Show A E EDWARDS IN IDAHO under data of oct 5 A E ed yards writes w from the carup of the amen can ua canal A as follows I 1 am assisting in the construction of this little ditch the dimensions of which are width CO feet at the bead 6 tent deep and 60 miles lonac covering acres of land the price of which la ao 20 per acre with some inferior qualities ai lower price in ten payments at 6 per cent interest I 1 shall pru bihl re main here for a month or two longer bo fore returning to the neither is ver nice her ibe first frost came on sapt 10 which was felt 10 varying antens ties u all the up per snake river valle vallea of the Snake river is nob and prodoc liva 0 o I 1 yielding abundantly grains vegetables and all tho bar her tru ts and peculiarly adapted to the gro ws of the sugar baet chere are three sugar factories in the valley and room fur more re located at bugar t lona ind blackfoot the towns of idaho show thrift ana progress pro eress barnson boat kenner formerly of St eiline utah anil well ki own to a number of county peoli d cd at a camp 10 in above here of typhoid fever on sept 23 after an of four mr to blackfoot about two aara ago and a beau in the employ of abd tbd P co as blacksmith for nearly a year and nag well liked by all who 1 v him hia nere removed to blackfoot and there interred he I aies a wife and four children to his loss |