Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-12-14

TAMPA is located ON "a plateau
n about 25 miles wide, lying be
VI tween the great Snake and the
4 Boise rivers. at an elevation oi
1,,5e5.0 feet. and is one Of the most
t-,,rtsnt cities on the main line of
,,s oregon short Line railroad i'm that
cart of Idaho. II is sometimes called
r.. .rrnction city" on account Of its
.io-.a railroad center, as will be not
u nom the following railroads. ore
Ian short Line tUniou Pacific main
H50 Roise. Nampa & Owyhce railroad.
Idaho central railroad and the Idaho
vrthDu. and also its electric roads.
o.e rndcr construction, that win GEN.
faH here. This situation clearly reveals
IN the thinking man how completely
this territory can be dominated by the
trsi7,ss energy Of the people Of our
rr 8nd make here the commercial
-a1t.r df southwestern Idaho. Nampa
has Icon handicapped by the fact that
Be- the youngest city In this part OF
iha state. and must overcome the
trade relations and rates that have
heretofore existed, but which are grad
rely being changed by her railroad
simatisa. and she viii be further as
sisted hy the operation of the Inter
state Commerce law, as recently detin-
e3 On the Spokane case. which Will per-
mid of Nampa's obtaining proper
freight rates and doing away with
90 Determinations that have been
made against her
HISTORICAL DATA.
Namua sprang into existence at the
BEGINNING of the hard times OF 1890. and
the early settlers rallied around
water tank of the oregon Short Line
railroad. The struggle was a hard one
TO- ,ha next decade as i'm 1900 the popu-
htrn numbered only 500 For the next
the years railroad agitation kept the
t0U0 from making much progress, but
from that time 20 the present Il has
braucd into city, and q census
,7' ar 70 March, 1907. gave a population
N ih-6 which growth has been the
m -rc o. sister cities, yet Il can truth
fully Doe said that Nampa Is like a seed
f'' has just burst pushing its young
So Pro into the sunlight attracting the
aHeluon OF its naighbors. and soon to
l" q vigorous tree and spread its
tfa branches not over southwestern
h'h but the entire intermountain
ia Nampa's fame win not be
f only upon the fact Of it's being
if' numerical metropolis. but upon
t' Yen Their fact that Il is the center of
r'-t area Of magnificent fruit. vege-
p grain. hay and grazing territory
r1 countless herd Of sheep. cattle
ar horses feeding during the summer
"orths upon the natural grasses cover
iH t5e foothills and mountains on
ahor side and coming down to this
wl'y for food and protection during
he winter months.
CLIMATIC CONDITIONS.
It is a fact cities grow. to a certain
extent regardless of the kind of
r'im1e, but how much more satisfac-
Tory it is 10 locate In a place where
you can not complain OF the climate
while no particular climate win satisfy
all natures, there are places where the
vast majority can be contented. That
Place where nature can have a rest for
2 Jew months In the year and thus be
iaFigJrated for the efforts Of the COM
ing season VIII produce the most abund-
ant crops and the finest havors. ana
So where the human system can have
Variety is the most beneficial for Il and
ae most satisfactory II Is claimed
hat the place whore life Is the most
as.e.11 pie and health is the best H.
southwestern Idaho.
The climate Of this section ~ tha
Saie which may be called the .Nampa
region is designated as mild" for
mere are no extremes in winter or
summer Owing. probably. to the high
NDluie, the heat OF summer is not on
WesslVe That there Is no heat Of n
nature 10 make human life uncom-
...'aoie Is shown by the fact that thera
alF no cases of sunstroke The long.
Ga.m summers are necessary for the
10y MAJ turing OF the crops. The spring
s su Ial are very pleasant seasons.
s s1elt Is no rain from about June 10
s'tlN'nher or October. Occasional rains
'elr during the late fan. winter and
,,.r'. spring' but there is no "rainv
," snow falls from time 10 time
Ell does not gather enough Tor
'''s'lAs' and II FIVE inches of Ice can
,r-,. 'nhahitants deem themselves
me ground freezes from six
efnt inches only.
Oh, l.au7iics compiled by the limited
~ "a government show that this mart
''"Ho has the lowest death rate Of
En- lon OF the United states. The
.l, Us especially good for pulmon-
ana asthmatic troubles.
FARMING LANDS.
y5A s.anee at the map would show
sc,. me center OF thousands ~
ul iarm lands. II would also