The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-12

here. one Of them already operating
with a transmission line into PacatellO.
Just across the river from the town
is the Burke ranch. and the sight
seerS caught a glimpse Of cowboys
rounding up bunch of cattle as the
trains passed.
Sh0shOne is the next place of any inn
portance, the headquarters Of the
/ branch 10 HALEY and Ketehum, tap
ping the rich Wood River country.
South of the railroad some twenty-five
miles are the great Shoshone falls OF
/ the Snake river, which are generally
conceded to be as fine as Niagara
itself and in some respects even more
wonderful The river has a sheer drop
OF 22l feet, and from the bottom OF the
falls 20 the top Of the canyon is l.300
feet. Not far from ShOshone falls are
the Twin falls. I'm themselves worth
trip across the plains. In this vicinity
the KimberIy-B uhl-Milner syndicate is
mapping out one of the greatest irri-
cation enterprises in the country. and
unless something extraordinary hap
pens the Short Line viii be compelled
To extend a branch down 10 the river
within a comparatively short time 10
meet the demands of the new develop
ment. The country thereab0uts is going
TO be settled with a rush once water is
in sight. and that viii not be long.
An Oasis in the Desert.
Between ShOshOne and Glenn's Ferry
Is a doWn-hil run on one of the few
stiff grades between Pocatello and the
Oregon line. Glenn's Ferry is a pretty
little oasis. taking its name from the
old river crossing. 1t deserves TO be
famous if only for it's brand OF fish
stories. For instance. the general sue
perintendent said that the inhabitants
vouch for this tale: The Dump-tendcr
got hungry for FISH and ran a line
across the river. anchOring I'd TO the
pump house on the Glenn's Ferry. side
over night During the night the father
of all Snake river sturgeon must have
GOT on the line, for the pump house was
hduled INTO the river and across 10 the
other bank by the fish. What became
or the nsh or the man who first told
that story is not known, the pump
house is back on the right bank.
From Glenn's Ferry up the bin west
ward Us another pull and then the rails
reach out toward the Pacific Do a seem
lhgiy endless line opening up a vista 81
great beauty The Snake runs in a
general westerly direction some dis
tance south of the railroad. mountsins
bound the horizon north and south
while on every hand the soil shows in-
creasing possibilities as one goes VEST
ward. From POcateilO 90 Mountain
i home is just 100 miles, practically all
OF the distauce being through a grazing
and sheep region but at Mouutaini
Home one comes upon signs of agricul-
tural wealth. Of a sol. with unlimited
capacity for fruit If water can be had.
Getting a School Population.
Orchard. a station just beyond Noun.
tain Home, indicates by its name some
of the hopes OF the settlers rather thau
the realization; and Orchard has a story
or its own. The station agent the5e So
Mary Collin, who has ueen with fts
Short Line for twenty-seven years. gka
used 90 be on the line az Lima where
she won great renOWn as a weather
/ prophet whose predictions were made
the basis of train orders in the winter.
/ When Mary was transferred 20 the
/ Idaho division. she set TO work TO get
schoo! facilities for her children. She
had only three youngsters, and In Idaho
/ il takes ten children of school age TO
/ secure a school district and teaching
facilities. Mary had not been railroad
ing without learning some nuitv
She wrote the general superintendent
/ explaining the situation. and asking
I him % send some section man ta
/ Orchard with a good-sized family. An
/ Investigation located the right man in
Utah. He had eleven children 10 begin
with and that Was enough. Bp he went
/ TO Orchard and YOU may see Marys
nice stone schOOlhOuse from the car
window as you pass. She's "a great Ia
vorile with the railroad people. runs. n
/ chicken ranch as a side issue and looks
prosperous as you please. Her chiErc.
came 90 the door as we passed and they
were scrubbed until their faces looked
AS though they had been polished with
I emery.
Nampa 2i5 miles west 81 Pocatello,