The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-28
MARVELLOUS INDUSTRIAL PROGRESS OF IDAHO

acreage OF 5000 viii be put into this
crop the coming season. agreements to
that effect having been entered into
by the company and landowners There
is strong talk OF the establishment OF
factories also at Malad City and Noun
tain Home
Horticultural Resources.
There is practically no limit to the
possibilities Of fruit-growing IN the
state OF Idaho. State Horticultural IN
speetor A. Mcpherson is authority for
the statement that during the past
season there were shipped from the
state 300 cars Of apples. each car con-
tanning some SOC bushels. and 152 cars
Of dried prunes. each car containing
10000 pounds and representing an
average value OF s1,4O0. and, in addition
20 this. probably twenty cars Of peach
es, pears and the smaller fruits. Be-
side these shipments the local market
has been supplied. Mr. Mcpherson
places a value of a round 81 900 600
upon the fruit shipped, while the
United States census gives the entire
fruit crop OF the state in 1899 at less
than 100000. The marvellous produc-
ton of the present year is from an
acreage Of $4,000 in orchard Practi-
cally all OF the tillable land OF south
central Idaho is adapted TO apple and
prune culture. and a large portion OF
the rest Of the state has vast areas
suitable for the harder fruits. The
apples of Idaho stand at the very head
Tor excellence of quality and freedom
from pests They command the very
highest prices and there is an unlimited
demand The producing orchard acre
age viii double within the next three
years, as many large orchards viii
come into bearing. 1t will be seen that
fruft-raising is destined TO become one
Of the. leading. If not the leading. in
oustry of the state Every acre Of the
100000 acres OF sage brush land that
viii be reclaimed by the Twin Falls
irrigation scheme now in course of con-
struction is E1itable for the production
OF apples and the harder prunes, and a
goOdly portion of this territory will
eventually be given over TO horticuI-
ture.
Timber Resources.
There are, according to the best esti-
mates 00e, 900 acres of forests in the
state of Idaho. Of these a timber belt
in northern Idaho comprises the larg-
est virgin acreage of white pine in
the United States. For several years
past these timber lands have been pass
ing into the hands of wealthy syndi-
Gates composed Of Minnesota and Wis
eonsin lumbermen. The state Of Idaho
has been voted by the national con-
gress several hundred thousand acres
of the public domain to raise a fund
for various state purposes. For the
past six years the state government
has invariably selected timber lands.
These lands are now being sold in
large tracts to the highest bidder and
bring from s. to so per acre. Large
numbering enterprises are therefore IN
der way in northern Idaho and also in
Boise and Canyon counties on the Pay
cite river. Former Governor Scofeld
of Wisconsin is at the head of a syn
dicate which is endeavoring to secure
+; vast tract of timber land in Boise
county, and, if successful viii erect
q mammoth mill and box factory in
Boise City In the tract Governor Soc
( field desires he estimates there are
/ ], 000, O00. 600 feet of timber