The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-09-26
THB RUSH TO Thu STRIP.
Sage Remarks by an Idaho
Journal.
PAYETTE'S BIG HOP CROP.
Two Men Lost in the Snake River
Country.
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PAYETTE'S BIG HOP CROP.

Caught in a Mountain Fire-A Shooting
Bee at Fossil = Fight with Monn-
tain Lion-PIacers on the
Big Horn.
The Cherokee strip boomers are return
ing in large numbers from the strip, thor
ougly Disguised with the country for
which they have suffered so much, even
to the extent of risking their lives. They
pronounce it an arid desert and worthless
in the extreme.
There are in Idaho millions of acres of
better land than can be foundin the strip.
This land can be irrigated and crops are
absolutely certain. The land is govern.
ment land and can be taken up by actual
settlers under the various land laws. The
climate is superior TO that of the Cherokee
strip, and home seekers will find in Idaho
all those prerequisites necessary to make
desirable, valuable and happy homes.
There is probably not a state lin the
union which contains such diversity OF
latent resources as does the state OF Idaho,
with its mines of precious metal, its vast
areas of mountain timber, its coal, iron
and copper deposits, its immense agri-
cultural resources and its diversity of
products of soil and climatic excellencies,
lis unlimited supply of water, its freedom
from malarias, and its matchless health
fitness.
Therefore we say why is it our state is
so slngularly ignored by the thousands
and hundreds OF thousands who, like the
cherokee strlppers, are seeking homes?
We confess our inability to answer the
question, but remind our readers Of the
TACT that our magnificent state has been
less advertised than that of any other
section of cur coun1ry, barring Alaska
Idaho Falls Times.
AN ABANDONED OUTFIT.
Parties who have been prospecting on
Boise river report the discovery of a COW
cred wagon containing complete camp
1rg outfit, including blankets. The de-
serted vehicle is In secluded gulch about
half way Up to the summit on the road
leading TO More creek. James Twogood
examined the outfit and says from all APP
pearances the wagon has been there for
some time. 1t would not be at all sur
prising If the wagon and its contents
were not the property of Nelson, the
farmer who SO mysteriously disappeared
some time ago. 1t is known Nelson >pur-
chased a new camping and prospecting
outfit before leaving this ciTy.-StdteS-
man.
HOPS IN PAYETFE.
In the Payette vicinity, and in practical
and profitable results bids fair to put to
the blush even the great hop growing
lands Of the neighboring state of Oregon.
Forty acres OF hops near Payette will yield
this season, as the outcome of the first
years planting, one-half ton to the acre.
Next year these forty acres will, on con-
servative estimate, produce 10000 pounds
OF hops, and, as hops will average at least
is cents per pound, the enormous profit
of this new Payette valley industry is of
ready and brilliant calculation. Dating
from the coming spring every Payette
farm will have its hop acres.
PROOF AGAINST HARD TIMES.
No matter how hard times are next
winter, nor how much more stringent be-
comes the money market, the people of
this town will not starve. The choke
cherry crop has been enormous. and
everybody has laid in an abundant sup
ply, out of which they have made jelly,
jam and wine. Hundreds upon hundreds
OF gallons have been gathered, and
there are bushels still left on the bushes.
A kind Providence has abundantly pro-
vided for ''weuns' OF the mountains in
these starvation times. The gold-bug
robbers may corner and control every
thing else, but the choke cherry crop is
still ours.-Iddh0 World.
ABATTLE FOR LIFE
Sheepherders in the vicinity of Dark
canyon, near Starkey prairie, report to
Pendleton parties a battle for life which
occurred few days since between an In
dian woman and a hungry bear. The
scuaw was engaged picking huckIeberries
and left her papoose in shady place
among the bushes while she went about
her task. A bear found the child and
started to carry it away, doubtless con-
sldering that luck had thrown to its lot
very tender morsel. The brave sauaw
fastened to the defense of her offspring,
and attacked the beast with knife. A
fierce fight followed, resulting in the Door
woman's death from the claws and teeth
of her vicious foe. The child had already
been killed.-Denlocrdt
WANT WATER, NOT MACHINES.
A great deal is being published about
new aud improved gold saving machines
for placer mining, and a paper recently
prophesled that as soon 9s certain pat
ented machine could be got out in large
numbers, the banks of Snake river would
TEEN with men at work taking out gold.
The fact of the matter is, however, SAYS
Range and Valley, that the Snake river
bars are waiting for water, rather than
machinery for saving the gold, before the
development of these rich placers can
ever approach the success which a supply
OF water would insure. There NAV be a %
doubt of the success of the new machines.
but unless it is a dry process device it
cannot come into general use on Snake
river until such time as the benefactor
OF the country puts into operation
a plan for getting water upon the
bars. This is the problem which con-
fronts men who own, or claim placer
ground on the river, and who are anxious
TO greet the time when the problem shall
not only be solved in theory, but also in
practice. A greater reward awaits the
man who will furnish water than the one
who will furnish the gold saving machine.
Newsy Notes OF Wyoming.
G. A. Chase and son Leo, accompanied
BY friend from Kansas, have Just re-
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