| Show t t j f 1 II t 11 i ll Jj J I I I KU S St I I I Wonderful Growth Of Q Ashton I d a h 0 s Y Youngest CIty ci I j e 4 f l SUTO the Ihl 0 rn m tate young oung youngest A est cst ctt was lahi iUt flUt lOB to n eav flo 1110 rind Jay It It a w 4 In fr 11 ot It ItIs Is renly In tt i e that onI I Januar sage rl stink wilon hon Jn tep ort oft tho traIn thc dRome lit Ill littie tIt tie depot which the i Short Line I haM built In this U town the future ot oC III I 18 a I I hy by the tact fet that iiI flie le e j I a yar tIme limp 16 17 ini hUi hue eB ot of tim tho I I been IiA any concerns are re bu hl to tolls 43 I t c iI the th trY J lumber 4 In the vIty 1 t branch brandl III Ir the th thriving city and It fl l I not at nil to 1 hint future b bright r I t Ip peeking the birth ot of Ash 4 ton wa January Januar 1 this year eur Tho FIu I set setI et 1111 a July Tul 10 I all ag L with n I town The present are aro aroL L Cannon of oC the tho or tI na ho II 10 known throughout the Iho valley n 11 1 ot of ih ton U TI O 1 Fuller of at the trustee Jonns r I o ur ot of the Miller Uros Lumber company trustee Joseph Mur ot of h U J C I I of largo r company I l It fl I k 4 pr r 1 X DOlent ot of the ton state mink city clerk clork nud police pollee I I Joseph S Johnson and Peter Wll Wilson on police t LAID OFF nil n n II town Is splendidly ore art Clam florn the cardinal of the tho cornS corn cornSI I i c 1111 north south en enst l vest The Thu I principal street Is I lOO wide and eor every side t Is II SO I et in III width The laying out ot of the tho 4 for or 10 or more 4 I and the or of the location nf I the town for Cor half a nIl mil Th I width hUh by I of IL L milo In I ir i length Some 20 O ot of St t I IP ot level affil nn an average torn tem temperature the tho ver around of oC lO GO de degrees degrees grees FINE I CHOP The Tho sot soU Is rated ns as the crop In the RIer valley alley It III Ii of oC n blacIc lome from to toi It i In III de th making It almost This Thill valley lAlley hUll baa been Cor or about IS 15 years and anet n a crop allure baH hn been recorded rho avenge yield per acre for tor wheat dry farmIng Is about aboul 30 bushels to the nere re the goes lett 1111 than 66 65 pounds to tJ the bushel Irrl farms CarlOs are producing from O to 66 65 bushels to the acre The general III I seldom Idom under GG 65 to the bushel a legal weight ot of 60 to the tle bushel rite yield or oat III almost phen on one fiol field u on the north owned h by J 1 r f Dorcheus producing this r itS bushels and 26 25 pounds to the nero on a 11 I weight of to the tho bushel the tho I weight or at tho graIn In tallied 45 to th hV above Is only one of at In tan fR which might be In thin itt III the vicinity ot of Other suds fluch ns as rye harlo barley flax grow trow In quantities y the tho yield of hl Y e altai a and timothy In crop Ashton III h IY by an turn country of tIm ox ex tending north about mills miles to th of tho he inako and oaRt for or 1 R of 18 to the United States timber whIch III Ia the tho to the Iho Ant ni It Is from this that ore 1110 taken en Into that of oC the American continent A Is III the statIon for tor nil 1111 traveling hy by their own convey aines for thia or of Oit thA south louth the tho Ashton In eludes thi groat runt horseshoe tints lutR lon consist inK hag cit about acres Heres of whIch lI OIO atres Willi vuI recently selected hy by hythe bythe the ot of r the acts ot of LI the various e edu u m m i f n 1 1 I I i ft J I 1 V 1 if 44 I II y 1 I Ik yV S t t f jp X V V 1 1 1 1 I l I II I t II I i 4 V V I 4 p I y S SI 4 y I I 1 I o 1111 1 I 0 e i I II I i 1 l f I L Lt y 5 t 4 S SI I ONE OF TIlE THE CANAl FEEDERS ASHTOn i Anthony control th the f corn cons 24 1 in the tho principal or of are N of oC St Anthony J nod H 11 a 0 l ot of Ashton I I f Some better idea Iden of the 11 In III 41 In III valise millo of oC eon ho be had when hen It I II known that lots that lit 76 last on MaIn 3 cannot he I today tOllay un unter under ter