The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1896-03-21
HoMEseeKeRs ATTENTION.

Are you looking for a new locationl
Are you about To leave your present
home In hopes o. lettering your con-
tioni n you are the ISDEx wishes to
invite you to visit and investigate the
upper Payette valley before in. testing
elsewhere and As an inducement for you
to do 80 will call your attention to a
few OF the many good points Of that
favored locality.
The quality OF soil Is excellent, being
light sandy loan, very productive
and adapted 10 all branches OF farming
and fruit growing. Hay, wheat, oats,
barley and corn are grown To profit,
a. well as all the root crops. veeeta-
bles etc. No country on earth IS better
adapted TO fruit growing, all Of the
staple fruits Of commerce attaining
high degree OF perfection and command
Ing top price In the markets.
Cur unlimited supply OF water for
irrigation purposes however is Of even
more Importance than the fertility
Of the soil for without water, plenty Of
IL and at moderate cost. land any
where In the arid regions is valueless.
The source OF supply Is from the Pay
cite river, a stream, which as reported
by Mr. sherman OF the photographed
branch Of the geological survey. carried
at It's lowest stage In 1905. Os2 cubic feet
OF water per second. The measurements
were taken At the Payette brige a point
below the hradgates OF all the bitches
drawing their supply from the river.
Thus Il will be seen that we have
large reserve supply cf water, vastly
more than sufficient to thoroughly ir-
rrigate every foot OF tlllable land In the
valley
Next In importance 10 the unlimited
supply is the system Of distribution EN-
ployed aud In this matter our people
have adopted the very best system at
present available. The farmers own the
ditchcs. they built them. they keep
them In repair and reap the benefits.
The land and water go together. No in
dividual or corporation can say to a
man in this community 'gve me $40 an
acre for water rDht, AN instrument
which carries no rights or benefits with
u save the right TO pay an exhorbitant
maintenance fee Of $3.50 or $500 per
acre per year or you can's have any
water"
Each share Of water in The Last
Chance Ditch Company OF Emmett en-
titles the holder thereof 70 ~ inches Of
water, an amount amply sufficient TO
thoroughly irrIgste so acres Of hand. In
1895 the assessments levied on the stock
In this company amounted TO as % per
share, ons third OF which was rayable
IN labor at the owners op.ion. This
shows the cost OF water to be only 81
cents an acre per year and one third OF
this amount eau be paid In labor leav-
ing some 81 cents per acre to be paid In
cash. This leaves considerable margin
In favor OF this system when compared
with paving sl0 an acre for water
right and $3.50 to $500 an acre per wear
maintenance fee, condition which set
tiers under corporation canals have to
ccntend with
There are many other advantages
which this section oan honestly lay
claim 10 which the ISpgN Will call at
tention To from time to time. behaving
that Y We can arouse sufficient interest
among those who are looking Tor homes
In the west to cause them 10 visit this
section and investigate il for themselves
that our part OF the work will have beea
accomplished and we will then be con.
tent to allow those who come to make
up their verdict on the covn,ry on its
own merits.