American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1910-04-30

SetllerS VINO come into this favored re-
gion first.
There are in addition 10000 acres of
the finest irrigated lands lying i'm
mediately along the Snake river and
tributary to American Falls. These
lands are rapidly being purchased and
converted into beautiful farms, pro-
ducing crops of wheat, oats, barley,
sugar beets, potatoes and other vege-
tables that would amaze the average
easterner who is farming on $3.50 and
$3.50 lands. The irrigated lands around
American Falls can be purchased on
cash payment of So an acre, and to-
tai price of S25 to S35 an acre. Ten
years time is given to pay the defer
red payments, at 6 per cent interest.
The average farmer never puts an
other dollar of his original capital into
the lands after his first SO payment.
The lands after that pay for them
selves. Enormous crops of alfalfa and
timothy are produced. Beautiful fruit
orchards and berry fields are appearing
everywhere through the valley. For
tunes will, during the next few years,
be made from these lands by every
man who gives them intelligent at
tention and industry. Good wells of
pure drinking water are struck at
depths from rs to 200 feet, and these
wells are drilled in few days at small
expense. The ever present southern
Idaho breezes drive the farmers wind
mill and bring forth the water with no
further effort on his part.
In the Rock Creek valley, where
about 100000 acres of rich lands are
producing enormously with private
water right, American Falls merchants
find constantly increasing support for
the city's growth. This valley has no
other outlet, and it's farmers are among
the most progressive in Idaho. H. P.
Frodsham, a type of the Rock Creek
valley farmer, commonly takes 500
bushels of potatoes from an acre and
five to six tons of alfalfa, leaving late
pasture in addition. His oats yield 80
bushels to the acre. He gets profit
of $3.50 an acre from onions. His wheat
on unirrigated land averages % bushels
to the acre. His orchard is loaded
with pears, apples and prunes, and his
berry fields are laden with dewberries,
raspberries, Strawberries, gooseberries,
currants and blackberries. He said:
81 never have failure of any of these
crops. :"
While three years ago the vast re-
gion of dry lands west of American
Falls was sagebrush desert, today there
are more than 100, 900 acres in fall
wheat. Besides the grain consumed
at home this year American Falls will
ship a surplus of more than 100, 900
bushels. Within five years the region
will show total wheat crop of $780,
900 bushels annually. This means a
wonderful development commercially,
and American Falls will benefit largely
from it.
AS a residence city American Falls
is an inspiration. The great Snake
river cataract, dropping here about so
feet, forms a picturesque feature
equaled in but few cities in the world.
The broad, level plateau on which the
city is built has been chosen wisely.
The present population of 1900 has
doubled in two years, and during that
period more than $500, 900 has been in
vested in improvements.
At the falls the Idaho Consolidated
Power company has developed $500
horse power, producing electric light
and power, and has further possible
development of about co., horse
power to meet the coming industrial
demands of the future city. Free
factory sites are furnished and the
company gives free power the first
year to new manufacturing industries.
Thereafter the price of power is but
$50 year per horse power for the In
stallation of 20 horse power or more.