der 1000 On the tue other hand residence residenceS S lot iota are ure at t am lip up accord nE to locution CloCile Cloae In to toL L the busIness district for tor homo build buildIng Ing Is very high Ashton lie lies about 52 feet above 0 I Ifor rational InstItutions of lC the land for their buildings and support LA D At tue tho present time this I is I one of oC the tho most moat in III the state ot of aisil It Is that the 1 legislature will throw It open to t at the coining cession In In 1 event It will for tree treo homos homes for tor lit nt least 1010 tam farn tiles Poach will ho be HZ acres This acreage Is rich agricultural Insist wIth Ith water for tor irrigating purposes In abundance coming rain the toton teton nv er en and Conant Conani creel creek This great tract J t r X X y 1 1 1 I Y Y 1 1 r I V 1 1 I s 1 1 1 r I I Ii i I 1 4 1 1 5 1 i 5 1 s 5 I j CATTLE RAISED ON THE HIGHLAND RANCH CLOSE TO ASHTON HU r 4 1 5 1 for n nI I 1 1 i I j I L I t 1 t oJ a 1 X 1 I 1 Oil t 1 i r J r r 1 I 3 1 1 Y 5 1 t 1 z 5 1 7 i 4 1 I 1 1 L I f dt t i 1 I tj 5 j 0 i 9 I II IIo y o X J 1 V Vy V y y 1 1 J JM y 1 i 5 X M 5 5 it 5 t f Y 1 Y 1 1 y y y x STREETS STREET ASHTON SIX AFTER THE CITY WAS LAID OUT will liS as tho tha Ta in 1111 tract ho be of oC sustaining II a of oC J tO 1 which wh lets I Ii odd add tn t t eh i loss thit city b beIng the shipping an Int point for use the country To the west WIIt and southwest l there Is II n 0 gently eloping plain ranging fruits from se seven 11 to nino miles mile all ull tints cultivation and or of ha buy and grain Ashton direct tJ the forks ot of thu unit Fall Fali rivers rIven It l not l less fI tItan of will be Produced In this district when the canals non snider construe tion are completed bringing large ot 51 the nn HI gratis lands land under cultivation are now covered with lIage The Tho irrigation canal a I system of oC this country Is hOln prosecuted on Il a veT vary cale Clinton Co 0 have two largs under tinder way my one thu Brady Canal nat it I non 1101 n a bout whIle he thuS t ot of the Isas progressed to a point that wilt wll snake make this tho realization of this vast a t n 0 lit of but two 11 r three months tIme hOll t 1100 wIlt will be thin Ule money M 01 ton for building the canals for tor irrigatIng tens of oC thousands or of acres ot or wilt will be brought under i Immediate cultivation In the Squirrel Creek district nine mIlo rein two large canals are now under construe construction tion the Count Improve Improvement ment com company pliny have of n a large o ditch while hile the Indian Lak IlIk anal company have plans fur tor enlarging their pre PIt Fali HI Cr 1 The handsomest In the city Is III new Hotel Ashton II a containing 30 rooms with nil all modern conveniences H such as electric bells bath electric lights etc ThIll Thia hotel was WUN b by the tho Ashton Town rown Townsite site company cost rost to complete alit h about It already been hued to st IL competent hotel nun will lie ha opened about Juts 1 It J Jone le leone one or of the tho finest botch In the tho tate state ot of otI I aho SCHOOLING FACILITIES has haR n a ot of six Ix rooms throughout oust mill three stories wIth for tor pupils A competent corps of oC dent clent teachers guide the youthful mind The building Is constructed of brick aul atone brick buildings are arc already erected and one of DC the newest under course of at construction Is that built by Mayor a and basement structure 10 O b by for IL II store building and mid IIII livIng rooms above The Old Odd l Fellows have under coil COli a brick to be u used by the State Stale bank bailIe u a on the 1111 floor with a 11 lo lodge o rOOs and Ind en hall hail on the tho second floor ACCOMMODATIONS CCO rise State bank banle limited hay has hayn hasa n a capitalization of oC whIch It ex cx poets to from time to time as the Of nC the tho community do de demond mond mansi Its of oC 0 E or of the First Na Bank of at St Anthony pre president George l one ot of time the