The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-17
HOTEL GOSSIP.

J. S Barret. state commissioner of i'm
migration, labor and statistics for the
state Of Idaho. was in town Yesterday
Mr. Barrel came TO Salt Lake partly on
private business and partly in the inter
eSfs of lmmi grafton for his state. He re-
turned to Boise last night. Speaking of
Immigration in Idaho yesterday at the
kenyon, ne said: The state is doing
everything in its power to encourage peO-
pie from the outside 10 come to Idaho and
settle. In the Immediate future there will
be 100000 acres of land near the Blue lakes
opened LOr sett ement, and right there VIII
be a chance Tor big colony. All this
ErCUnd can be watered from the Snake
river; all that Is needed IS canals. But
as soon as the land is opened up I Shink
It will be settled, as there are people con-
unudlly coming into the state A great
number of these come from Missouri, but
from no one point in particular. The
railroads help Us wonderfully in this mat
ter
1T viii probably be five years before
liquid air comes into general use as a
cOpmercial article said Russell Palmer
at the KnutsfOTd yesterday. of course,
I may be "a little off in my calcula lions,
but ] think I am not far wrong. The peO-
pie are quick to take hold of a thing like
this and as soon as 1t can De manufac-
tured and sold cheap enough everybody
VIII use Il. AT present liquid air sells for
IS gallon. it being used now for expert
mental purposes only. but when 1t comes
into general use it viii sell for from 10 to
: cents per gallon The advantages OF
iiCuid air are numerous 1t serves every
purpose of ice, hut is better, as 1t is colder
and makes cod. dry atmosphere, and
can be kept Tor a month IL a proper place.
Again. Il not only serves the purpose OF
ice, but 1t also serves ~ a purlfler or the
atmosphere" Mr. Palmer is a lecturer
on the subject of liquid air, ana is return
iEg from The coast 10 Chicago de leIt
salt Lake last night
Down in Tennessee the country is just
recovering IN a way from the eItects OF
the civil war" said Attorney P E Cox
Of Franklin, Tenn, at the Kenyon yester-
day. For "a long time the people uldh {
seem TO take hold of anything, but now
there is a general trend in favor of manu-
factories Of al kinds Tennessee is a
center, too and would make a good man
ufacIurinE state II II once got StdTted on
a large scale And l think this will come
to pass. The trend of immigration has
been toward the west. but 4 have Oo-
served lately that there are lots Of people
going south, and as there is not prettler
state IN the Union than Tennessee, ! see
no reason Why the state shouldn't be built
up and become densely populated
we have the biggest mining camp in
the United States, said John SILK OF
Leadville at the Cullen last night You
have a fine mineral field here in Jtah,
but il is nothing Ike Colorado 1t seems
tbet Trfsh is merely in its infancy as far
as mining Is concerned IN LeaQNlie We
are turning out better valCeS right along
The camp is quite old now but Stlll there
are new mines showing UP every day. AT
first there was a lot OF sur ace mining
done but everybody goes down now OF
merly when water was reached the mine
was abandoned; now the water IS pumped
ont and the mine goes right along pay
ing. lust the same as before.
cone week ago stood on the banks OF
the Hudson river and saw a sight that
seldom occurs on the Hudson said > ).
Ciawson at the Kenyon yesterday
ssITsually there is no Difficulty eXpeTi
enced in navigating the Hudson IN. the
vrinter time, but one week ago II was so
flfi of snow that the vessels could hardy
maize their way down. 1t was Stfanse
thraugh. hundreds and hundreds of carts
vveral--dsv all day long hauling the snoS
out OF the city and dumping II IN the
lake"