Show si I I 1 Idaho a no F Fails alls the Center Marvelous oi of V Irrigation Projects I speaking a 11 city ell is great grent because by reason of Its loca hera location location i GENERALLY tion It Is the lie natural market and distributing point for a region of or ofa a great productivity As A this tributary region develops so o tho the city elt will V develop Other Othel facts may mu ma enter In as railroad etc otc but In SD nine cases out of ten teti a city grows as the tite country count behind It grows boraws r Idaho Falls occupies a 11 central position not only in eastern Idaho I 0 as ns a aC z C great railroad center but she chic Is situated In tho the great thermal belt bolt around the ito world upon which arc located tho the most populous anti and enterprising cities of or orth tL V the th world Idaho Falls Is the eastern gateway gatena to tho ho state of or Idaho It Is a Vt city most happily and commandingly situated In the center of or the largest body of or land on tho the entire continent with no prospects pros of 01 a II rival rial that can obtain a like foothold According to government statistics the Falls Is V surrounded by b acres of or the most productive agricultural land lan In tho the thelie lie United States all under canals or almost of tho entire agricultural area under Irrigation In the state of ot Idaho This body bod of o land is almost V tw twice Ice tho the size of o the state of Delaware and almost as large as Connecticut ef i and three times the size sizo of Rhode Island The canals were built at a cost of ot 4 I At A t the present writing the total will fall very cry little short of I tt acres of land now under canal In BIngham county count alone alono with every possible hr facility for doubling tho ho present acreage V No section of the northwest possesses greater resources more alluring pros pr s pests pc ts and promise for or future futuro development than tItan tho the great Upper Up r Snake River Juver valley alle of which Idaho Falls Fails Is the metropolis 1 The glorious climate of o California has II been much vaunted but the climate of I S southeastern astern Idaho has a clearer better o atmosphere than titan the Golden state stute It H Is hard hald to realize that in iii a region where perpetual snow IIno shines on the Ito mountaintops the lie temper temperature err aturo In tho the valleys alles will swill range from C jt 0 o degrees decrees above aboc In summer to zero in un I winter r The winters are arc mild Zero ii weather Is the tho extreme exception and lasts Ia ts only for a n day tin at a II time while l the dry 11 still cleat cleal atmosphere relieves relieve the lie Intensity of a II zero day da The sum summons sumit it mons mers arc are cool and pleasant Hot winds t destructive storms and cyclones aro are unknown f The altitude e of Idaho Falls Fails Is 5 s feet above a o sea fea level Sunshine Is tho the thorle theIs Is rule rile stormy and cloudy cloud days the hue ex cx exception Caption and anti outdoor work Is III carried on out V V nIl all the tho year round The fite claim is made g V with absolute justice that the tho climate of V Idaho Fells Falls Is unsurpassed V V RAPIDLY GROWING CITY Idaho Falls Full Is located In county has ha a population of or nearly and Is growing more rapidly than any 3 town cern In the state In commercial im importance Importance penance she stands head and shoulders shoulder t above any an other city In Idaho Idalo and Is Isby isby V by b long odds tho tim largest agricultural I V V V shipping point In itt the tho state It is lo ho located 0 t In the thue center of one of the great greatest t 1 ret est grazing and mineral I areas e e In the tho United d States State It Is tho tile areas e e In the tho United d States State It Is tho tile I 11 I i fitting out place for fOI tho the famous Birch Creek Lost River and Salmon City t V mining districts on tho the northwest anti and I t the he Caribou mining district on the east ca t tand I and Immense coal fields from 9 to 20 feet In thickness are Ire being developed I V 15 5 miles from tho the city while a few V I miles cast east of the tho city there Is an Im Ira Immense IraV ImI V 5 I unease mense volcanic deposit depolt of or rock roel contain containing V V ing tg g over 20 beautiful shades and colors 1 of the Ito finest linest building build Ins rock These i wonderful quarries contain rock enough I Ito l to build a II city oa as large as IlS Chicago I V V METROPOLITAN 1 ADVANTAGES AD Ranchers and mining men for 75 76 and miles around buy bu their seasons Masons supplies at ut Idaho Falls Tho The principal streets arc graded and paved V i with lava rock roele Gutters sidewalks V and curbs are aro ro built bulIt of ot cement making the lie of Idaho Falls equal to any found In the best bast equipped cities of or tho the I east Tho The light and antI sewerage system Is the property of o the city cly cI y There are ono one dully dull and three weekly newspapers with live five rural delivery deliver routes through throughout out the lie agricultural districts There Thero are six banks and anti trust companies all a n large lare business service servIce ice Ico Is the best to be lie found foun anywhere In the intermountain west Nine hand handsome handsome some church chulch buildings grace graco tho the city and all nil the leading lending fraternal orders are arc represented Many beautiful residences resl adorn the city elt and many are In course of construction The city is under a II system of irrigation and the cost of or water sufficient to water an acio of or town property is 2 a year This ox ex extremely cheap water encourages reel resi residents dents In keeping up large anti beautiful ful lawns plant shade and fl uit trees flowers etc otc Idaho Falls l at nt the present time pos pee ae ses fill fat greater natural resources resource than titan the city elt of Denver Dener possessed for forthe forthe the first 23 2 years ears of her bet existence and antI the time Is not far distant when one of or orthe I the largest cities of the lie western elope of tho thue continent will be bo built at tho the site of or the tho old Taylor Bridge later Ragle Eagie I Rock flock now Idaho Falls In the Snake River Valley Valle ham county It Is estimated the shipment of po potatoes potatoes potatoes from Idaho Falls this season will swill be bo In the neighborhood of 1000 cars ears in addition to those tholo consumed I locally BIG mG SHIPPING NG POINT I That Idaho Falls Is tho the largest out outbound outbound outbound bound shipping point on the tho Oregon Short Line system is shown by the rec roe records records of tho the local freight office o and to show the company compan has continence In itt Its remaining so and business Increasing ing In the tho future Is la shown by b the ex ox extensive Improvements it Is making here new passenger and freight frel ht depots being built The passenger station will willbe willbe be of ot pressed brick with steno stono trim trimmings trimmings trimmings feet In size PRODUCTIVE SOIL Government reports place this tItle section of tho the country above aboe all competition In productive soIl Doll which is nothing short of marvelous As you ou stand in the tho I Snake River RIser valley valle you OU look 1001 over olor a II re ro region r glen gion covered by volcanic ush loam C j 1 I z i s sz z I s I f sf f 1 f I f f fX ft X t t Y y Y Y Y Y X X Xh h h h h 1 h h h h h h h h h Photo by b Anderson An erson l Roxburg 1 STREET SCENE IDAHO FALLS AND THRESHING ON A FARM SNAKE RIVER VALLEY varying from flOm three to 20 feet deep and anda a II subsoil of river wash front from rom five to I 20 feet teet deep which affords 1 an Ideal l eal drainage for Irrigation and all aU under laid 1 by lava This Is a soli sell that will swill never wear out It having baing tho the sense same SIJ 10 underlying strata as Italy Ital and what whatever over ever country hug butt this substratum of basalt has hiss top soil sell which will swill never wear out for It is almost Immortal i By B some curious process of o chemistry the soil Is born anew again and an again taking Its It strength from the this strong in itt ingredients gradients below bolow There IB is no alkali hard pan sleuth land or rock outcrop outcroppings outcroppings pings In this title valley e and antI tho the water wlter In inthe tho the river r comes direct from tho ho snow and ani is as ns soft as ae velvet elet |