Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-01-16
Great irrigation Scheme to Be
Effected in Sixty Days.
BUSINESS FOR SHORT LINE
Nearly Three Thousand Acres 90 he
Occupied Wy Iioncseokcrs- branch
Road May be Built

within the next sixty days II Is said
that Ex-Governor Steunenhergs twin
Falls project, whereby 100000 acres OF
land viii be reclaimed for settlement IN
Idaho VIII go through,
1t viii be recalled that the gentleman
returned from the East Mt the early
part Of this week on his way home
and spent several hours IN this city
with A. b. perine Of Blue Lakes ana
j. &. Lowell OF Russell, Idaho, While
here the gentlemen called upon the
officials of the oregon Short Line, who,
it Is said confirmed the endorsement
given to The project by the Union Pa
Ci1c officials.
Under the date line of Salt Lake,
January A. the Evening Capital News
prints the following special;
Men with millions Of dollars at their
command have become Interested IN q
project Of the greatest iiunortance TO
the state OF idaho and one which VIII
add approximately 100000 acres to the
tllabe soil Of the state.
Practically the short line, but IN
reality the power back OF the Short
line, namely, the Union Pacific nall.
way company, acting through its high
the great Twin Falls Irrigation project.
This Is no irrIdcscent dream but n
abatement that will be verified within
the next sixty days. For the perma-
nent Advancement OF Idaho Il VIII mean
more than Thunder Mountain, even II
all that ls claimed for that vast treas
ure house OF gold " realized, The pro-
jeot means the irrigation OF 10000
e.f In MI AZ pf
the Snake viii rival IN richness the
very valley OF the Nile Not only this,
but the power WIN be utilized for fac.
tory purposes, ana q city, as II by
mugic win spring up az the falls that
Will at once become rival for the poo
aitlon Of metropolis of the state A
branch line from shoahone or some
other point will be run 10 the new
town by the Short Line and electric
roads run In various directions aud
electric power furnished for a circuit
OF 100 miles This vast scheme with
which an Idaho company Is connected
has received the endorsement az stat
ed, OF the very highest Union Pa
cliff officials, Upwards OF 81 900 Is
the amount at once to be placed for
the inauguration Of this great enter
Diinc llib INV lnltluo w AHH bl'NAh
and development OF southern Idaho
will be marvellous
With this enterprise actively under
way within 60 days, with the building
of the million and u quarter dollars
Short Line shops at Pocatello and the
attraction OF people 10 the gold fields OF
Thunder Mountain II Will seem thai all
eyes are turned towards Idaho, and
these matters have led prominent
railway official 10 predict that the popu-
lation OF the state OF Idaho will double
IN the next two yenrs AS he expressed
lt
'Juat think OF ~ The state Of Idaho
viii thus be enabled to annex 10000
acres of the richest land In the world
which will be dotted with. orchAds
iluited deep, with fields Of ripenlng
grain, with towns and cities 0t magic
growth and possessed OF unlimited pow
er chained to the purposes Of mans
will. Ii will inaugurate an era OF pros
perlty that Will be marvel to the
people Of the United States snd viii call
FOR such attention In the public press
as to place Idaho IN the very front rank
OF the states OF the Northwest"
The enterprise will be established un.
der the Carey act, by whicd the lana
IL TO be purchased by actual settlers
upon terms OF easy payments, ana eY-
cry purchaser becomes an owner IN the
water right, which becomes perina-
! ent appurtenant OF the lanG'