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October 30, 1890
Wood River Times
Hailey, Blaine County, Alturas County, Idaho
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The Coeur d'Alene Miner notes Idaho's total vote exceeded 18,000 this year, a nearly 4,000 gain in two years, predicting even faster growth ahead due to state laws, appropriations, irrigation, rich lands, surveys, and mining laws.
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Idaho's Growth as Indicated by the Votes.
Coeur d'Alene Miner.
The total vote of Idaho this year was something over 18,000, a gain of nearly 4000 in the past two years. Idaho is just now assuming position favorable to rapid growth. The next two years will witness an increase greater than any previous five years, we predict. Indeed it would not be surprising if the vote of Idaho two years hence approached 30,000. It was impossible for Idaho to grow fast in population and wealth restricted as she was by territorial laws and with mere pittances in the way of national appropriations. Wise State laws and more liberal appropriations will bring about the change.
Idaho has the natural resources. There are millions of acres to be brought under cultivation by immense systems of irrigation. There are acres and acres of the richest land in the world to be reclaimed at comparatively small expense. More money will be spent in public surveys, and this, too, will induce settlement. Favorable and needed mining laws will be passed. Everything tends to show that Idaho has hardly begun to grow.
Coeur d'Alene Miner.
The total vote of Idaho this year was something over 18,000, a gain of nearly 4000 in the past two years. Idaho is just now assuming position favorable to rapid growth. The next two years will witness an increase greater than any previous five years, we predict. Indeed it would not be surprising if the vote of Idaho two years hence approached 30,000. It was impossible for Idaho to grow fast in population and wealth restricted as she was by territorial laws and with mere pittances in the way of national appropriations. Wise State laws and more liberal appropriations will bring about the change.
Idaho has the natural resources. There are millions of acres to be brought under cultivation by immense systems of irrigation. There are acres and acres of the richest land in the world to be reclaimed at comparatively small expense. More money will be spent in public surveys, and this, too, will induce settlement. Favorable and needed mining laws will be passed. Everything tends to show that Idaho has hardly begun to grow.
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Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Triumph
What keywords are associated?
Idaho Growth
Vote Increase
Irrigation Systems
Mining Laws
State Development
Natural Resources
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Idaho
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Idaho's vote reached over 18,000 this year with a 4,000 gain in two years; predicts doubling to 30,000 in next two years due to state laws, appropriations, irrigation, rich lands, surveys, and mining laws enabling rapid growth from territorial restrictions.