Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-11
NEWEST TOWN ON
THE SHORT LINE.
MOTOR Reed Speaks 10 Glowing
Terms Of Burley, on the
Ninldoka Branch
SAYS IT HAS GREAT FUTURE.
Predicts That Burlcy VIII he to
Southeastern Idaho What Boise
Is 10 Southwest

Mai Fred II, Reed Of the new city OF
Burley, Ida, In u guest At the hcn'
yon whllo IN this city ON n business
trip. This IN the new and promising
city on the south bank Of the Snake
river 10 miles south OF Minidoka on
the now line Of the O, =, H. H. H. DOr'
ley IN named after the veteran general
passenger agent Of the Rhort Line, and
IN tho forwarding and distributing point
for the largo territory including Onk'
10y, Albion, and the uooso creek coun'
ny, In fact 80 encouraging Is the OUT
look for the now town that during mo
first -four dnya IN this month, MAI
Reed says lots valued at SlOBO0O Melo
sold, the lots being 2jNJO feet, ana Duy.
ora came from many Montana wan
and idaho points, lie holis mat sur
ley WIN be 10 southeastern Idaho whul
Boise N now 70 the DOuthwohlerl part
OF tho state,
Tho major calls attention 90 the fact
that tho 900 foot railroad bridge over
lho snnkp into Durloy VIII be finished
IN 10 days, which viii be nlsnallked ny
the immediate entry into the oily OF
1870 cars OF lumber and building ma
icriAl which have accumulated on tho
north slide uf the stream waiting Tor a
chance TO get over Then the liolel
Reed, 10 cost $4,000, ~ TO bo erected
az an early day by eastern capitalists
NJ the oontor of the town, and the snort
Limo which runs WIN double track
through the town, VIII erect mac anu
oommOdlous depot nt overland ana
Oakley avenues Several mnnufncl urs
ing plants have spoken for sites, two
or three already moving In, ana ono
" these IN II sash ana door ana pima
factory, while u creamery has already
been started and IL taking the product
OF tho country for u long distance
around, Az an illustration of the prices
obtaining for lots, Mai Reed states the
sale OF ono centrally located bQ'loot
corner for sl,7bO
Tho major IN response 10 questions,
rOid that daily stage lines are running
between Burloy aud oakley Albion MIL
ner and Twin Falls ana the town being
tho confer OF NO largo an agricultural
stockralslng country people are coming
In from many directions to locate thorc,
Then the river for 20 miles ls naylgabll
FOR light draft craft, between the MI.
her dam ana the government dam az
Minldoku. The Burloy town authorities
have reserved six blocks suitably locat'
ed for parks, eohoolhouses ana olhor
public buildings ana n pumping plant
for city wetcrworks viii be put IN there
for both domestic and irrlsnting pur,
poses. Major Reed IL confident That
there will be 100 substantial buildings
IN Burloy by Oct l. The llrst newspaper
has already been started, by former
Edlto, Dlehl Of Mammoth, Titan, who N
operating In tent for the present
The llell Telephone company already
has ltB wlroe IN there and tho Western
Union VIII be IN within 20 days Thu
fact that the country w Just the thing
for sugar beet cultivation, Major Roon
IL confident win be Of great help TO ",
Major Reed II an old Now Yorker anu
served an enlistment IN - COMPANY
New York Seventh regiment, under
Colonel lemmona clark lilo came west
30 years ago, and has been cowman ANA
farmer ana miner, lie formerly resided
IN Washington state, whore he WAS
commissioned major IN tho First WASH
ingion cavalry, hence HIS military title,
lie IN n nno speaker ana II considorQl
q great hand % deliver oratlonB on ma
tional occasions