The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-09-24

state and to the Lost River valley.
Hon. Robert Landson, Secretary of
Land Board, who had approved of the
project, was the first to be introduce
ed, and he dwelt upon the provisions
of drawings of this kind, illustrating
what part the state took in the af-
fair. He was asked many questions
by his listeners, who showed deep
interest in his remarks.
The ever ready and ever welcome
Col Thos. r. Hamer, congressman OF
| Idaho, was next introduced and in
terested the people in irrigation. In
Idaho, and In Lost river, the abund-
ant opportunities of the section and
4 the great advantages which come to
those OF the more thickly settled por-
! tions Of the county, when old ties
i are broken and their lot is cast In
the grand state of Idaho. 1t was evil
dent that he, too, was dispelling what.
lever feeling of inconsistencies there
4 may be In the hearts of those COM
posing the gathering. In his candid
/ way he painted true picture of Ida
no conditions, which must have ap-
pealed strongly to the farmers of the
/ eastern states.
Prof. Alex Mcpherson, the soil and
1 irrigation expert, then told of the
wonders In crop growing worked out
1 by irrigation, Idaho sunshine and
Idaho soil, making IT plain that there
was plenty in store for the man who
took a small piece Of land, titled 1t
well and planted and irrigated intel
ligently. He proved a very interest
ing speaker and satisfied many anxi
4 GUS questioners about the sol, climate
and other conditions on the, Big Lost
river tracts.
Ohio Man Drew First Number
AT 200 p. M on Tuesday, Mrs.
Huff Of Moore, Idaho, upon instruc-
tions from the Secretary of State,
drew the first cube on which the reg
istration numbers were recorded from
1.-THE big churn in which they had beer
mixed, number 523 being the first to
come out, and Perry D. Myer of Ohio
was read as the registered party un-
der this number. Number 1853, Jes-
eph LongfelloW of Iowa, was the Sec
ond number out, and the crowd was
on the tip-top of expectancy, every
man holding one of the big registra-
| ton envelopes in his hands, which
| we're consulted as the numbers con
tinued to be drawn from the churn.
AS fast as the names and numbers
were read off, the parties represented
would cross the street to the COM
| pany's Office, where their numbers
we're again called and they were per-
mitted to make their filings in rota-
ton.
Filings Made BY Hundreds.
From the time the first number was
! drawn until late that night constant
flow of people were being waited upon
by the big force Of clerks and steno-
graphers in attendance. Large maps
were pO,te;. oil the street near the
office, and as people filed their sell
ections were checked off. The first
to draw, Mr.. Perry d. Myer, filed on
a forty acre piece adjoining a sec
ton which had been marked in green
on the map, particularly described as
! follows: East half of section "a and
the west half of section 35. Township
| s., North Range, 80 East Boise Mer-
/ iNloA. IL was 6CACidlly
that this particular plat was to be
made townsite, and the scramble
] for land adjoining it was quite brisk.
/ The section was soon surrounded for
several miles each way by filings of
the eager land seekers, while good
sprinklng of filings continued stead
| lily on Era Flat. The drawing contin-
ued until about five in the evening,
but filings were continued till very
late at night and are still in progress.
Percentage Never Before Equaled.
Out of the 579 registrations the fl
ings to date indicate that about sew
enty-five per cent of those registered
had made filings. At the close of
business on Tuesday night nearly
$50 had filed. and since that time
many more have been added to the
list of Idaho home owners under the
Big Lost river project. This per-
centage Of registers making entry has
not been exceeded by any Carey Act
drawing in Idaho, except the Salmon
river opening, on the Twin Falls tract
where some of the big projects In
reclamation had already been carri-
w w ouSSCooluI COHlPlCIlOu. NO OJu-
er drawing has had so great per-
centage of filings, save this one, and
this simply tells the story of excel
lent soil and climatic conditions and
other favorable features found on this
tract in very plain way
Quarter Of Million Deposited.
To see the land and to walk in the
glorious sunshine, looking off at giant
mountains, and fording the clear
streams, made the desire for owner
ship very strong with the people who
had come to look the project over.
1t is safe to say that seventy-five per
cent of the land embraced in the en-
tire segregation has now been filed
upon, which means that the $500 per
acre payment made at the time of
acre payment made at time of filing,
has put quarter of a million dollars
In the treasury of the company. 1t
also means that there is real val
ue put upon the desert waste, and
that the counties of Bingham, FIRE.
mont and Blaine have that much
more taxable property within their
borders than they had this time last
week 1t also means. no doubt, that
a new county will be the result of the
reclamation of these corners of the
three counties -.-.-- $3.50