The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-02
CAREY ACT LANDS
TO BE THROWN OPEN
Forty Thousand Acres Near
Alberta, Idaho, Will Be Open
to Settlement June "a.

On the Oath inst. there will be opened
at Alberta, Idaho. 10000 acres of land
under the Carey act. At the same
time the town of Alberta will be
opened. The Idaho Irrigation company
is the power behind the scheme. and
the company advances seven reasons
| why the land is the kind you want.
Here are the reasons;
Best location-on Oregon Short Line
railway, fifteen and half miles north
east of Shoshone.
Best water rights-Big Wood river
and Malad rivers with watershed COW
cring 1850 square miles, draining high
est mountains in Idaho. Our reservoir
| is a natural wonder, impoundlrg $500,
! 100000 cubic feet Of water.
Best soil-rich sandy loan, no al
I kali, no dust storms
Best Observation-Disclosures y. s. gov
! ernmcnt engineering standards fol
lowed throughout
Best drinking water from wells
Best climate-long. warm summer
days, with cool nights.
Best pasture and grazing lands I'M
! medlateiy contiguous,
! The Idaho Irrigation company has
entered into contract with the State
land board for the opening Of the lands
under the company's ditch which will
cover the Marley Burn This contract
| provides for the opening Of 40,S21
acres OF Carey act lands lying enst Of
Big Wood river and reaching to the
tracks of the HALEY branch of the
Short Line railway On this particular
tract of land the sage originally grew
so rank as to attract special attention
to that section, \ raucher named Mar
ley, wishing to make a clearing, set fire
to the sage, which, on account of its
rank growth, burned far beyond his
expectations, and as a result some
$4,000 acres of land was barred of the
| brush.
That fire, however, is great advan-
tage Just now to the settler under the
new ditch, as the land is all ready TO
plow and the expense of clearing the
sage has been removed. This alone
saves the settler an expense of some
80 per acre in the cost of clearing the
land
This company is composed of some
Of tho strongest 6nanciers of the coun-
try. They not only have the cash nee
essary to construct the works, but they
are level headed business men. who
have faith in the feasibility of the pro
ject and have been more than willing
to back their judgment with their
money. W. P, O'Connor, the we'll
known banker of "A Pine street, New
treasurer is Theodore L. Peters, of the
great banking house of j, Hugh Peters
& Son, with its offices at Is Wall street,
New York. Charles j. Hernsheim of
New York is the vice-president and
general manager and is himself one OF
the strong fnanciers Of that city. S,
ID, Boone of Haley is the local western
manager and sales agent for the com
pany. Among its list of stockholders
are counted such men as I. W. Car
penter, Richard w. Comstock of Prov
idence, Rhode Island, J. NJ. Lummis,
Robert J. Haguet, j. w. Murphy, f.
Burton Hart Jr., VIM. & Everdel1, Os-
car T. Sewell and Edward P. Slevin. all
retired fnanciers of New York. The
Idaho Irrigation company is capital
lied at one million dollars and all fully
paid mp.
A townsite has been selected at a
point on the Haley branch of the
Short Limo about sixteen miles from
Shoshone, The new town has been
christened Alberta and il bids fair to
become one of the fourishing cities of
the State. James II, Post, Frederick
H. Howell and Thomas 4, Howell, Of
New York, are among those interested
in the new town and new country sur.
rounding it, They are millionaire
sugar merchants and they will see 10 it
that the sugar beet industry will be
looked after in due time and that
great sugar factory will be established
there Another wealthy stockhoIder IS
George A. Zabriskie who handles all
of Pittsburg flour in New York, and
he will give his attention TO fostering
the wheat industry on the new tract.
The Idaho Irrigation company has
already done a large amount of work
on the project and il expects TO be
able 10 deliver water 10 this portion of