The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-08-08
A PROSPEROUS TOWN.
Eagle Rock. Idaho, Now al
Agricultural Ceaatre.
A BRIEF BUSINESS RESUME
The Energetic Men who Are Build
: Ing Up The TowR-Ths County
Fair, Etc.
TAens Eook, Idaho, Aug. 3, 1883

siDce the removal of the shops of th,
| Utah & Northern, become the centr
IF an agricultural regio4, and Is nov
doiEg prosperous business on the sub.
staatial basis of u farming and grazing
community.
lhe valley in the bend OF Snake River
on which this town is located, contains
over 100000 acres of tirst-class land,
which is in the main settled and uuder
lcnltivstion, some OF the farms being
highIy improved, and there is no i'm
proved land for sale at less than $50 to
$50 per sore. The grain and hay pro-
duets laSt. year We're double what they
were thu year before, and this year they
will be n ore thau .iou ole what they we're
last year; il TACT. i.le rapid progress OF
| The country h S>su1tIful. The ranches
are nearly ali uader fierce, and the
road supervisor is actively employed il
| bridging The streams, canals, and lrrl-
| gst,ug diiches which ara found every
wbera as indispensable in claiming
theAe desert lands. The Traveller cali
see on his night and left Ene-iooking
Geids OF wheat and oats now ready for
he s,okIe. Alfalfa is now III second
gIowrh, ready for moving. Potatoes
ate being dug for early use. and the
crop is expected TO average froTu 800 TO
40 tushels TO the acre. Farmers sre
| SEEING cut forest ami fruit trees, and
! to ail appearances the desert is soon
! ID be 4 thing of the past. New settle
| ME, ts are being made every day, IS
;k@re IS much fine land here yet bs
! longing 10 he goVeEnment. and new
sc2oul districi5 sre being formed. This
Y ear three vctirg precihcgs are fJTmed
while two years ago there WIS OILY on.
Ehis valley ts w6teTed by tls canals
OF tie Esgie Rack & WtlIoW Creek
Water &C.. which, during the last wear
consolidated with the Snake River
Water 90. By purchasing the assets IF
| that CORPORATION from And rson {.
Brothers d Go, tor $40 0O0.. The con
solidated Organization ls working with
capital stock or 500 0U0, all of which
is IN the hands of the men woo own The
farms, aud not dollar Tor speculation.
which max the wafer cost me farmer
minimum.
On the vest side Of snake rive. hom
lASCh 10 VIZ "a bSl Saltal- NtlASu
ha. been constructed at cost uf about
$50 100, ana covers some IS ijne lands
az csn be found in this or any CtheT
country, which is rapidly settling.
The water is sold and decided
rs perpetual right for $500 per inGh,
giving the purchase er 1. n esrs' time
10 pSy, with 10 Per cent. interest on
ny notes tbiS is,-uSsacr- eIl-eirStai,f-
stapces, cheap water.
Surrounding ali these ricpltursl
lands ATE unlimited scres OF grazing
lsnds--on foothills which can not be
sxceilei in luguriant bunch and blue
hrsss.
Alter viewing al the advantages
teu;iing to prosperity and wealth oi
the c,u2sDs, II Ianof surprising TO see
great activity Ut all the business houses
j.. town. In tact, no legitimate business
lscKs patrons al Eagle ROCK.
anderson Brothers are thoroughly
re!ialle and RESPONSIBLE company,
Walch hiss grown ricD and done much tor
the prosperity OF The country. IneY
arc doing q GeEer4i mercantile anu
banking business.
Bunting, Wheeler 81 Go. are engage d
in the same line OF trade, doing quite b
heavy business as general merchan Is
SUD bankers, and are connected hs
liberal coadjutors with every public
spirited enterprise. In addition to their
Other extensive trade. they have sod
his year upwards of $4,000 worth Of
farming machinery.
Fey Tor ard Smith are engaged IN ths
hay and grain trade, eud a'e large
shippers of trese products iroIn this 30
other markets. In exchange With their
COLI Y,Nfu
$1,000 worth CT farm machinery. InIs
firm is doing much good IN aidipg the
farmers to obtain the bess II aCh1neTy
ct minimum prices.
Barker s. Thomas. besides being pro-
pr,elors or the Eagle Rock Brewery,
whose beer [ ara told can uos Re ex-
Ceiled in quality, are also engaged
in selling bayoed wire, wagons AID
farm machigerg, and are doing 6
good business for the first year; nav
ing sold in the one item OF machinery
and wagons over 81 COO worth.
Eagle Rock can boast 0f. two frs.
class hotels; the Burgess House (.he
oil Brooks) now having been com
pleteIy re6tted and cleanse6 from ger
ret to basement, ana is tnaDared by
Mr.. Burgess and bis wlle, 10 tGe com
pieta satisfaction of their patrons.
The cd Chamberlain Hotel is well
kne9n. It's. hospitality is proyeT6itl,
ard once pstrouiZed in5ureS cQntinu-
alton OF custom.
0. F.. Eastman is also doing general
mercantile business, ard it is claimed
by many that he actually underselis
his competitors in the trade. He is
doing u first-class business, but on &
smaller scale than The other houses
mentioned above.
Tire lawyers Of the towns. Q. Winters
and j. Ed. Smith, are both of Territorial
notoriety, having business in ell the
courts, end are thought TO be SO we'll
equipped for doing justice TO their
clients as any other attorneys at the
bar. The latter, J. Ed. Smith, is now
q prominent candidate before the peo-
pl for prosecuting attorney Tor this
district, on the Democratic ticket, with
every indication of walk-over.
George H Slower has one of the best
liquid hard ware stores along the line,
aud any one wanting a frst-class
"whisk" or cigar should call on the
Board of Trade. ~
G. Keefer, opposite the Burgess
House. also runs saloon and always
meets his friends with smile.
Louis Fig, of the U. P, has a first
Class Democratic fluid which he has
named the Cleveland and Thurman"
This portion of Idaho is enthusiastic