captaIns t 1 I 4 I 1 2 X 1 I I 2 Ir r t 8 1 S I II Iv I 1 V y V Y V 1 Y V Y y V Y h V V f Y Y 0 of f y Y y yo v o ro H MT AN OAT FiELD WITHIN SIGHT OP OF ASHTON cut ent works work four Cour live five In 11 11 floss to the tho above there thoro are oro S seven or 01 eight smaller propositions out o of Fall rIver Squirrel and ond creeks whirls which are aro being vigorously pu pushed oM and wilt bring sections ot of that Is now land under the plow MATERIA The Short Line maintains Its at coverIng many manyu u re 1111 material to or orthe the nev Park railroad ot of the mind construction arlt ar also nas 1 at Ashton AH A I i ii I are worked by thu tho the each IK 5 rv heavy The Independent company usia just been with loral local arni this the from will vill have toto tub within GO CO lays An 11 lighting Is to ho he runs rom ot of agriculture of the tho state vice Ico F x cAshier The Institution has han been bee II In business six months month anti has highly satisfactory to Its HO a OF BOOST ItS It H I Cannon Co ore are the leading merchants of oC the tipper valley alley dealing In merchandise Mr Cannon being chaIrman of the tho council III alSo postmaster and Is on onor ot or the and most citizens ot of the tho town Murphy Murph anti Bartlett with retail es at St HI and Ash lIh tots ton anti n It lire are among the most popular caterers to the tho waists Yant In their hines In They Thoy have sided aided In e every ry public en for lor advancement the up building oC the town MIlks MilicI Bros nt at Ashton a large lorge grain elevator equipped for tor ng the product ot of tile the surrounding country and gIve the armor nil an open market lit at nil all seasons of oC the tho year ear earThe The Teton Is nn an date and complete completo drug ding ln lii every sense ot of the It is 19 iii or of Mr Ir 0 A n ii graduate II the tho North Uros Stinks up U n a fIrm of oC two enterprising young oung engaged In thu lt 11 drIlling business ha have e nil nib the Important welt In the tho Ashton district n It Is the tho leadIng beading jeweler and watchmaker ot of and hl hii commissions are many ansi large from the surrounding country JIo ho l is n a graduate ot of ii 11 oust optical Institute Ieler Wilson 11 on operates n a wholesale meat macat provision business and also conducts the tho Wilson hotel operated on the I ilan Dr E L II a graduate ot of Van delbUt university or of Nashville Tenn TennIs Is tile the lending leading ph physIcian of oC the tho toi and was one or of Its 1110 ulcers III He I recognized ne as one of the lilt ablest In the tho state Martin Elward Elvard Is 1 a rancher of com cosa hoit residence in III the tho cons com but ho ha Is one of oC the mon men ot Of In the tho county count district He has other when ho he removed to Idaho he hc soul sohl all his Minnesota holdings ami decided to adopt Idaho as his nerma aunt homo home for tor nil all time to como comae George Georgo whose homo home Is lit at Squirrel Is one ot of the Iho of oC sigui culture of oC the tho Oem State Ito He Is a Pioneer of the Squirrel which hitti Into the hay and grain producing loc locality In FrI Fru mont moat count county I energetic assil liberal to n a fault lie ho has spoilt nil much and money In advertising uJ and developing the natural of at eastern eastorn Idaho as any In that great ot of the tho vast alit Inter Intermountain mountain region He wa sva the original owner of at the site ot of and contributed largely to the and development of this great grent and thrIving center The Tho canal which bring under thousands ot of acres ot of virgin soil soli is III due to his untiring and amid energetic spirit auth vIii stand as n a lasting monument to his faiths irs In the tho future of oC l countY cots a ty TO CO COME IE m IN Mr has been especially In in III In Inducing to locate In this county count amid through hi his further effort do dozens of at settlers an and tens tells of thousands ot of dollars of at taxable prop orty ety has hns been udde addel