The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-11
BIG CROPS AND CHEAP LANDS
FREMONT COUNTY QDA.) IN
vITEs SETTLERS FROM UTAH.
Large Tracts of Land Still Unoccu-
pied--Utah People viii Try Dry
Farming-A Promising Region.

Rexburg, Ida. April NO doubt
many of the readers of your valuable
paper have heard of the wonderful
Snake River valley and of its resources
and advantages to those who are de-
sirous of obtaining good farming lands
and of making homes in locality
where there is an abundance of water
for irrigation purposes and advantages
for farming and stock raising unsur-
passed.
Fremont county is so by leo miles IN
extent. which gives us S,SiO,OO0 acres OF
land. which is watered by the north
and south forks of the never-faiiins
Snake river and many OF its tributaries
We have no high and lnaccesslple
mountains Within the borders OF our
county. Every foot OF land within oui
boundaries that cannot be farmed can
be utilized as pasture for the HOOKS
and herds of the stoclSraiser. Our SOL
generally is of a sandy loan, ana Us
depth averages three and one-halI feet,
under which is clay, sand, gravei ant
lava.
AS the country is irrigated from year
to year, the ground fills with water
held, we suppose, by the lava oeos ul-
derneath. We have now localltles
which have been farmed for several
wears that are submerged 10 such an
extent that the farmers need oniY 10
turn the water into their canals ana
bitches to get all they need without
the necessity of spreading II out upon
the land. This. we think, is going 10
be a great advantage TO US. veg
tables grow to q mammoth size heiS
and their quality is as good as any II.
the world. We have tested sugar oeets
in various localities in our county aro
the returns from the Agricultural col
iege of the state of Idaho show more
saccharine matter by good percentage
in orr samples than any that nave
been tried there. We have seen tur-
nips so large, grown in our SOIL Iii1o
a half bushel would not contain more
than four Of them.
A GOOD MARKET.
Last year Fremont county produced
in the neighborhood of a mllli0n Dus ~
els of grain of various Klhos. ne 60,
road running through our county from
nortb 10 south affords us a market IN
Montana and elsewhere for what We
can produce. The great national ps.i :
which Joins us on the east, nlleo Win
tourists who go there for pleasure m IN
the summer time, is a great source VI
revenue 10 US. ,,,.a;,,
Our streams are full OF illou, &C., O.
trout and other varieties OF tne -!
tribe, and our TIM oereu I-;,,ds
ohourds with game of various hIllua-
We have several fine roller hourihs
III o. convenient distances, knitting
fsctories and cheese and butter ddlrles'
rim nv expert manufacturers. we aiso
b ~ nlaning mills and shingle mills,
Ia l,ave mercantile establishments
that carry everything necessary IoI uul
comfort and happiness. we pIou ..s
building -cck, gray ana brown SHIiI
ouarried and worked, but WhiCh hai
dens with exposure to the air
Sbeeomen and cattlemen, recognizing
o,,r advantages TO their industries, are
coming in with vast tlocks ana helos'
80 are making money hand over INST
here.
ABUNDANCE OF LAND.
To the south and east of Rexburg
,ox 100 OOO acres of the most beautl-
fIiI land that we have, which is near-y
oil nnoccupied, because of itS beng
6anch land. involving expense 10 prlhS
o,,t water and irrigate it. But a great
MANY who have had experience IN ury
farming in Cache valley and elseNhsre
think that it is just as valuable without
water as any of the irrigated farms.
a few located some of that land last
season and put in fall grain, when mas
wintered we'll and their prospects for
fine drv farm crop are very flatteflns-
we are looking. for a stampede Tor
those lands this season, especially as
two settlers dug a well on the hill four
miles southeast of ReXbuTg, and at
least $50 feet above this altitude, last
August. and got three feet of water al
ter going down 10 feet.
Now. we know that there are many
neopIe in the larger towns of Titan ana
elsewhere who have families and no
homes and others who are out OF en-
nlovment who are watching and de-
pending upon others to furnish them
something to dc, who should come up
here and get some land. and grow up
with our young, growing and flourish
ing country.
We have comparatively no poor
among us and have no need OF fast
offerings and donations for the poor.
all can get some kind of employment
by which to gain the necessaries OF
life. We invite home seekers to come
and see for themselves or write, encios-
ing stamp for a reply. to your humble
servant and he will give all the lnfor-
nation that he can. y good many of
our people are land poor. that is. they
own more land than they are able to
cultivate, and are willing TO divide up
ar very low prices. Farms all fenced
and otherwise improved with plenty of
water for irrigation, can be had at from