The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-11-26

dairy, although in addition to the grain
already mentioned, much hay is pro
duced, and this year about 100 acres
were planted in sugar beets- Mr.. Hark-
ness also has 1900 acres of land near
Oxford, four miles from Swan Lake,
where some time over n year ago he be-
gan the work Of irrigating by means OF
bitches from Swan lake, from which an
ample supply of water is obtained.
When the work Of reclaiming it is com,
plete, this will be q magnificent and
very valuable body of land.
Twenty-six years ago, Mr.. Hardness
engaged in the general merchandise
business which has been conducted by
him individually during all those years
until last spring, when the McCammon
Investment company was organized Tor
the purpose OF taking over the now
extensive business and for acquiring
townsite on the high ground Just west
of the railroad, laying it out. and dis
posing of the lots. and engaging in
such other enterprises as seemed de
sirable To foster the growth or take
care of the business of the surrounding
country now rapidly centering at this
point Mr.. Hardness is one of the chief
figures in the company and associated
with him are II. NJ. Edwards and other
men of means and influence. The com
Zntion. a large number of lots have
been sold in the new townste and many
buildings erected, the most pretentious
being the large brick and stone build.
ing to be occupied bS the new bank
recently organized and the large gen
eral merchandise busines which rs still
occupying the old store room on the
east side of the track.
About the old store conducted by
Mr. Uarkness for so many years gradu.
ally grew up, out of the necessities of
the situation. quite cluster Of indus
tries, all originated and controlled by
the same man, Since the days of the
building of Pullman, III. Iyorydale. O.,
Homestead, Pa. and similar places, IT
has not been uncommon in the United
States to see towns built and owned by
great corporations, but McCammon,
Ida, was. up to the time OF the advent
OF the McCammon Investment company
last spring. the best illustration the
writer has ever seen of town bullt
and owned absolutely by one man.
From the positions of stage station
master. stockmau and merchant he be
came n large land owner, acquiring all
the land about the junction of the two
railroads. Then as grain production
began he provided an elevator To care
for the grain produced by himself and
others Ill the vlclnlty. Tins led later TO
the erection of one of the best Touring
mill plants in Idaho, the Hardness roller
mills, with a capacity of l15 barrels of
flour in twentyfour hours The feed
and livery stable, still doing business
| dates back to the old stage days, before
| the arrival of the Pullman car and
transportation by steam, as did also the
hotel which preceded the present com
| Portable hostelry. Later came cream
cry, a sawmill, sheep shearing and
| dipping plant, a blacksmith and wagon
shop, an opera house, and, finally, an
electric light plant and water sys
tenn for the village, all provided by thc
energy, genius and money of the same
| man.
The power for all these industric,
requiring power, is furnished by tho
waters of the Port Neuf river This
stream, while not large, affords most
excellent and reliable power, because
of the remarkable constancy Of it:
flow. and the rapidity of its descent