The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-10-25
VISITORS WORTH
MANY MILLIONS
Capitalists From Philadelphia,
PittSburg and Omaha Take
Trip to Twin Falls.
Especial to the Herald.)

Twin Falls, Idaho, Oct. 24.-Twin Falls
was visited Tuesday by capital on wheels
in excess of 500, Oo0, 900, in the persons OF
twenty-one bankers from Pittsburg, Phil
sdelphia and Omaha, who came to IdahO
as the guests of James S. Kuhn and Will
lam S. Kuhn of the Twin Falls North Side
Land and Water company. In the party
were John B. jackson, president OF the
Fidelity Title & Trust company OF Puts
burg; Wilson A. Shaw, president OF the
Bank of Pittsburg; William Price. presl-
dent of the Diamond National bank OF
Pittsburg; James S. Kuhn, president OF
the Pittsburg Pank for Savings; H. M.
Lands, vice president of the Federal Ma
tiOnal bank of Pittsburg; l. NJ. Plumer,
vice president of the Pittsburg Bank for
Savings; F. A. Griffin, vice president OF
the Columbia National bank of Pittsburg;
w. Frederick Snyder, president of the
Northern Trust company of Philadelphia;
Frank Battles, banker of Philadelphia; j.
NJ Young. cashier OF the Second National
bank of pPittsburg; John Donnan, presi-
dent of the Washington Trust company of
Washington, Pa; d. NICK. Lloyd, presi-
dent of the Peoples Savings bank OF
Pittsburg: John f. Flack. president of the
City Savings bank of Omaha; Z. B. Scull.
DR.. r. w. Stewart, F. s. Carmack. A. n.
Voegtley, ]. w. Miller, John w. Fulton,
F. D. Glover and L. L. McClelland OF
Pittsburg.
All Land Seekers.
The aggregate deposits of the banks
which the visitors represented are in ex-
cess of 500, 100000. The members OF the
party are all friends Of James S. Kuhn
and William s. Kuhn. Most OF them had
already filed upon land In the vicinity or
Jerome by power of attorney, and those
who had not acquired farms left in
structions at Jerome to have land select
ed for them and a number of their friends.
The visitors had heard a great deal of
the Twin Falls project, and they could
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to sell land at the rate of 1000 acres an
hour for over forty-eight consecutive
hours the record made at the Jerome
opening, which was the greatest in the
history of the country. When they saw
the Transformation at Twin Falls they
realized what capital and energy had
done for this section of Idaho, and they
unhesitatingly pronounced it the most
stupendous movement in the history of
agriculture In America.
Surprise of the Visitors.
I'VE came to Idaho at the invitation of
Mr.. Kuhn. SAID member of the party,
Ito see with our own eyes what YOU are
doing In this part of the country and
TO form an estimate of the resources of
the state We expected much, and we
found more. can understand now what
one OF our foremost American citizens
who recently visited Twin Falls meant
when he spoke of the creation of wealth
/ by wrestling ii from the earth in the form
of agricultural and horticultural products.
You are creating wealth here in a remark
able manner You are providing homes
for thousands; you are adding to the
wealth of the state and the nation by
bringing into production lands which for
centuries were regarded as worthless
Better STILL you are bringing 20 your state
class of people equal to the best on
earth. People who have never been here
can form no idea of your progress. Half
the truth has not been told"
Governor Gooding met the party at Po-
catellO. where the private car OF Super
intendent Olmstead of the Short Line was
attached to the special train. At Miner
several hours were spent by the visitors
inspecting the Dam and canal headgates
On Tuesday morning the visitors drove
of Shoshone falls and returning via Blue