THE CONQUEST OF ARID AMERICA 



Moscow is still farther north, and owes its prominence 

 to the presence of tho State university. Besides these 

 there are scores of important mining towns scattered 

 throughout the mountains, hut mostly away from the 

 railroads. In town-building, as in the development of 

 all its other resources, Idaho has barely crossed the 

 threshold of its vast possibilities. 



