Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-10-21

limpid streams that gush forth from
their rugged bosoms. while the dis
lance travelled is fully ten times as
far as it appears to be, owing TO the
clear atmosphere, the traveller is not
certain how far away his goal is
But 20 matter how weary the travel
er is he is charmed with the varied
wonders Of a newly-developed coun-
try; beautiful streams of pure water
are noted in many places; canals are
constructed that irrigate thousands
of acres of dry farming lands, among
which are found cereals OF all kinds,
relieved by the beautiful lucern
patches of dark green; lighter sec
tons of green timothy pastures. the
whole graded up to the almost pure
white of the rye patch.
One man is said to have a grain
field that measures ten miles square
here; and in many other parts of the
Teton basin may be seen steam head
ers that are observed pushing along
over vast fields, clipping off the heads
only of grain, these are tossed into
wagon, or in some cases into a thresh-
ing machine from which in a few mo-
ments the grain is removed from the
husk and placed in a sack and there
in turn is left along the field for the
farm wagon to pick up and transfer
to the huge elevators that dot the
state of Idaho in many parts, or into
the farmers big granary.
On our arrival at briggs a most
energetic town was found. besides a
bank, newspaper, and a live store
keeper, fruit gardeners, lawns and
fine houses are seen. Time and space
will not allow a detail story of what
is seen. The main surprise that a.
waits the traveller is the wonderful
farming. stock and fruit raising de-
velopment that is already made
manifest and this seems to be only in
it's infancy. Very few people rea
lie that eastern Idaho is to enter the
fruit market, but such is the case.
We met one farmer who seems to be
making a speciality of strawberries
of the extensive farming order. He
is a Mr.. Carlson, having a farm near
the Idaho-Wyoming line, in Alta,
Wyoming. One tract of one-eighth
of an acre he raised over 500 quarts
of Strawberries.
County Commissioner Wilson of
Uinta county, Wyoming, has one of
the best homes and fruit and grain
ranches in the basin. During the
latter part of August, this year, he
saw gathered large, juicy raspberries
in such quantities that the neighbors
/ were invited to take all they wanted
for the picking" AS noted above
this was late in August, and had the
! new branch road from Ashton tc
= briggs, via the o. S. L., been made
2 as is proposed. Mr.. Wilson could have
realized a handsome income from his
raspberries in the Salt Lake market
alone, remembering that this was
fully month after the Utah produci
{ had been gathered.
: Arthur Horne, a well-known Sal
r Laker took up farm of $50 acres
= near Mr.. Wilson's home. Mr.. Horne
built cottage and planted a gardeI
den which was sown to all kinds o
garden sass" small fruits and thu
. general melange of the pioneer.
A conservative estimate of Mr.
D Horne's actual assets would indicate
that he has accrued enough propert,
to set him in the $1,000 class prett.
good wages for a couple of years, evel
if he did have to start his pioneer lif
,, without red cent; had to get hi
young wife to hold up the boards
q while he drove in the nails-she wa
. happy in her efforts to help build u
Q home.
# Mr. Horne's experience is but on
v of many other new beginners in Idah
and the surrounding states; he is helI
e ing the church as a member of tn
d Bishopric; he is helping his countr
= as a justice of the peace; he is hell
II ing his neighborhood by Joining hi
Al youthful wife in being a "neighbor
r in all the word implies.
" There are some dry statistics tia
" could be quoted on the big harvest
lie per acre; the vast incomes from II
TT various industries and enterprise
D that are to be seen on all sides, bl
this information can be found in raj
lie road literature and from advertiser
IN who have land for sale in many par
le of Idaho. Don't be afraid to inve
d. in almost any portion of the &c