Show I EASTERN IDAHO I VERY PROSPEROUS I i So Says U. U S. S Commissioner Walter R. R Cupp of Cal Caldwell dwell Walter R. R Cupp United Slat Slates commissioner com coin missioner r of or well Ida IIa is In the city en cn route to his hom home Mr 11 Cupp Cup I it returning from Denver where hent he ho went nt n a few days ago to attend tIle the funeral of V. tf C. W S. S Combs a n member of I the Colola Colorado noro staff larr Mr II r Combs had been in Caldwell 11 several C months for Cor his hiM h health and was Wit ah about ut lo to return rt to Denver Vh when n his death occurred Mr Mi Cupp accompanied tho the body home At th the lout last night Mr It Cupp talked interestingly of conditions in W. W stein w-stein Idaho Concerning Caldwell he hp said The rho town has more than doubled ft its business li In the last year and In Indications In- In Hc Oon point to lo its b becoming one of oC the towns In the state Farmers Parmer Farm Parm- er ers In the vicinity have cleared a net netI I profit o of from 0 to an acre the I past season and prospects for tor a good crop In tho the coming year are arc vory very bright The Thc exceptional prosperity which our country has enjoyed assures as as- u us of or a n rapid and permanent growth Building is IR at aL a n standstill at of ot weather wt conditions enroll condi present on account but hut with tIme the opening of spring Caldwell will see CP a decided boom In that Ill Some om large business q blocks I are aJ contemplated As AM you ou are aware wo 0 o are arc In the section RUun of or country county which will b be affected affected af aC- af- af by I the tho h Payette r reclamation tion Lion project which th the government Jo Is carrying out When Ien tho the work worl I Is c- c cn rn m n- n at nt least Icat ast acres of new newland newland newland land will be in a n condition for or culLi a tion In limo this great area will be he capable of oC PIo production equal to that land from which farmers CarmelS have p derived FO o much hutch gain he past year car or two rh The rh D or Pint reservoir oll Er which is 11 In cour course l of or t construction will immediately immedi immedi- l ly upon completion supply wot water r to acres of new land lanti The contract contract con eon tract for the building of oC the reservoir which I Is to cover covel approximately 36 G sections calls call for or Il Us Its completion lIon by October 1007 1907 Another move of interest rest and of or to western Idaho Is the thC establishment establishment stab stab- of or tho time for try planting sta- sta lion tb-mit on the strip of oC land adjoining the iho Deer r Flat r reservoir Two thousand acres have ro been set get apart lo to bo he us used for 01 ft p. governmental go forest nursery Tn fr oH s of various kIn kinds will 1 be planted there and amid at a a. proper time will be hc re wet upon thin the hills and mountains mU II In n this this- Way this Way the preservation of or valuable alu able forest or L lands Is If anticipated ll |