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Show DESERET EVENING NEWS SATURDAY DECEMBER 7. 17 1910 W, - -- r , - 5? ?- - ' - w 7- , - ? . . - -- - M T vt2sv- - . ; ::: ..77 1 . .. 2 KVr4 r.i- - 1 L? ..:Jsr7yA 8?frr.. m - x : ff7 Oe -- T . 7--r Tmrfr7"i. A -- v by the mghty band of Nature Into the portal of wondrou the aole entrance through lofty mountains Into a great Pocatello, the favoredJHty. year by year extends its commercial and agricultural infportanoe throughout the west. The whistl-- s of thousands of railroad enginee. maminotir traliia or cars paved thoroughfares filled with pmperons citizens? factories, farms theae are but a few of the ctamirtertBttC Te&lure oFPocxteilo. Established in IMS with a population of something like 509 people. 'Pocatello today baa a population of close to 19, and la possibly the second largest dty in tbs Mate of Idaho. Pocatello is on the main line of the Oregon 8hrt line railroad. 177 miles north of gait Lake City, and 7J9 miles' east of Portland,. Oregon ' It occupies a trade center of tts own greater In size than that which the Puritans founded. rHISLED i -- Wfeea the government officials laid because out the townsite of Pocatello, of Its geographical situation.-theforesaw the possibilities of a. city of great commercial importance. , The site la strategic. Pocatello Is the gateway. The Port-necanyon Is really a narrow valley that furnishes a railroad pass a thousand feet lower than any other known mountain pass for no miles north and WO miles southwest so that the heavy traffic from the east and southwest must pass through this gateway to Idaho and the Pacific northwest and gives Pocatello the commanding situation which, with enterprise, Industry and capital, must in time of great commercial make city - its COMMERCIAL. CENTER. Pocatello is the educational, commer- cial. Industrial and railroad center of southeastern Idaho. About 1,(90 miles of trank and brsncb'lines run out in ail direction from here. These lines are constantly being extended, connecting Pocatello directly and closely with a country, large scope of including the Twin Palls section and the great Snake River valley, the greatest single irrigated area on earth. All of the above country is naturally tributary to Pocatello. in 9 r The ten southeastern counties of Idaho, immediately tributary to Pocatello, a population of approximately the or. more than population of the ststf and about one- - contain 1S4, 000. one-thi- rd ance Is considered An area of more Than 3G.G0$ of the finest caltivateabie acres. Jnat now getting it, first water canal, surrounds the city This Is being rap-- klly transformed into small farm units. As headquarter frr educational ad for distributive facilities, for vaiUdg. abundant and ) priced motive power and a practically untouched field of raw material for manufacturing Industries and constructive enterprises Pocatello Us, in many respects, more frtunatefy rttuated than faTls to the bt of the average far inland city. Toe price of near-btia u range from $49 to $1S9 ier acre. Based Upon exfwnences and onditioia oi develop-uVwithin tne pat twoftars. a safe probes? may te made t thse same iaiiiis wiU be selling for acre within twos years - fef The soil a production of such fruit as apple. fears. cherries, raspbnies. straw berries, currants, goorem-- ie, prunes, and plums, IDAHO APPLES The Idalin apple's reputation is established in the worlds m.kets and has At pi tired firet pnxrs the internaA tional exposition tract of land may be made to r . lie from $T to ll.ftwj per acre or m i. . growing fancy varieties of ippp-- t bare bring a high price in eastern nnrkts Th pore seldom rang below $i 'A ier box. The pertble pnvluxtlo.i .f fruits and tables from a 1, 20. M or tra t near Pocatfdlo assure a splendid competency at any time The city s water supply is brought from a mountain res i voir 14 miles away, the reservoir being located in a forest reserve, and Is the purest of any water supply known. y third of th area of. the tat- The Inhabitants, practifcatfsruii Am-rfThe citys growth has fiumbef S,5 about doubled within the past, 1n yaara The city is essentially a fartwry and shipping center and along the- - Ims it Is developing rari'lly The history of over? important city of commerce shows that it grew up at the converging' point of a great fade distributing terThis applies with particular ritory force to towns not lcaN on navigable water. Cities grow where, the trade comes Here, the great arteries of comand merce trunk lines of the Oregon Short Line follow the mountain passes ured by the trappers.con verge and cross ach other. One links Omaha and Chicago and the east With Portland. Spokane, Boise and the coast. '"The other directly connects the Intermountain country, Butte. Salt Lake Oty, with NeFour vada, Colorado and California. divisions of the system have headquarters here. The railroad company ha a permanent investment of $2,000,09 and employs in the repair shop, mechanical and operating departments centering here, nearly 1.500 men, whose headquarters and homes are Is Pocatello. To these men Is distributed wags something like $290,900 each month. , east-t-w- north-to-sout- h CENTER OF POSSIBILITIES It is not, however, solely as an Important railroad center between the Missouri river and the North Pacific coast that Pocatello's strategic import- - nt it n ai 1 1 v f -- d GOOD SCHOOLS Pocatello is well supplied with complete public choos. The centralized sjstem is empWyed Pup!s of th district all enjoy euai advantage. tieing earned froin th r homes to rshe high school city srhooN in wagim ha an fnreHment of 125. Departmmt of manual training domestic science and a new and extended chemical laboratory have Just heed added. Diplomas of the Pocatello High school are accepted at the leading universities of the country', from falifomia to Illinois without further examination. The district is erecting another modern stone and pressed brick school building at a cost of high-gr.id- e. $AA Th lands around Poratrfln are Ideal g for grain. is extensively Cattle-raisin- -t HOO RAIF1NO hmire. and pr tltyng n th- - installlots or orchard ir.tct ment plan, would a w U Two i.r T re mill threemodern partn-orprove a very profitable would a modern Tnform Further u- rT.mu-- ,dr Tnt g nurau: Iskar.l of uiri'- in anti tm- - first vi e preAi-tit of the Idaho State Association of - OHK. tb4?-a- -- Itcau . tne ivAiiiM, and on reu ti'fijc t'Jtw one right ev i.itr I mnd that lie had .forgotten h. latihk I to rou-- e th Inmitre he re- latre.. 1 4 bh d t er.ter burglariously f rlmmal courts had M) expert' T' me a ths retnal krioulrixe of ihc ftiQ businesN. Aiid with- heart I the areaaRght that drnppd and attak-- d the k.ip hvn window Of course I had no fear of the pm Nriher had I an) cause dr ad a i stol shot in entering the hojse But th- - kitchen window infused to yield, ard su-- h was the effect of god-in- g 39 mifiuUfl in th.it area that the sound of a constable a trred in the garden made 1 felt then me rvire.t to the coal i! f tn rare was no ateqa t the that riiiowtd tit w PJ 1 In thrir poilca.detMtlve constant warfare with crime, Scotland Yard has tng stxd as a name of xerrot ao rrlnurtfiU It is easy tn understand, therefore. the mischievous glre with which &r Robert anderwm. long wisatui ant police c,(cunuilRer, confesses after kmg.siieno hts share in a m Menous care of hurgfnous exirv a good