The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1913-06-20
Facts About Idaho Cleaned
From Abstract OF rhir.
teenth Census
AN INDIAN SOMEWHERE
One Million Acres of Land Dry
Farmed Around American Falls
This Ysar-Secretary Lane Lays
Down Rules for Water Power
Companies

Ii we we're called upon, that is the
most OF US, to take an inventory OF
our property in ideas, like
John Willets, we would ind
ourselves almost if not en-
tirely bankrupt. If so be volume
teeming with bright, burning, brill
'ant, blistering ideas should be as well
come as the flowers in May, to use an
expression often pressed into service
by poets and orators, although more
appropriate simile would be; as well
come as the water when the well runs
dry. Such volume is at hand. 1t is
the work Of E. Dana Durand and con-
tains an abstract of the Thirteenth
Census Of the United States. A great
many people might think that a CEN
sus report would be dry reading and
barren of brilliant thought. They are
greatly Mistaken We admit that it
takes Imagination to interpret and APP
preciate many OF the illusions and
hRures of speech which the report
contains. Believing that the reader
would rather find his own poetry in
the work than accept our discoveries
we will give but one ailusion that will
easily awaken the imagination OF the
dullest. The abstract says that in
l9OO Canyon county had one Indian
and that we still have him among us.
What memories that awakens 1t was
not long since that the Indians were
as thick in Canyon county as bumps
on cucumber. Here is the remnant
of dying race living among US un-
honored and unsung. Unfortunately
the Abstract does not give us the
residence OF this, our last Indian. He
does not live at Caldwell, Payetre,
Parma, New Plymouth or Emmett.
Hence he must live at Nampa. Per-
chance he is the editor of the Record.
We are all the time assuming that he
Is OF the male persuasion. Otherwise
We make no attempt at locating him.
Enough. This is 4 workaday world
and the people of Idaho have but lit
tie time for poetry and rhyme. They
deal in facts and figures.
We find by the Census Report many
interesting facts about Idaho. Every-
body knows that the area of the stale
Is &:zO square miles; its population
US, 594, OF which 2l.5 per cent live
in cities of 25OO or over and 1850 Der
cent in smaller towns or in rural ter
ritory. In the latter class 1871 per
cent live in the towns and 6O.4 per
cent live in the country. The white
population Of the state is 1921. OF
otherS we have: negores, 65l; Indians
3.4SS; Chinese, 869; Japanese, 1868;
Koreans, II. To allay the fears of the
exciteable we will state that our Jap
anese population has only increased
" since 1900 We have l85,546 males
and lao, 048 females, making the i'm
migration OF few females desirable
II not imperative. In the population
- years OF age and over 4S.9 per cent
OF the males are single and only 24.7
per cent of the females. Surely
most OF our girls have had fair
shake in the matter of opportunity
tor marriage. There are 1869 fam
lhes in the state and n. $3.50 dwellings,
showing that most of US have house
to ourselves. The people OF Idaho who
engage in agriculture, manufacturing
and mining. our three leading indus
tres may learn the following facts
about Themselves: Agriculture; No.
farms, 70,807, number Of acres, $685.
6O1. improved. 2.778,74O. valuation OF
farm property. $30S,3l7,, 1874; manufac-
ture, number Of plants, US, capital in
vested, $30.H7,O0, value Of product,
$l2,488. 600, number OF persons en-
gagged, $500; mining, number mines
and quarries 243l, number Of opera
tors, $50. number persons engaged
6.9S9, capital $50, 9o8. 7S4. value OF out
put $8.64o, 342. The abstract OF course
does not give all the information gath
cred when the census was taken in
1910. We find no statistics on the
numbering, mercantile. banking and
other occupations. The complete re-
port must be awaited which will reach
the general public about the time the
Fourteenth Census Is taken,
Policy Of the Government
Secretary Lane OF uhe Interior De-
partment has announced the oplicy OF
tne government in disposing Of water
!sen's. In short his policy is to tax
.ne power companies in proportion
20 'neir rates to the public. The low
81 the rate the lower the
tax Is his plan. 1t is one that
wM' meet with general approval As
vas water power resources of Idaho
are greater than those of any other
WESTERN state. Secretary Lanes poll
ey Is OF the greatest Importance to