The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1918-01-03

some satisfaction its twelve months
accomplishments Its main industries
operated to capacity, through and by
them millions of dollars flowed into the
bank accounts Of her citizens. While
offset by an increased cost in labor and
material, the final annual accountinl
leaves handsome profit to the produc
er. The war revised prices with ar
upward trend for all metals mined
all produce harvested and all stocl
Of various kinds raised. AS a whole
the state prospered in 1917, says q
Boise writer In the Lewiston Tribune
The year was one of the intensi
fed crop production along all lines
The year ahead OF the state gives
promise of even greater accomplish
ments in this regard. There were nc
crop failures in 1917; there were nc
great disasters. The stage moved
steadily along, increased its crop acre
age. opened up and developed more OF
Its vast mineral stores, harnessed adj
ditional waterpower for electrical en-
ergy, expanded along manufacturing
lines, saw to internal improvements
and increased its population.
Financially the state could not be
In better condition after a years eff
fort. An increase of fully twenty mil
lions of dollars is shown by national
and state banks. The grand total of
cash and securities deposited in vaults
of these institutions is eighty-five mil
lions of dollars. 1t was a thrift year
and individual bank accounts increas-
ed In surprising numbers, the result
being there are more people In Idaho
today with comfortable accounts than
ever before In the states history.
The crops raised taxed the cap
acity Of the railroads. 1t was with
difficulty the carriers hauled them to
a waiting market Only the car short
age that existed In the fall of the
year prevented greater movement.
Grains, ore, forage crops, fruits, DO
tatoes, sugar beets, seeds, all flowed
into the horn Of plenty and were turn
ed into cash. Agricultural products
not disposed of have been ware
housed to await better prices and
more favorable markets. The biggest
apple crop in the states history was
grown. SO heavy was the yield in
some fruit belts all of the apples
could not be picked. Vast quantities
of them were sent to driers. Sugar
beets were turned into billions of
pounds of sugar, the demand being so
heavy for sugar that manufacturers
for 1918 have proposed to growers to
take them In on profit-sharing
basis.
The stockmen have reason to feel
satisfied. Every head of stock they
raised on the range or farm and
there were thousands of them
brought to the owner prices newer
realized before. Fat stock moved to
eastern and western markets steadily
from one years end to the other. Re
gardless OF the heavy shipments there
still remain much stock within the
state. The heavy demands have in
duced growers to go more extensive
ly into the business.
Sheepmen sold their wool at as
high price as So cents a pound. and
while this was the maximum, the min
imum was well around 40 cents or
better. Mutton scared. The clip rep
resented twenty FIVE millions Of
pounds with valuation Of ten mil
lions of dollars. The lambs and NUT
ton almost doubled that figure. 1t was
a good year for the flock owner.
No industry was given greater i'm
petus than that of lumber manufact-
uring. The heavy foreign demand for
finished and unfinished lumber
brought about great activity in the
forests where sawmills operated
steadily. Labor troubles early in the
year caused some difficulty but did
not result in actual shutdown of the
industry. Later they disappeared
leaving the way clear for extensive
operations. There were manufact-
ured eight hundred billions of feet of
lumber valued at between twenty-five
and thirty millions of dollars. To ac-
complish this one of the largest and
most modern mills was put into OBJ
Grafton in the western part of the
state.
The mineral output of the state
alone had an approximate valuation of
fifty millions of dollars While prices
for metals were scaled down during
the later part of the year. for the
greater portion they remained high.
As important as is the valuation of the
ore mined, is the fact that many new
prospects were successfully explored
10 the extent that they became good
payers and numerous locations of
other ore deposits were made. If the
mining industry is allowed working
profit in the future, there will be
greater mining development In this
state in the future than there has been
in the past
The fruit crop had an approximate
valuation of two and a half million
dollars the grains forty million.
A total of 6,400 carloads of potatoes
were shipped. 5000 cars of hay. 1000
cars OF beef cattle. 5000 ears of
sheep. 1.5OO of hogs and 500 of
horses.
But the progressive record of Ida
no III l9l7 was not entirely confined
10 Its industries The internal i'm
provements, which include the build
ing that took place i'm every city, town,
village and hamlet. ran into millions
OF dollars. Public service utilities.
including the railroads. added to the
total in the improvement to and ex-
tensions for their respective service
The highway system of the state
came in for its portion Fully two mil
lions Of dollars We're spent for new
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