The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-22
'AEDs LIGHT UPON
g|DAHO's RESOURCES
Isl Monthly Letter OF Ma
Etional Copper Bank Is
N Optimistic.
lows VESTS GROWTH
lrticular Attention IS Paid to
( Rapid Development OF
Gem State.
|OWS VESTS GROWTH

rho National Copper bank Of salt
ke has issued its tenth monthly
Hde. and finance letter, which carries
Ioptimistic tone with regard TO the
Hook. Facts and figures appear
Itch are based on the most careful IN.
,tiratioD, and the letter gives n COM
hdablc view Of the situation.
", is pointed out that reduction IN
early abuormally high price Of cot
4 has caused Increased activity in
textile industries; also that the IS
lpce Of new securities. so heavy dur
\ the first six months OF the year,
been at low point during the last
ZEE mouths, and that it now appears
3lv that the year s total will not be
tater than that Of 1910.
The cash reserves in the banking cen
B are unusually strong for this time
the year. saws the letter, and the
esnry balances continue to grow. The
ficut Moroccan situation is now out
the way, according TO the publica-
n, and even the war between Tur-
and Italy offers few disquieting
ltures.
In it's former publications, the Ma
nal Copper bank has devoted much
ice to a discussion OF the situation in
iutcrmountain region. exploiting the
ources and advantages OF different
Horo IN different letters. and Civ.
K true account OF development as
II as pointing out what the future
build hold. Ia this issue the letter
ais AT length with southern Idaho,
Iiu Falls county, government attl-
ie. railroad extensions and many
Ter important phases Of in;ermoun.
IN development and industry, per
ming especially 10 Idaho.
Some New Railroads,
Intention is called 10 the recent
ldine in southern Idaho of the Mont
Ter Paris, Minjdoka Buhl. Mackay.
lIowstons Park aud Twin Falls Ilol.
Ter branches (the latter Of which is
fyeyed Up into Nevada). tho Rupert
us cutoff, the Morcland- he rdcen,
yettc- Emmett aud Caldwell Wilter
inches. and also the roads from Good
to Jerome. and from Miller to Oak
which are to be connected over
Fvcy already made. There are now
ler construction the Richficld. Taft
inch, opening MP the rich .Camas
jrie and surveyed on to Payette via
5e; the mmcttPayette Lake line.
&S-ssa -llomcdaIe line. which is sur
FED through to Bull: the Raft River
south from Burley, which is iDtond-
ultimately to connect with the
fhcru Pacific at Saline station on
meptolY Point. and the Ashton
Egs branch. These lines total about
miles and involve an expenditure Of
erAl millions. Still other extensions
under consideration.
ne letter also calls attention 10 tbe
ortance of peas in the feeding OF
ep, and declares such n method TO
fhe most profitable in that branch Of
Industry. Peas grow best in high,
climate. such. rs We find In the
Der valleys in Utah and Idaho. The
twberry valley in Utah is a good ey.
'eas may be chcaplv grown. About
y pounds 10 The acre constitutes Il
q seeding. Sowing may he done
p drills and irrigation should be
foughly done once u: the baginnibg
The season. Cultivation is prefer.
r.. though if is often omitted. The
soil is one which will snb.irrirate
,vfne extent YIN account OF the tact
4 the vines have tendency TO re
nbent growth. il is good plan to
d oats or barley ihiniy with the peas
bold them up. They have an nddi.
pal value in that they. like alfalfa
other legumrs. enrich the soil upon
ich they are grown.
Sheep fed IN this manner USUALLY top
market. for the quality Of mutton
,ducrd is unpNcnilpl
Land of Vast Areas.
The letter follows 10 part;
|cuthern Idaho. Out of the s.; o0o noo
es contained within the boundaries Of
no. 10000. 600 are timber lands 0o0
pasture. 5000. 400 mineral lands and
poo0o acres are arabic. This great
H OF arabic land IL almost equally
Ided between the dry farming sections
thc irrlgablc lands. and will event
hy De sun further augmented hy "a
Hsiderab'c portion OF the timber lands
The Panhandle which VIII drift, acre
scre; into tho hands Of farmers.
notwithstanding the smalncss Of her
'uiation 325 ,OOo). Idaho's total output
1910 was oSer slS6, 900 o6O. Almost
OF tins was In agricultural products
.UoV). and II is interesting 20 note
neither mineral production. livestock
"ooi came second. but manufactures.
total of $4,000, 600 of which the
toer industry only provided a third
is remarkable showing considering
yoUth o. the state. Its sparse popu-
2n ana The fact that only one tenth
Hns under cultivation together with
o'ner fact that onlT a bare beginning