Deseret Evening News | 1901-05-06 | Page 2 | Cottonwood, Idaho

I COTTO WOOD IDAHO Boom fur Tor Making Homes and Handles Special Correspondence Cot Bannock Co tm wo Qt Swan Luke Lake May In Cottonwood branch of the Oxford ward U II located about eight miles mies northeast It f Swan Lake the tho nearest This l little valley alley Is IB about four mites In length north and south and from one oneto to 10 two miles mies In width It I Ii hI n well wel watered wal country countr with wih plenty of ot build buildIng bull Ing hig material such ns a aw nw I jI and amI tup One saw an mill 1 shingle mill 11 a mill mi Is owned by ly Fred Frell Walker and sons son and It Is doing n moderate business Thin country cOUl try IB I mostly adapted for tor cattle and sheep heep raising There here Is considerable rain grain d also aso hardy harl kinds of vegetables Snow falls fals from two to tour four feet teet dur during durIng ing tho winter season seaMon The country has h lately been surveyed Settlers Seters ore be being ing Int more lore encouraged since Alnee the survey There Is room rom for moro more settlers Celler About 14 1 ranches are now taken up Mrs r Louisa Holce an nn early resident of or the place Is now no visiting some Bomo friends and relatives In Anaconda Montana Her health ha hM been quite lie lieI III ing ingA I of late lae years but Is 18 now 10 Improving A fine baby girl came to the residence of ot A J on April Apri 30 Mother And daughter 1 I doing well