Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1910-09-01
James III. Brady
pRoF. HoLnNN AnnIvEs.
Heavily Interested i'm Grand View Ir-
rigation and Gives Out In
formation

Professor p. G.. Holden, of Ames,
Iowa. president of the Grand Ciew
lqni e Irrigation company, arrived
ia The ,ity Saturday morning Pro-
fcssor HOl en- is a civil engineer and
feels very much concerned in the plan
which his company has un er way for
the repairs on the irrigation dam and
diversion works in the Bruneau riv-
er south of Boise. Not until he ar
rived i'm Boise did he know of the
trouble which had been precipitated
upon his company by the appointment
of receiver. he says. and he came
TO Idaho fully prepared to continue
with the work necessary on the pro-
ieci
Professor Holden stated that this
company has the fortune of not be-
ing hamperod for money, as it's Of
iicers are men of almost unlimited
capital back of them, two of them be-
ing bankers and connected with banks
in various cities of Iowa. and that
II ARRANGEMENTS may be made by
which the company is allowed to pro-
ceed. there will be no delay with the
work
MUST REPLANT ORCHARD
B. II. Thomas. a banker of Iowa. is
interested with Professor Holden and
other associates in an auxiliary com
pany which last spring developed and
planted nearly 1000 acres i'm apple
orchards
The Grand View Land e. Irrigation
company sustained loss aggregating
about $4,000 at the dam and diver
sion works last February and repairs
have been pushed as rapidly as pos
sible, but owing TO unexpected diff
Guilty in obtaining material and labor
the work has not been completed.
The delay I'm delivering water will
necesitate the replanting of the entire
orchard tract, which will be done this
fall. as arrangements have been made
to finish repairs on the dam so that
water Will be available in short
time
Professor Holden expressed his ap-
probation of the many evidences of
interest on the part of Idaho people in
/ the plans which are under way for
! 1.-THE development of one of the largest
orchard enterprises I'm the northwest
There is a great deal of eastern cap.
/ ital Interested, and many families
from Iowa and other middle western
states desire TO find home in irri
gated southern Idaho. The founder.
of this company being in touch witt
these people. are bringing them e
the lands. As Professor Holden is con
nected with schools many of the i'm
structors and teachers i'm the schools
and colleges have taken the opportun
ity of Investing through him anf
there IS. now quite a colony Of thi
profession interested i'm the Crane
View project.
Professor Holden is one Of thl
most widely known men I'm Iowa. be
ing called the corn professor" Fo
some years he has been in charge %
the extension work of the state agri
cultural college al Ames and has les
tured widely throughout the state q
the farmers A special car has ber
sent out each winter. stopping az IN
small stations. where illustrated .ef
, lures concerning the culture of cor
and selection Of seed have been de
D. livered. The railroads this fall ar
p asking Professor Holden 10 make on
of these trips exhOrting the farmer
to gather the corn before the freeze
5 and the bad weather come. so tha
] the harvest may be better and larger
The delay in the gathering Of the cor