Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-01-06

Dakota sixty-five million bushels ana
Montana four million bushels.
'sln 1g4s there came across the con-
tinent reports Of the discovery of gold
In California. but the only means OF
reaching Its Golden Gate Was by sea
around Cape Horn. or the long and
perilous Journey. with OK teams, across
the plains. including what was then
styled In our Biographies the Ameri-
can desert. and through the hazardous
mountain passes OF the western part
OF the continent.
"The completion OF the Pacific rail-
roads changed all this, and opened new
fields for all kinds OF enterprises. In
an unesplored territory stretching over
more than two thousand miles To the
west. northwest and southwest of the
Mississippi river, the products OF which
region were practically yalueless until
the means OF transporting them were
provided by the railroads.
''rhe wheat crop OF California this
year is 81 GOO 600 bushels. The largest
crop ever produced In California was
in 1850. when owing to exceptionally
favorable weather conditions that state
produced GO 900 600 bushels. The gold
output Of California Tor the year 1898
is estimated at $4,000 zoe The vine
Yards and orange groves Of Ca ifornis
would be OF practically little value
were ii not Tor the fact that the rail-
roads, by their trains Of refrigerator
and ventilated fruit ears make IL pos.
slble TO transport the products OF her
fertile valleys 10 all sections Of the
country. II seems bat yesterday that
the railroads we're completed lnto
Portland. Oregon. Tacoma and Seattle.
Washington. and X Is marvellous that
for the year ended Juns 30. 1888. there
VAS exported from The Columbia River
valley 1900 900 buskelh Of wheat ana
from thu Puget Sound region. 10000
goo bushels Oregon and Washington
form the northwest corner OF the ter,
rltoFy " the United States south Of
the line OF British Columbia. and are
directly on the route to cur extreme
northwest possession. Alaska. Tho
wheat crop OF the states OF Oregon and
Washington FOR the year 1898 1. as.
500 900 bushels There Was exported
durinx the year ended June 80. 1889,
from the Columbia river direct 10 for
elsn portA. 100000 barrels % aonr.
and from Puget SQUAD points 500 600
barrels. Colorado. which. ~lth It's In
exhaus,ible mines Of gold. silver. lead.
iron and coal, form. almost al EN-.
piFs in itself. will produce this year Of
1898 Of gold. sst 900 900. o. silver. Sit,.
100000. OF lead. 81 400 900. Ia addition
TO magnificent crop os wheat. fruit.
and vegetables Thanks TO her rail-
road facilities Montana IL today the
richest mineral region Of its slrs In
the world. The latest published sta
asttes-thoss Of 1851 give the mineral
output OF Montana az so 900 900
without railroads. Kansas. Nebraska.
Minnesota, North and south Dakota.
Montana. Colorado. California. Oregon
and Washington wgaIa still be tas
home Of sayaEss
Our passenger service l. the nusss
on earth. In the United States last
year the first-eiass rates averaged zss
cents per mile. although on some large
railways the average was several mills
lsss than two cents per mile: in Eng
land the hrst-elass fare II four ceat.
per mile. third-ciass fare toF vastly in.
fsrioF service IL two cents p-r mile.
but only on certain parliamentary
trains
In Prussia. The fare II three cents
per mile. In Austria. s.0s cents per
mile. and in France. 3gs cents per
mile.
Our passenger cars sresi those o.
foreign countries In eli thai yps. "a
MAKE up the comfort and convenience
OF a Journey. Our sleeping and patlar
car system Is vastly superior to theirs.
our baggage system IL infinitely bet.
ter than theirs and arranged upon
much more liberal basis. American
railroads carry 1850 pounds Of baxrax.
Tree, while the German railroads carry
only 55 pounds free. The lighting a,
our trains is superb. while the llrb,.
'hg OF trains on most foreign lines "a
Wrptrhnh "