers Humbert as I Acres Acre Timber lands t Pasture lands land Agricultural lands I y Mineral 1 lands la Much of tho the land classified as ay tim timbered I tiered ered can be I e used for grazing pur purposes purI 0 I i poses and aUlI also aillo converted to agriculture y ture and much of or the pasture land cm can J be bo utilized for fai farming and a consid considerable considerable erable crable of or tho the mineralized area tan can be pastured TOPOGRAPHY t Tho The topography of or tho the state slate Is moun mountainous with a gradual slope toward tho the west went from the tho main range of ot tho the Rocky tacit mountains which form torm the tho east eastern ern boundary of oC tho the state f t This Thill great Inland empire is II practically all drained by b the Columbia river and andi i its Ill numerous tributaries fed ted by b the tile I snow snowcaps caps of or the tho Rocky Rock mountain chain The state is divided i Into two parts the tho northern portion Is la drained by b tho the Salmon Clearwater Spokane and an 11 Kootenai rivers livers the tho southern part by b the tho great Snake river liver the waters of or all nil of which find their way wa Into the he Columbia which J 1 carries them on and pours poura 1 c them into tho the Pacific ocean Tho The only I exception to this drainage system Is 18 in the southeastern corner of or the state stater I r drained ll by b the Bear Dear ricer which flows I Vo Into Salt Lake in Utah m I 1 Between the two natural geographical divisions of the state above aboe noted a great creat difference Is la observed In tho the nat ml natural natUral ural resources which are arc marked prin principally in ism the fact tact that the tho northern portion comes within the humid belt bolt and receives sufficient rainfall for tor tho the 1 development nt of crops without the aid I of or artificial application of or water while thu th l southern part of oC the state depends almost entirely upon Irrigation TIMBER R LANDS I A JS In the tho former division the land goner gener generally ally Is 19 quite heavily timbered and More here are arc found the scat gent eat forest of or tho the state In fact the greatest white pine pinebelt belt bait of the world Is In this district Conservative and nd competent timber cruisers havo have estimated that this por portion portion A tion Lion of or the alone alono has haJ feet of standing anti and an available timber found In tho mho following basins basing Number er feet feat Pond basin In Including ing Ong Priest river St Joseph basin Including N SL St Manes Marlea 1 kiC A M h c dAleno basin basin Clearwater basin Welser Weiser basin barn basin Bolo Bolso basin Total 67 The Tho saw mills of or the state produced last year a merchantable product val valued valued valued at u nearly consisting of ot nearly feet of lumber The Tho saw MW and mills of ot the tho state number 25 and employ during the year persons with a payroll pa roll of or FOREST RiES Practically the tho entire mountainous and timbered area of tho state Is em cm embraced embraced braced within national forest reserves w which now cover COor approximately acres The great watersheds and antI tho the sources of or all the Important streams upon which tho the state is dependent for forI irrigation I are ar 3 thus protected making possible tho general even and steady flow 00 of or tho the numerous mountain streams In tho the withdrawal of or this land It was impossible to mako make tho the boundaries of or the forests conform to the tho lands and tho the watersheds wa watersheds watersheds only as a consequence there Is often found Included lands which aro are suitable for agricultural purposes But Dut provision for this condition is pro provided provIded provided vided In tho the act of oC June Juno 11 1906 making It possible for tor such land to bo be loomed located and a patent obtained under tho the homestead law Upon application the forest service will survey such land free of oC charge chargo and Issue a permit for Cor tho the occupancy and cultivation of or tho the land pending Its listing by the secretary of ot the Interior The forests of or tho the state under the management of the national forestry service are ar sought to bo be mode made service serviceable servIceable serviceable able to man by b th tile e salt sale of their tim timber timber timber ber tho the salo sale of grazing permits for tor cat cattle itlo tic tle and sheep and Ib by allowing lands to tobo tobo bo 00 taken for special use Settlers in inand Inan inand and an around tho the forests aro are allowed free freo use of ot timber for their own purposes 7 but ut where largo amounts are arc desired the tho timber Is sold in the open market by b competitive bidding It 1 Is tho ob object object object of ot the government to allow only tho the number of or sheep on the tho range which It will support without Injury to tho the for forage forage forage age Test Last season approximately 2000 sheep were grazed graze within the national na national forests of or Idaho MINERAL l ERAL LANDS LAN DS Tho mineral lands of or tho the state aro are not located In any ono one place butare well distributed though the time northern portion of ot the state seems to have received tho the lions liens share Shoshone County alone productive of or practically nothing ex except ex except x products of or tho the mine turned out outlast outlast outlast last year ar precious metals to the amount ot or 1908 Out of at tho the 23 coun coon counties ties tics of the state 19 have hoe a mineral pro p record The 1908 1905 product of or tho state was as follows Lead Leal pounds Sliver Silver fine One ounces Copper mounds Gold 66 16 fine One ounces 10 zinc ZIe pounds Total value MANUFACTURE Idaho Is not yet et a I state slate of oC factories This Timis condition Is not tho mho fault ot of her hem I scanty resources but comes rather 1 hel from tho the abundance of or things gener generally generally generally ally Idaho offers some somo of or tho the best besL opportunities to be found anywhere an in inthe the tho country countr in tho the line of or manufactures