The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1904-08-05
WEALTH IN IDAHO LANDS

around Backoot TOR investment and bought quarter section
Of wild land lying just southwest Of Backfoo reaching from the
village to what known the "Gane Ranch" No had
been made Of the flat except take up Of the
space, Of which the has much and furnish location
for track and roadway leading toward Fl Hall Bottoms
twenty-five dollars satisfactory grantor and
grantee, and when the purchaser Mr. E. NJ Kennedy built
nice two-soy house top Of the only sand dune the
there much among older residents who
in irrigation and said that he could gae his yard There
theory among book farmers that pumping plants cheap
and reliable and the sand dune being waeed from big
tank which supplied from the we'll The house. barn. laundry
and poultry yard also supplied from it. Fruit trees plant
ed artistic rings and shade trees standing mechanical
about the knoll help the observer to picture the place will
be year. with carpet Of lawn grass make this elevation
OF the conspicuous beauty spots of Backoot house
always looks odd uutl finished and the lawn
arranged and then head and shoulders above everything
else the fiat requires expense and lot Of work to
fix up place in this way but that the home habitabe
and the family able the veranda and listen to the band
playing the evenings watch sghing parties glide by
the moong gh nights Of winter and chat with folks town
by phone note the passing Of pondeous passenger
every few hours reminds the Idaho farmer that he can have
those comforts Idaho which have made Iowa and Illinois
famous. Other home seekers buying blocks of this
quarter section the advanced price SIPS $3.50 an acre.
and Mr. Kennedy does think it bad investment make
four or five hundred per years.
We old time farmers Of Idaho observe another feature Of
book farming this tract that worthy Of imitation 1t has
been custom quarter section for pasture for
saddle horse few and yearlng The aforesaid "cn
ters quite starved got fat and had many
long jaunt drive them home when they wanted Mr.
Kennedy seeded down couple Of mixture of tame
grasses built fence around and keeps bunch Of his barn
yard pets happy and fat There several Of pota
sight from the KNOLL with ber forming and reaching the
size Of hens eggs and goose eggs by the 18th Of july which
had not been waeed but which began put signals that
they ready for drink Some very pretty groves growing
at little distance gave evidence Of good health and vigorous
growth and had not been watered this little nursery
Of e ash and mulberry the knoll had been wateed
and Aounhmg On the lower part Of the where the
sage brush grew last year the Harris & Whize nursery
with orchard flowers roses crops and sevenyve thousand
seedlings Aounshng.
Six years ago man sat down in the Hotel Broadway in
Los Angeles try to decide whether to buy unyad Cali
onia the quarter section Of land described above 1t was
about bed time when he took up his pen write letter Of
acceptance but still paused knowing which he wanted
whether he wanted either Of the He studied the problem
all night and daybreak the morning he and closed
the deal for the 40 vineyard He has cleared about $500
year the vineyard and has always been glad he bought it.
because ne tract at DaCKfOOt might not
advance in value in his life time
Thirty years ago. patented land sold northwestern Iowa
for dollar acre. and when the non-payment Of put
sale the third tme any bid that made, though
only ten cents for forty acres accepted and many
man attended shef sales and let such opportunities pass
because he did consider the land worth the taxes which
about dollars per forty land boom followed
when commanded five dollars then ten and finally
fifteen The old timers laughed the crazy purchasers and
waited for the reaction Better farming and better
markets sent the price Of land up fifty dollars and
commands seventyve, with prospects Of decline value
Land the old country Germany for instance, where they
raise the sugar beet sells from $500 5000 and the
yield is not so great Idaho When our market is as
good as the German market land will reach the
ket value the German land Those who expecting de-
cline the values Of Idaho lands will do well go into Color
ado and Utah and the disadvantages Of farming with little
water and Of living where the drinking all contains
aka Idaho has good climate good water fine air and
shine Maana diseases and destructive unknown
and the who breakers ahead because land with good
water rights selling at from SIS to 81 SO preparing