Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-09-09

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vasi. acquired. moved Oh tl other
ue'Is OF golden 'dNrnture' EuI lAt pioo--
American pioneer NE olvayss rec
/ mains to brave the dangers d.. uuu-
I tier lifo that me- may max, ats dream of
empire come Ulr Thr,ugn years or
[ discourage meut De- strugl Here and
/ there povld be started small town.
/ with its schoolhouse aud churches that
/ have always been conspicuous fgura
m the frontier towns OF Idaho
The free range with IT'S rich huncl
grass attracted the stockmun and hn
/ D.mc 10 assist the pioneer iu his strug-
. PILES ION the subiugauou of the nr
/ west Pushing away from the sottc-
mcuts. out into the interior. they
] formed "a picket line around the small
communities, often sounding the alarm
I Of am Indian outbreak that saved many
20 small settlement from complete auui-
E'Htiou Finally the railroads came.
/ ana the future greatness of Idaho WAS
/ assured
10 is true that the bands Of steel sinl-
ply passed through the country and for
the first few years Of the thousands
who came TO the cOlst on the cars but
few recognized Idaho az more than Il
name on the map, or as place where
home could boz built or happiness or
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but The pioneer was there. No dau-
ger dlsmayed him. He loved Idaho
then because ne saw its richness ana
its beauty beneath the uupromisiug
exterior and felt I'm suhduug fortune
Boo uil its Wilduess was q work worthy
OF % man, lie could appreciate its iic1
soil-c0uld divine the enormous wealth
That dWclt in it's great mineral belt and
the timber Of IT'S forcsts-could see that
the r.oh soil Of the northern part of
the state was only a.vaitiug the pillow
io yield ils golden grain, it's luscious
fruits. iu richest voumo-could SEQ too
iis majestic rivers flowing through
land that only waited mans enter
prise TO make Il blossom as the rose.
During the past 10 years the faith Of
the pioneer has been justified. our
state has gone forward by leaps and
bounds The five northern counties COM
prise a. country that rs truly AN inland
empire within itself The greatest silver
lead producing camps I'm an the
world have come into productive being
u the Occur d'Alcne country. and are
today producing nearly one-half the
leoG ~ the united states, and u per
rpr,r rtnu,,p p,.c,o,.
''--'' '''"iN NH'io\'
In this inland cmpirc Of North Idoho
one of the greatest lumber districts
of the west Ia being deyoloppd More
than loo sawmills ara busy manufar-
turing hundreds OF thousand. of rr,t
of lumber daily. and ON tho 81 Joe. 81
NarIcs and Clearwater rivers and thcir
tributaries stand Inc greatest white
great rivers and their tributaries mill
lions Of feet Of logs are driven annualIv.
This industry furnishes employment
for thousands of men. and is adding
enormous wealth TO the northern pari
Of our state.
In this inland emp,re are tho great
Camas and Nez perce nraIrios and
the Potlatch and palouse rounirias
producing millions OF bushels of poldcp
grain annually. many cars of luscious
fruits. and millions I'm value OF live
stock. Yet this inland empire has but
made a beginning. I'm no mart of Tho
west ~ offered a better inducement 10
the home builder than can bo found IN
the northern part of our state. In fact
every part OF Idaho offers great induces
meuts 10 the home maker
,.,.
THIRD IN THE UNION.
We can boast NJ tT,o erootost min.
eraI bolt Of anv ststo IN tno trnion
which cxtapds fhrotirb fha into.ior NJ
our gtate from tho Teton ncots moi
bor6er along the Svvnnning ii1c in tbc
r,nin to tbe Dlttisb poseoesinns In Ne
north Idaho now ranks third I'm The
Union I'm Tho produrfIop nf rracio,,s
metals. ana with "a system of wagon
,u'tn SV,, ls we 'Ie now nu'IuihB lI-