Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1905-11-10
A Dip Into the Future.

Uncle Sam will soon act as sponsor out
In southern Idaho for great events The
birth of two promising towns is expected ;
not twins. however. for they are miles
apart and the first will be born and
christened n week before the second
Names have already been chosen for
them: Hepburn for the one whose natal
day Will be November IA. Rupert for the
one that will look back to November 2l
as the day of its official beginning On
these important days a sale Of town lots
will be made under the benignant auspices
of Uncle Sam.
Already the town sites are being sur
veyed and laid of into precise lots with
the proper streets. diagonal avenues pub
lie squares, and reservations for NUM-
cipal purposes that belong to the city
beautiful. Tidings of these preliminaries
and rumors Of the coming auction have
spread throughout the West and hundreds
Of intending settlers are anxiously await
ing the announcement OF the dates OF sale
Some who fear to lose a bargain have al
ready encamped on the ground where
they have erected temporary houses and
stores. The lots viii he appraised and
sold for cash to the highest bidders
These two towns will be situated on
the newly constructed branch of the
Oregon Short Line extending to Twin
rails. This country is now desert but
when irrigating canals which the govern
ment is now building at a cost Of more
than sS,OOO.OOO are completed. 1t will be
a land of milk and honey, OF waving fields
ana Verdant pastures. Men of imagina-
ton who need only the background on
which to paint their mental pictures have
hlled In all the pleasant lines and lights
and will come from Utah, Colorado.
Nebraska, even from Iowa and Missouri.
probably from Oregon, Washington. and
wyoming to claim their own. 1t is ex-
pected that the railroads will make special
rates for homeseekers from points east of
the Mississippi river
The proceeds of the sale of the town
lots will go to swell the reclamation fund
and an attempt win probably be made 10
spend them on the construction of svs-
TENS of municipal water supply and
sewage for each town. The proceeds of
town lot sales in Oklahoma We're expend-
ed by the Secretary of the Interior i'm the
construction of school houses. bridges,
court houses water works, and sewage
systems II similar policy prevails in
this case the value of lots in Hevhurn
and Rupert will be greatly increased.
IL is expected that the return on the
sale OF lots in these Idaho towns will be
even greater that the returns on the sale
or town lots i'm Oklahoma In the case
OF lawton alone over $500, GOO was realized
whlle the returns on sales i'm other parts
OF the territory brought the sum up to
more than 500, 900. The conditions in
southern Idaho are superior to those
which existed i'm Oklahoma because of
the tact that the surrounding country is
suhdiVlded into large number of farms
each OF which will be provided with water
ny the canal now under construction. The
climate of this region is unrivaled by any
That has been more praised i'm song and
story An increase in land values would
seem TO be as assured as are the funds
win which Uncle Sam will pay the ex-
penses of developing this hopeful region