Ogden Daily Standard | 1910-04-19 | Page 8 | Idaho Railway Opens a Large Tract

IDAHO RAILWAY OPENS A LARGE TRACT New Land to Be Brought Under Water Near the Town of Blackfoot. Idaho 1s to have another segregation of 3,000 acres under the Carey act. Another thousand homes of thirty-five acres each will be put upon the market mar-ket this season, and they will undoubtedly undoubt-edly go like the other farms in tho Kamc 6tate. This tract Is located southwest of Blackfoot, and the new town of PlDgree to be tapped by tho new line ol railroad fro:n Moreland will bo the very center of the tract. The Blackfoot North Side Inlgatlcn company Is back of the new project, nnd construction on water courses will be commenced about June 1, and tho land opening about Septon.ber 1 The Oregon Short Lino company has Already Al-ready been Informed of the great project, pro-ject, nnd with tho usual enterprise of Us passenger officials will t:ike quite a part In tho advertising and opening of the new section, which will be another an-other boon for tbe company that traverses the Irrigated bJd j of Idaho. The ofllces of the compauy developing develop-ing the tract will be located at Boise. The new tailroad will brs flnlsatd this summer, so. settlers on the new land will have virgin soil, water arid a new railroad line all In onj peajou, and next year they can be in position to till tho iand and ship the product. .