Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1910-01-06
(By Governor Brady)

am always pleased whenever l
am given an opportunity to say a
good word for Idaho. and, incident
ally, am glad to speak of its irri-
cation possibilities. Idaho has an
unlimited supply of natural resour-
ces. They offer a field for the in
vestor and the homeseeker which can
be surpassed by no state and no
country.
Idaho has more standing timber
than Washington and Michigan COM
bined. The lead output of the Occur
d'Alene district is the wonder of the
mining world. Idaho has millions
of cattle, sheep and horses thops-
ands of mines and factories and saw
mills, but the most wonderful of all
the wonderful things that may be
told about Idaho is the fact that
we have the land, and nowadays the
landseeker and homeseeker and, gen.
orally speaking, the people of the
east in talking about Idaho and the
possibilities of our wonderful state,
call up in their minds picture of
vast stretches of sagebrush and long,
winding canals. This great area of
sage brush land for the past ten
years have been. and is now being
rapidly replaced by the orchard, the
., thcto Mt foI
well-built home, and farm buildings
are scattered here and there on this
vast expanse. Where FIVE years ago
nothing but the jackrabbit and coy
ote existed. you will find growing
progressive cities and towns, aver
aging from 1900 to 5000 inhabitants.
Idaho has the land; dry farming
land. irrigated land. homestead land,
desert entry land. Carey Act land,
and state land, which can be procur-
ed for the cost OF the necessary
proof of the application Of water
and improvements up to $500 and
$500 per acre.
We have raw land, land in grain.
in hay. in fruit. and in vegetables.
Idaho has healthful, growthfui cli-
mate, and, best OF all, Idaho has
water in abundance. The great
Snake river from the headwaters
at Henry Lake and Jackson Lake,
winds from almost one corner of the
state to the other. and the great,
Iife-giving canals stretch in every di-
rection like the veins and arteries
in the human body.
The demand for the water from
this great river and its tributaries
has been so great that the natural
low water rights have been exhaust
ed, and almost all of the irrigation
projects of the present day are based
upon steady flow of water from
huge reservoirs When the rivers
are high and the banks of the
streams are taxed to hold the great
volume of flood water, the water is
taken into the reservoirs and stored
and applied to the land when needed
in the summer time. With thi sme-
thod the irrigation possibilities of the
streams have been inreased a hun
dred fold. The water in all the
streams has been carefully measur
ed and decreed, and in every in
stance the State Land Board il
granting Carey act segregations hal
acted only after a careful investi
cation of the quantity of the lanC
and the amout of water which cal
be reservoired for use upon the par
ticuiar land desired, and neve
grants segregation unless it ha
first been thoroughly investigated
and recommended after such investi
cation by the State Engineer, so tha
the settler is fully protected by tn
state in each case.
The excellent work of the Reclama
tion or Federal Service in Idaho ha
provided homes for thousands of peo
pie, and I am heartily in favor o
senator Borah's bonding plan 70
the completion of the governmen
projects which have already bee
commenced.
Idaho is virtually in tn, res
estate business. and the state go'
eminent stands behind the guacar
ty Of the irrigation company Ths