Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-04-06

fund toward the success of the nationa
and international celebration. And tn,
final resolution passed by congress does
not ask for single dollar of govern
ment appropriation.
Great Educational Value.
The Panama. Pacific International Elk
position in 1915 will in itself be OF
great educational value. Thousands OF
people from all parts of the world will
visit the Pacific coast, and nearly all
of them will see the other coast cities
as well as San Francisco. The exhibits
from the orient will doubtless be the
most complete ever brought to the west
ern hemisphere. The whole world will
join in the celebration of the compile.
ton of nation s greatest engineering
Salmon Wealth of the Northwest.
One of the most valuable of the re-
of the northwest is the fish
cries. The annual output does not equal
that of number of other products
but there is this difference: mining and
Underwriting must sometime reach its
maximum and then decline; while the
fisheries wealth, with intelligent cul-
Lure and due conservation, can be made
perpetual.
The most valuable of the fisheries
products is salmon. The total worth
Of the salmon output of the Pacific
northwest in 1910, according to recent
reports, is about $40, 10000 Nearly
three ffths of this total catch came
from Alaska waters, this being the
largest output of the territory since
1902. 1t is stated, however, that the
last years run in Alaska was about 25
per cent below normal.
The value of the salmon pack from
Puget Sound for 1910 is placed at over
s3,000,000. The Columbia river is the
chief salmon fishing grounds in Oregon,
and the product for 1910 is placed at
So, 500, 900.
Large Hatcheries.
Large hatcheries are being operated
by the states of Oregon and Washing
ton, and by the federal government.
The total number of salmon caught in
the Columbia river during 1910 was
2s,s04,537, according to report, 1s,OOO,-
300 of these being Royal Chinooks.
Millions for Transportation.
The executive head of the Hartman
system announced few weeks ago in
New York that extensive double track
ng had been authorized on the Union
Pacific and the Southern Pacific. Also
heir main railway line down the Co.
umbia river to Portland will be double
tracked for a distance of 200 miles and
more. The estimate cost of this new
work is placed at SIS ,OO0,-
200, the amount to be expended during
he next five years.
Improve Waterways.
The Improvement of the waterways
If the west is of very great Importance
coward the commercial advancement of
she Pacific coast. Nearly all of the
narbors of Importance are being deep
sned and enlarged in anticipation of
he completion of the Panama canal.
The removal of distractions from the
liver channels, chief of which is the
Columbia river, will greatly increase
facilities, and will be the
means of lessening freight charges.
Colonist and Homeseeker.
The great part of the newcomers 10
he west arrive during definite spring
md fall periods.
1t is estimated that nine-tenths of
the colonists decide in advance lust
where they will locate, and they 90
here direct.
The spring and fall colonist periods
he first from March 10 to April 10.
his year-have been in vogue with the
railways for 10 years.
In addition to the one-way, or "col-
'nist' tickets, the railways have made
| practice of selling special round trip
homeseekers - tickets during certain
months of each year. According to re-
cent announcement, the homeseeker spe-
'ial rates period for 1911 has been ex-
ended to include the entire year. These
special round trip homeseeker rates are
20 encourage trips of inspection to the
vest, previous to migration.
Protect the Antelope.