Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18

but the grade is being completed from
Jerome to Miner. at which point the
/ Snake River will be bridged and the
road is also being extended from MIL
1 ner to Oakley, distance OF % miles.
| Oakley will be the terminus for the
| present
The Oregon Short Line are now build
| ing what they say will be their prin-
cipal line across the North Side tract,
beginning at Rupert and extending
| westward across the tract to Bliss.
by the Messrs. Kuhn may be is not
known. Many claim that 1t Is part of
| q great system that Is about to invade
| this country and that the present Idaho
Southern is but one of the links in a
great system. Time will, however, tell
the story.
In addition to the great irrigation
work OF this company and the build
Ing of a railroad. the great powers OF
Snake river are being harnessed and
| the MeSsrs. Kuhn have organized a
company known as the Great Shoshone
and Twin Falls Water Power company
| At the present time their power house
| Is located just below Shoshone Falls
From that point electricity Is manufac-
tured and transmitted to many towns
| In this section, namely, Twin Falls,
Filler. Bull. Jerome. Wendell and Good
Ing. These great power lines stretch
Ing across the desert have been built
ut an immense cost, Every part of
the electrical equipment is modern, up
o-date and the best that money will
buy.
Another great power plant Is being
constructed at Lower Salmon Falls
In the Hagerman valley. The country
is growing so rapidly that already the
Shoshone Falls plant will have to have
additional units installed to meet the
demand. In fact. the electrical devel-
opment of Lincoln. Twin Falls and Cas-
sia counties Is barely commenced.
POWER IN THE HOME.
You find on this new tract not only
electricity being used for lighting pur-
poses but for heating, and many tired
women are running their washing ma
chimes by the power furnished by the
Shoshone Falls miles and miles away.
which might SAVIOR of tales from the
Arabian Nights but nevertheless 1t Is
all true, though I have no hesitation In
saying that all OF this great work is
simply In its infancy.
Along the line Of the Idaho Southern
road, stretching across the tract have
been established towns. namely Wen
dell, Jerome. Hillsdale and Miner
These towns belong to the North Side
project. Miner and Oakley will be the
principal towns of the Twin Falls Oak
10y Project. Hollister the principal town
of the Salmon River project: and Bliss
the distributing point for the Glover
creek Segregation. In these small new
towns you find waterworks, electric
lights and hotels not usually found In
cities with less than 10000 population
The hotel at Jerome, the North Side
Inn, is one OF the most beautiful no.
tells In the entire Pacific northwest.
Modern in every respect and up to
date from every point of view.
A very fine hotel has been completed
at Miner and plans have been accented |
and the construction material ordered |
for hotels at Wendell and Holister that |
VIII be credit to any city.
EMPIRE BUILDERS.
There are many capitalists who es-
tablish an enterprise and take their
profts back to the older parts OF the |
country, but be 1t said to the credit of |
j. S. and w. S. Kuhn that they have |
not only carried to a successful COM
pletion mighty reclamation project |
whereby homes for thousands of peo-
pie have becn provided opportunities |
created for people of moderate means |