The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-06-03
100 Fasteners Coming to
Dietrich Opening
Army Of Home Hunters Expected June 200
Times More Than AT First Carey Act Open
ing Only Five Years Ago.

and a gOOdly proportion or the WOrl
is already done. 1t is announced b.
the contractors that they will have
the entire ditch system completed b,
the first of November.
Going hand in hand with this, is
the speedy development of the great
dam that is toertsoth. .eiEcshrdlu
dam that is to store the waters oi
the Big Wood river, 35 miles above
Dietrich, 20 miles from Richfield
Here the great structure, 145 feet
high and built to store 205, 900 acre
feet of water, is being rushed along
as rapidly as men and money can dc
il. Some idea of the magnitude Of
the work can be gained by the state
ment that it requires 6S5,00 cubic
yards of earth and rock and concrete
to build it; that tunnel 700 feet
long, and IL feet in diameter inside
of the concrete and steel lining, had
T to be driven, through the solid rock
to carry the water away while the
dam was being built; and that there
are now about 600 men, three loco
motives, two steam shovels, and train
loads of powder employed. 1t is one
of the greatest dams of it's kind in
the world, with a margin of safety
that should stand all the earthquakes
and floods and glaciers and all the
convulsions of nature that geology
can record.
These facts are merely given to
show on what foundation is based
the demand for the DIETRICH land. 1t
is a sterling foundation of safety and
merit, along every line of argument;
argument that appeals to the novice,
to the engineer, to the farmer, to the
investor, to everyone who investi-
gates from any point of view. Land
at $50 an acre must have some good
argument to get people excited-and
the Dietrich land is expected to be
sold out, practically every acre, with
Ill Iu6 uISl Wtch"J JQoJ dDOut 90 Ae1oe
as the filings can be made.
There were but 81 buyers at Sho-
shone, five years ago, when the orig
inal Twin Falls opening was held
there, with the land and water sell
ling for s25 an acre. Many of these
buyers were personal friends or SYM
pathisers with Bert" Perrine and
'Zob" McCollum, the promoters, and
bought not because they believed in
the project, but because they wanted
to help their friends make show
ing. Probably every acre Of the land
sold that day for $25 an acre, is to-
dav worth close to $500 an acre;
some of It has been sold for close !
to $1,000 an acre-and the history
of the world has been changed be-
cause of the success of irrigation in
Idaho. Here comes another land op-
ening of land at the same town; with
less than one-fourth as much land,
with the price just double the first
figures, yet with a promise of hardly
less than 100 times the restrictions,
and maybe two or three hundred
times as many. 1t is the most mar
velous transformation!
Every acre of good irrigated land
here in idaho is worth the $50 an
acre to be asked Tuesday, and more.
Land that will produce marketable
.rops such as grow here in Idaho,
ire worth twice that price of any
mans money. 1t will pay a Western
ate of interest on 500 an acre; 1t
would pay as much as the average
Eastern farm would If held at $500
O $500 an acre.
1t 81 expected that there will hard
y be less than 5000 registrations,
or an average of 80 acres or more:
which would mean cash deposits OF
more than a million dollars. VI
curse. it is impossible to estimate
n advance, very closely what the
gures will be, but 1000 registra-
ions were made for the Salmon R1v-
r drawing at Twin Falls, just year
go, and this was about the average
mount of land asked for. II less
han 5000 registrations are made, 1t
ill be a surprise to those who have
tudied the question closest.
There has never been an opening
/ this section of the state where SO
lany of the local people have de-
srmined to try their luck, and get
good piece of land. The land that
o to a year ago was considered alb
,lutely valueless, because there had
cen no way devised to irrigate it, is
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