to the tho wealth of at atI I the Gem State seVeral ears RO ago Mr pro pre that land moro more than thun double and though not a prophet every prediction has good goal nr Dr f 1 1 Cranes rL a graduate of oC a 11 Ie Ic ding San Francisco dental college to the necessities of at the sun sur rounding community In every depart or of his The rho Lumber company un dot the able management or of C HIcks maintains at aliton n a large lumber yard and the wants ot of contractors all builders In III Ashton amid rIte yard carries one aile ot of the largest stocks In III the tho upper Snake River allo icy The River mer Lumber company nt at Ashton In connection with their lumber yard Iud conduct Q a general hard hurll hardware ware waro business anti carry ono one ot of the s ot of buns lum lumber her ber In eastern Idaho The com company pliny In Ashton Is by br J I F Trl Trick TrickA k kI A t I the tha lending leaching clothier nod haberdasher ot of St t Anthony Anthon main maintains sin nn establishment In Ashton which Ic h to none in III Fremont county JIll His lines JInes are at nil all times I kept lpt lip to date In ever every department wIth thu tho hit Iut est cst eastern castern Van Tassel Uros lInus are aro retaIlers ot of general carry ono one of at atthe the he largest and boat bost stocks of oC ladles and mens furnishings In the upper Snake valley alley ment macat would do credit to n a city many times the populatIon of at Ashton rhe annie rule rulo applies however to eer every e In the lie city TIlE nA RANCH ClI Situated In the tho and torn part ot of Fre moot moat county some 10 miles train sh 1111 ton and between the tho TuOn rIver an anthe the tho south and Full river oil the tho north northis I Is a ot of country about U 12 hI lies east and amid west by 10 miles north and south ot of tIne roiling harsh especially adapted to the tho purpose ot of stock raisIng I and general farming Early In slay Ia 18 tour four young men inca I realizing the ot of the locality decIded to t locate thero and they erased the tho nucleus ot of what today Is one or of tito tho largest arid and best belt Improved stuck and gratis In southeastern Idaho known as 08 the Highland ranch A be begInning beginning gInning was malle with 10 acres ot of raw lurid land and In January ot of lie tol oh lowing year one of oC the young oung mOil nien W WI I Ii I built it IL hoUse anti amid re his hili family to the ho place that hue has since cince been boen their house home three of the tho original holders sold sohl their interests out at the end of tins second year but Mr r Campbell Campb and tho small begInnIng now consists consist Ut of oil nil under l with two large water ly owned by the Iho Ranch Improvement company compan which Is capitalized ut at 00 with thu tho subscrIptions fully Cully paid lit In InA lits A s splendid as tho canal s tom covers time tho wIth the tho 1101 of tO acres of land for COl farmin nit stock raising on lie part of at tho Lake o Canal Large of oC und tim mire gran n for lIar hay the tho farmer producing nil an average of oC live tons per por acre for tor two tiso tho latter from two tso an to tn three tonI Uro hue nus hiss nl o beun with results lie tho tin HOme 0 nil ns tim I h Y 1 1 i i f fI I X X L I I II y y X XI XI I I h hY Y I IV Y y yV V X V 1 I J 7 y y Y Y 1 1 y f fy y ii iiI y y I j 9 I Y E 1 31 Y m M h hY 5 Y Y a t I 1 I 1 I I STACKING HAY ON A FAR PARM nr IN THE ASHTON but requires much Other grasses arc on trial IONo HA hAY lI TS Tue fhe ships hn tiny to Butte nullo Mont tar lar ver oer 1000 tOns ton Of 01 hn hay was as put up stint snore moro thou than 1000 1 ot of grain vie IB ext year rear It Is expected to double that ruts No 1 tins eth hay is II soiling on the tho Butte Mont ont market et at 21 20 tier ton cattle I Iss another of oC the tho principal features or of iso tho country In their natural condition thus tho gently rolling roiling hills are covered with a most 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