Show THIT CITY BY THE RAPIDS OF THE RITER RIVER I 1 I 1 FILLS I 1 I 1 many years ago a man by the name of if taylor built an old bridge across the snake river in eastern idaho it is said that 93 05 per cent of 1 1 tho the people who settled in montana daring during those early days crossed this bridge mr ur taylor believed in the one price sy system and never was I 1 I 1 known to deviate from the scheduled I 1 rats rate of 3 5 for a team and wagon 2 I 1 for each individual 3 per head bead for 1 bingle single horses borses aper 2 per bead tor for cattle eattle 1 1 and ta 1 I por per head for sheep or bogs hogs I 1 the receipt receipts some days would run up to of taylor grew grow rich ills ilia charter from the territorial government ot of idaho was for twenty gars years and expired in june of 1888 1898 it Is hardly necessary to eay say that the charter was not read since june of 1883 free travel has prevailed the rapi rapids dain in the snake river at I 1 this point have a tremendous force 1 even in low water the depth has hag been variously estimated at from t to feet with ith solid lava walls wa fig for banks an accurate measurement I 1 su ea shows the water howerto power to 4 be horse power or nearly double that of spokane me falls wash 2 ington A forest fifty miles in extent begins I 1 forty miles away from this point on the waters of tao th e river the cost would bo be nominal to establish loggin logging log gin cam camps pa 1 I and raft loga logs to the new town of idaho I 1 palls falls and cat the same into lumber already the idaho falls power 11 lumber company baa has been organized 1 with a capital of by boston I I 1 and new now york parties to do this very thin thing prices of real estate in this new town are nominal as yet but as like union pacific is reported aa as about to begin work on a branch from this point aint to the yellowstone national park park it is reasonable to suppose prices will soon materially magerl ily advance this may prove to be the most populous F 0 bulous city of idaho its location is just halt way between ogden and I 1 Il helena elena and equidistant from denver to portland 1 for further information addres lock box ogden utah |