The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-18
TALKS OF IDAHO
AVERY c. MOORE, COMMISSION
 FER, VISITING MONTGOMERY.
Hs is on His way to Charleston Ex- position Where He Has Charge of Idaho's Fine
 Exhibit.

Avery C. Moore, fdahos commissioner Id kks south Carolina lnterstate ana WRea Indian Exposition, Is 10. Mont9om- cry for few days visiting fEienos: Az He possesses an abundance or kneWis9s
 abeuts men and affairs of the West ana ss Enthusiastic about the resources ana ace Eaflfaxes of his state. He says he hopes fo show the people of the country wno visit the exposition at Chatlsston sn sne greatness of ''The Gem state" os shs
 Mr' Moore is well known to the news be Der Fraternity. He was a deiekate to the National Editorial Associauon in Bus s s.'ssssssns G sps saa s fSSt ases ia af sss.
 tsfest in politics in the West and several papers of Idaho are urging hts anneunce- ms1t N,aSasnlans l1s would like to Know Of the resources of Idaho and It's people" sYg- gested an Advertiser representative who
 It is Dig subject rspiiesa rep snsM sne iom, io a missi0ner nls ssat. S iarxsr ap than the combined area T of Massac chusetts. Rhode island Connecticut vermont and New damp- shire. It has three million acres or agrl- culturai and grazing ian9si swc nion ,,,,s,,on acrea of rich mineral lands. Eighty per cent. Of all this lana is now open to pai afdSho iaid is excel,sd for fertility by
 
 irrigated land produces the finest grain grown in the United States over any extended area and our irrigated lanas pgesucs fSlt in Ssssas gnssisssa aa ana tner way to Europe where they command 2 hisher figure than those of TtAiy. At the Paris ExSsaisien Idaho apples. were giyen the hishsst award h competition agMnss' sna sns Tss pesns..s Wi to sfi shs Nsw gsse
 casxo markets. A ChicAko commission fiar informed me the sther day that he secured better prices for Idaho ap. s ssate % and W that he coSid seil ten times As many as he Is nov. receiving
 Then in addition Idaho is mary hleitsly rich In mineral. We have the best lead have nave been proaacihs millions q dollars hThually eif1cA 1880. Recently there has been dlscoveTea what is known as the ThunHsr Mountain district country so fancy of Rider HaEsard to adequately estimate It's possibilities, 1...sss xs.A Mining en9ineers have declared that in .sae mlhe aiene there Is upwards .,,, of Next spring that district will experience a gold excitement that will exceed anys thing the country has known since the California geld discovery. ,,,,s. sas.,. A oSsr sA5sst 5ntea ss0esaPa ssaees psaRe pw in there by May and some great fortunes are sure to be made. 1t will be the last of the koiA stanpedes in this country: According to the recent census the population Of TdAho has doubled within the past ten years-spTnsthing that can be said of no other State or Territory. BefeTe the next censps is taken IdahQ l win have hhM million. People are Juse peEinnink to ind out that Idaho kas 1 neither ektfefnes ef heat 0r e9ia: that l they can do better there than anywhere els0 with the barAe effort and that Il
 'fdsho Ia West and as far NSrth .aa Maine but the waffn winds from the | Pacific give iis the climate of California. \ We have the lowest death rate eR any 1 portion of the globe. lower percenta ge I of illiteracy and . lower percentage oi l foreign born population than any State tracted there from every part Of thu country.
 '.idaho has gathered. her citizenship l from every State and Territory and her people ars rapidly making of Tho. Gsfl l state Of the Mtuntaibs an empire e
 These peepie nave found that fdAhc Is country where hope can live and be realized. The newcomer finds there !: prospect as pleasing as must have peer fsrnels viSioh of Canaan-then he. stays and finds that In Idaho the kiqry of Edef
 s,tage Of Mrs. wilcox, 1t Is a couhtr.
 whsfe there Is
 'Werk for all men and for all men rest And time to tasts the joys of llfe.'
 MT. Moore will remain at the exposition several months and he will doubtless dC some effective missionary work for his
 State. Although Montgomery Is not hi field he has awakened considerable in
 tereat in Idaho among the people of tn, Capital City of Alabama.