The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-03
||[R SNAKE
|GARDEN SPOT
|s,inal Settlement, Devel-
I'M and Present State
of Advancement.
koF ST. ANTHONY
'IsD ITS IMPROVEMENTS
I.,I SpOt for Recreation.
,.rt. and a Summers
Il Outing.

,to The Tribune
.xTBoNY. Ida, Oct 2.-Twen-
,,rs ago last June the city OF
...,v WAS founded by The late
,,,,u From that day up TO the
,,,,s the city has grown steadily.
,acs With the surrounding coun-
J, ,ui,ding her institutions ION
...,,,y sest OF Fremont county,
n, largest counties in the Gem
/, Ie known as the Hub City OF
y, Snake River valley. and its
-sreuce extends many miles in
'.t,ons Rising In majestic gran
N, oas, of ms We have the world
ATOMS. the SUBMITS OF which are
si,b ncrpetual snow: 20 The
LIZ he seen the less prctcntious
y ibe Rockies In Montana, while
- outline OF the Saw Tooth
snos up in conspicuous clcarncss
,',f so long a stretch OF imaeina-
,sr all from that early day in
E; when The town was first
.,sJ up to the present time. II
',h.t nnueh, but s3gsbrush coT-
nresen, townsite. but We arc Nv
I hi age. and the many and sub
improvements which are being
!, lonrcr cause MS 10 wonder, We
NC them as a matter OF course.
t6pl we have right 10 expect
as our due for en-
rpsnded In the past.
:cosr Snake River valley. in which
1ulIful little city is situated. is
"A as the finest agricultural gee
lhe state of Idaho. and the
oounlry adjacent To this city is
|bs hest in the entire valley. with
he exception of that lying near
orc fifteen or twenty miles fur
lbe south Of MS One might
!. say that within the borders of
4 rounty which embraces some
acres. county six times the
|lh5 state Of Rhode Island, and
rx sixty by one hundred miles.
al be found little land which can
nd for some purpose or other.
ts lntermountain fair held at
81 fall. Fremont county had on
illrty-hye varieties of fruits and
, varieties Of vegetables. and
shoeing Of which many older and
sie1tious counties might well feel
EnbIns thc city is as fine n soil
ite sun slIonc on, n light gray
Rd volcanic ash. and the other
rked with decomposed lava and
'R varies in depth from n few
Heel. and all deeply laden with
niral clements essential TO the
X plant life The valley is a veri-
work OF canals. creeks and later
tle west Of st. Anthony some
q IS the famous EGin Bench.
1ops are always bumper, and
nStlling can he raised IN season,
y the perfect drainage system.
1try gradually slopes toward the
HpD and forms an ideal SUBJ
n whereby one man Is said 10
~ The work commonly allotted
Some OF the finest apples one
'en 10 sec are raised without
pn Inc bench. and vegetables OF
and III great quantities are mar
'p ibls vclitablc Garden Of Eden
ucplture the Back Bone.
~ Truly be said that agriculture
4egponc ot the county, as some
'1Ies Of prime farm lands are
ppvatlon, Ten and twelve sue
sfdin crops have been raised
w apparent deterioration In the
v Inc soil, The crops this sea-
: iallcn far short Of the usual
"ryer. ;t being estimated that
lwo-th!rds Of the usual Weld
IhsrvesteG However. consider
exceptional dryncss of The past
'ols Is not taken as a bad Seu-
ael. some Of the dry farmers re-
% 10 80 bushels OF grain TO
8 winch isn't bad showing
nedis. Grain as a usual thing
ond heavy, and tho average crop
s+r one oats yielding from %
sncis 10 the acre. and weighing
!" 70 pounds 10 The bushcl; bar
\" 10 80 bushels. sugar bects
a" 20 bushels: alfalfa from 2
me acre: rcd clover from .
10 acre. Potatoes do oXrcp-
LEU and thn average yield OF
necessary vegetable Is from zoo
'snsls to the acre.
A." sheep raising also form a
MA0lc occupation for those en-
"a T" and thousands Of head Of
y y eat,le find excellent food on
- W INC cast and north Of us.
~ VI tRe concerns actively en-
. us w, sheep business In the coun-
y, webster. Hunt Bros. l.. G.
wan Wilmington, Bert Scott,
- BIDS. Martin earn & Sons.
'''''1rk company. Teton Grazing
4 Johnson -Severson company.
~ ~ BESIDES these large sheep
are many small flock mas
M LIN shecp raising pay and pay
49, nhlcr was an exceptionally
me- On thesc little animals; hay
AL, ana this. together with the
-, 4 winch covered up The range.
M nons question as 10 whether
Zoe winter, ~
sss az OF 1903 The population Of the
o,i in. i' -sy and the county audi
Is,ic.o'' o' mat year shows the fol-
Nm aus ,huuS' "e'.il0: value same. to-
nd ~, ,n, norateut"d lands. s.. 5ac.
III "'a'' Including stock, etc,
IA H. H. indeed dealt bountifuIIy
Iipasno,a n,at she has given us n nat
ceorT,,Y Yslcm. 21s days OF sun
ns 10 statistiCsJ. plenty OF