Show I oot the the 1 nom TT Home Hom o of Progress and Opportunity w url I N ono otio of oC the most fertile districts of oC Idaho In the Snake River valley on 4 IN the main maui ne of or tho Uio Oregon Short Line railway and at tho the point where whore tho Salmon River branch extends westward Into central Idaho haho I aho is Black Blackfoot foot Cool one of oC the most thriving cities of ot eastern Idaho ho r Blackfoot has been very vcr properly termed tho the Grovo City of oC Idaho be because because beI I cause Its It residential section Is well supplied with tall and anti stately poplar Everywhere In Blackfoot the tho eye ere Is greeted outside the thc thriving business Ills dis district 8 of oC tho city proper with attractive homes In large and pleasant gardens It Is 18 26 miles north of or Pocatello miles north of or Ogden and ISO miles 3 i from Crom Salt Lake Lako City CIt The Tho population Is hi nearly nearl COO all white people and an v practically all Americans The towns has excellent d schools employing 18 IS teachers live Ilvo churches 10 11 lodges lodge and arid 75 business housos houses It has telephones electric lights electric power and an water system I stem with excellent water water and lire fire pressure pre sure a volunteer fire department an armory and company compan of oC national guards a large laigo 1 o mill a state mental hospital tho the Southeastern Idaho Fair Far a United States land beet sugar factory Tho The only way tp t get an idea Idoa of oC the marvelous development and ami transformation matlon mation of or this valley valle under Its great reclamation works Is to go and sue lIue them Situated In the great eat expanse of oC agricultural lands which arc are only partly settled and cultivated n an great great canals arc being constructed for Irrigation tapping the tho Snake river and an carrying c the water out upon the vast plains plain which constitute tho the matchless valley of oC the Snake I Blackfoot the county seat scat of or flIng Bing Bingham ham county count Idaho Is situated In the tho eastern cast rn part of the state In the Snake valley vallo One of or the greatest sources of or wealth In the state of oC Idaho Is III I tho the Snake river the seventh largest river i in the United States Jilch wends wen s its way vay through the state for br nearly a thousand thoman miles and furnishes water for mc of oC the greatest greate t Irrigation projects In the United States besides Its value for power purposes The Tile largo large tract of oC o oland land susceptible of a n state of cul cultivation cultivation the abundant water the Invigorating climate tho the excellent quality of fruits and other crops pro produced produced all nil combine to show that this valley alley Is the tho land of oC rare opportunity for Investments of oC either money mone or 01 I labor J BEET SUGAR FACTORY A beet sugar factory Is maintained at Blackfoot and a large largo acreage of sugar beets under cultivation makes this facto one ono of tho the most I in Idaho The cultivation of or fruits Is no longer longeran t an experiment for Cor tracts already plant planted ed and well tested for or the tho past 10 years jears ears have yielded such regular and Valuable le returns on the Investment that organized effort Is being made to produce the best fruit crop possible and nn to supply the homo home market In competition with all nil outside products Experiments here hero have shown that land planted to fruit rull will pay ay a profit on onan un an Investment of oC from rom SOO to 1500 an on 2 1 acre but good land under cultivation may be bo had at prices ranging from Crom 50 to an acre while unimproved land may my m ho bo had for less and anil at lik prices that Insure tho the Investment to bo be profitable The for or poultry and dairy products has lisa never been met by home me production and a It good field Is open t for the lie development of oC these industries The tendency In tIme the Blackfoot val vai valley vaile Icy ley le Is I to cut up the large farms Into 1 many man smaller ones and raise crops that I c require careful and skillful farming and arid which present higher values than compared with grains and grasses Tho The establishment of several sugar factories In Iii the valley alle have met with great success and Inaugurates an an Industry str that Is revolutionizing the time farming farm InS Industry and amI giving greater wealth to the time agricultural classes Those not no noe familiar with the Snake nako nake river Ther valle valley realize re its vast ox ex extent 7 tent nor the tIme large scale on which the tho i I works are arc now constructed or contemplated In order to lo increase time the sa of ot water that may ma be bo used dW through this groat gri at river storage sll olt lL bInk made 61 df so of oC lh the great mountain lakes cs on n Its Ils head waters where by b simply making a adam adam adam dam across a n narrow canyon tho the water may mn be Impounded on an area of oC 20 30 or 10 miles as deep as all the dam Is can be drawn off oft when needed n C cd to reinforce time the volume of the river In pursuance of oC such plans tho the whole of oC the time Snake river valley valle will some somo day be bo reclaimed and cultivated SPLENDID CLIMATE CLI ATE Bingham county count Idaho lies between the and par parallel allol of north latitude with an altitude of oC 4 OO feet Ceo above sea level Its cli climate climate mate is similar to that of oC IOwa I wa with tho the exception of oC a n dryer atmosphere T K TI JONES of oC the time