The Bemidji pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Beltrami County, Minn.) 1896-1917, 1900-03-22
THE MORMONS DID III.
WHAT We OWE re BRIGHAM
Y0uAGts FOIL OVERS.
lRaIae. Idaho. Letter. J


pieneeFs began the construction ~ tas
frst irrigation canal eyer built ~ me
United states.
Irrigation made az utaA'a dessert VII
aeTness chs garden spot of AEnerlea Il
is doing as much FAR ldaAns WheFe the
mountains are ID located that ample
valleys, and plains Or millions ef
acres, may lie easily and economically
9ateraa. ON the Nile. IN Italy,
spaln aud elsewhere III Europe, irfir
CATION has prevailed for centuries, In
deed. 60 per cent oi the worlds bread
atuigs and cereals are groWa nv iFfisa-
tipn.
Nfhera the yina-eiad hills and esEron
groves around AfeauViua ln sunny
italy are found, great population has
been sustained tor nlany thousand
years and the land has naFer worn
oiit Its wonderful vitality being aus
to underlying strata OK Lass which M
spasa curious ehelniatrg renaafa Fha
soil iFnmeftai 8.
Idshos wonderfully productive SOIL
covers lava strata Deposited By YQlcaT
noes long ago axtIuet Tae rejAEena-
ton Of the Iand results not alone from
this lava, but from rich fertill2ers an
nualIy brpught To II by The irrigation
waters. II III almost an apaaElam tnaF
land ii good where Sage brush grows,
Marvellous must thaFefoFe be the fef-
fiiity nf Eiaho, TOR eFaFg#AeEe the
green of the sage Is aeaR Wheatteorn.
cats, barley, alfalfa, timutlg, rye. fiax,
tobaeso, bronn core, sorghum, sweet
aud Irlsh potatoes, laets, eabbagess
hops, and fruits. such AS prunsE, ap-
pies, pears, plnna, peaches, cherries,
aprieats, neetarInes, grapes and All of
tAe small bush products. graw pr0tAse-
III. Particularly do the apple, pear ana
prune attain To perfection IN size and
daFpF
Alex. Mcpherson of Boise City real
ICED $500 per acre from apples. Geo.
iii Hail at Mountain Home SOLD $500
worth of peaches from one acre .,
phifer BIT Boise City realized $500 from
two acres BIZ Italia,i prunes- Instances
like these can be multiplied al lntlRi-
tam,
Bat idaho does not dapand entireiy
upon agriculture lts mountains ara
died with mining camps which furnish
homs market for FAR more agrieltlr
tufal products than the state u noW
able 10 pr0duee.
snake River VALLEY eentaiaa about
| 1900 ,00e acres and some Of the flneaf
pastoral aeanes there nreseiltsd are IN
lie midst of gold placer mining opera
tions, Many faFmers there reailze
handsomely for work during spafe
hours washing shining powdered gold
tram the rivers bed
Ina state hsYing SO many productive
portions ta select from # Is hard to
suggest particular locations, hut sell
tiers viii lnd room foE any apmbeF CT
neW homes.
Different state and private agencies
are sending out printed informatiQn
about Idaho. Perhaps the NEST eon-
aeryatlVely prepared matter is that
now elaaaatlng from the general pas.
senger agent pf the Oregon Short Line
at salt Lake City Utah. Ihls railroad
1arInsates almost every agricultural
region Ii tie state and stands ready
I'd furnish ta hamessskers every epar-
| teay til the power of its officers,
All the present rats Idaho will sooa
BE- as thlekly populated as Utah. II
/ liz Id the same latitude as France, sWlE-
gerland, PoFtugal Spain and ITALY and
til climate Il ineompafahle
vast tlInbsg areas fllrnisA Lumber ot
excellent quality Cyclones and de-
strnctIgs sfnrms neyeF occur The vim
GERS are short and people work out
doors all the year the annual death
rats ii the lowest az any state in tha
| Union.
Verify Idaho Ii wonderful state and
desllHed To become the hons place af
mang times its present population.
| snlIEyn Rrady, Rress CIith EsnplGge,
Twenty years ago William 4 Brady,
| iessee of tlieaters manager af fray
cling shows and hacker DE pug gts,
| was Tile billiard room boy Qf the EsFeas
| ailib. The club goaais were then aF
! No. l1a hassean street. and BRADY
was known ais .Islue Eyed Billy- iIe
vas laIlIlar With reporters and often
| raeaiTed tips from them fpr RAINING
/ is rleg spapar afhees With 'e9pg
| while Rradg was employed hi the
| pness eIab his fataea liaa and fhe
malfsllars subscribed nleneg ~ pay The
1 funeral expenses. REPORTER f4n q