Show I IRRIGATION IDAHO Irrigation Is necessary In nearly all the southern portions of Idaho and the various means of obtaining water for this purpose is a subject of much interest in-terest to the full development of the resources of the Suite Much has been cone and much Is being be-ing I done in faking I out water from the numerous creeks and rivers of this wellwatered State for this purpose Some little attention is being given to obtaining water by artesian wells with i much promlsc of suCcess and we Ihink there are large areas that can I and will he irrigated by l this means But itjs my object at this timedo J cull attention to the advantage of irr Ration by raising water by wheels from streams whore large volumes are flowing by l beautiful 1 tracts of Irrigable I and arable la n1 Such opportunltlen r exist on the most extensive scale probably prob-ably in the valley of Snake river Sufficient has been done already to demonstrate the practicability I of this means of Irrigation i nd thousands of opportunities still lie vacant where line farms cal be made if wheels el I put to woi k Lust season we i had an opportunity to witness the work of scvcial of these plants and in every instance we found them giving their owners satisfaction although the wheels arc not of the most improved kinds 1 will only instance In-stance a few at this time At Minl doka rapids a set of wheels raise water FUlllilenl to irrigate over SOO acres of land but at present I I I Is mostly used for mining purposes while the owners 1 nre 1 i propniinp I i lo plant large areas in I fruit I und other fa ll plod ucl Ii j Eight I i miles below a Mr Peterson has I ono wheel r In a slow current that raises I water sufficient for a fine farm which 1 ho has the 1 improved on adjacent land I Still 1 a few miles below air Henry Schoddy has a plant of six wheels that raise water that enables him to produce pro-duce 700 tons of hay annually upon 1 which he feeds over 2000 head of cattle and 1000 head of horses which range on the adjoining nOn n-On the opposite side of the liver Thomas A Starr has a i wheel that Irrigates Irri-gates a line farm and Just below him ay Granville Brown has another fine farm T irrigated I by one wheel I might instance other examples of the success of this system of obtaining water but this Is sufficient for the prcscvit purpose There has been invented several improved im-proved wheels which give promise of much more usefulness than the old J style and which are raising water loa lo-a greater height and of course will cover i land that the old paddlewheel t will not reach To say the least we think this process pro-cess offers an opportunity for many persons to make fine homiS on as good a body of land and In as good a climate 00r el t i mate as the sun shines upon I r A B ROBERTS I If I i Boise City Ida < i 1 J I 1 p |