The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-17

| SreSS Is DellS maze. L lie line dS nov
decided on crosses the north fork of
Snake river just above st. Anthony
and leaves Marysville several miles to
the east, but at a point opposite tn
latter town a branch will leave the
main line for Teton Basin, with the
terminus at Victor. In all there vii,
be about 125 miles of new road built
| Fremont county.
Heavy Lumber Traffic.
| In addition TO bringing much more
! Park tourist travel to the Short Line.
/ which il is claimed will much more
| than pay the operating expenses, the
/ road Will get a heavy lumber traffic,
as well as the large agricultural pro-
! auctions in the MarysVille and Teton
/ Basin country There are also some
! fairlyN well developed coal mines in the
| Basin country, and the railroad COM
pany could do a good coal business in
/ this part of Idaho if they choose to
| take hold and further develop this
/ business. 1t is proposed to build about
| fifty or sixty miles of the Park end Of
the line this fall, and thus be able TO
| complete the balance by the time the
! tourist travel sets i'm next June. The
! scheme also includes the building or
a large hotel on the Madison river
liwhere the same energies from the
| Park. This extension when finished
! will make what is now known as the
/ ST. Anthony branch, consists of about
| Ia miles, and will doubtless hereafter
| be designated as the Yellowstone Park
| line. Many carloads Of ties and other
material are already on the ground.
and construction Is being rushed as
| fast as possible II will result in better
/ and Increased train service for this
/ part of the country, and will be a
! great factor in further developing Ere
mont county, which is now one of the
richest counties in the state.
Railroad Prospects.
I II is strongly believed that the great
| amount OF railroad talk of the western
extension of the Chicago & Northwest
| ern line, which is now building west
from Casper. Wyo., 10 Lander. q dis
lance of about $50 miles; and also the
| proposed building of the Denver, Wy
| oming and Idaho line, will result in a
trunk line being built down the south
fork of Snake river, which affords a
| good railroad route, and along which
there are vast coal beds. from Wyom-
ing into Idaho and along through the
southern part of Fremont county to
! Boise and Portland. Surveyors. it is
claimed, have been working on one or
the other of the above projects. over
near BaiSe locating a route through
the mountains. They have also been in
the vicinity of the Grand canyon on
the south fork of Snake river, below
JacksOn's hole. engaged in the same
work. BY following this stream from
! Wyoming into Idaho a water line can
be obtained for over 100 miles, and
/ will enter this valley about in the cen
ter and in its most fertile and widest
part. Altogether. the future prospects
are bright for this part of Idaho.
Beet Season.
The farmers here are in the midst Of
their beet digging operations. About
six ears each are loaded daily at Rig
/ By. Louisville and Menan. The spur
! from the st. Anthony branch 10 the
} last named places has been completed
I and beats are now being hauled
from those towns by rail, which makes
} il worth While for the farmers to raise
| the sugar producing vegetable. The
/ beet crop in this part Of the country
! has done fairly well this year but not
as good as was expected. one rea-
son is that during wedding and thin
ming time sufficient labor could not be
/ obtained 10 properly DO this work,
/ otherwise many more beets would
( have been harvested this fall Al
other crops have been away above the
average. and the trouble now is in get
ting cars for shipping purposes. The
| Short Line has more than it can do in
this regard. A great many train loads
IS -h d ~
mont county this fall. The three su-
/ gar factories in this part of Idaho are
running fun blast.
Rigby is booming ahead. and keep
| ing up her phenomenal record Of the
| past two years. NJ T. Peck is erect
! ing a large store building. 50I76 feet,
! To be two stories, with basement un6 r
/ the entire building. 1t is being built
/ Of brick and cut stone. and viii be Oc-
/ cupied by the gentleman for a furni-
I ture store. while the upper story will
be used for a dance and show hall. The
( large new ST. 600 school building is
nearing completion. and will be ready
/ for occupancy in about one month, 1t
has twelve large rooms. Albert Call
/ is erecting a s., 500 residence in town,
and Charles DOMAIN is also putting UP
! a neat brick cottage. and a number
I of others have already built suhstan-
tial residences here this summer
Righy School District,
Rigby has been organized into an
/ Independent school district. with the
= following for the board Of education:
Charles " Poole, cyril J. Vail, VIII
= liam III. Jones, George +, Hill. jr., W.
r. Howe and Harry SchweitZer. It
il intended TO make our school mod
Crn and up-to-date in all respects, and
many people of the surrounding coun-
try are moving into town TO take adj
vantage of the fine school facilities
offered.
Il is the universal desire on the part
of Frem2nt county's citizens that the
state land board viii be compelled TO
annul its recent action wherein it
leased $4,000 acres of tillable land in
the eastern part of this county to six
/ sheep owners. OF course the land was
| leased to 1870 individuals, or supposed
individuals, q large number Of whom
| are not known in these parts, who
| Immediately afterwards assigned the
| leases. or turned the land over 10 the
number Of sheep men mentioned. It
| is a clear evasion OF the law, and the
/ people DO not propose 10 submit 10 il,
even j. mandalnus proceedings have TO
be Tesogted TO in order % compel the
land board to cancel the leases. While
the revenue derived from these leases
amounts 20 about S20,000. which is di
vlled among ali the school districts in
the entire state. skill the damage to
the future growth and development OF
Fremont county wiz be Incompatible.
This county does not propose to sacri-
flee itself on the sheep altar for The
benefit of all the other counties of the
state. The recent exposures in this
and other land matters, is putting the
Cooling administrs ton I'm a very I'M
enviable position. Their death knell in