American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-03-26

by the uemduu5 VI 1hO 5tO"No
traffic that is offered to the railroads.
Each year, in spite of the improve
OF the year previous, the freight
offered to the railroads by the rich In
termountain Empire taxes t~ransporta-
ton facilities to the utmost, and US
ually causes an actual congestion
during the fall of the year, yet we
are already in possession of facilities
that would have been not only ample,
but largely idle, a few years ago.
During the year 1913 the mining
companies of the state of Utah alone
paid nearly $S,O00,0 900 in dividends to
their stockholders. This is principal
ly from old developed properties,
though more new ones have been de-
veloped than for some time past and
the total number of dividend paying
mines is larger than for some years.
The year has been marked not only
by the development of several new
mines, but by the building of extensive
mills and other equipment on prop
perties already established. Interest
in mining shares, as in many other
enterprises of like character all ver
the United States, has been slight,
I though the actual work accomplished
during the year by the companies is
impressive.
"A considerable advance has been
fmade in hte development of agricul-
tural lands. In Willard County,
Utah, there are a nuinber of irrigation
Enterprises which have been brought
o a higher state Of perfection during
the year. and for whose further
development the Salt Lake Route has
promised to build a spur from Delta to
the west.
"The Kuhn properties in southern
Idaho have been very greatly ad-
yanced during the year, with reference
rot only to the engineering features
of the construction itself, but with ref,
erence to the development work tina
has been done by settlers on theil
individual farms. Perhaps in no par
of the Intermountain Empire has tn,
change in credit conditions during tn,
past two or three years been 81
marked and so beneficial as there.
1T is probably true that the prin
cipal changes along agricultural line
have been made in those district,
which farm without irrigation. II
Elka county, Nevada, the last tw,
or three years have been the develop
ment of considerable areas devoted t,
the raising of hard wheat, and tn
shipment of this commodity from
eastern Nevada points has jumped
from practically nothing to a yer,
I respectable total. The leading har,
wheat district so far is no doubt tina
which lies about American Fall,
Idaho. So short a time as three year
ago 1t was the expressed opinion O
many well informed men that bar
r wheat could not be well grown ives
Of the Falls. Yet today there are
great many miles west of that poin
/ within the view OF the ear window
which have been changed from IN
gray Of the sage brush to the yello,
Of the wheat field. American Fall
is said to stand today as the secon
wheat shipping point in the Unite
, States, whereas even five years nc
t 1t was a negligible quantity. Tn
wheat grown is of the very highe,
grade and the Hour made from II Ia
already o absolute command of ee,
) tain markets.
; THE development of water powe
l during the past year has been so e,
tensive ahtt it a only be touched NJ
on here. 1t has concerned Utah ma
southern Idaho principally, althoug
, some development has taken place
| Nevada as well. During the year
consolidation of practically all II
power companies in southern Idal
and Utah has been perfected and II
f. potential power possibilities of ca,
individual plant are being systemat
cally and thoroughly developed. D
velopment of u coal fields is takil
/ place along lines somewhat similar.
} "Of urs Salt Lake City has f.
very directly the benefit of all tn
growth. Its building totals have be-
> somewhat enlarged of late owing
the commencement of construction
individual items Of some size. and
continues the pace which it has he
for some five or six years at least
the matter of construction of apal