| Show UNCLE SAM WILL VILL S. S I SELL III TOWN LOT LOTS 5 5 5 Auction Will he be Hel Held at Ruper S. S v an and Heyburn S Idaho f I LIE UNDER MINIDOKA DAM DAN I IS S r t Gr Great Government Project Will n He S t claim Thousands of or Acres r and Cheap r I I. I i The Th acting commissioner of the I S Jo general land om office e has announced thaI that tha l I there thre will be he a n public MI sale of ot the t town to n lots In the government o town or of Heyburn and Rupert In the till Mini Mini- doka I ka Irrigation project Idaho beginning begin begin- nl ning g at Heyburn on Aug 20 O and at atRI RI Rupert pert on Aug 2 27 The lots lOIN will wiil h. h be besold sold Eod to th the highest bidder for cash cosh bY by b. th the register an and receiver at th the In which the lots Jot are arf lo in- in inS S The town sites Rites are aro all platted with S wide streets ctR antI and boulevards boule with S parks an and extensive r areas areu reserved for or public buildings The lots art are tobe to tobe be 10 disposed of to the highest bidders for cash h. h rhe They look desS desolate des des- S olat nn and forlorn now but with the tho opening of the canal hen the they will bloom forth orth luxuriantly i S Under the wise wiRe provisions pIo of the act all the n agricultural lands have ha been cut Into farms of 40 S and orid SO acres so o that the instant the lands ore are brought blought under cultivation this tract now er tl with sage age sagebrush brush will become on one of tho the most d densely ns I populated farming communities I ties In lit the country Its 11 prosperity pl Is lEi S. S assured Lc url b by the splendid water vater supply sup sup- 1 pi ply furnished b by the big g cn canals l al-l and anil ditches and this prosperity prosper ity Iry Is a guarantee 1 of it Ih the 1110 future snores sueS sue sue- S S res f and substantial growth grouth of the Ih towns which Uncle Sam proposes 10 0 S fo foster tEr t there herl The proceeds from rom the theS S auction ales nl's will sili be hI Il returned to th the 5 irrigation fund A Jt requires a I visit to this section to 1 relate the wonderful matlon malion which follows Collow Ih the lie construe construe- construe 1 lion Ion of or one 0 of these c great Irrigation J I S. S v r S jr iv v-rV- v 3 v s 7 ONE sinn 01 OP nuT IDAHO This squatters town contains sixty business houses whose owners must take the tue chance of bidding in the he lots they occupy at nl the pUI public sale to be he held hlll J A Aug 20 0 0 1 S projects of oC the government go Two years ago ngo the Minidoka country was I an uninhabited sage I brush rush plain The rho railroad was vas miles awa away from it H and S It seemed destined for forever cr to serve elve only n as a haunt of oC tho the jack rabbit S and tho the skulking coate Ri Rl cr ei to Harness S Far below the thc plain the Snake river nver riv rl nv- nv er or cut Its tR way through a a. canyon the J I. I rugged escarpment rl rising above the swift flowing river rivel and offering the opportunity for tor the pioneer with his 5 simple ditch to len lead the water out aut upon the thirsty soil OnI ani Only skilled engineers backed cd by vast vaRt capital could cope with such a proposition as us this Many engineers without the necessary wherewithal had looked looke at It but I Its It if I great cost had forced force them to give It S up With the passage of oC the reclamation S tion act acl on Juno 1 17 j 1902 ono one of these the engineers who had Joined the government gov- gov force rushed a Held field party paty to this point and In a 0 single season f prepared prepared prepared pre pre- pre pre- pared and pr presented a set of plans fola for fol fora forS S a comprehensive system of Irrigation They were accepted and I bids were vere a kd and contracts a awarded for con con- S L ri Irrigate this broad expanse ol of I plain the Snake river liver must be lifted S from Its bed A dam was waR laid aid acro across I the stream at nt rapids a grea great rock till flU structure GO ro feet In height and antI S 'S CO CrO feet teet Ion long on top toll which raised the r water r surface J 7 17 feet al nt flood love level 4 S. S and backed It ll dp Sip p for 36 35 miles The Th I S. S dam completed wilt will cost nearly hala half hal S a n million dollars When hen the Immense gates In the diversion channel nr are ale S tl will Into Inlo the tho highS highline high 3 lifted the water waler pass S line canals canal on both sides of or the river and be led train from rom them through hunt hundreds hun hun- t 5 of ot miles of ot laterals to el e every farm atm farmIn II In the valley Swift Influx of or Settlers The initiation of or this great STent work worl was wa followed b by an nn of settlers mom from all over the country and soon every ever farm division had been filed flied upon While the government proceeded with its construction of the dam am and Il its canal annl the were busily engaged aCed upon their own buildings The Thc coming coining of largo large numbers of ot 5 settlers i created a u. market et an and toN storo 1 keepers keeper N doctors and ami mechanics of or all classes classe flocked In Today a U population o or Of awaits the completion nf lIf If the thi canals and ditches Scattered here and there In and around the town sites l are tile Institutions walling waiting for the town lot Jot sale BO so that thal the they can move mo over ove I upon their own property an and no lon longer longe er remain tenants by br sufferance of th the government The Irrigation atlon lands of tho the I project are at an elevation elo of feet above sea soa ta level The maximumS maximum S temperature of this section Is 96 dc do- grees grecs minimum 12 degrees below am ammean and mean 45 t degrees humid humidity It 58 8 per cent colit Tho The rainfall varies from i Hi to 19 10 inches per annum The soil and climate ell eli mate arc are adapted to a n wide variety arlet of ci crops stock Industry In this section alfalfa and other oilier forage crops will wili alwa's always al ni al- al ways was find u a profitable market All the vegetables and fruits of the north temperate zone may I be e grown rown her here With all aU these manifold advantages I and