The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-06-26
In IDAHO'S IDYLLS
The Southern Part of the County
of Logan.
A Subterranean Water Right Location
Snake river Fruit Lauds-A New
Hotel for ShoshOne.

ton. 1t Is uncommon if we don't have
q shower every day. Our irrigation bitches
are becoming warped from lack OF the us
ual flow, but the farmers are growing fat
because Of this long rest granted by the
powers that be, and sit costly back in their
chairs and say, "Welcome showers"
About the crops, now. II let alone they
promise full returns. But miniature side
issue Of a cyclone swept over this
neighborhood a couple Of weeks back, and
hail storm Friday night came that some
what disturbed things. This hail storm
dashed the potato vines, the peas, the cab
bage plants, the beets, the growing grass
into broken bits, and here in Shoshone
even broke the branches OF many shade
trees And this hail storm has put back
our home crops somewhat But everything
considered
OUR FARMERS ARE JOYFUL.
Shoshone and vicinity. however, can boast
of some of the finest ranches in southern
Idaho i recall 10 mind just now the names
Thatcher, the Woodworths, Martin John
ston, A. A, Curtis, along Little
Wood River, and o. p. johnson,
the Bells, S. F. p. Briggs, ut the Blue
Lakes, along Snake river, as Offering some
OF those of the first class in producing hay
and fruit. The Snake river valley
Immediately along its banks-is q fruit
country. 1t 10 just coming TO the fore IN
Logan county, extending from Bliss up TO
the Shoshoue Falls. These home rauchers
have for several weeks shipped good
amounts of Strawberries, gooseoerries, cur
rants and new potatoes to the Wood River
towns, and the fruit trees are said to be
oyerreaching themselves in bearing; in
some cases it being necessary to relieve
the trees of the young fruit to
enable the tree TO stand without
of Logan county has prosperous future
before it.
Shoshone is also the centre Of attraction
for
NATURAL SCENERY.
And let me here tell your readers Of some
of the curiosities TO be reached via
Shoshcne.
OF course, the Shoshone Falls of Snake
river lead the list They are twentysix
miles south Of town. and the railroad com
pany gives side tickets for this resort. AT
this season of the year, when the river is
flo wing nearly full, the falls are immense,
and visitors 60 out almost every day. The
r ound trip is made between trains.
The Blue lakes are curiosity and a
grand resort. They are owned by Perrine
x Hyndman, ana ere four miles below
the falls. The-l lakes are one below the
other, the source being found in the easter
ly one, and flowing into its neighbor some
twenty feet distant and from here the
owners irrigate their lands. The road down
the perpendicular wall Of the Snake river
canon is a piece Of splendid but costly
workmanship.
The Twin falls should have mentioned
in connection with the Shoshone falls. The
Twin fails are some three miles above and
not SO high, but they are true to their
name, being created by q large rock in the
center Of the river.
Farther on down the river are the Thou
sand springs, issuing from the high wall of
the Snake River canyon, coming out some
hundred feet below the top and 800 feet
above.
Sand springs come over from thu top of
tt e rim rock and make q grand sight The
drive slong Snake river from the Sh0shone
falls to the town Of Bliss Ii one in = con-
tinent, and hundreds Of tourists never hear
of this feature.
In the lava beds that cover this country
are several curious caves, but they are not
A -codple Of young men of Shoshone are
at work developing what they term Q sub
terranean water right.
Some wanderer about eight miles east of
town, near 'Waucanza, while hunting,
crawlei in large crevice in the lava AMI
heard q rushing. whining noise. 1t occur
red to him that II was water. ane- he SO To-
Gated il, but failed 10 do the necessary
work, and Messrs. Mcpherson and Ern-
hard last week relocated and are digging
for their atream. II. they lind il they will
soon be water kings, and will make open
ings for hundreds OF settlers on good, rich