| Show I r Ashton on the tk Delightful City Ct Near the Yellowstone Y 1 N 4 NE of ot tho tim most substantial as well as ns ono of the most promising of o a ONE I tho new towns of Idaho Is situated In tho tIo cast east central port I of Fremont county count 15 16 1 mlle miles northwest of St Anthony Anthon about bO 25 ml es from the Wyoming state line and but a fow few miles from the southwest southwestern ern em corner of or tho Yellowstone National park It Is on the Ul Yellowstone branch r of et tho O S L railroad which was wa extended tX from St Anthony to this point In the latter part of or 1003 IJO the first train being run to tho the present pr l ent site of o Ashton Jan 1 The railroad now extends 56 GG 5 miles beyond boond to the tho entrance to the park at Yellowstone Mont A few tow miles beyond 4 Ashton however the railroad enters the mountains through canyon canon of j tho the Not North th fork of or the tho Snake and as iho tho ho only onh traffic there thore Is on that section of o the road roat Is the tle tourist travel no trains are arc run Iun beyond Ashton except the Ule park special dally daily dall and a freight train up and back Mck once a II week to plies to the park Even these trains are arc e run only during tho the park season eason from Juno JUliO to September As this park pare ond oM of or the road Is not operated in 1 winter inter no effort Is made mado to keep It char cl ar of snow and tho the result Is that thit about 10 miles of It lies for half haU the year ear burled burl d under a blanket of white front from cl ht to 20 feet in thickness Tills ThIs con condition of or affairs makes practically ally alb the terminus of tho tIm road lOatI to w far as business Is concerned and an gives It all nil the Ule attendant advantages If It Ashton Is to keep abreast of or tho the vast ast extent of or magnificent country c with which It Is surrounded it will vili t tl within a few rew years ears become an Import Important ant little littie city elt Its tributary area of o cultivable land extends six miles north t more noro titan than 30 east enst south to tho the terri tern territory tory tOr of or St Anthony and west neatly nearly m aI I or quite 10 miles It includes more than thun acres of tillable and Irrigable and land only about 25 per cent of which th Is as yet et under cultivation The aver average averne average i age ne yield of wheat In this tItle area is Isto 33 to 10 iii bushels and oats average 50 to i 3 bushels weighing w l over er 10 to o pounds to 10 thu measured I bushel Barley Bailey produces front from 60 to t 73 i bushels In exceptional yields yield V numerous Instances are arc cited of or wheat i going 65 to 70 iO bushels per acre and V oats to ISO 30 bushels per pel acre Ash Ashton Ashton ton tOil has hn the unusual advantage of or hav hay having hayI I lag ing enormous areas aroas of both Irrigated Irrl atell and farming land within C her tributary area aret and anti the ed farm is a much more moro pronounced pronoun d success here hero tItan than In the lower altitudes altitude f fJ V V J and moro more southern latitudes of the tho in Itt Int t C t country countr on account of the much greater creater annual precipitation here J Tho The snowfall and rainfall are aIe both per Iter perceptibly perI I heavier healer here than titan oven een but buth V l 20 or 01 30 miles down the valley alle duo to V h Its location nearer tho the foothills RICH SOIL 1 Tho TIm soil of o tho the Ashton country Is a adark adarle dark darle rich loam of tho the usual volcanic I IT oah Mh basis but containing moro more T uble able matter than tItan tho the soils ot of tho the cen con central central and an lower boor Snake River valley alle It IL does oes not but is easily I watered does not bako as I a II result of or Hooding and does docs not lIot wash asit as no Is a shown by many man ditches that havo have bean bem constructed in tho country countr for years ears c and which retain their original width T V V und u 1 depth f ADAPTED TO APPLES APPLESS APPL S S V VV V V The Iio country countr surrounding Ashton is 1 especially adapted to apples and small niall t fruits Blackberries raspberries and attil aut 1 b dewberries of or tho the finest lInest quality arc aro pro Itro produced In large quantities as well as late hue 7 1 strawberries alt all of or which bring tho th highest market pi prIces Ices owing to As Ash AshI n I tons Ions proximity to Yellowstone park parle oo u 0 crowded crowd l with tourists I Strau Strawberry berry patches in the vicinity of or l Ashton yielded wonderfully last yi year ar arand I t V and were great revenue producers tho Ito T price in ut the local market being 12 to Ct 15 cents a quart In Itt favorable soils soil V and locations peaches are arc grown I I p Ashton the tite hub of or this wonderful won t region legion this peak peale of or the great it f River valley alley is but throe three years oM ull r having been born bum In It Is it a heal healthy health thy th vigorous youngster and already has tai a II population of or about SOO wIle wll wl awake energetic and enterprising peo po people p popIe o onil pIe nil The town is f more substantially built than most new a II majority V of the business houses and a large por per portion portion 1 tion lIon of tho the residents being built of or V brick with stone stono foundations and trim trimmings No brick has hag been Imported for forthe forthe forthe the purpose every oer brick briel structure in inthe inthe the town having been built from bre mado In Ashton This brick presents V a good appearance and is of or excellent I bi V V I quality For Fot foundations the black I basaltic rock which underlies the tho whole hole region Is used while for sills caps an avI I trimmings generally the tho rock most used lied II I Is a gray gra or slightly pinkish lava Itla tuck ivick found in various places In tho the r Snake River Hel valley lIlIe MODERN BUILDINGS The town has a good brick and stone stono modern hotel of 23 2 rooms and a fine brick 0 V thieo co stories In lit height and lIntl flUe idol by pupils Ashton has had hud two big bl fires fire the tho buildings consumed In III bot bott i cases cl es being some of or the tite lightly built