The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1906-11-30
Some Developements

Some Developements
The west is growing. The east il
helping it and the east is made glad b,
it. The action Of the League Of South
ern Idaho Commercial Clubs at Twir
Falls last week in appointing commit
tee to try to arrange to secure labor tx
meet the demands Of the localities rep
resented by them, is SO different from
the heavy tramp Of Coxey's Army pass
ing thru the state twelve years age
when they and the people Of the east
knew little Of the wealth that could be
developed by reclaiming our arid and
semi-arid lands.
The state is settling up SO rapidly and
substantially that all branches Of in
dustry5are stimulated to their full ca
pacity and even more, for the common
cry is that there is not help enough
And we are not building up on the
mushroom plan as they did in Kansas
during the Eighties" when whole cities
sprang up with little or nothing to sup
port them, In Idaho the growth ID
based largely on the creation Of new
homes depending on good canal systems
.to furnish the moisture to combine with
fine soil and climate to fill the horn-of-
plenty. ses
Our mines are developing as rapidly
as agriculture, and that stimulates the
market for the products Of the farms
and Of the range. New telephone lines
and rural mail routes reaching into the
country to put the whole common
wealth Of home-builders in close touch
with the rest Of the world, speaks we'll
for the real healthfulness of our rapid
growth.
IDAHO CAN TAKE THEM
Some great forces are at work in
Idaho and her neighboriug states on the
south. To begin at home, every great
tract Of agricultural land in the great
valley Of the Snake is being set apart
for immediate reclamation and home-
building. The mountains are being
placed under the management OF the
forest reserves 90 the most may be made
OF their natural resources, both for the
present and the future.
The question has been asked for q
long time, "What use will ever be made
Of the great belt Of lava beds reaching
up and down the middle Of the Snake
River Plains. Too dry and rocky for
agriculture, not very valuable for graz.
ing, and too magnificent in it's dimen-
sions to be allowed to remain sand
wiched between two great agricultural
belts lined with mountains rich in min
eral wealth. What was this belt re.
served for?'
The answer may be found in the
troubles now confronting Salt Lake
City relative to the great smelling in
dustry. Thinking to profit by the ex-
ample Of Butte City which nestles nm
der cloud Of poisonous sulphur smoke
from it's smelters Ill the time, the Salt
Lake smelters were built is to 20 miles
from the city and at some distance from
the farms, but the rich copper sulphide
ores shipped il from the mines Of the
state send up streams Of poison that
settle back to earth in that balmy eli
mate, and do SO much damage that the
courts have ordered them closed to any
thing but the low grade ores
Smelter men are out looking over sew
eral states to see where they can locate
their plants in territory accessible to
railroads, far from farms and not too re :
mote from coal and the ores. The Snake
River Plains may furnish the answer to-
the two predicaments named above.
SOME FACTS ABOUT n
The smelling for the inter-mountain
country is done at Denver, Salt Lake
and Butte chiefly, and for either Of
these places the coal and ores are ship
pad distances varying from few miles to