manufactures manufactures tures To quote from tho the report of or orthe the state statistician Idaho Is hs Importing most ot or the canned goods good her people consume part ot or tho flour part of oC tho the butter a and eggs part of or tho meat part of or the tile fowls nil till of or time tho crackers all aJl of the clothing all of or the coal all of o the tho pa paper paper per pel and all nil of or tho the cement c and yet Iet she has ha within her borders the resources the raw material immaterial for the tho production ot or orth sufficient not alone commodities these th 80 to supply the demand of or her people of or the cases caes named a but In ht most moat mo t thousand fold more and tho the potency of or her rivers for the generation of power powel Is unlimited The Tho same sarno authority adds that there thero is ItS yearly Imported Into the state barrels of flour and exported bushels of ot wheat Says Sas he We Ye Imported In round num numbers numbers bers bert cases of oC canned goods in including including 1 tomatoes corn fruity beans bean and peas We e havo have only one cannery In in the tho state Wo We 0 Imported over pounds of butter pounds of at cheese dozen do n eggs and nearly near pounds pound ot or beans We 0 need more moro creameries more bean benn growers and more mOIO hens hensor Of or packinghouse o products we wo Im Imported Imported ported over pound pounds and sont sent from the tho southern part of ot tho state to tu Kansas City and Chicago 1886 carload of or cattle carloads of or sheep and andE E I IDAHO I m GE a TE TEI r r rg g ors I 1 f r e X t J I It It It t t t r f q I S 1 f Ri I Ir c r i li t ma 1 4 p I i TABLE SHOWING COM COMPARATIVE ARATi b STATISTICS OF IDAHO AND SISTER STATES I I IGo i Go Cov Projects Projects I Carey Ad Act Projects Irrigated Lands nil aU Classes 1 STATES J I IN N No o Total I Cost No 0 I Total Ac A Cot Total Acreage Total Irrigated later Per el m act Acre Open to Entry I Area reu or of State Slate IDAHO 1 2 2350 35 5 I UTAH ul 1 2 i NEVADA 1 2600 1 1 I 2600 I WYOMING 1 2 50 MONTANA 8 I t 38 OREGON 2 19 f COLORADO 2 6 pO 3 WASHINGTON I 3 I I NEW MEXICO 5 1 I I I TOTALS I 26 I I I I I I carloads of or hogs At the Santo same we wo sent from the tho northern part of or tho state carloads of or cattle 1145 car carloads carloads carloads loads of ot sheep and 1023 carloads carload of or hogs to tho the coast markets as hOod good gooda a quality of or beef beet pork and mutton as its il could bo be found foune anywhere re l I IMPORTATIONS We Wo consumed nearly noarl pounds of ot breakfast foods chiefly chleO oatmeal and at the same samo time exported nearly bushels of or oats some of ot which weigh weighed ed el 16 4 pounds to tho the bushel and there Is not on nn oatmeal mill In tho the state Our consumption of Ct crackers Is gi greater eater In lit proportion and ane there Is not a cracker crackel factory in the state st te Notwithstanding tho time facts set forth in tho the foregoing statements Idaho has 1303 1203 of or what the government statis statisticians sta statisticians c aro pleased to class elaS us 1 as 9 manu manufacturing manufacturing establishments with Invested capital amounting to employ during the tho year men and amid au women on an annual payroll of ot 53 I and turn out finished products in hr inthe Inthe the amount of or These fig figures figures figures ures aro are exclusive of at tho time miners and trades tradel unions which Include a meal mem membership of or 2240 2210 2 0 The Tho manufacture of or sugar alone alono In this state last year eal amounted to tu nearly The record for the four foul factories Total acres beets beeta planted to total total total tal tonnage of oC beets grown average yield ocr per acre nere In tons li t total capital Invested total money mone paid pail farmers farmer for beets b ets freight paid on beets total paId pad output of at sugar In pounds value of or refined sugar sugartit tit at 4 f cents per pound LIVE STOCK The Tho live stock eto k Industry has played a great part In tho time history of ot this state At ono time it followed mining g as ng time the second Industry but it Is fast receding and giving place to ngi culture In I fact It I is 18 now nt at least one step behind ho he industry Farms are spreading over oer the thelow low lands lan the once 1 c J fruitful ranges ranies and red tho forest reserves encirclinG the hills and mountains until sheep havo been een banished from tho the state stale sta There arp arp yet however how however ho ever eer owned C Ule state nearly 2000 sheep about about head of or cattle head hea of horses 1000 mules 1500 1300 1 OO goats and OOOO swine AGRICULTURE CULTURE taken In connection with Is attracting more attention to Idaho than any other one thing and it more moro Ulan than any an other factor is re ic for tho the phenomenal Influx of or now blood bood Into tho the state during the time thelast thelast last four years yean In a notable address ad delivered by b Frank R Gooding Goodin before the conference of r governors in the tho city elt of or Washington in May of or last year this significant is to be noted Within tho the last la t four years Idaho has turned water on moro more than acres of what was then a barren waste 1 r y 1 I Q tale C d I I and D and d transformed It Into fields of ot beau beautiful beautiful I w grain She Silo made possible possible ble blo the building of homes for more moret than t an people and has created a n nn anew new n w wealth for tho the state of ot moio morn than Within tho next five years ears Idaho will have hao completed all the tho Irrl 1111 Irrigation gation works for the tho first million of or acres acres of oC Carey Care Caro act aeL lands thus giving an opportunity for homes for more than people and creating wealth in excess of or When the time story stor can be bo written of or development by irrigation It will tell tellof tellof tellof of tho the reclamation of or more than acres of oC as rich land as can bo be found anywhere in tho the world It will willbo willbe bo be bol land that will equal In ism productive productiveness ness acres |