The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1910-04-28
IDAHO STATE news

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2 Twin Falls The frst bridge aero.
Snake river, connecting Twin Fall
ard Lincoln counties, will be construct
. cd about one and one-half milee sout
Of Bliss. The expense will be born
Jointly by the two counties and pri
vate interests near the site of tn
bridge.
Weiser - The Sunnyside Orchar,
company has installed = pumping plan
on the Snake river for the purpose o,
irrigsting 900 acres Of orchard land
The pumping station contains two
forty horsepower motors and two 10.
inch centrifugal pumps. each euarsn-
teed to pump $50 miners inches.
There are so. 0O0 pounds Of cement in
the foundation being Get In the Snake
river and firmly connected TO the shore.
The water 10 lifted II to 28 feet. ac-
cording to the stage of the river. into
large cement distributing station.
Three main galvanized pipe laterals
extending from this distributing sta
ton lead across the tract In three d.
rections.
Sixteen thousand fine trees were re-
ceived last week ard are now being
planted A number Of teams and men
have been busy for number Of weeks
leveling the ground and putting 1t in
shape for tree planting. Instead of
having open bitches In this tract sys-
tenn OF galvanized pipes has been in
stalled.
Boise The first official step in the
reclamation Of 307, 900 acres Of land
near Boise has been taken. SeRreQa-
ton OF the land has practically beer
agreed upon.
The estimated cost Of the proposed
project Is SIS, 900, 900.
The water supply will be taken from
the Salmon river, bringing from $780,
700 TO 500, 900 acre feet of water, par
tially.conserved by system of storage
reservoirs, into the Payette river and
thence into the Boise by means Of
tunnels through the divide, amounting
IN all TO distance Of more than three
niles.
Waters from Reddish, Petit and AL
uras lakes and tributary streams will
70 utilized, and first point of diversion
icing two and one-half miles above
Highland, where the first canal will be
AIKEN out. A small area will be re-
'aimcd In that vicinity and at various
ther places accessible before reaching
he Boise valley, where the canals will
xtend southwark so as to skirt the
outh Side Payette-Boise project or
he reclamation service. Running
bove the government high line canal
he tract to be reclaimed will reach to ,
he Snake river and as far east as a ,,
ONT below Sunnyside or Canyon creek !.
ear the Ada-Elmore county line.
Gooding-Over so, 900 fruit trees !
ave been received at the railroad =
Iation In Gooding and are being
lanted- The acreage being set to
,mmercial apple orchards this spring :,
I'll aggregate fully 1000 acres in the N
icinity of Cooling. .,
The amount Of development on the :;
nj is to be governed this year only \,
Y the work possible of accomplish 81
ent by available men and teams.
Tearing, blowing and seeding is In IN
'ogress in every section of the coun- -,
hereabouts, and the previous esti- h,
ate Of 10, 900 acres to be brought un- g.
II cultivation this season seems now =,
have been too low. 90
Much land has changed hands about : a
'oding this spring and prices paid by ~,
rchasers have been at material adj No NJ,
noes over those ruling during 1909.
le farmer with previous experience q,
irrigated lands has been greatly in ON
majority among recent purchasers. 10
the prices ruling, from $50 to SIS
r acre, including perpetual water 70
mt, have made sales easy to accom- ~
sh by the real estate fraternity. La,
The original speculative element. g.,
n prominent at all land openings. ths
being very rapidly eliminated in the arr
oding district, as is manifest by cor
ual development work under way, s
in its stead is coming the farmer mo
he man who looks for and expects bar
profits from products of the soil. wh.
hol,
'oise-The Boise & Butte RAILWAY arit
Ipany, Incorporated in Idaho to viii
d a steam line from Boise north
t through Central Idaho to Butte.
repaired to take up active construc- d
OF its road within a short time.
en- the announcement of the incor- ~,
alton was made it was openly sta ~
in local railroad circles that the n .eS'
'e was by James ]. Hill and that !. es >
right of way provided in it was but af :
cans of designating the right of ~
of the Gilmore & Pittsburg under sa as,
'parate title. &C., se'.
he preliminary locations show ou'
te starting at Butte, thence to the a a'
Hole river to the summit of the -
ter Root range, thence to the town i;"s
salmon and up the Salmon river NV
ough the Sawtooth range and thence
Boise. From there down the :
sc valley via Caldwell to the Snake
n and to the Owyhee, through to MO
dan valley and on to Winnemucca, are
,ada. high
'nce complete this road will form a Inc
nection between the great trans I'M
tinentnl lines, leading to Seattle "n
San Francisco. At Butte it will ure
meet with the Northern Pacific. the tim
lington, Milwaukee and Great 'ne
-thern. 1t crosses the Oregon Short sno
c below Boise at Caldwell, while at .iv'
nnemucca it will connect with the oui
stern and Southern Pacific. TINS lag