Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1910-07-28
IN A GENEREAL WAY GOVERNOR
BRADY TELLS OF THE AD-
VANTAGES OF IDAHO.
The Chief Executive Invites People
To Come Here and See For
Themselves That the Gem State
Has Many Inducements To Offer.

In a recent letter to Benjamin c.
Marsh, secretary of the committee
on congested population in New York
City, Governor Brady points out
many of the Idaho opportunities, and
gives much valuable information as
to lands and land values. and how
to acquire a farm in this state He
shows himself to be heartily in SYM
partly to the the back to the farm"
movement.
His letter is as follows:
Boise, Idaho. July 19, 1910. Mr..
Benjamin C. Marsh. Executive Secre-
tary, Committee on Congestion of
Population in New York, Room 627,
Church Street. New York My Dear
Sir: I beg to acknowledge receipt OF
your letter of June 2sth. which has
been transmitted to Hon. j.. p. Fallon,
commissioner of immigration and sta
tistics for the state of Idaho. with the
earliest possible date, detailed infor-
nation which you desire in connec-
tion with the work of the committee
on congestion with the work Of popu-
lation in the city of New York You
will no doubt hear from him in a
very short time, with such informa-
tion as we have available.
/ am glad. indeed, to be Of any SER
vice possible to the cause you repre-
sent, and ] shall be pleased, at your
suggestion to furnish you other and
further information which our facil-
tiles may offer.
While Mr.. Fallon will give you de-
tailed information with reference TO
the numerous questions asked,
should like to call your attention. in
a general way, to those things which
the Gem state has to offer men who
are seeking homes and employment
away from the heat and poverty OF
the large cities.
Idaho has more standing timber
than the states of Wisconsin ana
Michigan combined. We produce 40
per cent of all the lead produced in
the United States. and the mining
and timber industries furnish employ
ment for thousands and thousands Of
men. We have 100000 acres OF
agricultural land; of this all but
100000 acres requires irrigation
Approximately $4,000 acres Of this
land is under what is known as ths
United States Reclamation Service
which furnishes water for it's irriga
ton, to bona fide homesteaders. al
varying costs per acre, in annual pay
ments
Under what is known as the Carey
act the state is reclaiming something
like 100000 acres besides the vast
acreage of land which has been re
claimed by private capital and indi
viduals before the reclamation and
Carey acts were passed.
1t is the policy Of the state ant
federal government to make the SET
tlement of all these lands by the set
tier and the homesteader as easy a,
possible. Lands under the Carey ac
may be secured for $3.50 per acre
down and a 25 cent fee. which
goes to the state, and the balance il
nine annual installments, with in
terest at the rate of per cent OF
deferred payments. with the addi
tional 25 cents per acre fee at tn
time of proving up. Lands may also
be taken up under the provisions o
what is known as the homestead Law
and the desert entry law.
BY virtue Of the constitution Of ths
state and the admission bill, Idaho
has the right to select large bodies
of land for various purposes, particu.
larly the maintenance Of its common
schools and educational and other
state institutions. These lands are
leased and sold under the rules ans
laws provided, the proceeds Of which
are loaned, upon good security. al
the rate of per cent for a perio
Of not more than five years.
The state lands themselves may
be- purchased at public action ri
stated intervals at not less than SIC
per acre, and at an appraised value
one-tenth Of the purchase price being
paid down. and the balance in rs an
nual installments on lands costing