Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15

THIRD INDUSTRY.
T''r '~'uatrv has grown until Il now
ranks as third in the important indus
b.4,.,. 444a pia-eu tne nulnUcr OF hheep
In me slalu al the present une at
4,OUU, vUU, nc numoer Il cat le AT 4oV'-
OvU, tAe nuuiber Oh 40. SEES az -'o,Vvv, ana
the number o. hos a, l5VVOV, hahnls
slauu tOtd. u tSVJ,vv1
rne product OF this mint herd Is
eage.ly sougnt alter b. e.stern mar
kels, and handsome returns a.e every
year reauzed by the ldaho stocK-sroW-
or. THIS class OF men Is counted as be-
ing among the t.remosl citizens Oh the
state, crowned Wltn a spliit 50 mae
pendent and a body SO robust ana
hardy that mis- position IS the enVlous
admiration OF his fellows.
While Idaho depends chiefly upon IT.
rigation for the developing Of crops, 1t
Is an adm.-ted facL chat th.s state mas
the greatest natural water supply VI
any arid state I'm the Union. TX we
could look upon a map showing the
natural water courses of the state IN
connection with the canals mat nave
been built, we would observe that a
perfect network Of waterma.ns inter.
sect the entire state. The sources OF
Idaho's water supply are the tribu-
taries of the COLUMBIA river, with the
exception Of a small area in the south
eastern corner of the state, when IS
drained by the Bear and Malad rivers,
which empty their waters into inc
Great Salt lake.
MOUNTAINOUS COUNTY.
The general character of the country
H. mountainous, with gentle Slope
from the eastern boarder OF the state
toward the west, consequently all
streams trend In that direction The
main great artery is the Snake river
which traverses the entire width OF the
state from east to west Heading IA
the Jackson's lakes. In Wyoming IL
crosses over the boundary line In the
southeast corner of Bingham county,
and with q rather abrupt turn toward
the north reaching into Fremont couu-
", Il makes a big sWoop southwark,
forming quite a regular curve across
the state, running out into oregon az
a point in the southwest corner o..
Canyon county. II then turns abrupt
ly back and toward the north, forming
the western boundary of the state as
far as Lewiston, and then 1t shoots
off into Washington for the Column
bia river
SNAKE RIVER VALLEY,
Now. this great valley Of the Snake
river, extending as II does, 100 miles
wide for $50 miles through the heart
OF the state, forms one OF the richest
agricultural and stockraising countries
in the United states. There Is descent
in the river from where IT enters to
where II makes its exit from the state
OF $3.50 feet. From American Fails on
through the state, the great river l.
beset with frequent and, IN many IN
stances, most gigantic fans. Ptincl-
pally among them might be m ntloned
the American Fans, Twin Fails, sho-
shone Falls, Augur rails anu ""el
Fails. Indeed, within a d stance OF 10
miles the river makes a strait drop OF
ass feet, thus creating tae greatest nat
ural water power in the United States,
I The greatest single fall is 2l0 feet, at
the Shoshone Falls. Conservative en-
gineers estimate that sufficient power
can be generated here To operate all
the railroads and manufacturing es-
adjustments I'm the whole state. A
company Is now organized with capi-
tai Of s., 500 900 to develop this power
and supply lighting and power to an
the towns and cities directly south
reaching far over the line into titan,
perhaps to salt Lake
IN THE FAR NORTH.
Though the northern portion Of the
state receives sufficient precipitation
for the developing of crops, yet Wnero
this not the case there Is sufficient wa
ter at hand to enable the growers to
bring forth the products of he soil BY
irrigation. The five northern counties,
all of which come within the rainbelt,
are completely intersected with rivers
lakes and small streams. The main wa
ter courses are the salmon, Clearwater,
st. Joe, Occur d'Alene, Kootenai and
Priest rivers.
This section is also dotted over with
beautiful fresh water lakes the most
important Of which are: Pend d'Orille,
Occur dAlene and Priest lakes. on
these lakes are located the great COM
mercial saw mills of the state which
give impetus to considerable traffic up
on their waters An immense business
is done on Occur d'Alene lake; there
run daily Ave passenger boats from
AT Occur d Aiene city are all cOrraued
from Harrison to st. Joe, the head Of
navigation on the St Joe river dis
lance Of 30 miles There IS a distance
Of % miles between the two cities first
named.
The logs which supply the five mills
at Harrison and the three great mills
at Occur d'Alene City are all correllci
ana assorted In this lake, and numer-
Gus tugs are constantly moving 'hem