The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-03
JUST ABOUT THE
STATE Of IDAHO
Three Factors Building and
Making the Gem of the
Mountains.
MAN WITH SHOVEL,
WITH PICK, WITH SAW
These Men Have Accomplished
Wonders in Our Sister
State.

If was at Shoshone An army of
business men from Salt Lake bent upon
a peaceful mission, had invaded sis
ter State These invaders had been
rovally received ovation after ovation
had been rendered them AT every stop.
It was Idaho hospitality, A portion
only of tho State had been traversed,
very small portion by the way. but
II had opened the eyes of the invad
ers to what1 To a wonderful empire.
1t was a revelation to the party. And
they marveled.
Many of the invaders had business
relations with the good people who
lived in that portion of the State ira.
versed for many years. Representa-
tives of these invaders had called upon
the people of Idaho for years. Thou
sands upon thousands of tons Of wares
and merchandise had been loaded upon
cars at Salt Lake, fruit of the trip of
those tirelcss commercial travellers, and
sent into Idaho, but the chiefs, the
heads, the owners of the great mer.
camille houses in Zion had not visited
Idaho. AS said TO the invader it was
revelation. And he marveed.
Standing upon the platform of the
Oregon Short Line station at Shoshone
as the refrain Of "Idaho, Ny Idaho, -
sang by bevy Of handsome girls from
the Shoshone high school and by hand
the public schools echoed and re-echoed,
one of the invaders turned to the
writer and said;
"Idaho. My Idaho. What of Thee
Write story about Idaho Of what we
have thus far seen, of what we hope
to see, if no accident mar the remand
er of our trip, predict if you can the
future, but tell Tribune readers about
this great State. Yes, | know you
have written pages about Idaho and
! its resources. we read those stories
/ believed some were exaggerated.
know better now. Write more about
this vast empire, this great mart for
our trade. 1t is a revelation to me.
Idaho, My Idaho. :" And what this
invader said was the sentiment of the
entire army.
Is Great State
And of Idaho2 Idaho, My Idaho. -
what of three? What of the gem
State? What of thy future2 Con
tanned within the boundaries of the
Gem State are $4,000 square miles of
territory, 1894 500 acres of land, one
and half millions OF which now
under cultivation by irrigation are the
most fertile in the world; from whose
ragged mountains mineral wealth from
developed mines aggregating millions
upon millions of dollars has already
been taken, one district alone pouring
into the Golfers Of the people nearly
ISl5O,O00, 600; from whose undiscovered
portion will turn out millions and mil
lions more when the pick of the pros
pector uncovers the hidden ledges of
ore; from whose forests Of pine will
come millions upon millions of dol
lars. This is Idaho of the present, OF
the past, of the future. This is the
State which the Utah invaders ira
versed.
There are three factors in Idaho, viz:
the man with the shovel, the man with
the pick, the man with the saw. And
of the first The Saturday Evening Post
thus pictures him;
'Tis the man with the shovel, not the
man with the hoe,
Who IS shaping the future Of Idaho.
'Tis the. man with the shovel that you
behold
That is turning the deser, to fields oi
gold;
'Tis the man with the shovel that turn.
the stream
From its fountain source TO q Paradise
dream,
Where the orchard bloom perfumes the
air.
Where plenty and beauty is everywhere
He is not all like the man with the hoe
This man with the shovel in Idaho.
For the future to him, IL he does hi.
best
Is bright with the promise of plenty o.
rest.
What Has Been Accomplished
And what has the man with the shov
el done In Idaho. He has thus far trans
formed a desert plain so that it bios
SONS as the rose; he has diverted tb,
waters of great rivers and Lesser
streams; he has conserved the waters
which heretofore have gone out with tn,
food tide, into great reservoirs and thcr
when the drought of the summer comes
these great reservoirs are drawn upoI
and the crops which he has planted
mature regardless of the lack of mois
turc from the clouds; he has construct
ed great canals and the power from
these dams and canals drives his ma
chinery and lights his home. This MAJ
with the shovel has done much fo
Idaho He will do more in the future
The following table shows what th'
man with the shovel has done. 1t gives
the length Of canals, cost of construc
ton, acres covered by canals and acres
DOW in cultivation. 1t is a story IL
brief of irrigation in Idaho of the worl
, of the man with the shovel