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Show LANDS TO BE SOLD UNDER CAREY ACT Eight thousand acres of land at Euhl, Idaho, will be sold today in a Carey act drawing in units of forty, eight:.-, 120 and loo acres. The drawings will be made under the direction of the state board of land commissioners. The price of the la,nd is 3125 an acre, and may be bought at terms of $25 per acre down and no further payments on the principal for three years; then $10 per acre per year until the balance is paid. A rate of 6 per cent Interest will be charged on deferred payments. The water supply of the tract is derived de-rived from four streams, , Cedar creek. House creek, Devil cr'eek and Dead wood creek. A dam across Cedar Creek canyon will store the flood waters of tho winter, which will be available in addition to The normal fiow of the four streams. The dam has not been completed yet, but will be soon, so that water will be obtainable next soring. At the drawings of the Gem Irrigation district lands, at Homedale, Idaho, September Sep-tember 23, approximately 10,000 acres changed hands. The price obtained .fortius .for-tius land ranged from slO to $170 per acre. Buyers from Oregon, W ashlngtou, Colorado and Oklahoma were present. |