The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-27

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quantities available for electrical trans
mission. Conversely. the development of
Water powers has not infrequently made
irrigation comparatively easy and Il pos
Slbie addition tn the genera; plan of i'm
lrovementS proposed.
In California the setting to work of
the waterfalls has been aceompat,icd also
by the release IF the water in many
cases to the dry lowlands. and the i'll
terestin- Spectacle is presented of IA new
s"nrce of power producing new mnnufac-
turing establishments and equally an in
fiuN OF population AMI at the same time
Il Nltalizing Of the SOIL to such IL degree
as to enable it easily t, support this
Increased population. Truly these plants
IN many casas have made the desert into
garden and opened mp productive cen
tiers of the best possible Influences.
Practical object Lesson.
At Niagara Falls the harne>>ing of the
water i'll the great cataract has changed
! tlc whole aspect of the town. changed
it from a show village. whose PRINCIPAL
| industry was the entertainment of the
stranger. into Il prosperous manufactur-
ing community where thou> ,ndS of opera-
tors are paid for productive work. Trans
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PRODUCED entirely new conditions into the
manufacturing activities of that city and
has already had an important bearing
| ana effect upon its commercial status.
In South Carolina the waterfalls that
for all the centuries since the country
was explored have tumbled uselessly
down mountain sides. have been set to
work turning the SpndleS ana looms of
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duction OF high Importance, both of that
State and the country at large. In every
instance where electrical transmission
had been called into play, for the utiizo-
ton of new power or powers hitherto
undeveloped the general social effect has
been good.
ECONOMIC Value of Transmitted Power
1t is believed that in the future these
| installations and these Industries will
play no unimportant part i'll the genera.
development of the country. The water
power resources of the United States
have been by no means fully DEVELOPED.
and while there is perhaps less incentive
here than in other countries. less favored
! by Nature, with abundant coal deposits.
still the final utilization of every drop Of
falling water that can be set to work is
ultimately inevitable
Where it WAS impossible formerly to
take manufacturing ENTERPRISES into tho
wilderness. whore the water power is To-
Gated, to-day it is feasible to take the
power our Of the wilderness and CANYONS
and bring il 10 the town and bv the use
Of electrical transmission. to co-ordinote
+, all the advantages of SHIPMENT and ar
cess to raw material and to la Dor: IA sit
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works We're perforce built alongside of
i the waterfalls that furnish their energy
! Pr ce'"s> Heritage 81 the West
One of the most valuable assets that is
to come to the West from the reclama-
ton of its arid lands under the National
Irrigation Act will be the vast electric
| energy possible 10y Harvesting the noun
tain streams. They will TINS not only
give life Ia the country. but. through pow
en- thus generated. will inject into that
! HE the greatest possible useful activity.
In this area. more than one thousand
miles square. multiplied millions of horse
power can be created through the nat
aral gravity system of water.
Ihere are thousands of valleys rang
me- IN length from II few miles to nearly
one thousand miles. where ample water
can he had for all power purp, ses. IA,
well "a for heat and hight. So when the
Efe-givinS fluid is applied to the pnrched
| Piaihs anu IN" desert Is transformed into
tie orchard tic water thea furnishes HE.
source "t energy for mill, factory, elec-
frlc plants for lighting and heating, and
all possible mechanical devices. Per
haps at no other point on the carth's snr
face are such combinations possible to
SI a e
mate the scenery. the soil. the sunshine
the water. the timber. the minerals of
all kinds. the stone and in fact all of
the products of the earth. both fro,n il.
surface and from its bowels. 50 readily
ut hand, here ia the western nort,nn of
America, is destined to be wrought nor
only ,tlu. highest civilization but the hiyb.
est standard of citizenship and patriot
| ism.
| Will Develop Mine and Forest
The lintleSs mineral deposits which
have only been touched here and there
as it We're. will yield large profits and
ready returns. from the intelligent appli
cation of electrical engineering NinaS
that have been worked and abandoned
and mountains OF So-called ,tailinys
which contain from 81 to 81 per ton. can
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ton to the worlds output of gold will no
assured. The vast forests will he feIleJ
and transformed into dressed lumbar
ana All kinds of furniture by the applca
ton of electricity The valleys. which
will be studded with prosperous homes
or men who occupy and own the land
viii be traversed by electric car lines
from one end to the other, and even tho
irult will be handled as freight by this
same method.
Great Industrial Activity.
Mammoth factories will he erected in
all the valleys and many of the CANYONS
J Tor the manufacture and conservation OF
the various horticultural and agricultnr,l
products which will thrive 10 an ex,y.
eerated degree in this favored ,oc,l;,,
The labor of one set OF individuals win
serve as complement or fair EXCHANGE
| for that of others. The fruit prowar ,,,;,l