The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-01
THE IRRIGATED EMPIRE
OF THE GROWING WEST
The Irrigated Empire of the West.

1tOh hot Oilly III eastern lOanO, as
great railroad center, but she is stu
ated in the great thermal belt aroun
the world, upon which are located a
the most popuious and enterprisin,
cities of the world. Idaho Falls is tn
eastern gateway to the state of Idaho
1t is city most happily and command
1ngiy situated in the center of tn
largest body of irrigated land on tn
entire continent, with no prospects o
a rival that can obtain a like foothold
according to government statistics tn.
Falls is surrounded by $50, $50 acres O
the most productive agricultural Ian,
in the United States, all under canals
or one-third of the entire agriculture
area under irrigation i'm the state O.
Idaho. This body of land is almos
as large as the state of Delaware, hal
the size of Connecticut and almost
twice the size of Rhode Island. The
canal was built at a cost of $3,037,-
74s. At the present writing close or
million acres of land is now under
canal, with every possible facility foI
doubling the present acreage.
Looking West for Homes and Invest.
ment.
People are looking to the west to-
day for homes and investment, and no
opportunity OIereQ DIV any
section than will be found in the up
per Snake river valley, Idaho. Soil
and climate are adapted to almost any
kind OF agricultural pursuit. and Ida
ho Falls offers every convenience of
modern life to the dweller in cities.
while real estate values are without
question, lower in idaho Falls than in
any city in the west that has less than
half its population and resources.
i, too H. 1.l, TE-.IU
center of the greatest empire of irri-
gated lands in the United States
rich in all agricultural resources, upon
which an inland CITY must always de-
pend. An empire as yet in its infancy
of prodUctfveness-a region capable of
supporting a million people.
Climate.
The glorious climate of California
has been much Wanted, but the eli
mate of southeastern Idaho has a
clearer, better atmosphere than the
far-famed Golden state. 1t is hard to
realize that in a region where per-
petual snow shines on the mountain
tops the temperature in the valleys
will range from 80 degrees above in
summer TO zero in winter The winters
are mild. Zero weather is the extreme
exception and lasts only fer a day at
a time, while the dry, still, clear at
mosphere relieves the intensity of a
zero day. The summers are cool and
pleasant. The principal factors giving
Idaho Falls such a remarkable and de-
lightful climate, compared with other
sections of the United States, is the
fact that the valley is under the eli
matte influence of the Pacific ocean
and Japan current, which is respon-
sible for the warm chinook winds
which prevail to a large extent during
the winter and early spring, and to
the high mountain ranges to the north
and east, which protect the valley
from the northeast winds in winter
There are no billiards in this countrv[
and any storm we may have comes
from the southwest. We have had
only two zero days this winter, while
a few hundred miles north and east of
US temperatures ranging from 10 to 40
degrees below zero has been the rule
for weeks at a time.
The altitude of Idaho Falls is f. 500
feet above sea level. Sunshine is the
rule, stormy and cloudy days the ex-
ception, and outdoor work is carried
on all the year round. The claim is
made with absolute justice that the
climate of Idaho Falls is UNSURPASSED. !
To those who are tired Of the biz
Zard-swept regions of the northwest |
and desire a milder and more con-
genial climate, where the winters are
short and mild, with very little snow
and seldom a zero day, where soil is /
more productive, where water is run |
ming recklessly to waste, where land is /
cheap and abundant, where the prob 1
lem of obtaining coal and timber is /
not to be encountered, come to Idaho |
Falls and become acquainted with the |
great irrigated empire Of the west.
Idaho Falls the Garden City of the
West.
Idaho Falls is located in Bingham /
county, has a population Of 5000 and /
is growing more rapidly than any town |
in the state. In commercial import
ance she stands head and shoulders
above any other city IN Idaho, and is
by long odds the largest agricultural
point in the state. 1t is To-
Gated In die center of one of the great
est agricultural grazing and mineral
areas in the United States. 1t is the
htting-Out place for he famous Birch
Creek, Lost River and Salmon City
mining districts on the northwest and
The Carfboo mining dictrict on the
east, and immense coal fields from
nine to twenty feet in thickness are
being developed 10 miles from the city,
while a few miles east of the city
mere Is iiiItSnS- volcanic uGDDSlt
Of rock containing over 20 beautiful
shades and cOlOrs OF the finest build
ing rock. This wonderful quarry con-
tains rock enough to build a city as
arge as Chicago. Ranchers, stock l.
men and mining men for seventy-five
md a hundred miles around buy their
supplies at Idaho Falls. The
principal streets are graded and paved
" it'll lava rock. Cutters, sidewalks
and curbs are built of cement, making /
he streets OF Idaho Falls equal to any
found in the best equipped cities of
he east.
The light and water system is
he property of the city. There are
me daily AMI three weekly news
papers with five rural delivery routes
the agricultural districts
There are four banks, all doing a large
business. Telephone services is the
BEST to be found anywhere in the inter-
west Nine handsome
.hurch buildings grace the city, and all
he leading fratarna1 orders are repre-
iented, while the public school system
S model of its kind and the envy of
he state. Many beautiful residences
ldorn the city and many are in course
If construction. The city is under a
ystem of irrigation, and the cost of