Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-19

4 North ana South forks in Fremont
county to the mouth Of the Salmon.
Ii Is at the point where the river,
with.its constant and heavy flow joins
the Snake that the handsome and rap
idly growing city OF Payette. the en-
trance, the front door as 1t were, to
all.thc great fertile valley. is situated.
THOUSANDS OF BROAD ACRES.
But the territory tributary to Pay
cite is by no means confined to the
Payettes valley. for both above and
below the city, on either side of the
snake, stretch out thousands upon
thousands Of broad acres, most Of
which are now under cultivation, ana
considerably more OF which Will soon be
reclaimed by irrlgatlng enterprises
Such wonderful strides have been
made within the last few months that
IL is practically certain that Payette's
population will exceed the 5000 mark
before January, 1910. The real thing that
ut once impresses the stranger Is Its
solid. substantial appearance, practice
ally all of the business buildings on
the principal streets being of brick
and well constructed.
MANY. BUSINESS HOUSES.
Peyettc has very large number of
4 stores would do credit to any city in
Idaho. Payette has fine sahoolhouses,
numerous churches, planning mills, cam
ming factories, fruit evaporators, cream
cries fruit packing stations and other
enterprises in keeping with its many
resources
Payette too, is most admirably situ-
ated to benefit from the immense tim
Der resources of the uppar branches
of the river, as the logs can be tloated
down the river at very slight expense.
FRUIT BRINGS FAME.
The Payette valley Is justly famous
for the excellent quality and enormous
yields of fruit. It was the fruit from
this valley that won the $500 loving
cup presented by former United States
Senator w. A. Clark of Montana for
the Gem state at the irrigation coll
gress at ogden, In 1903. The exhibit
presented then was by far the best Of
fered from any irrigated state in the
United States. For last year and this
year Idaho fruit brought higher aver
ago prices in the eastern markets than
fruit from any other state.
The altitude of this section is about
1900 feet and the climate is ideal the
4 year through Sunshine can be counted
on 800 days in The year and there Is
little wind to DO contended with. Such
things as destructive storms are I'M
known throughout the Payette valley.
CITY OWNS wATERwoRKs.
F,ayctte owns its own waterworks
system and electric light Is furnished
by a company controlled entirely by
loca. capital. Aside from this fact local
ditch propositions for supplying water
tanned, thus affordins splendid oppor-
tut..:y at nominal cost to the small
fruit raiser TO prosecute the higher ar
tistic cultivation Of apples and canta-
ioupes for the ever eager eastern mar
llet
Here in Payettc are maintained ex-
tensIve lumber mills and large -four
mills operated by the wonderful supply
If water from the majestic Payet.e
river. Canneries in the interest Of
fruit packing ale plentiful and one of
the largest in the state is maintained
by Payette capital pure and simple
Besides fruits this establishment cans
tomatoes and peas for shipment.
One of the very Important enter
prises of Payette is controlled almost
exclusively by farmers of the sur