| Show lit I POCA TEW I AY of WONDROUS WONDROUS IDAHO IDAHO 1 11 I kF F all 1111 the wonders of at tho the world who who ho shall say that any ono one is conspicuous cO a OF ous or marvel beside those colossal undertakings of ot I modern times transforming th the ast tracts of ot desert waste vaste Into fer ie ieS fields prolific with Ith crops beyond belief I 11 t Or Orin t S In the history of or mans work what progress Is more noteworthy than thanS S that which has made nade possible two blades of at grass to grow STow on the samo same spot I of at earth where only ono one grew grow before and has converted more than j square miles of or desolate plains pl ns into a dozen commonwealths of at in inhabitants Inhabitants habitants I j Tho The government at t Washington is shouting tho the slogan Irrigation to ad advance t I 1 vance tance the nations standard of or wealth and power and tho the farmer with his I toll toil and the tho capitalist with th his gold arc are taking up tho the cry ery as 10 they realize I that the development of ot the latent resources of at the country In the reclamation red t I mutton mation of ot its arid alid lands will 1111 keep It the foremost nation of or the earth for tor forI j I centuries to come comeS comeI I I S What then might be this magic Irrigation which finds ands today tho the wide Ilde ex extending exI I tending plains and ond gently sloping slop ng plateaus plat us mottled with cancerous sage sagebrush I t I brush blush neglected and deserted deS except by b tho tile jack rabbit and the howling co Ce coyote CeI j I yale yote and tomorrow presents to the tho world for tor admiration luxurious farms rich richIn I In their waving grasses glaSses and heavily laden Jaden grain fields and orchards brilliant i tl i S with variegated hues of ripening fruits It was wa Gov GO James H Brady of or Peon Poca Pocatello II I tello telio who last August wrote on Rain I 1 to Order 11 I While In Kansas they the are praying tt And in Oklahoma braying For the Lord to send a little drop of or ofrain ofrain rain We are arc playing with our tots And fat cattle In our lots And An aro are smiling at tho the growing of or our grain We Wo care caro nothing for Damo Damn Fate Fato Wo We e get rainfall rain Call through n II gate That gives us Just enough not more of ofrain o orain ofrain rain When we Ie want rain we vo lift It When wove weve got enough wo we shift shirt it And a boy bo can make a garden of or the plain Many have hae regarded here heretofore heretofore heretofore as a city with mammoth rail railroad railroad railroad road shops and und not as an on agricultural or industrial center True It takes sec see second second ond end place pl to no city between Omaha and 2nd tho the coast as IlS a railway ralla center but it Is a 0 marvel of at irrigation a wonder In advancement and municipal Importance importance tance as well It is the Ule second city In Idaho and well It deserves the position It holds CENTER OF ODD RESERVATION Bannock county count of at which Pocatello S is the tile county count seat scat Is situated In the tho center of or the tho old Fort Hall Indian reservation which extends for 26 miles In every evely direction but which has now been opened for lor settlement s and Is rap map rapIdly rapidly Idly becoming tile the home homo of or substantial settlors settlers It Is located on the main line lino of at the tho Oregon Short Line Lino at tt tho the Junc June Junction junction tion of at tho the Ogden and Butte branch brunch of the tho same Satan road roae and also aliO on tho tIle Port Portneuf Portneuf neuf neur river which flows Into the Snake river 18 miles west lest TIle The city derives its name from Crom the famous chief of the Bannocks this tills be being beIng beIng ing the tho headquarters of oC tho the tribe and the county Is named after his tribe thus titus perpetuating the tile name of the tho once great warrior and his followers The Th city was first settled in 1882 In Incorporated Incorporated incorporated In 1889 and Is Jg governed by bya b a 2 mayor maOr and city council PUBLIC Among tho tile public buildings are arc a public pUblio fire station well equipped with paraphernalia and ond built at nt a cost coat of an opera house which cost two school schoolhouses schoolhouses houses St Josephs church has hos hospital pital and academy a n college a 0 fine fino courthouse and nd numerous business blocks It also has a 0 fine fino water works system which is capable of ot throwing water direct from tho the hydrants over any building an electric light plant which brings bring Its power over 25 26 miles from the tho Snake river at American Falls where there It generates a 0 power representing In nil all an nn Investment of at a 0 of o a million dollars anti and being able to furnish rower power for lor industrial an us well ant aai uses Ulc e also alRo has bas four Caul banks several hotels two bot bottling thing works work a local and long distance telephone tole phone service two Tho The Tribune daily daliy d ly and The Tho Advance tri trl Tho The Saint Con Congregational Congregational Baptist Methodist Epis Episcopal copal and Catholic churches are aio all nil rep represented represented resented and hare havo good buildings Two wo extensive stono stone quarries and anti two brIck