The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-12-04
CUTTING SAWLOGS
FOR AAMPA MILL
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Over Six Million Feet to Be-
Gotten Out During the
Winter.
MILL READY TO RUN
BY FEBRUARY FIRST
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The Plant viii Cost $4,000
and VIII Employ Many
Men.
Special TO The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
NAMPA, Ida, Dec, 3.-The Idahe
White Pine Milling company now has
3.000,0 900 feet OF logs out and this Wilt
be increased to six or eight millions by
the time of the spring drive. A force OF
fifty men is kept busy and the weather.
so far has been splendid for the sue.
cessful carrying on of the work,
Work on the main building is pro-
crossing nicely and several carloads OF
the machinery have arrived. Two addi-
tional cars are expected daily It is
expected to have the building up and
the machinery installed by the first OF
February.
The mill is being built on natural
mill and reservoir site on the east side
of the B. n. G. o. railroad track, ons
be thoroughly modern in every partic-
ular, embracing dry kiln, steam treat
ing plant, lathe mill, box factory, and
planning mill. The most up-to-date ma
chinery Will be installed 10 treat th6
logs from the rough state to the finished
product.
The annual capacity of the plant will
be 100000 feet, or 10000 feet day,
The mill Will cost over $4,000 and the
handling of the logs VIII involve ths
expenditure of enormous sums annually,
j, n. Graybill and DR.. John Pipher
have purchased the stock OF the Amerif
can grocery from Phil Getter, and will
move the same into the Partridge build<
ing. which they have leased.
c. 4, Fisher will move into his new
room in the Dewey building soon. Mr..
Fisher will have one of the finest estabI
lishments in the State, having pur-
chased some very handsome new fx<
lures. His room will be furnished
throughout in the mission style
Caldwell has settled. and settled
rightly, the long drawn out city hall
controversy and the contract has been
let for an all brick building. to cost
$4,000.
Nampa is contemple ting building q
$4,000 city hall in 1907.
Sinker Irrigation Project.
Charles Childs of Murphy has spent
two years IN surveys and investigations.
and has planned a system of reservoirs
in the canyon of Sinker creek, To
catch and hold the melting SHOWS which
pile up on War Eagle and are drained
into that stream making il a torren6
during the spring and early summer
months. With these stored waters, with
an inexpensive system of canals, he has
hgured out how large quantity OF
the splendid lands on the river plains
can, at comparatively small expense,
be reclaimed. He has had several East
crn capitalists visit the locality and
look over the proposition aud his
estimates, and has found men willing
To put their money into the enterprise,
which now only awaits negotiations for
the few little canyon ranches required
for the dams and reservoir sites.
Water Right Decision.
A decision by the commissioner of
the General Land office has been re.
ceived at the Boise Office which is OF
great importance. 1t involves oues-
tion of water rights not previously
settled in the courts, says the Boise
Statesman.
On June June, %. 1902. Sarah E, Keith E,,
nrHof m@ds GeSsFt TSs a1e5 SntFy No Ros tjna nnd
office July 8, 1906, in which is was
shown that the desert land had been
redeemed by means of artesian wells,
The local land office held that title
TO all waters in Idaho, whether sur
face or underground, rested in the
State. and that permit must he OBJ
tanned from the State for the use of
water from these artesian wells before
title TO the land could be obtained from
the Government.
The commissioner of the General
Land Office holds that if water be OBJ
tanned from arteslan wells located on
the land to be watcred no showing of
ipldNt lS ItIullCu IL
order to obtain Government title
through the desert land act.
Real Estate in Demand.
Nampa real estate men are greatly
encouraged by the heavy demand for
Nampa property which is coming from
outside capitalists During the past
two years this phase of the local mar
ket has been constantly gaming in
Importance, until today there IS more
outside money being offered for invest
ment here than ever before
scheme is being worked out to irri-
gate considerable body OF fine land
Just across Snake river from Payette,
with water taken from the Snake at
he Rockefeller orchard. 1t is said the
project will also develop enough power
% furnish current for lights and othor
Uses in Payette, Ontario and Weiser.
The James Barnard ranch, eight miles
rom Payette has been purchased by
John Royston of Payette for $500. 1t
consists of eighty acres and is devoted
o hay,
The New Plymouth Land and Coloni-
alton company recently sold 100 acres
# sage brush land southeast of New
plymouth to Richard Richey of Emmett