Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1902-01-09
General Information Con
corning "The Gem of
the Mountains
Condensed from the Repo rt of
immigration Commissio ner
J. S. Barrett

usually success.
The nights are too cool in mos
: parts of the state for raising corn
but not too cool for comfort.
Missouri and Mississippi rive
prices on dry goods, clothing ane
groceries. generally prevail her Q.
Secret societies in nearly eyery
town, and a lovable and chart table
disposition is manifest everywh ere
All larger towns have or AIDED
schools, and one can locate ne ar a
church of almost any demon lima
ton.
| 1t has equal suffrage at all elect
ions, but never had any blizz ards.
tornadoes or tidal waves.
All Of the tame grasses. that
grow In the eastern and middle
states, can be grown to perfectio
here.
There is an insane asylum at
Blackfoot in Bingham county. in
southeastern Idaho, which Is a
model institution of its kind.
There are no minerals that xist
In the bowels Of the earth anywh here,
including petroleums and i'll lmi-
mating oils, that are not found in
Idaho.
The Soldiers Home and PenIten-
tiary are situated at Boise, the cap
ital of the state, where also are 9th
er buildings for the general us of
the state government.
Harvest hands and ranch men
got this season from SO to $3.50
and board per day while train men
and tradesmen get all the way fl rom
$3 to $3.50 per day.
Land open to public entry in ev-
cry county, and, under federal | avs,
a person can enter under the be me-
stead law, 100 acres, and 800 a ores
under the desert land law.
1t requires $50 miles of Cd nal
through which to conduct the wa.
ter for irrigating purposes at the
present time and, at no late dat ), to
this will be added 100 miles mo re.
Government reports give Ida hos
annual death rate as one to $50,
the lowest in the civilized VIC rid,
The next lowest is Dakota with one
to 40, more than double the / da-
no rate.
The coil everywhere is well
adapted for the raising of 81 gar
beets, and ere long factories viii be |
established in many places. This
applies particularly TO the Sn AXE
river valley.
The state is $50 miles long by |
about $50 miles wide on an average |
and contains about $4,000 sou are
miles with a population of 10000
in 1900, with an increase of ma my
thousand since.
The climate in the northwest is
about the same as Eastern Tennes-
see and Virginia, save the hot
nights, while in the middle counties
from Mountain Home to Wei ser,
much like eastern California.
Idaho has 1850 miles of railru ad,
with several miles under course of
most of which is
owned by the Oregon Short [ inc
Company to whom great amo ant
of credit should be given for the
rapid advancement the state is n ak
ing through immigration.
Within the states boundaries are
to be found almost every aver ue
open to human endeavor. Farm
ing, stockraising, fruit culture, min
ing, numbering, manufacturing nd
railroading. These are yet in th cir
as to development, nd
should therefore be an incentive to
other sections, or the inhabita ats
thereof less favored.
Short mild winters and long "a lid
summers in most parts of the st ate
except perhaps Bear Lake, Bi hg-
aam, Fremont, Blaine and parts of
some other counties, where there is
usually a heavy snowfall; but The
cold weather in these counties, az OF ,
the fact that the N err
Jury sometimes goes far below re 70,
s not felt like in the east with its
lamp atmosphere.
The late census shows that Ida
10 has gained over all the otl Ter
itates by far, in percentage of
growth in the last decade. I've I've
states have shown an increase of 80
per cent or over, and seven of tn csc
Ire situated in the semi-arid re-
yions. The order of increase in
,hese states as indicated by the re-
turns are: Idaho, 50; Montana, 81;
50; Washington, 10; ,
Utah, 80; Oregon, 50; and Colo a-
10, 81.
Idaho was one of the states saved !
10 the Union by Marcus WhitmA 30,
when he made his famous ride
% Washington to protest agai hst
The giving to England of what is
low the extreme northwestern
states. It possesses all the natu raj
resources of the entire western half
If the United States and that 90,
within her own boundaries, he nee
The farmer, the miner, the stoc OK
man, the manufacturer and the
capitalist can feel at home here.