location The cost of cutting and putting op alestimeied to be falfa on the farm $1 59 per ton, and when fea to dairy cattle will yield $14 per ton For making a start in a small way it may be suggested to the Individual that poultry raising Is a pursuit that Is very profitable here. Prices and demand for chickens and eggs aro alwavt good A very small tract of land, even less than five acres, that could be obtained near Pocatello at probably $50 per ' re. could be utilised to start a good business in produce and poultry The productiveness of th soil will afford ample feed Turkovs and ducks coaid also be mired profitably Bee fuHureTsmrried on under most favorable conditions. This is one of the growing -- tndtmtrfe of this sect km OPPORTTNITIES. One of the most popular of the A wool scouring plant. If established here, would find a central supply young business men of Pocatello Is E. location, good shipping faclhti and Le Harrison, Oph. D.. the mana profitable field, and by reaem of the agerRiy of the Harrison Optical t'p. with central sheep market this is the logical offices at 229 west Center Street Mr location for woolen mills. An iron works is needed, as the demand is Harrison conducts the only optical great for work from 4rrigaRm- - mn fitting partorsand grlndlngZpla nr cerns who constantly desire special He graduated Idaho y bs don under the suerv islon of from the Northern Illinois College of -- their engineers or foremen Quantiti- and of scrap-iro- n are to be bad within a Opthalmolog and Cnology In distance ' Boot and shoe has been pra tiring and etudvmg ever since, having taken several pott gradmaking would, it Is thought, be sucuate course Hundreds of people have cessful. Skilled mechanics, carpenters been fitted with his glasses. and cRaftsmen can invariable find emMr ILirrin limits h' prartie to ployment in their line here. A freh fish refrigerating and Jobbing market the fitting, grinding and repairing of is needed. He has mastered all the degijsse A numerate amount of capital would partment of the profession of Optomefind safe and profitable use here in try. both mechanical and theoretical building small houses for Pent Homes and has an excellent practise He has are in great demand at rentals of $14 the honor of being thr flrri president :i! 1 ; 1 1 v, Si ilk of the Rurveliwjs klr Sherlock Holme, hu know anything of the us but to ai fui if ires sensational performance of, .would find this . 1 :5;.J ,;7 ( - iv;,; t 0-1- - aJ , Io HKU U'sli hu'iii-- U1 t rn the str q 1 i i 3 V. W 1 j..- && j'viTtoir 41. i wHu . a. wit ingest York, WittL -- ujuui)rl,.,w jt. v Oil fc.iiox.au. is no. I 1 iie t ! Ll- - oi tit m l .i.. rjil.ift2s wtlb U is TMVV great R to Uom ini pievmt tn.'m, pro.o, irm becoming n n.,,tmlnfir rviiz rind baa probiom, Ruet in the city of Barei. tor parti) u v. ano LbOJis gu.ruiar b tne si Air, :'T ; tv &rgan:zc. t ' m ijp un, 5 v' I mn to race the whlrh ctoni hardships of pioneer life in order the better to develop his own powers. H. A. Campbell in 10 left Providence, Utah, and took up hi residence at Haden. Prom a small More, the establishment which Mr. Campbell and Mrs. C. Campbell manage haa grown to be one of the largest general "niPTenTtl)rHatif In Teton Vxltey-tw busir.eas extends from Bitch Creek on the North to Canyon Creek on the west and Alta at the base of the Teton mountain'. The company carries a general line of merchandise. When Tetonia or New Haden la built one and one fourth miles east of the present town .of Haden, the Campa bell company will erect M0 modern cement store and will endeavor to be a general supply point for the manv railway employes, who trill dwell there. Mr. Campbell is first counselor to Bishop H. 8. Egiiert