Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-05-25
Company Formed 10 install Huge
Plant on Snake River Be-
low Huntington.
MEANS GREAT DEAL FOR CITY.
Another Big Land Opening Under
Carey Act--Idaho superintendent
Pleased VIII. Utah Schools.
speelal Correspondence.

actions recorded in Boise In q
long time is now on the point Of be-
ing closed II Is the purchase OF the
stock OF the Boise-Payctte River Flee
trio Power company by the idaho
oregon Light and Power company.
The latter company was recently or
ganized for the purpose OF installing
a great power plant ~ the big bend
Of the Snake river, below Huntington
The same company recently purchased
Il controlling interest In the Electric
Power company, limited, OF this city.
The principal owners iu the Idaho
Oregon company are William and SIN
clair Mainland Of Oshkosh. WisCpn-
sin. They have Just been IN Boise IN
connection with this deal and ar
ranged everything for closing il up
as soon as certain routine matters can
be disposed of. The company has al
so taken over the plants at Emmett,
Meridian and ontario. The effect OF
this deal on the future OF Boise viii be
most important 1t will furnish the
city all the power needed for many
years to come and make this point
inviting to manufacturing enterprises.
II viii thus contribute greatly aud dl-
rectly toward the development of TINS
city and for that reason the transac-
tion Is of far-reaChing Importance. As
yet nothing has been made public re-
speeding the consideration of the deal
ESCAPED FROM PEN.
Andrew Gilbert, llfe-termer and
trusty at the state penitentiary, es-
capped from that institution last Fri
day evening and up To this date no
trace of the man can be found. Gil
bert was counted as being one OF the
most trusty men at the pen" and for
.Nr.1 hnNE
to the penitentiary warden, 1T Is be-
ieved that outside as well AS inside
Influences were brought to bear to in
duce him to escape. Gilbert was sta
toned at the power plant, near the
pententiary. where he remained ON
duty in caring for the machinery of
the plant until about 10 o'clock, at
which hour last Friday night Gil
bert's companion returned TO the pris-
on and reported to the warden that
Gilbert was missing The warden sent
out q number Of guards who searched
the night through without result. twas
the belief of the warden that the es-
capped convict was demented ana
could be located in the hills back of
the penitentiary. but this idea has
been now abandoned
BIG LAND OPENING.
Commissioner Allen Miller of the
bureau of immigration, labor and sta
tistcs of this state has Just announced
big land opening on the Big Wood
river In Blaine and Lincoln counties,
on the 24th of June. These lands,
4O.S21 acres in all viii be opened un-
der the Carey act by the Idaho Irri-
cation company and contain some OF
the finest lands in the irrigated region
OF the state, being composed OF hno
sandy loan with wonderful produc-
IL tN.aNH la Z
the company Is said 10 be adequate.
A new town site is already laid out
on the tract and is situated on the
HALEY branch of the oregon short
Line railroad, about IL miles above
Shoshone in Lincoln county. The
price of land will be soc per acre,
25c down and 25c when final proof is
made. The water right TO the land
will be between S25 and $50 per acre,
on easy payments, reaching over per
haps ten years. However, the exact
price per acre for water Is not yet
known. The headquarters OF the COM
pany are Haley, Ida, The irrigation
company Is financed by New York
capitalists and locally managed by s.
ID. Bone of HALEY.
STATE LAND SALE.
on Saturday of this week the state
will offer for sale about 1000 acres of
land at public auction at HALEY
Blaine county The land Is appraised
at from $40 to S11.50 per acre, and
the usual terms of the sale viii gov
ern It's disposal. None of the lands
viii be sold for less than the appraised
value.
IMMIGRATION REPORT.
The most complete and extensive re-
port ever published by the state bureau