Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-05-10
Three Different Parties in Town This Week
Who Want irrigated Farms
and Idaho Climate

There have been three parties of
week, looking over the country with
a view to investing.
Sunday night ]. E. Jerome, man
ager of the Minneapolis office of
the Great Western Beet Sugar COM
pany, arrived, accompanied by w.
M. Devlin, who is one of this COM
pany's missionaries, with Mime
apolis as his headquarters and Wis
consin as his field for proclaiming
the truth and converting wanderers
from the true faith to the irrigation
system of farming. With them are
Lewis Cowles, of Alma Center, and
A. L. Cowles, of Neillsville, Wis
consin; both of whom are here with
view to buying farms and settling.
After spending day driving around
town and viewing near by farms,
with which they expressed them
selves as greatly pleased, they and
others left on a trip for the hills,
intending to inspect the entire irri-
cation system and the Highland
Mary mine, Lime creek district.
The party consisted of the two gem
tlemen named, Messrs. Jerome, c.
E. Hayden, the mining expert,
Devlin, Cole and Beech, of ST.
Johns, North Dakota. The last two
had been here for several days
without having seen any of the
country and were about to leave for
home, dissatisfied with the propo-
sition. Mr.. Jerome chanced to find
them and is giving them an oppor-
tunity to form an intelligent judg-
ment. They expected to be away
trhee days and will therefore prob
ably return this evening.
Mr.. Jerome says that the feeling
in the east regarding the Mountain
Home proposition is very different
from what il was few years since,
when he formed a connection with
MIR. Garrett in his great undertake
ing here. Every day prospective
investors call at the Minneapolis is
office seeking information regarding
this irrigation project, and he finds
it much easier to interest capitalists
than formerly Mountain Home is
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name in the Twin Citics,'' st.
Paul and Minneapolis. Mr.. Jerome
will remain here about two weeks
and Mr.. Deviln one week. The
latter will bring another party of
! investors from Wisconsin early in
June.
]. L. Bradford, who went east
several weeks since, returned last
Friday, accompanied by A. A.
Adams, Mr.. and Mr.. w. N. Spear,
of Mason City, Iowa, and j. o.
Heitt, of St. Joe, Missouri. They
were taken on a trip of inspection
to the reservoirs, tunnels and along
the canals, returning Monday. They
found things just as represented,
with plenty of water assured and
have invested in lands and water
rights. They left yesterday to visit
Boise and may stop over here to
close their respective ceals on their
return.
Tuesday, unheralded, P. A.
Bounds, w. E. Watkins, c. L.
Barrett, George Schiemer, of North
Yakima, Washington and T. A.
Thomas, of Williamsport, Pennsly-
vania, showed up at Hotel Turr er.
These gentlemen will talk pleas
antly to any one who shows dis
position to ne friendly; but they
are saying little or nothing about
the specific object OF their presence
here 'sorter looking around, -
they admit. They are acquiring
information, first aid second hand,
keeping their eyes peeled and-are
evidently not here for their health.
Mr. Watkins is real estate dealer,
and the others will be, if they are
not already, real estate owners.