Show IDAHO A BIG STATE to those of us who remember idaho in our school geographies as a small pink block shaped like an easy chair facing eael baat V it may be of interest that this state which in 1890 added the forty fifth star to the con constellation telia of the flag is nearly as large as pennsylvania and ohio combined and larger than th the e six six new england states with mar mary Y land included for good measure it is divided into 33 counties the smallest of which is half as lar i as the state of rhode island ai and id the largest greater than the combined area of massachusetts and delaware idaho covers an area of soure miles divided principally between the rocky mountain re region vion and the columbia plateau only a small part in the southeast corner of the state lying in the great basin in elevation above sea level the state ranges from feet at lewiston to feet pt the summit of hyndman peak it is drained mainly to tile the columbia through snake river and its trib and has an annual rainfall of about 17 inches the range in a single year it at different places being from 6 to 38 inches the industries of tha st state ate are chiefly agriculture stock rals rais ing and mining H hay ay wheat oats and potatoes are tite the principal crops A largo large area is cultivated by il irrigation the mineral production includes gold 1 silver I copper lead and zinc tho the output of lead in 1913 vas avas valued at that of silv silver er at the population tio n of il idaho A bo in n 1910 was |