Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-12-17
MAIN STREET, PRESTON, IDAHO, LOOKING NORTH.
rOO little Is known OF Preston
and of Northern Cache Valley
in general. The location of the

1900 little Is known OF Preston,
and of Northern Cache Valley
In general. The location of the
city has made 1t difficult of dis
covcrN. 1t Is tucked away in Il corner,
rather apart from its sister cities in
Idaho, and is more readily reached
from Ntah than Idaho points. Travel
crs seldom see the place, unless they
make n special business of visiting
It. Being the terminus of the Cache
Valley branch of the oregon Short
Line railway, it is not affected by the
through service Consequently, rs its
outside business interests are limit
should be known. IT is located 2S' miles
northwest of Logan, Utah, four hours
from Salt Lake City, has an eleva-
ton of 3.72l feet, and a population
of about three thousand. 1t boasts
of two splendid schools. sixteen mer-
camille institutions, two drug stores.
candy factory, knitting factory. three
furniture stores six implement
houses, two lumber companies, two
livery stables, one machine shop. three
blacksmith shops, three hotels. five
produce dealers. four coal dealers,
and -four mill
100000 ACRES UNDER WATER.
In This "kingdom of opportunity"
the west. It il not an uncommon
circumstance for town to spring up
the case with Preston. What she Is she
has earned by hard labor--by an un-
rclenting contest with nature In an
arid section. And 1t has been all heroic
battle From the date Of Preston's
foundation In 1872, the hardy
pioneers at once took up their fight
with the problems of irrigation. and
today there are In the nciShborhood
of a hundred thousand acres in
Guided in the different irrigation syS-
TENS here.
Naturally these early settlers turn
ed their attention first to the pro-
duction of those things which would
bring in the best returns with the least
amount of labor SO stockraising was
their principal pursuit. But as the
canals were completed, the fertility
OF the soil was discovered. and 1t was
soon learned that this was one of the
choicest agricultural sections III tHc
west BY process of elimination those
products to which the soil is ma
turally adapted were scientifically as
ccrtained. and beet raising and dry
land farming became the leading in
dustries Bcets are planted in the low
irrigated lands. which yield from
fifteen to twenty tons per acre. and
along the border of the valley on
the higher lands skirting the foot
hills, dry land wheat Is raised. These
dry land farms range in size from
one hundred to one thousand two
hundred acres and yield from fifteen
to forty bushels of wheat per acre. One
of the largest is the farm owned by the
Neilson-Geddes company. This fall
there were farm 3. g. 9i5 OF
there We're steam plows busily occupi-
ed preparing these farms for next
seasons planting. The history Of this
development in agriculture covers
many rigorous years. Ill filled with
unrelenting toll. Rut, now that success
has crowned his efforts. and this city IS
about to emerge fro mits swaddling
clothes to the more sedate garb OF
maturity. the Preston farmer looks
hack over the years IF tribulation with
inst pride Tho horizon Is clear, tho
future looks bright. Preston must be-