Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1922-09-28 | Page 3 | Township is Set Aside at Ft. Hall

TOWNSHIP IS SET ASIDE AT FT. HALL FORT HALL. Idaho Sept. 28. -The governmi nt has set aside 120 acres Of land for townslte purposes on the Fort Hall Indian reservation. With the exception of a small strip lying along the east side of the railroad the land lies Immediately north of thb railroad crossing at the Fort Hall station sta-tion and on the west side of the Oregon Ore-gon Shore Lino railroad. The tract Is midway between Black-root Black-root and Poeatello, and. with" the ap-i" ap-i" "pi lation ot $ 'i w hlch congress con-gress recently made for the enlargement enlarge-ment ..f the H'.-rt Hall Irrigation proj-'i proj-'i considerable activity is expected. Toe Indian lands an gradually being 1 by white people; and sooner or lati r all of the finest agricultural land between Bhukfoot and Port Hall will bo under cultivation. When this la accomplished It ls expected that a prosperous town will develop. The land extending north and west from Fort Hall Is one of the most choice , ompact I. ..dies of agricultural land in the Bnake River valley, and an ample water supply will bo available avail-able for its irrigation. Vo date has as yet been set for the disposition of the lots In the. townslte. ahd the terms of sale have not been announced.