Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-29
Land Board Members and 9th
ers See What Is Being
Done in Idaho.
BIG OPPORTUNITY IN UTAH.
SEWER Valley Lands Oncr Exceptional
Inducements Under Provisions
or Carey Act

the large irrigation systems In Idaho
recently. was to convince the members
% the board that irrigation projects
can D carried on on large scale sue
ccssfully. that people from the east
with money can Doe Induced 20 purchase
farms in the west and invest other
money here
The invitation was extended Co the
land board by Alex Mcpherson who.
in connection with J. -. Perrine and
backed up by eastern capitalists. have
conducted nearly an the large irHga-
ton projects in Idaho so successfully
When We looked into the project of
The SEWER River company. said MI.
Mcpherson, I'VE say Immediately that
theic were great possibilities in the
state OF Utah apparently unnoticed by
the people Of the state. There is flow
ing to waste at this moment 800 cubic
feet of water every second in the Sc
Nier river and it is flowing through
the great pahVant valley in Willard
county. where peaches. apples grapes.
the small fruits and practically an the
most valuable crops from trees are
grown with wonderful success on the
uenchland why then should not this
water which BE- running 60 waste be-
carried around the foot hills and used
on this choice land? Here there Is fall
enough 60 the river so that the irriga-
ting can Doc done by gravity alone.
such q proposition as this would be
profitable Investment N the water for
irrigatng purposes had tu be- pumped
through 100 feet or more of elevation.
There BIS no such proposition as this iva
Idaho. Then again" says Mr. Mo
Phcrsuu. through this tract Of land lis
the main line Of the salt Lake Route.
with Los Angeles az one end and Salt
Lake city at the other and extensive
rich mining districts between m both
directions. There Is no such propo-
-ition as this Boo Idaho. The water rs
here. the land d. here. tine climate is
here. the market is here. Such condi-
tions make this proposition IDEAL
BOARD Of THE SCENE.
Il there was any opposition or lack
of optimism on the Part " the people
NJ Idaho in regard 10 their irrigation
projects formerly, an this has certainly
vanished. At Miner. early Saturday
morning the oregon Short Line train
was held by the officials Of that road
In order to- glve .thes Utah state land
board and rhh9N ktipying the private
car I'm which they rode au opportunity
90 inspect the marvellous Miner dam
This structure has been constructed
across thc snake Jiver where % han
dies 20itImrs as much water daily as
flows IN tho SEWER river during the
high water season. The enormous
quantity Of stone that has been care
fully laid I'm the down stream portion
NJ this dam combined with the thick
wen packed puddle and rip rap ON the
up stream side satisfy AN who see this
piece Of engineering construction that
it rs absolutely secure The spillWay
over the dam which is some 500 feet ia
length Us constructed in solid volcanic
rock This waste way is closed by 80
gates each feet wide and 10 feet high.
All of these gates, by the electric mech
anism which operates them. can be
opened 10 their FUN capacity IN 30 min
utes.
From the city Of Twin Falls. the
Utah party Travelled uorthward through
the rich mining district and the beau
tiful Shoshouc Falls then down the
river 60 the wonderful Blue Lakes
ranch. which belongs to MI Perrine
This ranch is located iu the bottom
~ the river channel some 300 feet In
elevation below the tops Of the banks
of the Snake river The tops ~ these
banks are ON practically the same ele-
NhAIN.N IS - IN IhIHNr anu iIlf NNiIlIINIl
acres OF land surrounding IL which is
easily reclaimed az present. or will be-
reclaimed In the next few years
RESULTS ON PERBINE FARM
The spirit that has made these
propositions u Idaho successful as the
spirit that actuatcd l. g. Perrine. when
he undertook to make "a fruit farm
at Blue Lakes The timber with which
built had 60 be lowered over the
cliffs through "a distance Of 300 feet
by means Of ropes lie has planted
trees wherever earth enough could be
found to cover the roots Of those
trees lu his orchards are hOulders
20 feet high, not occasional stones. as
might Doe thought. but houlders every
where. many OF them as high ms the
tops of the trees II is ON this ranch
that MI Pcrrinc has raised 1918
bushels of apples per acre. 10 is here
he has harvested 90f crates M grapes
from am acre 10 is the spirit Of this
little man and his associates that has
made Idaho the wonder of the irri-
cation world.
Tho country around Twin Falls has
grown with unusual rapidity FOR the
reason that the cry "Rark To- the
Farm" has taken into the neighbor-
hood many men of means There are
not a few. bur there are hundreds Of
elegant country homes here. which are
beautiful from the architectural point
of Wow The fences tho barns. aud an
the buildings connected with the farm
and farm lifo are artistically arrang-
ed. they are well constructed and well
preserved
''Who would not be FOND OF farm
life" said Mr. Giauuuc of the land
board" IL that life could be spent ln
a magnificent farm home " this
sort 90
The city OF irwin Falls has in IL four
large school buildings. and besides
these several others are rented for
ecchooI purposes Tho Lincoln school
furnished cost $500 and the Bickel
school furnished cost $4,000 There
are o. 200 school children attending
the public schools of this place, while
s 600 The school district covers an
area NJ six miles square with Twin
Falls and the school buildings In the
center of a. Wagons are sent out
daily To- bring those children To- school
who live 40 a distance, and 90 take
them 90 their homes again after
school rs finished. sixteen wagons
owned by tho school district are used
for this purpose Tho teams used
however nre furnished by the farmers
boo tho neiEhhorh0od. tho contract for
this team work being lot 10 the love
est bidder
LOOMS BACKWARD
I'm the address OF tho Twin Falls
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