Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-10-19

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election uhy, anu MI per.Uus restrain.
ing him rom voting vii D prosecuted
under the United States statutes. Tho
facts SO 90 "a " that the question VA 10
whvthtr tHMca 10 married. h now IN
the couth Tor decision, and consider
sole property is Involved in the gues-
ton. but in mo meantime, Pcnrco
ooea not know whether br "A p,rri.'I
and cannot Know until TIE ietefal
court renders dtciaion, The cas- j, u
peculiar ons and many reonlo believe
the voter should be registered. !
Paystte, Idaho, Oct. i0.-Within IN e
last eighteen months there bes been
great activity IN building on nrrount Of
the rapid development OF tho surtound
ing country by the conjunction OF
large irrigating canals. Most u she
now buildings are constructed in a
substantial manner " brick made iu
the town, which are OF an excellent
quality. The immediate county
around rayette has been developed by
the Lower Payotie ditch. which irrl.
gatse about 5000 acres Of land. this
ditch was constructed by the mrmars
themselves about eight yoass mo. aud
by its construction they made vaueless
sage brush land worth slOO pur core
when fenced and cultivated. This
ditcn, however, only irrlgales a small
rorii0u Of the lower valley GU the
north side. Last spring much
larger entorpriau' was inaugumici
on ihe south side by the Psyotto Val.
ley Irrigation aud Water Power com.
pany. Their canal IL taken out Of the
payette tivcr nj Emmett, about thirty
miles above, anu terminates Oh the
blutfs OF the Snake river, siA miles
south OF the town u Pcyeito. Itwil
cost about s20O,0i0 aud irfignto 50,ur0
acres NJ land. lt ~ now nearly ready
to carry water, ana 70 n constructed
Throughout IVA the most painSiaklrg
anu elaborate manner Tie magn,-
tude Of this enterprise shown by the
iact that the luming alone has con.
suuled nearly l,5u0,OO1 feet ~ lumbtr,
and the humue are 70 latge that q two.
horse team can ea,ily drive throu ia
them on tue bottom. IL ~ sale 10 say
that no irrigation enterprise In idaho
has ever / fore been prosecuted NJ cone
tcicntiously and 80 ably. The eul efvis.
lug engineer ia Colonel &. IL. Irwin
formerly Of Denver, ana the consult.
tbs well known firm OF Cam Jbell x
AIdorsln Ia Denver. The louai nan.
uger OF the company Ia Mr. Is. Il.
Shawhau. formerly VI New Iork anu
well known In finsucial circles there.
The business men OF Psyette
claim thst tho natural growth
and expansion Of their town and
valley will coon demand railroad
construction to interior pointa, and
some OF them are Engaged Ia project.
ing road 10 the wonderful Seven
Devils mining country, about 100
miles 10 the north, which they say can
be better reached from this point than
any other. They atO say that the
confluence Of the Mnlheur river from
Eastern Oregon with the Snake anu
Payette at this natural gateway for the
propOted Oregon Pacific into the
Snake river valley. But whatever
may be their chances In that direction
II rs certain that they viii not long
walt Tor ROAD up their rich valley,
hnd Into the vast timber and mineral
region beyond. Southern Idaho has
been until very lately comparatively
neglected by immigranta aud capital
lists, and the chOicer portions OF u,
therefore, afford splendid opportunities
for home seekers. Land under the big
Payette Valley ditch IL slill redicu.
lOusly cheap, considering what can bu
done v It'll II and considering the prices
asked for irrigated farming lnuds in
Colorado, when are not cupsble 90
IaiHing more than half the variety OF
products raised here. A noticeable
feature in the town OF pnyette 10 the
apparent disinolinGti0n VI tho business
men TO boom the town and valley pre-.
uRturely. They DO not soum 10 thlak
this necessary, ana there IL not set
single real estate office In the place.
Special 10 ne NcHUer NtiVs.