Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-02-10
How That Settlement Has DeveI.
oped Into a FIourishing City
OF Idaho.
SOME MODERN IMPROVEMENT
Two Thousand Carloads OF Freight
Originated There During the Year
or 1905.

Special Correspondence.
n EXBURG, Idaho, Feb. S.-Twenty-
X three years ago, Thomas f, Kicks
having been called by the presl-
dent of the Church, with several
eral of his sons aud a few other pio-
neers, pitched their tents IN grove
Of cotton wood and quaker asp on the
South Fork OF the Teton river, where
Rexburg now stands The snow was
two feet deep, and the weather was
intensely cold. They came thus ear
~ in the year. having planned It so
In order that crops might he produced
the first season. They had a surveyor
among their little band, and he pro-
ceeded at once to survey the first canal
between the forks of the Snake river
which was completed 80 that 1t was
used to irrlgate 600 acres of grain that
season. All through the year immi-
grafton poured in, and many OF the
settlers We're extremely poor. There
was no Touring mills nearer than Lo-
gan, Utah. which was 200 miles away,
so that -four was shipped in and wheat
was shipped out for several years Each
year since 1883 has marked wonderful
strides In development and progress Of
this country in every way, In Free
mont county there are now 1000 miles
OF main canal. For more than 100
miles from Marysville to Blackfoot
there Is almost an uninterrupted line.
A net work of wire fences encloses
hundreds of thousands OF acres OF
land, and land ut that, which pro-
duces wheat, from 70 60 50 bushels per
acre, and oats from N TO 100 bushels
per acre
Rexburg is the largest town north
OF Idaho Fails, and has 5000 resi-
dents. one thousand students are
now attending school In this city. they
being blessed with almost every adj
vantage Tor the attainment Of a mod
ern education that can be had On the
larger cities of the country. The
Kicks academy, which was built by
voluntary contribution Of the Saints
Of the Fremont, Bingham and Teton
stakes, Is n monument Of credit to
President Kicks and his associates. The
building Is three stories high and has
seventeen class rooms and q very fine
auditorium. II Is heated by hot air
furnaces, and is lighted with eectiici.
Is. II stands ON the hill above the
town and can be seen from many mia
away There are Y professors OF high
standard IN charge of this school.
The district school Is known rs In
dependent School District No. / and
has two sohoolhouses with sufficient
capacity for more than 1000 students.
The new stone schoolhouse cost the dis
trict $4,000 ana the frame building,
Z IL Of a .t,a
I'm this school with Prof. James A.
Langton as principal
ReXburg has two miles OF the very
best plank sidewalk. weH graded
streets with abundant shade trees ON
either side Streams OF water run down
all streets on both sides. The town
site covers over 200 acres OF land, the
streets all being 100 feet wide Within
10 miles Of Rexburg and surrounding
on every side are the following named
towns: Archer, Lyman. Labelle, Texas,
Burton Hibbard. Plano. Edmonds,
Egin, Parker, MILFORD, Teton, sugar
CITY and Salem. This makes total
of IA towns tributary to RexDurg,
which with the farm population around
makes this n city OF considerable COM
merclal Importance.
The railroad station here handled NJ
least 1000 cars Of freight during the
year 1905. The writer knows Of one
week last season that the station ship
ped 100000 worth of wool. and little
later $4,000 worth Of mutton was eX-
ported
The Rexburg First ward has just
completed a $4,000 ward tabernacle
which was built of stone taken from
quarries two .niles back in the hills,
Last week the business men of this
city met en-mass and organized Com
mecial club. At the first meeting $3.50
was subscribed Club rooms are now