Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-24
Salt Lake and Logan Capitalists
Acquire Emery Tract in
Northern Utah.
NEW RAILROAD INTO IDAHO.
Final Survey for Line From Saline
Through Raft River
Valley.
Proposition Embraces Dam, Power
Plant, Townsitcs and the General
Development of the Country.

The Pacific Land and Water COM
rany. recently organized with capital
of 100000. and composed of Salt Lake
and Logan capitalists. has just COM
pIeted big land deal by which 1t
acquires the Emery tract. in South
ern Idaho and northern Utah, compris-
ing In all 10000 acres. The considera-
tion is not named, but as there are
several thousand acres of irrigated
fruit and farm lands in the Raft river
valley, Idaho, and the same amount In
Boxelder county, Utah. included in the
property. the amount paid was evi-
IDENTIFY in six figures
The company has for Its president
James H. Patterson. vice-president.
Robert A, Lafount: treasurer. c. n.
Strevell; secretary. F. A. Druehl: gem
eral manager. Harold A. Lafount, OF
Logan. The general offices of the COM
pany arc In tho Ncwhouse building,
the active management to be from
Logan.
This new company Is evidently going
into business on a very large scale
for in addition to the purchase of the
Emery tract 1t has acquired several
thousands Of acres of the best farm
lands in various parts of Utah. adapted
both to fruit and grain growing
NEW RAIDROAD.
The deal for the emery" tract is
the inception of an activity which
imeans the expenditure of q great
lamount OF money and the opening up
of new country of many thousands OF
acres The Idaho lands are watered by
INC Raft river. Clear creek. and
smaller streams having their sources
in the Raft River mountains And
through this country a new line OF
railroad is to be built. The iinal survey
has lust becn completed for the new
line from Saline, Utah. on the Lucin
cutoff, crossing the Promotory. ana
trayersine the Raft river valley.
1t is said that work on this line Will
start in the spring, that the very
heaviest steel will be used In Its build
ing, and that the construction through
out will be of the highest class.
will materially shorten distance in this
country and afford valuable trans
portation facilities to a remarkably
fertile country which has heretofore
been handicapped because of the want
OF a railroad
DAM AND POWER PLANT.
The Pacific Land & Water company
will develop all of this country along
liberal lines. A part of the property
adjoins the claims of the Century and
Suzanna mining companies. A dam
and power plant is to be built in this
vicinity and townsite laid out. In
the Immediate vicinity are thousands
of acres OF land suitable for grazing.
with many springs of fine water. The
company also owns a large body OF
fine pine timber. Here sawmills are
TO be erected shortly and the lumber
prepared for market,
1t Is planned by the company to es-
tablish a large demonstration farm
on the Emery" tract where 1t VIII be
shown just what these lands arc cap
able of producing AS soon as the re-
mainder of the lands are appraised
they will be offered for sale. AS the
land lies Immediately to the south Of
the Minidoka project 1t seems a fore
gone conclusion that within a few years
there will be a solidly settled country
from Promontory to Minidoka.
Harold Lafount manager OF the COM
closing the deal. has been endeavoring
10 acquire the Emery tract for scv-
eral years without success until a few
days ago. The entrance OF the Pacific
Land & Water company into the real
estate field means that one more very
active aggregation of men. backed by
ample capital. has been added to the
development resources OF the country.