Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-03-09
VALUABLE DATA
OF GEM STATE
Third Biennial Report by
Commissioner Allen
Miller

Colonel Allen Miller, commissioner
Of labor, immigration and statistics, |
has just made his printed third bien-
NAL report of that office to the gov
ernor says the Boise Statesman. The
report makes a volume of Eli pages
including many illustrations, and while
the book is not printed on as good pa
per nor in quite so elaborate a style
as some of the state officers reports
it is very exhaustive and contains a
fund of general information about
Idaho that will be Of great value to
those for whom the report is especial
ly issued-people from outside the
state who wish to acquaint them
selves with conditions here for the
purpose of learning what inducements
the state offers to home and invest
ment seekers.
Vast Timber Resources.
The report is divided into 10 chap
tiers with subdivisions of many of the
chapters. The first three, chapters are
very interesting and deal with the
history, topography and climate of
Idaho respectively. The fourth chap
ter is on the resources of the state,
the water power, timber and mineral
resources. Data cleaned from this
chapter shows that Idaho has about
so, 900 100000 feet of timber, of which
amount 10000, O0O, 900 feet is located in
the Clearwater basin.
Chapter treats of industries, and
chapter gives the legal methods of
acquiring titles to land. One chapter
is devoted to labor unions of the state,
one to education, one to state institu-
lions and another to the counties of
the state, treating of each briefly but
comprehensively.
Here are some facts picked from the
report promiscuously that are of great
interest:
Interesting Data.
Idaho has nearly 100000 acres of
land under cultivation.
The irrigated area reaches over l.
100000 acres.
The population of the state is easily
100000.
The wheat yield for 1906 reached
over 100000 bushels.
The stock shipments for that year
reached 1856 carloads of swine.
And 2.797 carloads of beef cattle.
Also 500 carloads of horses and 4699
carloads of sheep.
The wool production is estimated at
25,OOo,OOO pounds
1895 Miles of Railroads.
Idaho has 1895 miles of railroads in
operation. and those under construc-
ton will make the total about 2,15O.
The mining output for 1906 was
1925, S5s,0O0
The increase for the last two years
over the previous two years was about
$1,000, 900.
. The manufacturing establishments
number very close to 1000; capital in
vested in these is shown to be consid-
cradle over $1S,000,0O0.
> Men employed lin mining and manu-
featuring in 1906 reached over $500
. There are at present more than 3d.
800 farmers in Idaho.
i Valuation for State Taxes.
: The valuation of the state for taxa.
ton in 1906 was $S1,OOO.OOo, the in
crease in two years being ;$13,0O0,000
Colonel Miller estimates the actua
value of the property of the state a
r over 4OO.OOO.OOO.)
There are 81 national banks in Ida.
no, with a paid up capital of $2,724..
5 900 and the deposits run above $12..
n 4OO, 900.
There are 81 state and private banks
. with a paid up capital of $4,329.00t
u and deposits upwards of $4,000 900.
Combined paid up banking capita
reaches $7,1S5,OOO, and combined de-
posits stretch above s25, 100000.
In 1882 the whole banking system
of the territory consisted of five pri
vate and one national bank with {
visible capital of 100000
Paragraphs of Interest.
The following interesting para
graphs are clipped from pages of the
report
up to this time we have built AM
equipped s91 common school build
ings, two normal schools. one state
academy and one university at a cost
of $1,65O0Oo, and the devotional peo-
pie Of the state have supplemented
this educational system with is de-