Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-02-20
IDAHO IS BUYING
WESTERN GOODS.
Demand for Home Manufactures
Spreads Through New
Cities.
UTAH MAN MAKES SALES.
In Districts Where Until Now the Or
dcrs Went East or to the
Coast Exclusively,

That the intermountain west Is awak-
ing to the fact that commercially II
must stand or fall as unit Is the
declaration made by i. ri, Walker,
Utah salesman. on returning from
trip through Idaho, Montana, and Wyo
ming, this morning Where before ~
could not place Utah goods, the de-
mand was now active, and buyers do
not have 10 be Coaxcd. Shelves that
year ago were filled with Denver,
Seattle, and San Francisco goods are
now being stacked with intermountain
goods, and all travelling men going out
Of Utah, he declares fell the effect Of
the change IN sentiment on their or
ders.
Mr.. Walker. who has just returned
from regular spring trip ~ the north,
states that he has always heretofore
found that the fan sales amount 10
more than the spring sales, but this
year the record Of the spring trip has
passed that Of last talrs trip by a
large margin. Mr. Walker dropped
into the office OF the Manufacturers
and Merchants association to explain
the matter TO them, and incidentally TO
ask for "A quantity Of the Busy Al
the Time buttons, as the people he
met were asking for them, and seemed
anxious TO have the movement repre-
scented by the NJ. and NJ association IN
Salt Lake spread until IL held the en-
tire intermOuntan country together,
for trade advantages. They argue
that there Is no use OF an Idaho city
buying goods from beyond the noun
tains, when the money IL takes to BUY
them has to be made this side OF the
mountains, and IL kept here, VIII re-
turn IN the shape of prosperity Tor the
entire section.
IDAHO IS PROSPEROUS,
THE new Idaho towns are very pros
porous" continued Mir. Walker. UP
under the Teton mountains they have
some ~ood coal mines, and the farmers
have made good money this winter
hauling the coal to St. Anthony and TO
Rexburg IN addition TO this they have
held their grain for winter prices, ana
now have a good income from winter
sales. Al Idaho Falls there are new
buildings constantly going up, and
when was there Saturday a bank
was lust ready to move into a hand
some new stone building AT Rexburg
they are putting up two and three
story buildings OF a white stone that Is
found near the town. and along the
new Yellowstone branch two new towns
Chester and Ashton, each promise TO
become thriving centers Of trade.
Regarding the country west Of Poca-
tello, Mr.. Walker stated that he found
the people pushing, and new towns
rounding into shape with rush. Along
the Minidoka project the new towns OF
Acquea. Rupert, Hepburn and Burley
are each supporting now from six to
eight stores, and are jumping In popu-
lation. At Twin Falls there are prob
ably 81, 800 people, and Tyler new
town, is starting eight miles out, while
another town, Buhle, is springing UP /;
miles out. At Twin Falls two and
three-story buildings are being put ur
In concrete.
WILL BOOST SALT LAKE.
Mr.. Walker ventures the opinion that
as all this country grows, Salt Lake
win be the logical market for its pro-
ducts. and the logical center for It's
trade. He therefore looks for this
city to become the big city Of the en-
tire region, and 10 see the day wher
every town this side OF Butte boosts for
Salt Lake