, 1905-10-05
No.. 8
More New Towns.

The following the Enterprise has
just received from the department of
the interior:
One of the most important townsite
sales ever undertaken by the govern
ment will probably be held in the near
future in southern Idaho. The depart
ment has under consideration the sale
or November lIth of the town lots OF
Hepburn, and on November Dist. of the
town lots in Rupert.
These two towns are seven miles
apart on the newly constructed branch
of the Oregon Short Line extending to
Twin Falls. They are in the midst of
an area nov Gesert, but on which
%irrigating canals are being built by
the government at Il cost of upwards OF
s $1,000, 900.
The town sites are being surveyed
and laid OFF into lots, public square AMI
reservations for municipal purposes.
Already q considerable number OF
temporary stores and houses have been
built, and u small city of tents erected,
awaiting the coming sale of the lots.
Public interest il the matter has
been aroused in all parts of the west,
and hundreds OF intending settlers are
anxiously awaiting the announcement
Of the date OF sale. The lots will be
appraised and sold to the highest
bidders for cash.
1t is expected that ever better prices
will be realized than from the sale of
town lots in Oklahoma, where in the
case of Lawton over 100000 were
obtained. The conditions in southern
Idaho are far superior to those in Okla
homa, because OF the fact that the sur
rounding country is subdivided into a
number of farms, each of which will be
provided with water by the canal now
under construction.
The proceeds of the sale of the town
lots will 20 to the reclamation fund,
and it is believed hat an attempt will
be made to devote these proceeds to
the construction OF systems of municipal
water supply and sewage for each
town. In the case of town lot siles ia
Oklahoma the proceeds, amounting to
over $780, 900, were expended by tho
secretary of the interior in school
houses, bridges, courthouses, water
works, and sewage systems. If this Is
done in the new towns the'value of the
lots will be greatly increased.
1t is expected that the railroads will
p,olyn cnaaia1 ,atnC -,r hnnnaEaaLnr
from points east of the Mississippi
river. Large numbers of colonists are
expected from Utah, Colorado, Ne
braska, and even as far east as Iowa
and Missouri, and many persons viii.
probably come from Oregon. Washing
ton and Wyoming.
The location of these new govern
ment towns is unsurpassed in that they
are in a broad level prairie, aud a well
constructed line of railroad, surrounded
by u great number of small farms,
whose soil is Is good as any in tn"
United States. The Climate is unsur-
passed and everything points to rapid
growth and increase in and values.
The above we insert as indicating
what may be q o .naugurated ou
the line between Cody and Garland b.
the officers of the reclamation service,
The Cody government project covers
$780, acres of irrigatable land and
there is no reason why ;be government
officers should not, in a. Interest o.
the public, establish town sites and L.
he profits from such sites go to the
%lpbuilding of schools. churches ans
municipal buildings. ON the othe'
hand there is every reason why this
should not be done.