Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-07
new TOWNS FOR
THE SNAKE RIVER
A Country to Which Settlers Ne
Going In Great Numbers
PRIEST. W, F. RIGBY TALKS.
In Salt Lake with III. G. Jacobs. In-
teresting Utah Home seekers 60
60 There aud Locate.

The future prosperity. growth and
stability Of Idaho is wen assured, 1t
will not be many years before that
young State will stand shoulder to
shoulder with the foremost Of western
commonwealth. Climate, soil, re-
sources innumerable, and a thrifty and
homogeneous people contribute to that
end. Just now the State is enjoying
a development that is so rapid as TO al
most partake OF the nature Of boom,
and yet wthal Is so steady and deep
rooted as 10 insure permanenee. This
growth is quite universal, though the
greatest activity and promise appear TO
center, at present at least, In and about
the Snake River valley.
During the last few days President
W. +. Rigby OF the Fremont Stake,
and Il. {. Jacobs OF Weber county have
been. in Salt Lake with view 20 in
teresting Utah home-seekers 10 take
up their abode In that section. The
! success they are meeting with Is very
pronounced said President Rigby:
I'VE are sending large numbers Of
settlers from Utah 10 the Snake River
| country every week and the growth OF
| this portion OF Idaho viii be very rapid.
In order that knowledge concerning IL
may be more generally dispensed we
WILL on April 10th next run a large
excursion from Utah so that prospec-
tive settlers may see for themselves
! just what We have"
You can scarcely" continued Pres.
Rigby. Imagine the wonderful de-
velopment OF that region. AS an illus
| tration | call attention 20 the fact
that sixteen years ago the country was
settled by whites for the first time.
| Even then, only seven families went
into the country. Myself and family
and President Kicks and family were
among those who settled there. Now
We have two large prosperous Stakes
and forty-four organized wards; and
/ during that time We have taken out
! fifty-one canals from the Snake river
and have built twenty-four bridges
over II and its tributaries. We have
tens and tens Of thousands Of acres OF
land under cultivation and It is as good
land as can be found anywhere. Very
much of II Is yet unentered and only
awaits claimants In the persons Of
sturdy agriculturists. When / state
that we have no bad land am only
stating that which is absolutely true.
AS TO the future outlook OF the
country and The people, all Is very
bright. At least two hundred thous.
and head Of sheep are being wintered In
Bingham and Fremont counties this
season, and all are doing well and viii
return large revenues after the spring
clip of WOOL other stock are doing
we'll, as there is an abundance of good
hay for them, IL is the home OF timo-
thy hay, whpx xe, also raise two good
crops OF lucerf Nyh year. our farm
ers In the Teton valley last year raised
1900 pounds OF timothy seed, and will
raise more this year. In this valley
there are 10000 acres Of good land for
sale with water rights at from 81 10 IS
per acre, and near here we will found
two towns the coming summer, sur,
rounding which Is an abundance OF
land that has not yet been taken up.
The Teton valley is one OF the best
timbered and wetered of which | have
any knowledge. while the opportunities
for stock raising In Jackson's valley
or Jackson's Hole, as Il was formerly
called, are unsurpassed. The people
who take advantage of them can make
themselves independently wealthy In a
remarkably short time"
During their sojOurn In the CITY
Messrs. Rigby and Jacobs have been
in constant communication with the
Oregon Short Line officials, who arr
cooperating with them In their efforts
az colonization by offering special rates
on the railroads 10 the Intending set.
tiers. The 40 miles Of railroad built
by the company last year In Idaho
passes In or near eleven OF the forty
four Mormon settlements heretofore
referred TO. Rexburg Is the largest
and most important OF these