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Show GEM STATE HAS BRIGHT OUTLOOK Salt Lake, Nov 21 Colonel Thomas Thom-as R Hamer, formerly a member of the national house of representatives from Idaho and now engaged in bank ing in St Anthony and Hamer, Idaho, is a guest at the Semloh hotel In this clt. He is accompanied by Mrs. Hamer. and probably will be here for several days. When seen In the hotel last night. Colonel Hamer said "I am down here on a 6hort bus'- ness trip and shall return to Idah' within a few days. There is lots of business up there and one interested cannot afford to be away for long. The crops around St Anthony, and in fact in all of eastern Idaho, are the best ever known, and the people generally are in prosperous circuit stances "Seed peas is one of the important products of the neighborhood where I live and I believe 'hat there will be sold through St. Anthonv in the neighborhood of 11,000,000 worth this season. The grain crop Is unusual-h unusual-h good and so arc the beet and potato po-tato crop. "The Kgin bench loop line of the Oregon Short Line seems to be taking tak-ing tangible shape. The eompan Is buying up rights of way for the linn, which Is considered important by those In the neighborhood The new-line new-line will go out from Idaho Falls and take in the rich Kgln bench, cross the north fork of Snake rive at St. Anthony, and wind back to Idaho Falls after traversing about fifty miles through some of the richest land in the country " |