frame buildings erected shortly the townsite was opened There are aro two banks two to churches two liv lir livery 11 cry ery stables two large lumber yards yard three hardware and implement stores store and many other stores and anti places place There aro mo now no three good grain elevators ono one of them theta having recently been built rite Tho two tO that were vere In lit opet opel atlon In lit lbS 1908 bought from rom the tue Carmo of ot the Ito surrounding country countr mote than n bushels of o grain Of O the tho three the Ito Ashton Milling and aid Elevator company compan probably does docs the thc largest business The Tho town has a municipal water plant costing something over oer The water Is obtained from an un eight I Inch well drilled In lava Kiva two rock to a n depth of or feet and Is pumped to a t n 1 I o I r X j 1 i i I cr r J t Jo j I f fA 1 A h I Ih J i 1 Y Y Yh h Y Yh h f Y Yz Yh z h Y Y Y Y Yh X h X X 1 t 1 I VISTA VIEW ASHTON large laro elevated tattle tank tall by b a 33 3 horsepower gas BUS engine ensine TIMBER LANDS Sawmills In the Iho hills lulls 10 miles north of Ashton put a good quality of or lum him lumber lumber ber her on the local market at lit a lower price tItan thai the Oregon and ton lumber In general use tate throughout tho the west There Thero arc are large lal e areas of fine saw sa a timber yet lt untouched on the lie mountain slopes bordering tho Ito upper coulse of the north fork foik above Ashton I and the Ito extensive foothills slopes and andI I I canyons of or tho ho great V Teton range j II t which I ns as a mighty might barrier on the j east cast of or this region re lon arc are similarly clothed V I Write The V Is tine hue healthful and I bracing The rhe summers ore Ideal Tint Tim alt all is cleat clear cool and free ree from front du dust t Th Ie Is no ito malaria in lit the county and auth general conditions ate are such that a low loss l w death rate prevails Owing to Its unity to the lie Park Paik Its It cool and anti d ful climate Its hunting and Pond nile line trout fishing Ashton In lit destined to Lo a great summer resort for fot or tourIsts ton i la t a I MINING PROSPECTS Prospecting for fOI mineral minerai In eastern Fremont county has done little except to determine the presence of gold sil sll silver vet ver copper and an lead ores In III the tho moun mountains mountains Flour Gold coId is present In lit tho the sands and tolls soils along alons the Snake river and In III many mall places it has ht been beon extract extracted ed cd There Thero is every even Indica Indira Indication IndIcation tion Ion that lint practical scientific prospectors would had find eastern Fremont county a arich arich arich rich Prospecting for silver and lead In the tho Birch creek and Lost river sections of western Fremont county has developed some sonic rich ilch mines which havo have attracted tho attention of outside capital Many 11 11 n citizens 6 the th county are aro interesting themselves in tho mining development there thelo and antI In adjacent camps with prospect of or a rich reward The build building lag ing of a t couple of 01 smelters smelter in that sec eec section lion tion Is assisting development work find and the Ito tI prospect t of railroad connection e i IW l I with I coal fields this year gives the ho situation atlon a very el encouraging outlook I Water power poel for the development of electrical energy Is almost as aR common commonas I as lt in Fremont county But small amounts of It arc are as us yet et utilized COAL COAr DEPOSITS Within 35 miles of Ashton wholly I I I n Y 1 h z f J Z Of I f r ill l n ii 70 M Mi f u i r j z z 4 O Oz y II III Y z n t v zv zt z t h Y I t l X Y h Y i iii h Y h IY t ht v Y t ii I L Lx LI h h z f X h x t t t tt tv V v h It I I t V V I IV It IH Y t h M H D B BAKER LIVERY CO ASHTON IDAHO within tho the boundaries of o Fremont I county count there Is located locate the only body of commercial coal In the state equal In value for tor domestic and steam pur PUl purposes purposes poses to best Wyoming coal A thick vein of this coal covers cover a vast area It Tt Is he used steed extensively by people who live In III the tho Basin towns teams and others within easy ea hauling distance With tho the advent of tho railroad coal mine mino development will follow as Ott I a II matter of course couro and anU the mining Industry will rank high as aN a wealth producer In III Fic Fre Fremont mont county Boring tests Indicate that tho the Toton Teton Basin Is with vast ast coal meas measures measures ures Veins outcrop at many widely separated places In the neighboring mountains indicating tho tue presence of or coal under a wide area of or country Robt N Bell former state raining mining in inspector inspector who has made an exhaustive Investigation of o the tho Basin coal fields speaks very er enthusiastically of or what the lie presence of these deposits means Industrially not only for 01 Fremont coun ty t but tot for the state elate of Idaho I Fremont counts water supply is as pure as Mother Nature can make It Mountain streams fed fecI by b gigantic springs of clearest clea cst crystal or ot supplied renewed each season seaon the water front from rom which Is filtered by na natures natures natures tures own process furnish a fluid In by mans muns chemical tests to be excellent Tho The waters of the un out underground under der courses in the tho lie gravel beds or of ot tho the channels In the tho lava lua is of o tho tim samo pristine purity Wells oils of 01 pure water are found at depths varying var ing from 50 to 2 feet according to the lie local contour of the country Ashton Is III it already prosperous am and growing and her future is bright with the tho bow boa of or promise There are arc gooi good opportunities here for the tho safe cab Invest Investment merit ment of or money antI and several line fine open opeti openings ings for business and men menTher There Ther Is a flute fine opening for tho ho fol foi following I lowing Ono One or moro more brick plants gen genI oral el l merchandise steam laundry tailor attorney undertaker contractors re restaurant restaurant restaurant I geon millinery and veterinary sur surgeon surgeon surgeon |
