The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-12-29
DUB SISTER STATES.

Utah has not by any means stood
surprisingly above her sisters of the
intermountain empire in her great
strides during 1907. All of them, and
more particularly Idaho. Nevada and
Wyoming, have marched we'll toward
the van of the triumphal procession
All three of these states prospered as
they have never prospered in their his
tory before, and the outlook for all of
them during the year that is about to
open is of the brightest
In Idaho the foundation has been
laid for great and lasting prosperity.
In 1907 the irrigation movement, which
had its beginnings there only a few
years previously, was tremendously de-
veloped and broadened. Thousands of
acres of virgin land We're brought I'M
der irrigation canals and bitches Pre-
viOus experience has shown that these
lands, once the water is turned upon
them, can be made to produce so
abundsntly that the crop figures are
almost beyond belief
No state can fail to prosper when
its farmers are prosperous. no state
that contains within its borders vast
areas of tillable land can fail to be a
great state. For, the land becomes
productive from year to year. The
men who cultivate it add every
season to their capital instead of TAX
ing from it. With irrigation the pos
sibility of crop failures is reduced to
negligible minimum. Therefore, if
Idaho had nothing but her farm lands
especially the lands that are irrigated
now and that are to be irrigated in the
future, her well-being would be as
sured
But Idaho has more than farm lands
In 1907 her mines produced richly The
state is thickly studded with minerals,
and they are being taken out in ever
increasing quantities. Also Idaho has
hundreds of thousands of sheep and
cattle and horses. She has thriving
cities and towns and hamlets, filled
with as good people as can be found
anywhere in the world. and all work.
ing 10 build up the state.
Nevada. which within the last three
years has more than regained the i'm
portant position it once held in the
mining world. was cursed with labor
and other troubles during 1907, but, 50
rich are the states mineral resources.
so determined its people, that in spite
of all drawbacks and all handbags Ne
vada's mineral production for 1907 far
exceeded that of any previous year of
the last twenty. There are indications
that before the new year has been far
advanced Nevada's difficulties will
have been settled to the satisfaction
of all concerned in them. 1t is conf
IDENTIFY predicted that next years yield
will far surpass this years. and that
Nevada viii go forward without halt
ing for many years to come.
In another section of this. The New
Years Herald, is told in outline the
story Of Wyoming for 1907 1t is story
that is well worth reading, for it con-
stitutes a record of continuous adj
vancement. Wyoming is far richer to-
the value of her lands, her cattle, her
sheep, her manufacturing and indus
trial enterprises, her mines and the
number of her citizens. Those who
would know Wyoming must get away
from the railway tracks and into the
interior of the state. There they will !
find great ranches, carefully cultivated |
farms developed mines, busy stock |
men. They will find a prosperous and
contented people. people proud of /
their state and doing their best to fur
Their its interests.
On the threshold of the new year The |
Herald congratulates the dwelers in |
Utahs sister states and wishes for
them a continuance in full measure OF |
their prosperity.