Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-04-09
Carey Act Land North of ShOsh0ne is Undoubtedly
The Last of The Cheap Carey Land
To be Sold In Lincoln County
LAND is DIRECTLY TRIBUTARY TO sHOSHONE
The Development Of the North hosone Tract Now Sae and the
Dietrich Tract Soon TO be Opened, will Make Close to One
Hundred Thousand Acres Of the Finest Irrigated Land That
Will be Powerful Asset for Greater ShOShOne

When the Idaho Irrigation Company
opened their Carey Act project for en-
try, the lands about Gooding and
Richfield were soon practically all taken,
but the large body of fine land lying to
the north of Shoshones was hardly
touched.
The present management of the COM
pany has made no effort until recently
to dispose of this land, knowing it would
go fast enough when they were ready
to place it on the market As the
company has the water ready for de-
livery on both the Richfied and the
South Gooding tracts, they are now
turning their attention towards the
lands north of Shoshone, and to the
Dietrich segregation. The Dietrich
segregation is not yet ready for entry,
but the North Shoshone tract, as it
may well be designated, is now on sale
and is being rapidly disposed of. Roy
s. Wilson, lately from Twin Falls, has
been placed in charge of the local Office
at this point, and these lands are now
being moved at lively rate. Mr. Will
son has had long experience in this line
of work and is especially fitted for this
position. He combines all the requisite
knowledge, experience and personal
qualities to make an excellent sales
man. But what even good qualities
Mr.. Wilson may possess along these
lines, he will not have to work them to
anywhere near the limit, for people
have now come to realize what Carey
Act land in Idaho is, so all company
has to do is to let the buying public
know what it has for sale, the price to
be paid, and a few general pointers,
and the buyers come fiocking in as fast
as they can be taken care of.
The Idaho Irrigation Company will
have no difficulty in disposing of this
tract of land for several reasons. The
first general reason is that the land
offered for sale is exceptionally good,
all things being considered. The next
most important reason is the water
right The first thing the prospective
buyer of irrigated land wants to know
is what kind of water right has the
land. AS this is of vital Importance, it
might well be stated that the water
right for the entire Idaho Irrigation
tract is the best it is possible to obtain
any where The company has the first
storage proposition on the Big Wood
river This means that the company
,an, if necessity arises, take all the
food water from this river at any time
of the year, and hold it in their big
During the winter months
all the flow of the river is at (
heir disposal 1t takes the flood water
If only few weeks. and at times Of
,nly few days, to fill the reservoir, so
t is dead sure proposition that
here will be plenty of water at all times (
or this tract.
Most of the readers of the Journal are T
'amiliar with the magnitude of the
works that are to conserve the
water supply for this project, but to
hose who read for the first time in
his paper about this opportunity to buy
ands, it might be stated that thereser-
-oir will be II miles long and FIVE miles
vide, covering approximately 10000
cres Of land, and will impound over
00. 600 acre feet of water. The dam
hat will impound this great body Of
yater. when finished, viii be 1872 feet
ong. 7e0 feet wide and 1876 feet high.
Next to the water supply, henature
f the soil is the thing to be most CON
idered. This soil is a volcanic ash,
18th which is embodied enough sand to
lake it sub-irrigate well, which is of
reat Importance to the easy and prof
able growing Of crops. Practically
Z of the land in this part Of Idaho has