Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15
Mews Editorial page.
THREE GREAT STATES

Big with opportunities of future ereatres. :. 49,.
they are not already entitled to that distncinr -'s4
rapidly expanding states of Utah. Idaho and No,,d. VIC
that period of time that is measured nv the oo,s III
1906 theirs has been almost phenomenal oro,, ''s'
y they excmpy and emphasize the yeritv - H. 9"e'
one who long ago looked into the times ahead ana
that westward the course of empire should make i,
Either Of this trilogy of young cor,ro,n~, way
almost empire in extent Of area Combined 'la"'
that beyond shadow Of question Consider IN th,. s'e
''e united wealth OF resource industry and attractvare
and all men will concede the title to be wortbv wo,n
day enterprise capital abora three are engaged in ,.
material development with such zeal that tbnt;ro '0'
their population will be doubled during the next dA.,d
Perhaps this view may be looked upon as little
as applied to Utah. the older sister of the triad whose -.
pl outuber those OF the other two But as to Idaho a..
Nevada the prediction may come having fuslIr..
owing 10 the larger pristine conditions that prevail in ,L
AT home it is matter of widest KNOWLEDGE and -.
graduation that 1906 will go down in history as havrr A.
rbuted its gifts and blessings generously bv "a, 49,,
any OF its predecessors. Everywhere the hum OF o,..
is heard There has been and now plenty Of wor g. -
who desire employment and that, too at wages fiat b
IN the MAN, been higher than ever before Field, i.n
and orchards have established new records and N.
and mills have yielded profits heretofore unreahed II.
livestock interests have thriyen to unexpected prooo..
and new industries have sprung up in many places with M
certainty that nurberless more are to follow in tbe, %
In our own fair city the star OF hope is not only nou
respondent relates to the future but its RAYS ar, m,n
brilliant the present Greater Salt Lake is assured H.
growth cannot be checked its good name ruined or IL o
among the larger western cities successfully assaid Wb,
nature did not do for it, its loyal inhabitants wifi Tho
time not far distant when Salt Lake will assert its poor
so positively that the defamers and croakers must retire for
very shame at their onslaught
In the Gem State" to the north Of us are peope who
are very proud of the section of the west they call their
home And they have right to be for its progress for sew
era years past has, as they say in the army been made at
double quick step. This year the march has increased
almost to rum and the country is beginning to wonder
when it will ease down to a normal gait On every hand
its manifold are being turned to rich account
1t significant fact that new homes have been bu
in Idaho during the past three years than in any other w
ern commonwealth. Her fertile soil is producing crops
astonishing YIELD and more Of is being constantly cult
waited Vast stretches of land hitherto ubroken BY man
is being made productive through the application OF waterb
private and government reservoir and canal building en-
eprises and soon prolific farms and ening gardens will
supersede the waste places.
Nevada longer slghtingy referred to the Rot
ten Borough" The mighty fortunes that have been made
in it Of late men to speak Of il with respect and to
flock to by thousands In the last year new towns have
been placed on its surface almost in night and in few
weeks or months they have become popuous and bucuy
rich 1t is true that urid tales have been told Of Nevda
regeneration that the heads OF men have been turned in
some cases when its marvellous mineral wealth has been re-
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some Indicating INDUCED in But behind it all are actual
gold and copper finds that have startled the wordhnds
which will do much to transform the Sage Brush State iron
its present physical condition to of largely increased
population and industry, and which incidentally are pouring
much of their treasure in the direction of Salt Lake the
natural and logical center of the nternounan country
and particularly OF Utah, Nevada and Idaho.
The siX-days race always seems to be to the strong