The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-13
lay be obtained for in Idaho.


"The same is true of potatoes
Where Idaho's yield Is 145 bushel
to the acre, Iowa gives only IS, Ne
braska 73, Missouri so, Kansas 6
and Texas 73. Idahos yield of winte
wheat is 25 bushels per acre to 10
was 13, Nebraska's Is, Missouri's 13
Kansas II and California's Is. TIL
same proportion holds good as tn
crop reports show, with oats, barle,
and rye and l understand that thes
statistics for Idaho cover the land
watered by rainfall as well as tnos,
where irrigation is relied upon fo
water supply and that if only the ir
rigated lands of Idaho were consider
ed the averages would be very mucl
higher for that State and that many
of the crop averages for Idaho wouit
be more than doubled, thus practi
cally doubling the long lead which
the Idaho lands show over the lands
of other States in these tables.
was also shown that the alfalfa croI
on Idaho irrigated land averages wei
over five tons to the acre and runs as
high as seven tons on two crops and
ten tons on three croppingss in the
season.
"On some of the Dietrich lands at
which l looked the sagebrush stands
six feet in height-an infalliDls indi-
cation of the richness OF the soil.
Many prospective purchasers are now
cruising the land in advance OF the
opening on June Sth. Some of these
men told me that from what ttey had
seen they should judge that there
was not a forty in the entire tract
that was not susceptible of irrigation
and highly profitable tillage Set
tiers by the score are going out Upon
the Richfeld and South Gooding
-racts, where water is now available.
One sees their tents and houses scat
.ered about in every direction
1.-The source OF water supply for
he Idaho Irrigation Company's Sc
interested me several days,
is it is of course one of the greatest
elements of the stability of these en-.
erprises. Of the entire work on the
lam, and tunnel on the Big Wood
river, the diversion dam, main can
is and laterals, 60 per cent is now
inished, and at least SO per cent of
he entire cost Of the project has
een expended. There are 400 men
ow employed on the dam and posi-
ly two or three hundred more on the
ther parts of the work. The dam,
7hich is so far advanced that an ex-
client idea may be obtained of its
workmanship, is be-
ag constructed in first-class shape
rom an engineering standpoint by
he j. G. White Company, Inc. of N.
:, and under the guidance of Mr..
-reen, their Construction Superin-
endent, l was able to form very
efinite idea of It's adequacy for its
ltended purpose of backing up the
05, 900 acre-feet of water which is
, be impounded in the storage reser-
Dir.
I'm conversation with men in Chi
ago who have paid close attention to
rigation and reclamation projects |
all parts of the West, as well as
ith talks with Idaho men, they all
ere emphatic in declaring that they
,garded the Idaho Irrigation Com
lny's enterprise as one of the best
Id most conservatively managed Of
ly. A reflection of this expert and
lbiased judgment-for the men to
hom l refer are not connected with
e company in any way-may be
und in a steady demand for and
lie of the company's securities. A
preventative of one bond house told
e that the Idaho Irrigation Com
EN- at the top of their offerings of
lt-edge securities, and that this
d been done only after they had
nducted most searching investiga- t
IN possible of the company's Sc ,
egations, its plans, water supply,
methods of financing and Of the le- I
/ protection supplied to investors I
the bonds. 1
1T is a great pity that hundreds !
young unexpectedly married {
are clerking on small sal ]
les in the East or who are working '
emselves to the bone to wrest a c
re livlihood out of exhausted acres t
scended to them from their fore I
ars, cannot be brought out here c
d put in touch with Opportunity. j
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