Idaho tri-weekly world. (Idaho City, Idaho) 1875-1875, 1875-03-19
IDAHO TERRITORY.

| Since CO0v0I1lu& WIN AAAs' $500
who has just retursed from , wintefs scour'
| in California, we pnfess 70 = feeling Of d's
couraeement at Dc isserutable ignorance
which ssurywhef4j s,alls casder"i"g Idaho
|TezitoI5 We hive bbdne 50 Injured To
having tie eastern rapers speak Of Idaho az
d county il Washington Territory. village IA
Alaska, or stony peak in the cass'ba' ISLANDS,
believed by some to contain gead aud silver
That sucA illusions no longer serve even u
rufle ourttenper. We even takr them ~
good part. They den's ksow any better; oas
for hundreds of Intelligent Calii"rniats u
persist in inquiring what part Of M""ta"a iaa-
ho Il in. is too nsch. even for our proven
hially placid temper tn Withstand. Idah" Is
Territory, and one IF the finest and richest.
in all of Uncle Sans domains. It stretches
from east to west from the lllth t" the l2Ofh
degree of longitude. west from Greenwich
and north and sosth from the 42d to the tStn
uarallels of latitude. Contains eleven orgau'
lied counties, namely: Boise. Ada, Owyhee,
I.emhi. Oneida. Bear Lake, Neg Perces. Sho-
shoue, (prououaced Shawshawnee) k""fena''
Idahs. aud Alturas: either Ut which Is Us
large and some Of them larger, than the State OF
Connecticut Sixty-nine Pcst"ffices. four VI
which are Money Ordor Offices. tw" British
International Money Order offices. two Ger
man d., ona Swiss do; about fifty towns. "r
villages. ut six of which Wells. Fargo 4 Co
have Express offices The surface Of the Ter
ritory comprises nearly ninety Thousand
SQUARE miles, and may be- characterized gem
orally. as tiIlab!t. grazing. and woodland II
il drained by Snake river and its tributaries.
Salmon river. Payrtte. Boise. Cr"k-
ed. Lemhi, Malad. Wrisrr. Clear Water. Owv-
hee, Bruneau, Raft, and W""d rivers. aud nu.
merous large cr--ks. nll "t which c"ntain
gold. and in many places in paying quantities
In all of her moxueains gold. silver and lead,
have been fp',rL. in paving quantities. and
new discoveries are made almost every month
A COED quality of c"aI is i"iind at H"rs"sh"'
Bend, with indicatious must favurablc for d
good coal field there 4 salt work in On-ida
c"unty is capable Of supplying any d~niahd
that may Dr. made upon if. The capacity 81
our soil I" produce IA inrsiinlablc: the aver
age yield per acre is ZEN per cent greater than
that Of California Oar io"thilis and yall-,s
contain abundan. pastnraer Tor five hundred
th"nsand head Of stack: and when sucs Il sys'
tenn of irrigation shall b.. perfected rs vii! b.
oefore fifty years have past. the prcs-n, -xt-ni
Df our tlllablc aud pa.turr lands will be- ,
doubled: for all of Suak- river valley. IRON
Salmon Falls IL Burnt river, Is as good sail.
when irrigated as can be- found "n The gl"b.. !
Oar mountains. for hundreds -; u:.,-s IN -v~ry /
direction. are black with an unhrnk-n r'..iii i
II pine fir, aud tainarack tires. which. a.
away, will CIV" lii.-l"ny rmpl". n.-n, {" hun
lreds of saw mills and thousands "i nirn ldl. I
10 also has from twelve Ia tiit.~n thnu-ind i'm
,abitan's tir hHmh'ig census III ls1tl<n the t
contrary notwithstanding; huajrr,;s "a; ~r-
amt h"n-s. farms unsurpassed la thu abun.
lance aud variety "i tleir PRODUCTIONS /: ar
hards whirh 'hrn. forth fruit" rs i-lira,.l,.
favored "a ran h. found anywhere. and III /
uch exiravagrut pr"iu.ion that the trees are
nabr II bear up their loads. She has. :m.
he finest irrsii-waf-r fishery ~, the Pacific
cast. Scenery compared +" which thu, ii
is rant: and will. insid. nr Ten
ears. o. Acknowledged t" have thu. rirh-.,
hines on the continent. Idah" il not a cum.
y in Montana. bat a Territory halt ~ large.
; the Stat" "f California. aud destined s..,n
, be more than halt IL Important.
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