brIckyards yards nr R furnish u material for 01 building build In Four FoUl libraries containing volumes are also features AGRICULTURAL PROSPECTS Such In brief brier Is If the tile city cit but hut its in industrial and agricultural Importance la is another of oC Its activity well tell worthy of full tull consideration Prof Jay JIl W Slaughter malI head of at the thc agricultural school 1 of at tho tile Academy of Idaho recent recently ly sold concerning tills this region I am convinced from Crom my m own ex ox experience that I could produce from front a 10 acre tract by b Intensive farming meth Illeth methods methods otis not only anI a comfortable living for tal formy formy my family of four Cour but In addition from 2000 to in cash This Ss is the tho opinion of itt sai expert In agriculture and a practical farmer famIlIar based on all live years experience In Ida Idaho Idaho Idaho ho and a II thorough h study stud of or tho the cli climate mate und and soil roll of or tho the mIld land contiguous to Pocatello He Ho cited as a single in instance stance tanco of at its productivity tho tile success ho he to had with tomatoes on ono cite and one else twentieth of or an acre n re ho produced 05 3 worth of tomatoes at 4 cents a pound Tho Tite prevailing retail market price at atthe atthe atthe the tIme was 8 S 13 cents a pound POTATOES AND VEGETABLES ABI IS jHo gave It a his opinion based b d on on os Jr practical experience that tOm from to GOO an in acre acro could be he made from Crom pota potatoes potatoes toes All the th common vegetables such SUcil as sugar r corn lettuce peas beans spinach radishes parsnips etc ete grow in profusion rInd and can bo be turned Into In Instant Instant instant stant profit Peas and beans are aro par particularly particular prolific two products that would prove Immensely profitable for Cor shipment and for canning FRUIT PRODUCTION The soil soli and climate around Pocatello lo ho arc Ideal for the production of such fruits as apples pears cherries rasp raspberries raspberries raspberries berries strawberries currants goose geese gooseberries gooseberrIes berries prunes etc and other othel small fruits The Tile Idaho apple has long since sinco I gained a worldwide reputation for Its quality winning prizes wherever en entered entered entered A tract could be he made to produce easily from Crom to 1000 an nn acre by b growing the fancy lanc varieties that bring a high price In eastern mar mal markets Tho Tue local market Is a strong one for apples the price pilco never ranging be below below below low SI St 50 a I box for Cor boxes containing less than a bushel and moro mono often orten tho tile price ranges from Crom 2 to 20 The Tue fancy varieties run oven even higher than these figures Uros The tho Tim saute same figures practically aro are applicable to pears with the addi additional advantage that pears will have havo havea a value at the cannery eanno Cherries pro plO produce duce abundantly are aio full Cull largo large and splendidly colored Tho The smaller fruits I susceptible to canning also offer large I opportunities for Cor profit making Owing to the tile fertility of tho tile soil soli they the produce and during tho the season bring good prices CHICKEN RAISING The Tile possibilities for Cor chicken raising all oti a tract in this section are ate immense tho figures would bo be unto unbelievable But with the productivity of or tile tho Idaho soil soli under Irrigation tho tile dry df healthful climate and abundance of sunshine Ideal conditions are aro found round un uli under under der which to make mako a success of or this profitable business Ss There Theme is a a constant and growing demand for Cor both eggs and chickens In this market ggs rare rarely ly hy I ever eyer falling to as low as 20 O cents a n dozen dOlen DAIRYING Milk production may be made pro although It would not bo be so as fruit or vegetable raising AK As a I source of or additional a Income work worked Worked ed cd with other things it would yield ad advantageously One of the tho finest cream creameries eries eles es In tile the west treat Is located at MARKET ASSURED Pocatello Is in what stunt may bo be termed a II factory town The flie Immense shops of or the tho Oregon Short Line Lino railway are aro located here heie the i railway rulla all way giving em employment mont to thousand men itlen All Mi of these arc are ers cr of food stuffs and aro alo thus do tIe nt wholly on Oil the market for their supplies Tho TilO city ell now Ilou haa hM a population of and attn It Is itt growing rapidly Its It admirable able location as a railroad and distri distributing buting center Its cheap chelp electric power Ower and anti tho the fact that It Is IR a I Collier center of an cit area of raw products make It Itan Itan itan an Ideal l eal city ell for rOl factories a condition that will Inevitably make It one ono of the tho largest lar st manufacturing con centers torn of the west Thus Thull a 1 market is absolutely as no assured Tho The public schools Catholic school state academy and auth school of oC agriculture a cul culture ture tune offer splendid opportunities for far or education Tho The tho the Investor tho la In laboring boring man or the tho farmer will encia ench find his hi dreams realization his Golden opportunity |
