Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-01-18
IDAHO.
Salt Lake Tribune.

region the Territory is first -class, and
as yet it has been but specifically
prospected. Indeed, there are vast
areas of it that as yet have never been
explored. With the laws governing
lead and silver adjusted on fair and
honest basis, the response that the
Territory will make will be something
most magnificent. But after all her
greater and more enduring prosperity
will come through the application OF
the water of the Territory to what are
now unproductive lands. We be-
lieve that the surveys will demon
strate that with the streams utilized
the amount of first class lands that
will be brought under cultivation
will exceed in acres the full areas of
Massachusetts,, Connecticut and
Rhode Island. The men OF the Eas,
hear Of the areas of western Terri
tories without at all comprehending
their mighty significance, and they
look upon great sage brush plateau
with u kind Of horror because they
know nothing of the TRANSPORTATION
that can be worked upon such II spot
by water A farmer can, unaided,
clear and pillow and plant twenty
acres of such land in forty days, and
il his water is ready, in twenty days
more could an Eastern man pass the
spot, he would see field of green as
smooth and beautiful as any field of
the East. That does not much com
pare with the work performed by the
men who felled the forests aud cult
waited the fields of the East. The
great work is to turn the streams.
| The Federal Government should do
this, or should make terms, with the
admission of the Territory, whereby
| its present worthless lands or a por-
ton of them might be utilized for that
purpose. The next few years will
absolutely change the face of nature
in many regions OF Idaho, and there
is no reason why it should not be-
come in the next quarter of n century
more prosperous State than any OF
the Eastern States, for there are more
Of the elements of wealth within her
command. The manhood of the Ter
ritory is superb. 1t has passed through
crucial test during the past -four
months and triumphed gloriously
Now her people are making the pre-
liminary arrangements for entering
into the Union of States. They have
the wealth needed, the wealth to
draw upon from hill and valley; they
have people enough and they are
Americans through and through
There is no legitimate reason why
the Territory should longer be kept
in the loading strings of a Territorial
government; no reason why the peo-
Pile should not carry on their own af-
fairs in their own way. No region
of the Republic has a right to cherish
brighter hopes. The Territory is ad
vancing rapidly in population and
property; it is great mining Terri
tory already, and is swiftly becoming
great agricultural region. Its fruits
excel those of California in flavor ant
quality, its vegetables are SO muol
superior to any grown in the Eas
that they will find market there de.
spite the cost OF transportation. 1t
natural scenery the Territory hold,
within itself some OF the most superb
of natures's pictures; the climate il
perfect; in the most of the Territor,
there is not a day in the year in which
the lahorer cannot perform full day
work; the topography of the Terri
tory would of itself make brave PEG
pie of its residents. There is not ,
cloud in the prospects of the Terri
tory, and with heartiest admiratio,
and good will, The Tribune halls tn,
brave people there on this New
Years morning, and waits for the
coming year to materialze the hope:
which the people are now clasping to
their hearts.