The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-12-26
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co'aas, Dorsey sound. Praise Of tn,

IDAuO's FRIEND IN WASHINGTON
Colonel Dorsey sounds Praise ~ the
state.
Colonel George Il. w, Dorsey Is
still sounding the praises of Idaho.
He began long ago in Washington,
ID, O., when he reported the bill for
admission of the state, making a
report which was published in full In
the New York Tribune and widely
circulated. This publication attracted
great deal of attention throughout
the country because of the showing II
made with respect to the possibilities
of the new state, says the Idaho
Statesman.
The colonel has been in Washington
recently and the Post of that city has
interviewed him on Idaho. The
interview follows;
''You good people of the east do
not realize how prosperous the states
west of the Missouri river are at this
time. Nebraska, Kansas and the
Dakotas have immense crops OF corn,
wheat, oats and hay, for which they
are receiving good prices; indeed,
no class Of people in this country is
in better shape than our farmers,
With no mortgages TO worry them,
and plenty of money, they are on
easy street
The semi arid states, since the
passage Of the irrigation law, are
developing very fast. Millions Of
eastern capital is going. into the
canals and bitches Of Colorado,
Wyoming, Utah and Idaho. A
Sharon, Pa, company is now com
plotting canal 60 feet at the top and
70 miles in length, taking the water
from the Snake river at Twin Falls,
Idaho. This canal, with It's bitches,
will irrigate 275, 900 acres of the
finest land in the west Towns have
been started and a branch Of the
Oregon Short Line railroad is being
built into the country being opened
up. Senator Dubois and LATE Pence
are both engaged In irrigation schemes
in Idaho that will water many
thousand acres.
NO state in the anion'wiil rival
Idaho in material development
during the next 10 years. With
abundance Of water, the finest timber
In the west, and Doundless mineral
resources, Idaho Is the state for
ambitious young men TO consider
The mining industry Is yet In its
infancy, notwithstanding the fact
that the placer mines Of Idaho have
in the past yielded nearly four
hundred millions Of gold dollars
The great quartz veins which fed
those placers In ages past are now
being opened up In a scientific
manner and with most gratifying
results The old camps that have
been dormant for years are being
occupied and worked and are
beginning TO again give mp their
riches
The Thunder Mountain country
has been literally advertised, & but II
IL not a poor mans country, for most
of the properties that have been
developed are low grade, bat with
mountains Of ore. Men with plenty
Of capital have secured large areas
and are at work. Within tho next
five years there will be several mines
In Thunder Mountain that will rival
tie Homestake OF South Dakota.
/ AS To the fruits Of Idaho, nothing
in this country compares with the
apples, peaches, plums, grapes,
primes aud other fruits raised on the
irrigated land Of the Snake liver
and its tributaries. 90 To the Sc.
Louis exposition next year and see
ldaho's fruit exhibit, then call me
down II 10 Is beaten.
"You ask who's the people Of the
west want for president. Remember
this prediction. Every state west of
the Mississippi river will support
President Roosevelt in the convention