and le universally respected as a prudent industrious business man and citizen THE GUSTAV ESOX MERCANTILE COMPANY, HADEN. It was on Oct 11. Iu7 that J C. Teton Valley Gustareson entered having travelled from his home in a He Lake Salt City. opened up small store at Haden putting in a Mock of a frame $oo worth of groceries tn Tmsineas ha. grown and grown under Mr. management until now the stock rarrteu is worth $17. "0 and the business annual aggregates and extends over ail parts of the Teton Valley. Four clerks are conGustaveson stantly employed. M r. intends to build a new store at Tetania the new town of Haden to be built at the side of the railroad. Mr. Gustaveson Is extremely popular throughout the valley and is one of as well booster moat enthusiastic its business as prudent and prosperous men. He is a good example of what Industry can produce In Teton valley POCATELLO Offers the opportunities for profitable investment that are to be found in THE bunding-irTivTUTeel- ns $19.-eo- o. th!tfh. 4 No other Place in Idaho t ? Ct Pocatello and Vicinity It is the Heart ,r,i I Sl'PERSTITION'. U extrab-ifdm- ar .1 doiib-eratd- : ; 4:J A i. s 1 .fi 1 2 of a great undeveloped Empire whose Products and labor center here. s 7i, re 'h after-war- riitmx snioou" i ? ii -- X I ? : ' .s.V- ' 7- " k CO.'S STOKE, IL'-Il- IDAHO. SPOT O? TETON VALLEY mile and a half DARBY of Drigga, it present population bring In the nrtghbnrboofl of 399. It hi a (no reboot house, two saw ml:if In Parby Tanyon.owned by Bishop I?unwr gnd H. P. Hansen, The town-ri- te mu if H. Olmatead, one of $ha most rtliabie real estate men In M- l- valley. pas loiatcd 4 j 't; i i J4 ri- ; ff . v , ; : i j t , it t i r ING ADVANTAGES. Equal to Any WEST Prompt Bannock County Lands & Pocatello City Property. LOANS & INSURANCE a S. WOODLAND. M. A. HENDRICKS. We Hold the Gateway to the Heart of Idaho ' j jf 4 J f 1 i ? i b . X JP t, if tii Tt1t 1 I t c s s, r- - 51 la . I J. DARBYTHEGARDEN I THE HOME FINDERS WM. A. HYDE. f t IT IIAS AGRICULTURAL ANT) MANUFACTUR- Idaho Realty and Trust Co. Reply J' H. A. CAMPBELL An Academy Town A Railroad Town A Wholesale Point. . f k now A Letter to Us WiU Bring a r.i - wealth in 1 I '' 1 Residence and Business property will yfeldT large profits to the fortunate holder, for Pocatello is OF r If. 1 - - OMAHA I I i t. I thlrty-rix- .) ; i e. The Indian Antiquary contains the following note taken from a Bombay General Letter" 'March XT, 1?97)7 that appears in Volume I of Bombay Abstracts' it Illustrates the close control that the authorities at that time exercised over religious bodies: Upon a dream of a Negro girl of Mahim that there was a mine of treasure, who being overheard relating it, Domo, AH area, and some others went to the place and acri- fleed a foiand dugg the ground, but found nothing, they go to Bundarra at jVfcNett, where disagreeing, tha tak- - notice of thu government th-same, aivi one of tnera, an Inhabt tant of Bombav. is Mnt to the Inquisition at Goa, which proceeding wilt the Inhabitant. discourage , Wherefore the Genearil is desired to issue a proclamation to release Rim no and if not restored Roman fathnlick Worship to be alIn th- - over.rowded quarters of every Dundee large city where working p?ople live lowed on the Island. there are always nwny small childre I. I ! 