The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-01-10

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not exceed 70 cents per acre. 1
An irrigation district which gives
promise of excellent results has also
been organized in Washington
county and is known as the Weiser
district. Recently $65,ooo of the
bonds of this district were disposed
of, and the work. of enlargement
and completing the system to irri-
gate 10000 acres Of land will be
begun at once. ....;
Government surveyors have been
very active throughout this whole
section during the past year, locat-
ing reservoirs and making prelimi-
nary surveys, looking forward to
the construction of systems which
will supply all the land in south
western Idaho. One of the great
est projects in contemplation is the
conveying Of water from the Payette
river, starting from point in the
Black canyon and continuing for
some forty miles into the Boise val
ley. This enterprise when COM
pleted will afford a water supply for
upward of two hundred thousand
acres. II ID
Agricultural development in the
Payette valley has been very rapid
and the results most satisfactory to
all who are engaged in that indus
try.
The general prosperity of this
entire section of Idaho is noticeab1y
reflected in the various towns.
" shoshone has enjoyed healthy
and substantial groWss and one of
its recent improvementsaN the es-
tablishment of a national bank.
The welfare of Shoshone being
largely dependent on the mining
interests of the Wood river, the aGs
t>7Al'>.~fs & those ~ Ho1,,,ae71ot zen, Or IL
e2dWth OF ttelleown. *
Mountain Home, in Elmore
county, has experienced consider
able activity in building and gener-
al improvement. A national bank
has also been established there dur
ing the year.
No town in this section of the
State and probably no town in
Idaho has shown more vigorous
growth than Nampa, the home Of
Col. Dewey. The magnificent hotel
which is now practically completed
| waiting only the completion O.
an extensive sewer system, to throw
open its doors to the public-is
probably the best equipped, the
most luxuriously furnished and
largest structure of its kind in th'
State. The Oregon Short Line
Railway company is also doing
much for the upbuilding of Nampa
and has recently let contracts fo
the erection of depot which will
| cost between $4,000 and $4,000
; The town now has two banks, on,
} of them, the Citizens State Bank
= having been established within tn
2 year. A number of beautiful resi-
: deuces have been built and three 0
: four brick business blocks com
v pleted or in course of construction
0 Nampa promises to be one of til
5 foremost towns of Idaho.
e Boise, the State capital, has en-
Y joyed degree of activity along a.
: lines Of building and improvement
:, that. few years ago, would hav
n been described as a boom, br
o which is now taken as matter {
a course. In all the West there
:r not more delightful home tow
n than Boise. 1t affords every col
1t venience of the large city and son
IS 1uxuries which cannot be obtaine
1t elsewhere, AS resort the Nat
l. torium is unquestionably witho1
10 rival. The climate is perhaps
ID nearly perfect as can be found.
c. course, Boise has no monopoly {
(. the climate of this section of Idah
r but it has its full share of this ne
IN | 11ra1 advantaoe A numhRr 0f ni1i