Show I THE OP rT THE IRRIGATED GROWING EMPIRE WEST IDAHO FALLS IDAHO AN AND THE UPPER SNAKE RIVER VALLEY THE OF T TOne THE COMING PACIFIC METROPOLIS r SLOPE One Million Acres of land Under Irrigation Gateway to the Yellowstone y National Park and the Fitting Pitting Out Point for the Weimer Birch Creek lost River Salmon City and Caribou Mining Countries w I No section of the thc Northwest possesses greater resources resources more alluring prospects and substantial promise for future development than the great Upper Snake River Valley of which Idaho Falls Pails is is the metropolis And we consider c this tb s an opportune time r to proclaim to fn the th world the advantages ad of this favored section and we invite you von to o read this s story throughout then come came to Idaho Falls Pails and see for yourself the matchless opportunities and advantages it possesses The Irrigated Empire of the West Idaho Falls occupies a central post tion not only in eastern Idaho as a 1 great railroad center but she is s situ situated situated in the great thermal belt around the world upon which are located all the most populous and enterprising cities of the world Idaho Falls is the eastern gateway to the state of ot Idaho It t Is i a city most happily and command commandingly commandIngly situated in the center of the largest argest body of Irrigated land and on the entire continent with no prospects of ofa ofa ofa a rival that can obtain a like foothold According to government statistics the Falls Fall is IR s surrounded by acres of ot the most productive agricultural land in the United States St ites all under canals i or nr r of the entire agricultural area under irrigation In the state of Idaho This body of land is almost as large largo as the state of or Delaware Delaw re half the size of Connecticut and almost twice the size of Rhode Rhoda Island The Toe canal was built at a cost of 74 At the present writing close on ona ona ona a million acres of land laud is now under canal with every possible facility doubling the present acreage f Looking West for Homes and Invest Investment Investment ment People are arc looking to the west to today today day for homes and investment and no better opportunity is offered by any section sect n than will be found in the up upper upper upper per Snake river valley Idaho Soil and climate are adapted to almost any kind of o agricultural pursuit and Ida Idaho Idaho Idaho ho Falls offers every convenience of modern life ICe to the dweller in cities while real estate values are without question lower r in Idaho Falls than in any city in the west that has less than half its population and resources Geographically Idaho Falls is the center of the greatest empire of irrigated gated Jated lands in the United States rich in all agricultural resources upon which an all inland city must always de IC depend pend An empire as yet in its infancy of or productiveness a region capable of supporting a million people Climate The glorious climate of California has been much vaunted but the elf cli climate cl mate of southeastern astern Idaho has a clearer better atmosphere than the Golden state It is hard to realize that in a region where per perpetual perpetual snow shines on the mountain mountaintops mountaIntops mountaIntops tops the temperature in the valleys will range from SO 90 degrees above in summer to zero ero in winter inter The winters are mild Zero weather ath r is the extreme exception and lasts only fer a day at ata ata ata a time while the dry still clear at atmosphere atmosphere relieves the intensity of a azero azero azero zero day da The summers are cool and pleasant The principal factors giving Idaho Falls such a remarkable and de delightful I climate compared with other sections of the United States is the fact fa t that the valley alley is under the cli climatic climatic matic influence of ot the Pacific ocean and Japan current which is responsible sible for the warm chinook winds wi ds which prevail to a large extent during durin the winter and early spring and to the high mountain ranges to the north nd east which w protect tilt the valley from the nohh ast winds in winter There are no blizzards bUzzards in this country and any storm we may have comes from the southwest We have had only two zero days this winter while a few hundred miles north and cast of ofus ofus us jig temperatures ranging from 10 to 40 degrees below zero has been the rule for weeks w eks at a time The altitude of Idaho Falls Is feet above sea level Sunshine is the rule stormy and cloudy days the ex exception eptIon and outdoor or work is carried on all the year ear round The claim is made with absolute justice that the climate of or Idaho Falls is unsurpassed To those who are tired of the bliz bUz regions legion of the northwest and desire a milder and more con congenial congenial congenial genial climate where the winters are short hort and mild with very little snow and seldom a zero day dOY where soil solI is ismore Ismore more productive where water wafer is run running runDing running ning Ding recklessly to waste land is cheap heap and abundant where the problem problem problem lem of obtaining coal and timber Is not to be encountered come to Idaho Pails Fans and become acquainted with the great irrigated empire of the west