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Manufactures. As in every thinly-settled 

 and newly-established community, the manu- 

 facturing industries are not very well devel- 

 oped. But even these have shared in the 

 general advance, and showed a rapid increase 

 during the last few years. It is only natural 

 that in a state like Idaho, lumbering should 

 be the leading industry. At Potlach, in Latah 

 County, Idaho possesses one of the largest 

 lumber mills in the United States, and per- 

 haps in the world. This mill has a capacity 

 to produce 750,000 feet of lumber a day. The 

 manufacture of flour is also of some impor- 

 tance. 



are just and reasonable. The members of this 

 commission constitute also the State Tax Com- 

 mission. 



There is very little water transportation in 

 the state, as its principal rivers present many 

 obstructions and waterfalls. The greatest need 

 of the present is the building of a railroad 

 which would traverse the central portion of the 

 state, establishing communication between east 

 and west. 



Government. Idaho is governed under a con- 

 stitution adopted in 1889, just prior to its 

 admission to the Union as a state. Up to the 

 present there have been twenty-two amend- 



THE FARM ' I 

 Wheat 

 Alfalfa 

 Oats 



Sheep sold 

 Cattle sold 

 Barley 



Timothy, Clover 

 Wool 



Dairy products 

 Potatoes 

 Swine sold 

 Green-grain Hay 

 Horses sold 



Eggs 



Garden \fegetables 



IDAHO PRODUCTS CHART 



Figures Based on U.S. Government Reports 

 Millions of Dol lars Annual ly 

 5 10 



THE FACTORY 



Meat PacKing 

 Butter,Cheese 

 Printing .Publishing 

 Railroad-car Repairs 

 Flour.Grist 

 Lumber,Timber 



THE MINE 



Gold 



Copper 



Zinc 



Silver 



Lead 







Transportation. The mountainous nature of 

 the country has been a great drawback in the 

 building of railroads, but nevertheless the 

 mileage has more than doubled since 1905. Of 

 the 3,577 miles of railroad in the state, the 

 Oregon Short Line, which traverses the south- 

 ern part of Idaho, had 1,336 miles in 1914; 

 the Northern Pacific had 320 miles; the Chi- 

 cago, Milwaukee and Puget Sound line had 

 180 miles; and the Great Northern had eighty 

 miles. Among the local . lines the Oregon- 

 Washington Railroad and Navigation Com- 

 pany had 135 miles and the Spokane Interna- 

 tional Railway Company had 122 miles. Since 

 1913 Idaho possesses a Public Utilities Com- 

 mission, consisting of three members, which 

 investigates the rates charged by the railroads 

 and express companies, and sees that these 

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ments to it. As in most states, an amendment 

 to the constitution may be proposed in either 

 branch of the legislature and, if adopted, is 

 presented for the approval of the people at 

 the next general election. Any convention 

 elected to revise or amend the constitution 

 must consist of a number of members not less 

 than double the number of members of the 

 state House of Representatives. 



The legislative power is vested in the usual 

 two houses, a Senate and a House of Repre- 

 sentatives. The House of Representatives is 

 composed of at least one member from each 

 county, and it must never exceed three times 

 the number of Senators. In 1914 the House 

 had sixty-one members and the Senate thirty- 

 three members. The members of both houses 

 are elected for a term of two years. Sessions 



