The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-14
BOOMING BURG IN IDAHO
Rexburg People Devote Their Time
and Money to Making the
Town Better.


Rexburg, Ida, June 23-In common with
other parts OF Idaho, Rexburg and Ere
mont county in general have made strides
word in this connection will not be
amiss TO let the people know what we
have done and are doing
Thousands OF settlers have come to this
section of Idaho within the last few
now 4 population Of =, 20 by recent com
pilatiOn- ReXbUrE, the largest town in
the county. has q population of 5000 St
Anthony has q population of 1900 and
neighboThOOd OF loo each.
This county has an area Of about 5000
square miles and over 10000 acres that
could be cultivated About 10000 acres
are now under cultivation. This is one
Of the best wateTed parts of the state. We
have several rivers and numerous strea ms
Oh thousand two hundred miles of canals
have already been built At the present
time there are several hundred men at
work widening and extending the Marys-
vile canal Alfalfa the great forage
plant. does well here. We have ideal soil
for beet raising and the largest beet
sugar factory in the west IS located at
Sugar City, about three miles from Rex
burg Another phase OF our farming that
is being intelliEentE developed is dry
farming on the benches In fact in
many places in the valley crops are
raised without irrigation because of the
The harder kinds Of fruits and berries
do well Thousands Of fruit and shade
trees, also shrubs. were planted this
spring. In fact, IT viii be only a matter
OF few years until the local markets
viii be supplied with the harder vari-
cites
Visitors to Idaho generally are sur
prised at the amount Of business done in
the small cities Of Idaho. Rexburg. with
a population Of 500 does 3 business as
large IS many town OF twice her size
This is the business center for a large
surrounding area, covered with farms and
villages
On Saturday afternoons especially the
streets are lined with farmers Of all kinds
ReXbUTE has two banks-the National
bank and State Bank Of Rexburg Both
do large amount Of business. Two live
. newspapers. the CuTrent-Journal and the
ReKbUTg STANDARD are doing much to
promote the natural growth of this sec
ton There are half a dozen firms en-
gagged in real estate. During the last
twelve months more than fifty new resi-
denCes. six business houses and a large
meeting house were erected. at a cost Of
more than 100000 The First ward meet
ing house cost about $4,000, and the Ma
tional bank building $1,000.
The construction Of an excellent system
OF wateTWorks is now progressing rapidly.
I The city is doing this work and has issued
bonds TO the extent Of $4,000 to paw for
the construction Of the waterWOrks The
water is of high standard Of purity and
unlimited IN quantity. RexDurg has sew
/ eraI miles Of sidewalks and the modern
convenience Of the telephone and electric
/ light.
3 "A
pretty fair index to its development Mod
eTu school buildings can be found in avery
district in thes county. The teachers are
well qualified and we'll paid. We hope to
paw them even better in order TO retain
them. The school year in most districts
/ is from eight to nine months. Rexburg
has n large tWelVe-rOOm public school
completed about two years ago at a cost
[ of S25O00 Professor James Langton has
( charge Of the district schools and is ably
/ assisted by twelve teachers. This is an
educational center We have located here
/ the Kicks academy, a magnificent struc-
| ture completed four years ago at a cost
l of $50 High school, normal and bust
/ ness courses are given at this institution.
I BOYS and girls from all over southeastern
Idaho attend this worthy institution Pro
fessOr Ezra Christensen has charge of
/ the academy and Is assisted BY twelve
4 able instructors. The attendance last wear
was 30.
The principal towns Of Fremont county
/ are reached by the Yellowstone branch Of
the Oregon Short Line. We have now
| two passenger trains and one mixed train
( each way. Fish and game abound in large
numbers in this section Under the pres
I ent wise regulations and the enforcement
/ of the same the streams and rivers will
continue to be a fisherman's paradise.