. Idaho, gem of the mountains. *.->.. JAMES M. WELLS. fi- ^JT^OD JcjIOfN] CHE task of collecting an exhibit in the State of Idahofor the Columbian Exposition has not been aneasy or an envious one. Beginning his labors fullya year behind every other state, and handicapped dur-ing the first year with the very small and inadequateappropriation of $20,000, the commissioner was obligedfrom the very outset to make the subject of economy astudy rather than to devote his. energies to efficiency andrapidity of work; and it was not until an additional ap-propriation of $30,000 was made, on the first
. Idaho, gem of the mountains. *.->.. JAMES M. WELLS. fi- ^JT^OD JcjIOfN] CHE task of collecting an exhibit in the State of Idahofor the Columbian Exposition has not been aneasy or an envious one. Beginning his labors fullya year behind every other state, and handicapped dur-ing the first year with the very small and inadequateappropriation of $20,000, the commissioner was obligedfrom the very outset to make the subject of economy astudy rather than to devote his. energies to efficiency andrapidity of work; and it was not until an additional ap-propriation of $30,000 was made, on the first of Febru-ary, 1893, that the plans laid out by the commissionerfor a proper representation of the state could be prose-cuted with anything like vigor or certainty. Whateverhas been done in the interests of Idaho at the ColumbianExposition has been mainly accomplished since that this appropriation was asked, not as the estimatedamount it was believed to be necessary to successfullycarry out so vast an undertaking, but it was the
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