The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1910-04-22
WILL OPEN NEW IDAHO EMPIRE
Seven Hundred Thousand Acres Will
BE Reclaimed at Burley BY
the Bulls

southern Idaho Is to soon embrac,
within her confines an additional EN-
pire of seven hundred thousand acre.
of land which will be reclaimed from
the desert at the enormous cost Of
tWenty-fOur million of dollars. A sun
so great and so fabulous that it seems
almost beyond the widest dream. A
sum when invested and it's purpose
fulfilled will add to the already great
irrigated empire Of southern Idaho
sufficient acreage to bring up tn
grand total to five million acres OF
the richest agricultural land in the
world. A total so great that there
is no limit to be set on the wealth
which 1t will produce and the mil
lions Of dollars which it will make.
1t will tend largely to spread the
name and fame of southern Idaho as
far as the world is wide and will
bring to the confines of the grand
new state the best blood, energy and
brain of the country, which trans
planted to the new soil will produce
a wonderous growth. The invest
ment of such capital will result in
the benefit Of every community and
section of the state and will add dol
lars to the value of every acre. II
Will bring into the state thousands of
young industrious and earnest men
and women whise influence for better
and improved conditions will be state
wide and will result in the better
ment of all sections. New ideas, new
energy, new capital, youthful blood
ana ambition coupled with the desire
10 Dulld home in the new empire
OF the state will go far toward max
ing the name of southern Idaho a
household word the country over and
VII SUR the restless ambition of thou
sands who will seek to make a new
home in the new state which can and
does accomplish wonders.
The bringing under cultivation and
redeemlng such vast acreage of
good land Is one of the greatest I'M
dertakings Of its kind ever ATTEMPTED
and will result in the bringing If
millions of dollars into the state
This great sum of twenty four mil
ions or dollars is to be invested bv
the Bulls of Pittsburg, capitalists
VINO have great faith in Idaho and
ner resources as is witnessed by their
Investments in the past and in what
they are doing now.
Of this vast sum three million dol
lars Is to be devoted to the construc-
tlon OF a great dam above American
rails and two million dollars to |
syphoon under the aSlmon river
$24, 100000 will be spent on the
Bruno tract. near Burley in South-
ern Idaho, to develop 100000 acres
or land within from three to five
years under the auspices of the Bulls
o! Plttsburg, who have many millions
OF ready cash themselves and COM
mand still more. The improvements
mean 100000 irrigation dam
ABOVE american Falls, and a $4,000
o0O syphoon under the Salmon river
m Twin Falls county. The matter was
financed when | was in Chicago last
week, and work will begin at once
except those of the government itself
his will be the biggest irrigation nro-
ecI ever undertaken in the west"
Inc above statement was made
tuesday by Lieutenant Governor L,
SWeetser of Idaho, whose home is
n Burlev. Idaho, says Tuesdays Salt
lake Tribune.
Ih1s new irrigation project in
ures within from three to five wears :
total of 5000 900 irrigated acres
. southern Idaho under the Carev !.
M other government acts. 7 dol
OF care to give out many details of
ne deal Just now that must he done
y the interested parties. But II
now OF my own personal knowledge I
nat the deal was financed in Chicago a
ist week and that work will begin ;
1is spring. t
This is what it means to Idaho Il
no or course to Salt Lake. The
Verage holding of land per owner in c
le Twin Falls south side tract was II
sveral years ago sixty-two acres TO-
ay the average Is forty acres, This d
eans intensified farming and great o
production. In few years we ex. p
ect the average holding to drop to u
Venty acres per family, the average N
the holdings between ogden and n
lit Lake with 100000 acres un- It
IF irrigation this means a popula- r
On IN that district of not less than te
100000 on the farms alone. and &C
uniting an equal number in the u
lies and towns, that means fully A
4 90 000 nopn1o u, -' -