Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15
GOOD agricultural country Il

A GOOD agricultural country Is
II the best possible basis upon
! which to build city. This has
long been recognized as a truism
The Snake River valley in productive
ness, climate. water for irrigation and
extent Of good land, is unexcelled In
any of the mountain states. Il. w. Lee,
who resigned the position Of general
passenger agent OF the Delaware and
Lackawanna Railroad Co., with head
quarters In New York, and came out to
farm In Idaho. says, THE Snake River
valley is ahead Of the Mississippi, Ohio
or any OF the other great eastern val
ley.s OF which We hear so much. MI
Lee has obtained several thousand
acres near Rigby, and last summer
broke up and put In readiness for crop
next season about 1900 acres. This
speaks louder for this valley than real
estate booms, display advertising, or
any other method of exploiting a Coun-
try.
TOWN FOUR YEARS OLD.
The town Of Rigby, which Is only
about four years old is situated in the
best part OF this great valley. AT this
point the great Snake river emerges
from the mountains on the east and
after running about IS miles westward,
makes Il bold sweep to the south. In
the formation stages of this country,
this huge stream which furnish
boundess supply of irrigation water.
filled in this part OF the valley with
rich mountain soil, which accounts for
its present wonderful prOduetiveness.
miles In every direction and be in tho
midst Of fine agricultural country,
well titled and producing enormous
crops of wheat. oats, barley rye, pota-
toes, sugar beets. hay, garden truck and
plenty Of the small fruits, also n large
variety Of apples, plums, prunes,
pears, etc.
The large stacks Of hay, grain and
the broad well irrigated acres sur
rounding each farmers residence de-
notes permanent prosperity
BIG MONEY DISTRIBUTION
The Idaho sugar factory, just south
OF Rigby, has received in round num-
bers. $4,000 tons OF beets this season.
At $3.50 per ton. the price paid the
farmers. shows that S3600O0 has been
distributed among them from this one
source alone. over 80 carloads of pota-
toes were shipped from Rigby this
year. which go as far east as Mime
apolls. omaha. Kansas city south as
far as Texas. and north to Butte.
Idaho potatoes rank. and in eastern
markets, sell for the famous Greedy
potatoes, some calling for ldaho's in
preference to the Colorado product.
Several hundred thousand bushels of
wheat and oats We're also raised in the
country tributary to Rigby this year.
No definite figures are obtainable on this
crop, except what the various threshing
machine companies report as having
threshed. The raising of red clover
seed and exporting it has also become
a large and profitable business. Rigby
fruit growers have shipped a consider
able number of apples this season, to
Utah and other points. IN addition to
the farm crops the cattle and sheep in
dustry thrives. and the population of
this part of Fremont county includes a
goodly number of wealthy stock men
In the country from the mouth Of the
canyon on the east. the south fork OF
Snake river on the north and Willow
creek on the south, the following canals
with their stated capacity of water,
which covers stretch of country about
% by Is miles in extent. viii give a
more adequate idea of the abundance
Of irrigation water this country enjoys.
Note the following.
GREAT CANAL SYSTEM.
Menan canal, 10000 inches Labelle
canal, 5000 inches; North Rigby canal,
| 5000; Lewisville, 10000; Rigby canal,