The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-01-02
PRAISES OF IDAHO
Colonel Dorsey Sounds Praise
of Gem Of the Mountains
at Washington.

Colonel George +. w. Dorsey is still
sounding the praises of Idaho. He be-
gan long ago in Washington, d. c..
when he reported the bill for admission OF
the state, making report whic!. was
published in full in the New York Trib-
une and widely circulated This publi
cation attracted great deal OF attention
throughout the country because Of the
showing it made with respect to the pos
sibilities Of the rev state, says the
Idaho Statesman.
''rhe Colonel has been in Washington
recently and the Post OF that city has
interviewed 'in, on Idaho. The inter-
view follows:
You good people Of the east do not
realize how prosperous the states west OF
the Missouri river are at this time. Ne
braska, 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 pas
sage OF the irrigation law, are develop
ing very fast. Millions of eastern capt.
tai is going into the canals and bitches
of Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and Idaho.
A sharon. Pa, company is now COM
pleating q canal 60 teet at the top and
~ miles in length, taking the water
from the river at Twin Falls, Idaho.
This canal with its bitches, will irrigate
275, 600 acres OF the finest land in the
west. Towns have been started and Il
branch of the Oregon Short Line rail-
road il being built into the country be-
ing opened up. Senator Dubois and
. I.afe Pence are both engaged in irriga-
ton schemes in Idaho that win water
many thousand acres.
..No state in the Union will rival Ida
y no in material development during the
next 10 years. With abundance Of wa
= ter, the finest timber in the west, and
i boundless mineral resources, Idaho is
: the state for ambitious young men to
: consider. The mining innustry 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
b. quartz veins which fed these placers in
ages past are now being opened up in a
u scientific manner and with most graft
fying results The old camps that have
p" been dormant for years are being occu-
- pied and worked and are beginning to
again give up their riches.
'srhe Thunder Mountain country has
( been literally advertised, but it IL not a
} poor mans country, for most OF the
s properties that have been developed are
\ low grade, but with mountains OF ore
= Men with plenty of capital have secured
large areas and are at work. Within
is the next five years there will be several
mines in Thunder Mountain that will
IN rival the Homestake in South Dakota.
rs ''As to the fruits of Idaho, nothing in
r. this country compares with the apples
se peaches, plums, grapes, prunes AMI 9th
ce er fruits raised on the irrigated land o
% the Snake river and its tributaries. Go
to the St. Louis exposition next yea
ey and see Iiaho's fruit exhibit, then cal
,is me dowr il it is beaten
at