Commercial Club and the time Idaho lcd Lands Lantis Co cooler summer nights and more sun SUII sunshine sunshine shine The sun shines over da days s In Inthe Inthe Inthe the year ear In Southern Idaho The an annual annual annual nual rainfall rain Call of the tho state Is 13 Inches There Is Ji considerable snowfall for Cor about three or four our months of oC the winter On account of oC the protection from tho the Rocky Rock mountains on the east cast Idaho Is Js fee Cee front Crom cyclones The thermometer registers as high ns as above In summer and as low as aa 30 39 degrees derees e below zero zer in and yet owing to the dry dr atmosphere and con continual sunshine the sensitive heat and 0 w wy wy t y y y y y t ty tX lH I y 1 X tX X r z I X 1 PAVING IN BLACKFOOT H dU cold are not so great as ns registered by bytho b bythe the tho thermometer The warm winds from Crom the Japan current In tho the Pacific I ocean which blow up the time Columbia and Snake rivers temper tho time cold collI of oC Southern Idaho The Tho high altitude dry dr and pure at atmosphere anu an abundant sunshine are area a wonderful lung tonic The sweet and sound soun sleep of the cool summer nights Is ver very er refreshing r and Invigorating The society of oC southern Idaho Is ex cx excellent being made mMe up largely I arEC I from Crom enterprising elements clements from Crom the states slates Good schools and churches ate ale I built up and und maintained as the time country col settles up Ever Every and section j Is school land All Au the time leading lending religious rel ious bus bodies are all represented with few I exceptions so that the religiously In Inclined Inclined dined may mn always alays a place ol ot wor worship worshiP worship ship Tho The fraternal orders arc are well veIl represented r seated so that the lodge man mon may ma find his own after the business cares of or the theda day da arc are over All forms of oC entertain entertainment ment meat abound In tho the west so that no ono one need be bo troubled with the spit spirit it of oC ennui Blackfoot Is a n town of oC beautiful homes nice blue grass lat lawns lans ns and fine shado trees Good churches and schools In Blackfoot Five churches are In time the city and the time schools employ IS 15 teachers of oC a high grade Blackfoot has an excellent city ad administration administration admInistratIon ministration progressive like the time city it represents Tho mayor Is R n N West cst the time clerk Is T J Johnson and the alder aider aldermen aldermen men consist c of ot Henry Henr Simmons T It n Jones J G Bond H 11 B Curtis M D Bowman Boman Alex S W V Gibbs and Marcus Blenkle Chas F P d dIs is chief of polite poliCe The Tho oily city also has hns a club whoso whose president is T 1 R n Jones Jonea one of oC time the most competent as well as most progressive men mCa In Iii tho time valley alle No ono one can make malte a mistake In Investigating the th unprecedented opportunities of Blackfoot SPORTSMANS PARADISE It has Imas diversions to spare as L Bush said Away Awn up toward tho time Caribou coun country countr country try tr by b north the time Blackfoot river heads It swings S past high hills through h lava laa cracks broad val valleys valleys leys and finally meets to mingle With tho timo Snake near Blackfoot town One Ono of Its sources Is Henrys Lake a sl body of or water surrounded l I hv Ia v va a II liberal fringe of oC swampy tule tub land If IL It la is In your heart to slaughter du dueK Kr Henrys lake Is the time place in the time early carl season of oC September opening n H n The swamp is a matted malted moss ma s soC of oC wiry grass with Inter Interminable Interminable sloughs all over overtopped overtopped overtopped topped by tules tubs higher than a mm tall tallmans tallmans mans muns head It takes an and anti sturdy muscled dog to retrieve dead birds In this swamp and without a dog QC the tho fun CUn Is lost by lI losIng tho the game which when hen killed In flight splash Into the tho tubs lules and len a Il man with find them Out Oat In the open lake hake In a n boat Is III bettor but naturally the shooting Is slower Between Henrys Lake and Henry Hanry Henrytown town te n Is Goose lake hake marsh covering per par perhaps haps GOO acres Hero Here along In the time September and all nil through October anti November millions of oC mallards roth rot heads end and teal congregate to tu cell eOd while migrating to warmer climes Time The same disadvantage of swamp ground and high hl h applies to tl I Goose Goo o lake as a to Henrys Henrs with the time advantage however that a patty party of or five or six stationed around tho the cIrcle of oC swamp at Goose lake can enjoy enjo great sPort lK rt while time the Hight lasts Further down west of oC Henry Henr town tho tIme Big DIB Blackfoot marshes afford ex ax excellent excellent sport On the tho road roa to Henry fi Soda the traveler passes what Is known os as a lake lako nest nestling ne nestling t ling at the time foot of a high hill hili rising from rom time the plain Hero Here aro are until Ice nips the tho pond and drives the fowl further south Near tho time top of ot this same high hill hili Sunken lake exactly like lIko a n submerged crater sur surrounded surrounded rounded on all sides by b high walls wals For 10 minutes there Is good hunting hero here until tho time surviving fowls manago manage in tn mount tho tim top of oC the tho walls and nn point for tho time open o n Delightful Idaho varied resourceful Inviting g how strong Is your our appeal II |