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Show Blue Creek. Those Interested in any way In the "Ulue Creek country" will be Interested Interest-ed in the following In reference to that country, which comes from one who lias holdings there. This party says: "The Uar M company on Ulue Creek lias spent In the neighborhood of twenty thousand dollars In building dams and reservoirs to store tho water of Blue Creek. Tills company owns about 4,000 acres of lino land which has produced large quanltlesof lucerne In the past, but it is the intention to raise beets there In the near future. In a recent conversation Mr. Davis, manager of ttie Bar M ranch, stated that the primary object would be carried out, fully, but a railroad would havo to be built in order to transport the beets to the factory. The O. S. L. Co. lias run preliminary lines up tho valley In view of a direct road to Hurley Hur-ley a routo at least one hundred miles shorter than by way of Pocatcllo. Tho railroad company would prefer running run-ning across from Malad city, if possible, possi-ble, but tho route is not practicable owing ito tho immense grade, and by those who are In a position to know It Is thougnt that the O. S.L. will finally accept the Ulue Creek route, thereby keeping out a competitive line that nilghtldeslre a road through to llolso and Portland. The south end of the valley is at tho east end of tho promontory prom-ontory and somo company will before many years use this pas-sago pas-sago way to the north and south. The grade Is very easy, the hardest of all being tho "rattlesnake pass," which Is very good compared with other mountains that aro crossed. When a line goes through theroa great dry farming country will be opened. This year It Is estimated that over 10,000 bushels of line wheat will bo raised in Ulue Creek. Tho Pocatcllo country is adjacent thereto and this nou1i1 bo touched also. Many Cache Valley people Iravo Invested In Rlue Creek jlato lands, of which there is but little left. Through tho land grant given by tho goyernmenj, to tho Central Cen-tral Pacific railroad, tho railroad still owns every other section. It Is presumed pre-sumed that all this vast quantity of land will bo pul on tho maikct at some future day and then that p irt of the country will bo u great wheat producing pro-ducing section. Rlue Creek Valley covers an areaweuty miles in length and six miles In width. From present Indications it looks as though the people who have thus Invested havo mado no mistake, and at some future thno will realize good raonoy on their Investments " |