7 lst HINDI' J a i rrhr trolt f 'j: is p n Irom Toe mid.Jle qf Nov- uudUie of March, every can hirdiybJ cailcd re reaCTon chisrea n r direction tnevhu-ore- n pu-- . g smg, tiiand stone, mbroiorr. forth m in lire lAium outdoors for g it iIaas or waikh bs about ganis mm coiuurn in .1. juv isugn for In i suardian to har.o.c com forta- s Tre- ... to t- - school Hua nti aid aiakt-- n port st.it- Uk.uvriti. ail iio micnaJi for tro gam- - and worn, and tor tne iU.eChrons also p ivarei l.A a poftiiialioii of lS Ou), and last tai .lmn were laxen car of in ttire g iard.aii S'.ho'kS lit addi-Uor- v to 4tu liarei na an orgauisu-tfc-- n known a ttm lUy association, wtoca after the game for young people. now 25 Tuerc is auto another spw sal business it is ttv years old. nfti give insiratUon to and provide recreation for bo tm Sundays and in the ev-n- u children gs year it had under ita care The Advance. supiKiried weTyusyraiid mb tui the cv ning Tne but1 Lj.dtr the te& dssperate. There telng escape was imfMiest-bton tm wtndw bafand a fled me There m nothing Pr it ! mu driuen to break t!a glass It is wnal a nire ti makes to smash a pane of glass when one does it To my horror, it was so great that pUh serst.y w re attra ted b) the sound ins klly f.q- me, they hail no hulis-ey-e lantern t6 flash into the area, and as I hgd agtin taken refuge in the coal cellar thev could see nothing to account for the noiaw As soon as they were gone tl was the work of a moment for me t shoot the boil, open the window, and scramble into the horn street Tre m xr morning theTpolic invetiggAed the fer, and 1 the dt'tiv-i rim he broken glass and tn- - fwgT felonious marks gave prof ntry. imt nhng ww disturbed and nothing W'a moet mysterious, Th- stolen into the statistic as ait and' it passd'ay Undetected burglary d i need hardlv add that when I told fhwrles Rade. th- - novelists Tnuths delight was onbinded are, new lolt i.. i.i Ha Jen, tte Railroad Center of tke Teton Vail ev. tConlimied frora itaKe i ill!- IN CITY PARK. y OPH. O. ..114 i tc" ' DETBmVFji NL-iiJxtf to Pocatello and its surprising Pi"rtuti-itie can be obtained v writing the Idaho Realty St company of . Pocatello. .3 H t -t t iJ l4 iju; trv' pt-- wouid av inn-sif',n-t. is coming to be recognised as'frenng better possibiilticP for making money Athan ever before Two thousand hogs were slaughtered E. LE ROY HARRISON, and shlpptd out of Pocatello during the year by a Real packing concern. Dairying is very profitable, and though carried on extensively! capa" ble of greater Improvement. t The raining of beef cattle always has, and will be for many years to come, one of the profitable and important indus- Hog-nuin- of the-ta- U r..x NOOK carried on in the csiuury Aroua4-9a- a telko. Soda Springs, near here, is one of the largest sheep dippittg points in the country Idaho lambs command from 29 to 49cntfM rbu-iif- . d weight more than others in the 'hirugo mar-ktffmbs Idaho ships Tnorre 19 the central maikcts than any other state ; I -; v u $jL BIRD'S ETE VIEW OP POCATELLO. ti; i ,1 .'. ; ' rrr-Wj- ft OKLGOK SHOUT LITE DEPOT, POCATELLO. u Idaho v I? 37 M. liie soil at Darby I a nandy blacl: loam, and on account of the wide varie I ty of fruit, vegeiablee and grain grown at the puce, it la called tha garden apH of Teton valley. Apples, hay. grain, vegetable, and fruits ronstlfatei the chief products of Darby, though recently tlruaaer Brothers eatabHrhed there the tint brick yard of the valley. Altogether Dark offers unexcelled opportunities to the Investor or and bring located on Darby creek. Its environs are of mure meet picture, u and pleasing. Grain Lands Fruit Lands Stock Ranches 25 TO 25 BUSHELS OF WHEAT PER ACRE- WITHOUT IRRIGATION. I THE IDEAL PLACE FOR THIS home-Ctek- The Semi Weekly News tw cnntT ccm fki rurm. Most Profitable Farming -- . wrrwe ' r CL? "T WET AND Bannock County DRY IIAS A NUMBER OF LARGE IRRIGATION SYSTEMS. FARMS IN LANDS ARE REASONABLE IN PRICE BUT ARE ADVANCING. A To Get a Home NOW IS THE ACCEPTABLE TIME. DRY WRITE US COUNTY WF, WILL BE YOUR SERVANTS. PPT" 1 4 . If t 1 I 0 I f I i I f, 1 5 if |