The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-01-07
|aYS IDAHO ENJOYS
GREAT PROSPERITY
Former Salt Laker Reports
Crops So Large Farmers
Are Overwhelmed.
POTATOES IN DEMAND
Fasteners Are Fast Learning
to Call for Western Tubers;
Wilson for President.
POTATOES IN DEMAND

George E. Hill of Rigby, Idaho, for
n,rlv of Salt Lake, came down Yester'
1,y morning and is a guest at the Ho-
al Utah. Recently the southern Idaho
.,,, dealers effected an organization
!, Get from the railroads correct or
s,s,ipation weights and also seok to
,re the mine owners be more care
4, in the weighing of their coal. Here
.,fors The retail dealers have COM
,,ipcd, according to Mr.. Hill, that
Is suffered a loss of from one to
= and half tons shortage OF coal
zach car. Mr.. Hill is vice pres
Srt of the Idaho association and =.
I Channel Of Twin Falls and .. w.
.-ilh of Boise are here as an execu-
srs committee to confer with the rall"
rssas and shippers. A meeting was
|LN with the officials of the transpor-
tatiou aud mine companies at the Ho-
ie Utah Yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. Hill says that eastern Idaho has
,,ioyed the most prosperous wear OF
|its history. The crops were so large
mai it was impossible to get sufficient
-
'ibe northern part OF Fremont county
4, still unthrcshcd. 1t was estimated
Shsp The November storms came that
there were more than 100000 bushels
n grain unthrcshcd, and Il great many
hundreds of acres OF sugar bcets and
rotatocs uDharvcsted. The weather
moderated and most Of the latter two
|erms we're gathered and thrcshing bas
|bcen in progress ever since, with some
still III tho shock.
Plenty Of Money.
s'It was estimated that Sl,500,0oO
VAS paid farmers and their help by
.hc three sugar factories operating IN
lhc upper Snake River valley sald
'Nr, Hill. 1.-TWO or three thousand
cars of potatoes were shipped out OF
that part of the country from Black.
foct north and hundreds of cars. OF
bay. grain. hogs, as we'll as other hye"
ttock. The banks are filled with
money end cash reserves are high. Most
Of the farmers have a good-slZed bank
account and prosperity is assured Tor
sbis year.
-"Esstern Idaho has done consider
able advertising in The east the past
.ttSIs IhSbN SSub a. Cht'Ooi vi
famous potatoes to the big Chicago
1 land show and gave them away in five
pound bags with advertising on each
.pck. People wearing soalslSin coats,
. diamonds, silk gowps, fought one an.
.other to get some Of the fine 'spuds.
4 Yte leading hotels Of Chicago served
4 Idaho potatoes in many styles on
Idaho Potato day. aud from thlE
|torce alone Idaho was the most talked
\ OF state exhibiting AT The show.
''0f late wears Idaho shippers have
been invading the eastern markets and
q preference demand has developed
. for Idaho stock
Mr.. Hill reports that the Short Line
. sil) have its large hotel at the enc
/ Of tbe Yellowstone line completed BY
/ The time the tourist travel begins ane
through the efforts Of the commercia
clubs OF eastern Idaho the compan.
his consented TO run the Yellowstone
Special through Idaho in the daytime
\ order to give tho people who visit
ths great natural wonderland chance
70 see Idaho while it is in bloom in thr
numer time.
Automobile Travel.
Also the macadlm roadway througl
SIX miles Of bad sand between Po
disllo and Blackfoot will be complete,
sarly in the spring. said Mr.. Hill!
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