| Show THROUGH THE NORTH the location business and future of yell cor to the from koss fork it is thirteen miles to this place which ia a town of about three hundred inhabitant hero the challis and bonanza and wood biyer stage lines start for those rich camps of minerals and as we leave in a few hours for a ride over these lines we reserve further notice until the trip has been made the location of BLACKFOOT is in a broad valley and upon a strip of land lying I edween snake and blackfoot rivers a short distance above the confluence of the latter with the former stream the wide valley of snake river possesses some advantages as grazing and tillable lands while means is afforded for irrigation to some extent and the valley destined in time to become of much importance from these sources of wealth in the construction of the road this place was selected ad A TERMINUS and the advantages of location has caused the place 10 remain of much importance which will surely become more so in the rapid development of the new mineral regions of wood river and surrounding country alt passengers and freight for those places start from here and the shipments of goods and mi chinery to challis custar bonanza and the wood river section has been very large this season J W keeney co keep the eating house where we find comfort in hia excellent hotel the travel by teams of emigrants to all the country west aej northwest CROSSES TUB FERRY HERE which consists of wire cable stretched across the five hundred feet of snake river to hold the boat that carries several teams at a time some twelve or fourteen hundred teams have thus been taken over season indicating a very large emigration to washington territory and oregon tho drive of cattle over the same route but going eastward has already reached an aggregate of over fifty thousand in 1878 W N shilling W II 11 danilson fred II 11 meyers A L stout and T T danilson took up desert locations of land here of one section each and to make this tract good tillable lands they have made a canal for the purpose of bringing water out of blackfoot river and in a year or two thia town will be VERY MUCH beautified by the planting of trees and the cultivation of orchards and lawns the canal was made by cutting between the river and a slough which was formerly the bed of the river and now the water runs first through the aanal of seven hundred yarda then down the slough some fifteen or twenty miles to a point where a canal of about one and one half carries the water upon the town plat from whence it is to be distributed over the lands the town enjoys MAST BUSINESS advantages and the dozen or more merchants seem to be doing each good business teams are arriving loaded with ore from challis wh ue others are loading with goods and machinery for the mining localities to tho west FORT HALL is eight miles east where one com pany of soldiers is locate dand the is amply provided with good quarters for more than one full company capt A H bainbridge of the infantry is in command district attorney for idaho has selected blackfoot AS his residence and put out his chingle gh ingle As I write TUB DANCE ia in progress in the dining room be low ladies and gentlemen being in attendance from various points along the road aa eastern idaho is advocating her claims for capital honors and blackfoot especially is a candidate 09 the coming eat of territorial justice much comment ia made upon the actions of the new governor uon john B acil it keenn that he was acting as register of the U S land office on aug and in his pro cla mation as governor on aug 14 he refers to the apportionment of legislators having been mode by a com of which he was one upon august thus showing mr neil to have then been ACTING IS TWO capacities and as an official in two different ilea oneida county people feel sore over the appointment and claim unfairness upon tho part of the many new bouses are being erected here and the out liok of this place Is certainly good for tho future G BLACKFOOT idaho aug 26 THE EDITOR of the levadi cal transcript had been san francisco and under the head of atho tor abroad gave his impressions pres of matters and things ia the golden gate city in the follow ing style Kal locha hands are slipping ajia hold on the glassy polo of fame which the hand lot boosted him well up a few months ago was a good one of the kind but lie bulled to use any of the resin of morality and anty without worth has about had 13 day sunday evening spent in the metropolitan temple the stranger much that the regular would not observe there lia total absence of odor f godliness god linesa the air stinks with oo 00 the part of the pastor idle curiosity 10 fur M the congregation are concerned and the services are rigged out in tinsel aad thin tights for the edification of the people thia night liow ia called a lecture and the admission is ten centa ahead which lax i levied for the lords take it is a belter for ft dollar and half triin the original crook is a disgrace di Bgrace to and go long as bolster it up o ieng vall they have ause cause c to mourn arc not more convert to bings assail the wicked mormon J liehsel find in parta of air 2978 part by volume tha grelet dia observed boly reaching hundred alio air in the iori carbonic acid than il the day alit oh nerved correspond corret pond lo 10 foge tether cr ue hu coti detect wl ny accio lc cio in the proportion of carbonic acid as a indication ho |