Idaho Falls the Garden City of the West Idaho Falls is located in Bingham county has baa a population of and andis andis andis is growing more rapidly than any town In too the state In commercial import importance Importance Importance ance she stands head and shoulders above any other city in Idaho and Is Isby isby Isby by long odds the largest agricultural shipping point in the state It Is located lo located located In to die dl di center of one of the great greatest greatt est cst t agricultural grazing and mineral ral areas areaS in jn the thc United States It is the ut place for the he hc famous Birch Creek Lost River flyer and Salmon City Cit mining districts on the northwest and nd the he mining on the I east cast and immense coal fields from nine to twenty feet in thickness are I being developed 15 la miles from frem the city cin while a few tew miles east of ot the city there is an Imm ns volcanic deposit of rock containing over 20 beautiful shades and colors of the finest build building building ing lug rock This wonderful quarry eon con contains rock enough to build a city as large as a Chicago stOck st stOckmen ck men and mining men for and md a hundred miles around buy their seasons ea ons supplies at Idaho Falls The streets are graded and paved with nith Ith lava rock Gutters sidewalks and curbs are built of cement making the streets of Idaho Falls equal to any my found in the best equipped cities of the east The light and water system is IJ the property of ot the city citro There are one daily dally and three weekly news newspapers newspapers newspapers papers With five fire rural delivery routes throughout the agricultural districts di There are four banks all doing a large business Telephone services is the best 1 st to be found anywhere in the Inter Intermountain IntermountaIn IntermountaIn mountain west Nine handsome church hurch buildings grace the city and all aU aUthe the leading fraternal orders are represented while the public school system is Js a model of its kind and tho the envy of the state Many beautiful residences adorn the city and many are in course of construction The city is under a system of irrigation and the cost of vater water sufficient to water an cere of town wn property is Js less than a n year This extremely cheap water encourages encourages ages residents in keeping up large and beautiful lawns plant shade and fruit trees flowers etc All this adds odds won wonderfully wonderfully wonderfully to the desirability desIra of Idaho Falls as a city to live Jive In and It will eventually be one of the garden spots of the west Idaho Falls at the present time pos possesses possesses far greater great r natural resources than han the city of ot Denver possessed for forthe forthe forthe the first twenty years of her existence and the time is rot far distant when one of the largest cities of the west western ern em em slope of f the continent will be built f 1 0 at the site of the old Taylor Bridge later Eagle Rock now In Inthe Inthe inthe the Snake river valley Bingham coun county county county ty Idaho Idaho Falls has now a population of and nd by b 1910 it will have a population population lation of and It is 15 safe rafe to pre pie predict p e dIet dict that in ten years more it will have havea a population of not less than souls A Great Water Power The water vate power In the rapids of ot the Snake river where the city of Idaho Falls Fans is located affords a never failing falling water power ower estimated ted by the United States government engineer at horse power at low 10 water be being beIng ing lug double the power afforded at Spokane Spokane kane leane Wash and the greatest water waterpower waterpower waterpower power west of or Niagara Power Has Been Harnessed This great power has been partially harnessed and an electric cl power plant has nas been installed that will generate horse power and supply current for commercial purposes to cover a large territory while any quantity of additional power can be secured at a normal cost Right of way has been secured and electric roads will be built from Idaho Falls belting belling the val yal valley ley Icy and arid touching all alJ the principal I I towns and securing Idaho Falls su sO supremacy as a great manufacturing center The rhe city now has twelve man manufacturing mans plants including a beet sugar factory tori while numerous other enterprises are looking toward Idaho Falls with a view to locating Railroad Facilities Idaho IdalIO Falls is situated in Bingham county in eastern Idaho at the point where the Union Pacific Pa Ulc running runn ng north crosses tho the Snake river It is half way nay between Denver and Portland going east and west and midway between Butte Mont and Salt Lake City Utah going north and south couth New Railroad Building The Chicago Northwestern is now dow ow building into Idaho through the Snake river canyon canon on tho the south fork of the river from fm Lander on its way wa to the Pacific coast and it is an ti almost assured thing that Idaho Falls will be made both hoth a passenger pass and freight division point Projected Railways At an early date dato a line will wl 1 be built from Idaho Falls FaIls to the Birch Creek i and Lost River mining district and Salmon City In the northwest While the Burlington survey now