The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-06-10

noune new, large and well-founded
Carey Act irrigation project. Al
ready containing the greatest number
of irrigated acres in Idaho. in one
deal she adds $4,000 acres to the
present total
Articles of incorporation of the
Balckfoot North Side Irrigation CON-
pany, capital 100000, we're filled
with the county recorder Tueday, the
incorporates being Thomas r. Jones,
J. H. Early, P. w. Powers, T. H.
Christy, E. M. Kennedy, Alex Younie
and George F. Gagon, all Of Blackfoot.
The entire capital was subscribed by
the incorporators.
The water to be used by the Black
foot North Side Irrigation company
was appropriated in 1895, giving 1t
fifteen years, priority, and therefrom
one of the best rights In all Idaho. 1t
will be diverted direct from the Snake
river at point near the land to be
watered and conveyed by gravity, no
reservoirs whatever being required.
The main canal of the Blackfoot
North Side company will be fifty
miles, long, thirty feet on the bottom
and carry 500 cubicsecond feet. There
are no difficult problems of engineer
ing, nor of construction, but one tun-
mel and one principal fiume, this be-
ing about one mile in length and to
be constructed of redwood. The
main channel of the American Falls
Canal and Power company will be
used for several miles by the new
company 1t being sufficiently large,
well-constructed and already finish
ed, insuring good beginning on the
new construction.
The $4,000 acres to be watered lies
northwest, west and southwest OF
Blackfoot, in Bingham county, paral-
leling the segregation of the Ameri-
can Falls Canal and Power company
one of the first Carey projects in
Idaho.
The fertility of the soil has been
demonstrated fully by the fifty-year-
old settlements along the Snake river
in that vicinity and by the excellent
results produced by the entrymen un-
der the Carey projects near by. The
soil is deep lava ash, producing
abundantly, when watered, in fruits,
grains, hays, potatoes, onions and
sugar beets.
The good things for Bingham coun-
ty seem unlimited. 1t is natural that
1t should be noted as the country hav-
ing the greatest irrigated acreage in
idaho being supplied by the famous
Snake river, and other sources
The Blackfoot North Side district
starts out with unusual advantages,
one branch of the Oregon Short Line
crossing it, another paralleling it's en-
tire segregation within one to ten
miles, with frequent trains. 1t also
is fortunate in having near towns,
schools, churches, telephones, and
mail delivery. The main line of the
Oregon Short Line railroad from Salt
Lake City to Butte and the line from
Pocatello to Portland, both pass with
in a very few miles of the land. The
very best water for domestic purposes
is found at about sixty feet depth
throughout the district.
The Blackfoot North Side company
will sell their water and the land by
the satisfactory method of public
drawing. The same will occur in Sep
TENDER Of this year, probably at
Blackfoot, it being most accessible to
the land. Blackfoot, with its many
trains, hotels and boarding houses, its
good stores, Commercial club and
1000 hospitable people being well
able to care for the entrymen before
and after the drawing. Construction
of the main canal and the laterals will
be commenced June 1, and the pro-
moters of the plan predict completion
for irrigating in the season of 1911.
The financing for construction of
the new works, the purchase of all
franchises and the many other usual
expenses, are practically completed,
and this has been done by western
capital. 1t is probably the first large
irrigation project entirely financed
by money west of Chicago,
The main Office Of the Blackfoot
North Side company Is of course at
Blackfoot, Idaho. the officers being
Thomas R. Jones, president; and ].
H. Early, secretary.