resources It requires no particular S 'S gift of or prophecy to predict for Cor this him I section and particularly for tor the new Ir r towns a 11 prosperous future nn and rapid It I growth They will have a tremendous t advantage antage over other new towns In th the tho matter of ot cheap power The great dna dam t will develop ample power which carbe can car I bo be transmitted economically to th thes towns and utilized for tor municipal another urn an und 1 other purposes I crop rop For Foi weeks k pi needing a and amid tel fol lowing the sal sale of an I ISO ISO- SO-i SO dollar there r is always a spirited er controversy y as us to the stan standing of or the coin Numismatists fire are practically di divided dl- dl vided Into two camps one being of the opinion that these coins were ere is issued issued Js- Js sue sued by the go c government while the theother theother theother other declares that thal the coin I IK Is an out and nd out fake Calo an and that the government has never nevel regularly minted one of oC them Although the tho mint records say that dollars w were re coined In i 1804 1504 the holders of oC the latter them theory maintain that thai this has never ne been een proved and und that all the early records s are nrc open to doubt doubt- i That Thai dies were made for Cor a coin of this his denomination they do lo not deny hut ut thc they ibey say Ut that t they were weme not u used ed I In n 1804 They sa say that every everyone one of the he 1804 1801 coins now In existence was from flom these original dies by of oC the mint In Philadelphia some ome time between 1836 and 1869 As proof of or this theory theor It Is out oui that the late M. M A A. of Salem Mass fa s who had collected coins hon front rom 1817 1311 S I and hall had b been o on the e c con con- HUnt a tor lor inan an o ulti III ri not ot obtain one until 1 1843 84 3 when a n. specimen was waR gl given gln n him b by one nun of oC if If t ho he rs of tho time mint in exchange f for or some coins This 1804 dollar was t the he first t specimen n to come Into IHl public UC p notice olice of or 16 It had hatI a beaded edge with r rim im similar to that on the dollars of or 1 and this was vas one of or the reasons wh why certain persons declared that it i was a of that period pOllo On the theother theother theother other hand expert numismatists tI ts say nay t thai hat th the same kind of border was used on the dimes of or 1804 which seems to prove that thai the reason renson given has no real bearing on the tho question The dollar doliar sold old In Philadelphia had every appearance of being a u genuine coin and was amply guaranteed guaranteed guaran guaran- teed by hy the he auctioneers which was not the Iho case with the Parmelee ISO 1801 dollar lollar sold saM In 1896 ThIs Thin was said hl to lo lobe tobe tobe be th tIme the most perfect specimen of the dat date dale but was sas sold without guarantee for tor being bought hought b by the late Byron Reed the Omaha collector who presented It to his native c city with the rest real of oC his large collection I It IL Is IR a n fact that there hove are arc arca a n number num man her ber of recognized of the 1 ISO 1801 SO dollar and anti it is this tact fact that thai CaUl causes eN f suspicion to lo I be e directed to all 1804 dollars It Il Is IH alleged that In 1860 several were made from hom the 1804 dies through h the Influence of col col- col- col lectors ketol'S I but bul ut the government author authorities ties compelled the return of or the coins coin no So struck It Is not certain that al nil all these coins again found their n way fly to lo the molting melting pot Iener Man Brought t Suit Some Somo time lime ago an 1804 1 dollar wa va p bought b by J. J B. B Dexter of or Denver Den When he lie found there was vas a 11 question as to the authenticity of oC coins of oC this I date he began suit for the purchase t mone money The mint mini authorities d decided L that his coin contained the proper prope amount of or silver er and In imi every Es wa va seemed to lo I bo be e genuine genuine- There Is 18 no coin at al the Philadelphia mint mini which attract attracts more attention titan than the 1804 dollar on exhibition there an and yet Jot oven o the Iho o othe ot of the mint are said ald not to I be e certain of oC Its new genuine g At least they think thin II 11 its lis a n. I Nearly earl every cry one of the 1 1804 SO-l dollars dol dol- dol- dol lars Inns has u a pedigree as ns long as WJ that tha o of a u. thoroughbred horse The one sold soU two years ears a ago o first came Into notice nolle when sold by Adolph of oC Berlin In the late Into lOs to an American collector col col- lector who brought it Il to this titis coun country r In 1886 It was purchased b by J. J B. B x D tel ter and afterward sold old by him to R It G. G Parvin Ho lie In turn sold it to H. H G. G Brown Drown of ot Portland Ore are from e I hands It pa teed ed into lute the possession of oC Mr r. r Dunham Its Us present owner I The Tho coin last sold was originally p Th This Is was vas line line- of the time Berg Beig dollar dolla 1 t which was soul sold In 1883 fur lIl Another type was vas made madl from flom an un altered obverse original tile lie which had stars und and while date lat the therel rel reverse was different beIng being be be- be- be ing lug madu from a Ll die used for a n dollar dot dol ollar ol- ol lar mr of oC another year ear What hot is if regarded as ns a sure sign of the tho genuine 1804 dollar is when th the star on the upper side simle of the obverse ob e nearly touches the Y In the Inscription tion Liberty I Expert numismatists now v agree I that thai 1801 dollars nm may be bo divided Into three classes classes genuine genuine Issues of oC which there were two iwo varieties mint and alterations from other genuine dollars ollars I Of at the genuine ger dollars there are are to lo bp six In existence among I which Is the one ono sold the other othol day Ot the with the tho defective lettering on the edge c live five are definite definite- I I- I known while of or the other i with a new IHm reverse die there are mc but bUl t Wo two known one of nl h is In the NC New York Sun |
