Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-06-21
Golden Opportunities at
Mondays Opening.
Some OF the Conditions that Make
This a Notable Event in His
tory Of Irrigation in Ida
no and the West.

The hest savings bank in the
world is an investment in the irri-
gated lands OF Lincoln county, aad
here are some of the reasons:
The conditions which regulate
climate are combined here in an
ideal form. The average altitude
is about 1000 feet, thus insuring
cool nights and warm days. The
latitude is far enough north that
the days through the growing sea-
son are long as we'll as hot. The
rainfall averages about 10 to II
inches, and most of this falls in
the form of snow during the win
ter months. The soil is a rich vol
canic ash, which, when watered, is
the best soil on earth. The alb
sence of rainfall has preserved all
of the necessary chemical elements
in the soil, while in rain-watered
regions these same elements have
been leached out by the rains of
centuries. This is truly virgin
soil, containing all of its original
elements, waiting the magic touch
of the irrigator to cause it to bring
forth in such an abundance as is
unknown in other sections. The.
water supply of Lincoln county
has no equal in the whole of the
arid west. Along the south line of
the county rolls the majestic Snake
river, whose waters are now being
brought-for the first time-out
upon the desert, and 275.00O acres
OF land are being subdued in that
section of the county. In the
north side of the county flows the
Big and Little Wood rivers and
the Malad river. These three
streams alone are the equals OF
any other three streams in irrigated
Idaho for water supply. The
Idaho Irrigation company is now
at work corralling the waters of
these streams by its impounding
dam located a short distance below
the junction of the Big Wood and |
the Malad rivers.
Their project, when completed,
will add 10000 acres of land to
our irrigated area.
1t is OF special Importance that
this project be kept before the pub
lie that it's advantages may not be
overlooked, since next Monday
this company will throw open 49,
600 acres. These lands to be opened
Monday, June "a, lie to the north
and west of Shoshone. The soil,
climate and such conditions are
practically the same as elsewhere
in the county, but these lands
have some specially valuable fea-
lures that are worthy of attention.
Domestic water supply Is seri-
Gus question in some new sections
Of the country. On this tract do
mestic water may be had for the
digging OF the we'll. When it is
obtained it is of the purest of
water, free from alkali ,
and other injurious minerals.
Irrigation water in great abnnd-
lnce will be supplied. The source {
If water supply for this company {
S taken from one Of the greatest
of the continent, end t
all of it comes into this 8
reservoir. The great J
Sawtooth mountains sh d their {
SHOWS for a distance east and west J
If more than $50 into this basin. '
Their majestic SUBMITS reach far /
nto the regions of the everlasting c
nows so that even when 1t rains |
N the farm lands of this tract in c
he summer time it is showing up t
n the mountains. y
The great sheep and cattle past v
Tres OF this part of Idaho lie in b
hese mountains. The rulings of f
he forest service and the forest a