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Show IRftGT OF FEHTILE URD TDK OPENED. Ground Is Watered by Crystal Crys-tal Lake, a Natural Snow-fed Snow-fed Reservoir. A new trat of Idaho V most fertile laud is to bo upcudl M:iy '20, 1 9 1 ( , at Crvstal Lake, Mnho. for settlement. The lands arc located about nine miles Tvest of the Oregon Short TAwe railway at a point near 'Roberts. This traot comprises 15,000 acres : find has been -reported by state and : other experts to bo one of the most fertile tracts in thr v:c. .The. lands ; .n-o euvered will: a heaw growth of black satebru: h. wliieii is indicative fit the richness and productiveness of t he i soil. The suit is a heuvv dark alluvial i volcanic ash with a deep elav subsoil. J Kleiiant water for domestic, use can bo , iad at from eighty to ninety feet. The , 5 mention svsleni is one of the most reliable in the state of Idaho, the water , beint; taken from the snowfed Crystal lake, which acts as a natural reservoir Bnd is a source always reliable as to j quantity of water. I State officials in reporting: this irriga- l "tion project declare it to be capable of furnishing; water for two or three times the area to be irrigated. The system is short, and there is but little expense to maintenance. This district Lias Ion;: lvrn knoiui to lie the garden spot of Idaho, as shown by the erups produced at M.. !nt imuy and .idaho PalU, in ile near 'vicinity, and where lands have readied the price of from $10(J to $'JU0 per acre. The land- and perpetual water riiM will be sold a the drawing fur ."r-I.oU per acre, 10 per cent cash and tho balance in nine equal annual payments. No interest, is cha rp;ed the first year and nuly li per cent thereafter. The entire project will be turned over to the settler after this year, to be operated on a mutual basis proportionate as to ownership. ' Xn one individual will bo permitted to file on more than H0 acres or les than forty. The opening of this (raid, offers to the public an opportunity tn secure lands at a cheap pi'b'p. which have, every indication of becoming very valuable in a short time. The firm of Tb'uuoa.u-lTill Investment company, one of the most reliable concerns con-cerns in the city, is behind the project a n d the d ra wi nil is In be h e Id u n d er the auspicies of the. oHicers of the state board of land cumiuisvoners of Idaho. |