crossing the country from east to west through Idaho Falls FaIls will open up the extensive ext fields of coal copper cold silver and lead deposits known to exist and par partially partially developed lying ying in the eastern part of the county and sud western Wyom Wyoming WyomIng ing lug While the Gould line is planning the extension of their system from Og den Utah to Idaho Falls FaIls and the time is not far distant when hen this city will become the greatest railroad center on the Pacific slope The Gateway for the Yellowstone The Idaho Falls branch line to St StAnthony Anthony Anthon has been extended to the Yel Tel Yellowstone Yellowstone National park This will in insure insure insure sure Idaho Falls FaIls of getting practically all of the park travel Heretofore the Yellowstone park travel has been beeb re restricted restricted to the St Paul route but in addition the tourist will now have the choice of the shorter route by Omaha and the Union Pacific the picturesque Rip Ric i Grande route by Denver and Salt Lake City through the famous Bear river canyon in Utah and up through the fertile valley of the great Snake river to the Yellowstone National park This new route will greatly reduce the distance from California Colorado Texas and the entire southeast and visit Denver and Salt Lake City en route In addition to this diverse routes rottes will undoubtedly be granted as between St Paul and th the n new w routes which will enable the th to make the trip by way of Omaha or or Denver Deriver and Salt SaIt Lake City and return by way of St Paul and vica versa This will insure all travel coming by way of Idaho Falls There Is no other section of the con continent continent continent that has a finer summer climate than the upper Snake river valley The nearby mountains lakes and rivers are unsurpassed for beautiful scenery the streams are teeming with I trout big game and all kinds of the feathered family including ing pheasants blue grouse prairie chickens etc etc abound in the forests foothills and fields felds easily ea reached from Idaho Falls while gun clubs from New York to San Francisco prominent railroad men financiers doctors and lawyers have their shooting lodges and summer homes among the mountains These attractions make this city an ideal place Ir in which to enjoy a summer va vacation vacation a cation Whether seeking rest health or recreation the tourist will wUI be well rewarded by a visit to Idaho Falls FaIls the coming interior metropolis of the Pa Pacific Pacific slope National Park The source of the south fork of the great gret Snake river is in the Yellow Yellowstone Yellowstone stone National park while the north northfork northfork northfork fork heads at Henrys lake near the Montana border As the rivers course lies for far a hundred miles through a rugged mountainous government re reserve reserve reserve serve subject to heavy falls of snow it gathers its force from the melting snow and rivulets until It becomes a mighty torrent the volume of which is 15 many times greater great r than any other stream in the arid arIa west The Snake has its home among these per perpetual perpetual perpetual peeks peaks pe ks and na natures natures natures tures scenic paradise for the tourist Source of the t e Snake River The government has just completed building a reservoir of o mammoth pro proportions proportions proportions II portions at Jacksons lake on the head waters of the south fork while another Immense reservoir is being constructed at Henrys lake on the head bead waters of ot the north fork of the Snake river This will insure the com corn commencing commencing at an early date of a number of new Irrigation projects on a large scale at present under consideration Immense Reservoir Completed The upper Snake river valley Is In Inthe inthe inthe the southeastern part of the state of Idaho Its extent is over miles long and averages from 30 to 50 miles wide This section of Idaho is de dc designed desIgned signed to tl become the greatest agri agricultural agricultural agricultural cultural section of all the arid western states The climate Is such that all the most progressive farmers in the valley plow every month in the year and their teams can be kept busy at atall atall atall all seasons There are no weeds to contend with the volcanic v ash loam Beet Field Near ar Idaho IdO Fails Falls Id Ida B Beet Sugar Factory Idaho d a ho Falls I i iI I t j jI ii t I I j t t I t z 4 S I c T TI 1 I k S t tS H y i y yf H i f 4 4 f p r I being opposed to their growth while land values are much less than half the price of land in other sections with less than half the development advantages advantages advantages and resources while crop fall fail urea arid and a d short years are unknown The Greatest Agricultural Section of the Arid West The real worth orth and stability of an arid country Is measured by Its facilities ties for irrigation We Ve have the canals and our water supply is safely as assured assured assured by natures own handiwork and we wo have hae the tho first water right on the river Irrigation There is no up country countr in the known mown world that depends on the natural fall of rain that can begin to compare with the country that depends on irrigation i The great Snake river with its mighty volume of water and many |