The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1898-11-18

growth in population and in agrcult-
ural interests within the last ten or
twelve years. Although il has lain in
the direct roui uf travel 10 the Northwest
for The last half century no one seemed
to look uponit-;ts nplacr thai WAS 10 sus-
tain such vast population as is now eN-
peeled. There are not few who be-
heve that the valley will soon sustain u
population " hffy thousand or more.
The town of Pqyettc, situated at the
pom; whore the payrtte river cmpties
into the Snake river had its birth about
fourteen ycrrs ago when The Oregon Short
Line was being built rs connecting
link between Missouri river points anG
the Pacific Ocenn. The town made slow
growth until the year 1891, when the
"lrck Aec' was inauccrated that is
when German syndicate invested s ,00
600 here and several fine brick buildings
were erected. Your correspondent hap
Dened TO be IN This town four or five
years ago when the great ditch for irrl-
eating PURPOSES was being built. There
were doublineg.Thomrrs then, AS their
always ARE when amy gigantic enterprise
is 10 bee undertaken. AZ that time rode
through the sagebrush valley for miles
without passing farm or dwelling
once sat in buggy and counted over
Hfty lack rabbits within radius Of 70
few hundred lards Al one time ! saw
here two coyotes playing with shep-
herd dog That belonged to tcamstcr who
CHANGED 10 be passing that way, The
country was untamed and unpromislng
Now the town of payrttr contains u
thousand or more people. and is in fair
way 10 contain muuy times that number
within the next decade. Fine farms and
good dwellings NOW an the valley that is
waicrcd by The great canal Tor more than
forty miles. A few miles above Pnyette
q town has been "hOfn In day, called
New Plymouth phrtoNn site has three
hundred aud twenty-five acres Of land,
ten miles of graded streets, thousand
shade trees. good buildings aud consid-
cradle population. From remarks made
in my herring while IN Emmett il is
tlcar that New Plymouth is the pride OF
the valley. The sale of liquor is prohib-
tied, End the inhabitants are Of the sob
cr, intelligent Industrious sort. The
town first lurrd Ia itself about thirlyivr
romilcs from Chicago and since that
umcit has gained for itself the favorable
attention OF the best class of society from
an raris of Che country 10 claims 90 be-
the "loglcu aud geographical ccnirr of
al lhc'mnd wartrrrd bV the great ditch.
of which land there are POW over three
Thousand acres. There are one thousand
acres of orchard some OF which are all
rcady herring fruit The town is said
90 be- laid OF in the shape of horse
shoe; but prefer to look ut il MS mnd'' in
initiation of the ancient Jewish golden
caudelsuck though of course IL is lying
iualeud of standing erect
In the entire valley there are over
two thousand acres IN fruit trees. five
hundred acres ia berries aud nm annual
acreage of melons OF about two hundred
and fifty prunes are raised in great
ahunGancr The first car load was ship
ped from Payrltr in 1891. and it is claim
ed Mat last year here were Shippt Il TWEEN
ty-llve car londs of green iruit, and over
three nud half Thousand crates of her
rics. In addition TO the dried ftuits that
are constantly being shipped in ever in
crcasing uuautltirs II is claimed thai
nm average WELD of such fruit ms prune'
and APPLES is about car load to The
acre.
In this valley the stock interests are
not inconsidrmble. I'm earlier days thi
was the chief source of wealth in thi
part of The country, and the advance %
horticultural and other interests have b,
no means crowded ont the Stockmcn
Cattle and sheep find excellent paslurag'
in the whitley of the upper Paycttc river
and aS winters are short and large guam
ties af hsy ruised the question of whit
erine stock is not % serious one Ia fac
stock have been we'll wintercd ON no oth
er food save That for which it "rustled
among be- mountains
In she souvenir edition of the Payetu
independent reads 'Nrar ln the Pay
cite Valley lies q country of mountain
and forests add lakes of perpetual SNOW
OF magnificent panorama, of little ST.
OucStcrpd valhNsof indrscribah'e charm
aud of grand. deep canyons and preciDi
tous mountains of e,auitr; and they ottr
such delight for The lower of nature au,
such possibilities lu the adventurous lrav
clcr ass mo- land eNces OF the family %
smtcs THAI form the Northwest, ldah
is the Cmdrri'h the lcas, Known au'
thr most rir And her foremost foot /
slppcn-d by ,hc payeuc Valley sud il
SURROUNDINGS E,eu NOW the tread %
the Faily Prince who is to had her O.
wealth. and prosperity is hcard."
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