The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-06-01

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being opposed to their growth, while
| land values are much less than half
the price Of land in other sections with
less than half the development, advan-
tages and resources, while crop fall
ures and short years are unknown.
The Greatest Agricultural Section of
the Arid West.
The real worth and stability of an
arid country is measured by its facili-
ties for irrigation. We have the canals
and our water supply is safely as
sured by natures own handiwork, and
we have the first water right on the
| river.
Irrigation.
There is no country in the known
world that depends on the natural fall
of rain that can begin to compare with
the country that depends on irrigation
The great Snake river with its mighty
volume of water and many tributaries
makes the supply of water for irriga-
ton almost inexhaustible. Owing to
the lay of the land. canals are easily
is as level as a floor with no uplying
and irregular benches, and slopes gent
ly down toward the river throughout
the entire length of the valley. There
is no tiuming in the construction o.
canals. consequently no breaks or
washouts resulting from heavy spring
rains can possibly occur. and with very
small maintenance the canals are kept
in good repair.
Oldest Water Rights on the Snake
River.
The Upper Snake River valley has
the Oldest water rights and the first
irrigated land on the Snake river. con-
tinued and under the law will take
precedence over all Corners. There are
already 1000 miles of irrigation canals
now supplying water to the farmers
in the vicinity of the falls.
Soil.
Government reports place this Sec
ton of the country above all COMPETE
ton in productivity of soil, which is
nothing short of marvellous. AS you
stand i'm the Snake River valley you
look over a region covered by volcanic
ash loans varying from three to TWEEN
ty feet deeD, and underlaid by lava.
This is soil that will never wear out,
for it is almost immortal There is no
alkali in the Snake River valley. and
the water in the river comes direct
from the snow and is as soft as velvet.
Cost of Land.
The opportunities for obtaining i'm
proved land in this valley just now are
most favorable, but these conditions
viii not exist long. Land in the val
ley can today be purchased for less
than half the cost of land in other
localities with less than half the re-
sources. Prices range from $50 to $40
an acre with water rights. The fer
tility of the land is practically the
same all over the valley. With the
greatest water supply i'm the United
States and the cheapest water to be
found anywhere. these prices cannot
prevail long. During the last ten !
years land has been steadily increas-
ing in value; during the next five
years it will increase four times as
fast as it has during the last ten. /
There is no place in the United States 1
today where equal results can be OBJ /
tanned with as little labor and capital /
Of all the arid land of the west. of |
all the rich virgin soils anywhere, /
none offer the possibilities or insures 4
a more certain and quick return on
your investment than those of the |
great upper Snake River valley. |
Lands are cheaper, water is both cheap
and abundant, endless miles of free
range for your stock at your very
door, and a delightful climate insures
this country of a future greatness that
the settler of a few years ago never
dreamed of. Now is your opportunity
and those who would have the cream
must not delay
Cost of Water.
We have the cheapest water for ir-
rigatiOn to be found in the United
States, the cost varying from Is cents
20 40 cents an acre for the year. The
cost of the water depending on the
,anal under which the land is located.
All of the canals in the valley now be-
ong to the farmers. and every year
he cost of water is getting less
Dry Farming.
While on the east the valley is skirt
ID by range of low rolling green foot
Hills extending back for thirty miles
md contains at the lowest estimate
lalf million acres of the finest
and in every particular, best suited for
Try farming, that can be found on
he continent, and which will be i'm the
lear future all under cultivation, but
IL present writing the land under ir-
1gation is so abundant and so cheap
hat dry farming has received but
-ery little attention, although enough
las already been ACCOMPLISHED to
rove conclusively that dry farming
no longer theory, but a practical
demonstrated fact.
There Is Room for You.
There are over three million acres of !
alley land surrounding Idaho Falls. i
lose to one million acres are at pres i
mt under irrigation, and il is estj- :
mated that projects now under consjd- {
ration by capitalists will increase this
creagre to one million and a half. The 6
Ipper Snake River valley, Idaho, ac-
ording to statistics, contains a larger |