Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-08-20

time was never as opportune as now u
remove that 'bushel' and suffer tn,
light beneath to enlighten the world a
to our present, and something rs to GU
past and our hopes.
1t is estimated that there VIII be 1000,
$50 visitors at the Trans-Mississipp
Exposition, at Omaha; most of this hos
will be on information bent, and thou
sands of the number alert for lucrative
fields for investment in the West an(
who are intent en- touring its mos
promising sections to this end, ant
Western railroads in the fall are going
to make Inducements in reduced rate:
to have them come. Some of these pros
pective oucomers are manufacturers
miners, sgricplturalists, etc. Why moi
we make an effort to reach their eye
and reason? We have reposing resour.
,ces they seek, which employed, would
be to their and our mutual profit. We
have incalculable water power one mile
west in Snake river, and wool more
than enough to insure the successful
operation of wooden mill; experiments
~ sugar beet growing bespeak Black
foot az sspsurpassad point for founding
a beet sugar factory, and no place would
recompense capital better than in the
establishment of an electric light plant
in Blackfoot. No better opening any
where than here for bank. 81 600
stone banking building invites it and
In addition to the 100 business houses
here are: the State warrants from the
State Insane Asylum here, county war
rants. for this is the county seat, and
the giant transactions of the U. S. Land
Office at this place. \ boot and shoe
store would also do we'll.
Improved farming lands, well-watered.
can be bought at from $500 to $500
per acre, and thousands of acres of I'M
improved lands, with water are on the
market al from $500 to $500. The fact
also should be emphasized that this
years grain harvest will be six times
greater than ever before, and that al
!thougn until three years since grain
was grown only for private eonsump-
tion, the coming total grain crop will
approximate 100000 bushels. And. re-
member, the average yield of prod
nets OF the soil roundabout are. per
acre: potatoes 800 bushels, wheat and
oats - to 20 bushels, lucern tons, and
countless young orchards are thriving.
The early assured opening of the
FORT HALL INDIAN RESERVATION.
whose northern boundary is but one
mile to the south, and its western boup-
dairy but five miles east of Blackfoot.
make this section an object of espe-
ciai interest to swarms of prospective
settlers, an agricultural Altruria.
this reservation which, developed.
means the manifolding of the trade
population and prosperity of this town.
Nov fer
WHERE BLACKFooT is,
what she has, hopes to have, and a
glance backward.
On the Oregon Short Line, Poca-
tello is "a miles and Ogden l53 miles to
the south and Butte 239 miles north
ward. Its population is 1000. grown
thus from its birth in 1880, but a con-
servative forecast of it's population five
years hence is 1000. 1t is the capital
OF Bingham county, and was formerly
the mother county seat OF this, Ban
mock and Fremont counties, before their
segregation, and $4,000 court house
as here. 1t is the home of the State
Insane Asylum since 1885, in whose
$4,000 structure some IT'S unfortu.
mates are kindly kept captive. The Or
iginal Asylum was destroyed by fire in
1887, only to be replaced by much
better one. Since 1887 the
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE.
has been located here, and the follow
ing facts hint the magnitude of its
transactions and its vital import to
Blackfoot:
In May 1893, there were of homestead
entries "a with an acreage of u. 1865:
June, 20 entries, acreage 1896; July.
IL entries, acreage 1880 In the cor
responding period of homestead proofs
there we're in May, 1898, SO, acreage
o'4'5; June, %, acreage 1916, July, IS.
acreage 5,f04.
Needless to say that through the
asylum, the land office and the court
house, many pretty penny flows to
swell the towns revenues.
INDUSTRIALLY
there are here: $4,000 roller four
ing mill, 80 bbls. daily capacity, and as
an adjunct s. 900 elevator with stor.
age capacity Of 10000 bushels.
A $500 creamery is nearly COM
pleted, which will give a high cash
market price for milk, butter and
cheese. "a |
The town has 100 business and oro- |
'esslonal representatives and its YEARLY |
trade transactions are about $3.50 OOa |