Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-06-07

lakes, that are filed at the high
stage OF water in the Snake river,
thereby forever excluding the pos
sibility OF scarcity OF water.
Great things are being done in
our Idaho landl No longer do our
infant industries gasp for nerd Of
proper nourishment. The dormant
resources OF the Gem Of the Noun
tains no longer remain silent and
unproductive. We are discovered
The bugle call Of Idaho's great
march Of progress and development
has been sounded Watch us grow !
Irrigation is king And irrigation
securities are as popular and mar
ketable as any high class, dividend
paying securities in the commercial
field.
A country that bears the stamp
OF public approval to such an ex-
tent that out in the sage brush
amid the most primitive surround
ings men deposit their hard cash to
represent sales under the COM
pany's forms-cash to the amount
OF million and three-quarter dol
lars-need not fear the future.
Empire building is now taking
its proper rank among the worlds
great events, First comes the man
who conceives in his brain the pos
sibilities of great enterprise; the
presentation OF it to men OF wealth
who have the means to materialize
the conception of the promoter; the
practical development OF the en-
terprise; and, lastly, the disposing
of it as a whole or in sections to
others for more than its cost. It's
long and winding road, beset
with complications and disappoint-
ments before the approach OF final
victory From conception to COM
pletion means much more than is
ever said or written, more than the
mind can master.
Irrigation is a word with which
to conjure. The retaining OF arid
acres, the making OF grass to grow
where none grew before, is indeed
a mighty victory, all the more
mighty in that it is humane, home
and peace making.
Irrigation is a synonym for "op-
pOrtunitv." a blessed word carry
ing a message OF hope to human
hearts. Empire building is an OPP
portunity so broad and splendid
that no man need blush to be a
common soldier in the ranks OF this
progressive army.
The writer could but think as he
watched that busy little army Of
workers making a canal to carry
the water to the thirsty land how
in five years more the sage brush /
would disappear, the solitude OF the
desert be a memory, new era Gre
ated, hundreds Of prosperous homes
a fact; a kindly, progressive citi-
zenship replace the dreariness and I
solitude Of the heretofore manless I
country, an empire born, and all
WE'LL
Less than five years ago the same i
conditions existed on the south side /
OF the Twin Falls project, sage
brush, desert and the solitude OF
the wilderness. Today the Twin
Falls country is national house
hold word, the best and most fla
vorably known irrigation project
in the United States. 1t has made
good from its birth, and still devel-
opment and progress are the watch
words OF the settlers, investors and
the splendid people who are sue
in conquering the problems
of life for themselves in this mag
land of opportunity. Ev-
cry new and modern appliance is
in use and favor; everything is mp
to date. Nothing seems to be too
good for this great new people who /
are coming to our irrigated acres
and building towns, homes, schools,
railroads, telephones, and
practically to their every day lives
every known method that tends to
make permanent abode in a land
that responds soreadily, and yields
50 abundantly.
The south side of the Twin Falls
project is the greatest
object lesson of the age. The VIII
ter challenges any other irrigation