Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-23

We have great grazing country We
have tens Of thousands Of sheep. which
can feed out Of doors on the plains IN
the summer, but which have TO have
hay in the winter This gives Us plen-
~ Of market for feed, and the alfalfa
farmer has a sure thing OF IT, II does
not cost him more than a dollar ton
20 raise harvest and stack his hay, and
he can sell 1t for four dollars ton In
the stack"
But where are farms Of this kind.
Senator Dubois?" ] asked,
There are lots Of them In the Snake
River valley" was the reply. Land
can be gotten there for about $50 an
acre, including the perpetual water
right. for the lands are irrigated, you
know There Is also some government
land which Is not taken uD. but not
very much We have any amount on
good land in Idaho, and we could have
a great deal more II the government
would make appropriations for irriga-
ton purposes"
MONEY IN FRUIT.
IT is not geherlly known" said Sem
ator Dubois, that Idaho is fast be-
coming one Of the chief fruit-produc..g
states of the Union. We are now ship
ping apples peaches and pears to CHI
cago. Our apples sell there when the
eastern apples are rotting under the
trees They are much larger and finer
than those In the east. We have al
ready at least 10000 acres Of orchards.
ana about one-third OF this is devoted
10 apples. We are also raising q great
many prunes. We have as fine prunes
as are raised anywhere. The fruit
business is very profitable know
men who net from $500 To $500 per acre
out Of their orchards. Edgar Wilson,
who now represents Idaho in Congress.
has an apple orchard Of sixty-four
acres near Boise. He sold his apples on
the tree this year for 70 cents a box.
This about 25 cents a peck as a box
holds about three pecks. His orchard
is still young. When It Is in full bear
Ing Il Will net him $1,000 or $1,000 a
year
GOLD WHICH FLOATS.
How about minerals" senator? Is
there much gold in Idaho?"
we nave mined altogether since the
beginning about quarter Of billion
dollars worth Of the precious metals"
said Senator Dubois Last year we
produced nearly SIS 100000 worth. Our
gold comes from both quartz and placer
mines. out Of the Boise basin SCI, 0OO.-
900 worth and more gold has been
washed and have hundreds OF millions
left IN the beds OF the streams. see
that Edison has invented some new
method collecting fine gold from plac-
ers. IL he can save the gold that now
goes to waste in the Snake river it
would make the whole nation rich.
The Snake river has a winding course
through southern and western Idaho.
II is big stream, and It's bed is perrne-
ated with -four gold, that is gold dust so
fine and iiaky that II will float upon the
water II is so light that il cannot
be caught by quicksilver as the heavier
gold which comes from the ordinary
placer mining. The result is that most
Of IL goes to waste. Different methods
Of gathering II have been attempted,
but 50 far without success. IL EdisOns
new method Will save 1t Idaho will be
the richest state Of the Union"
$4,000 A CAR LOAD.
How about your quartz mines, SEN
ator?"
Some Of them are rich. The Trade
Dollar mine sent one car load of ore
70 the Denver smelters which was sold
for over $4,000. II assayed forty-one
ounces OF gold and about 5000 ounces Of
silver TO the ton. IL is said that Ii was
the richest car load Of ore ever sent TO
Denver. The Occur de Alene mines are
rich In lead and silver. and many
| others of our veins carry silver and gold
In the same rock"
FRANK G.. CARPENTER