The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1911-04-14

NEW LAND is DEVELOPING
Tracy Howard and His Bro ther
Langdon Successful Business
Men in the New Town
of Miner.

"A decidedly interesting nara
tive OF land irrigation and recla-
nation in southern Idaho, was
given a Daily Press, reporter to-
day by Tracy II. Howard, a for
iner well known North Plain
fielder, who has been active in
the field for the past three years.
He came east two weeks ago to
visit his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
@. l.. Howard, now living in
New York and dropped n 20
Plainheld Yesterday afternoon,
to renew old acquaintance be-
tore going back. He is at pres
ent the guest of ohm Valiant, of
Myrtle avenue.
Young Mr.. Howard and his
elder brother, Langdon w. How
ard, both left tor the west at
about the same time and are
now numbered among the lead
ing business men of Miner, Ida,
d small town which developed
as a result OF million acres of
land being opened up by irriga-
ton tor fruit growing. 1t is the
center of a district that is daily
getting to be one of the best for
agricultural purposes there is in
the state. Land that sold tor
$25 an acre with water six years
ago is now bringing $3.50 and
sometimes AS high as $4OO. The
land formerly grew nothing but
sage brush but the building OF a
million dollar dam on the Snake
River'Rave the necessary water
and now people and business
have taken the places IF jack
rabbits and waste.
The Plainfielders not only took
up trnit farms but engaged in
other lines as we'll and have been
very successful. Lang" How
ard, as he was known here, is a
decorous justice OF the peace in
Miner and also has charge of
the patent grants to settlers
when final proof is made of the
COVE ern m n t requirements.
Tracy Howard is engaged in the
real estate and insurance busl-
ness and is also local editor and
manager OF the Miner Success,
a hustling little weekly newspa.
per that promises to be daily
within the near future. He was
elected constable two years ago
and served faithfully until other
business compelled him to resign.
Miner has two railroads, the
Oregon Short Line and Idaho
Southern, both of which give the
people direct and easy communi-
cation with Twin Falls, the near
est large city, twenty-tour miles
away. Six years ago, it did not
exist and now it boasts of 7, 500
population.
Speaking of the possibilities of
the country, Mr.. Howard said
they were almost uHlimlted. The
fact is appreciated by men in
every walk of life as the new
residents in and about Miner
comprise doctors, lawyers, bank
clerks, mechanics and larborers.
Mr.. Howard has a fruit farm
which is operated for him.
The cost Of living is higher
than here in the east but the
wages and earnings are proper
tionately better The ordinary
unskilled laborer is paid So a
day and man is not r. +ed as
doing very well if he only 'secei-
YES $50 a month and his boaSd.
The climatic conditions are even
and temperate making it attrae-
tive from another point of view.
The narrator said snow is not
excessive, while in summer blank
cts are always needed in the
sleeping rooms.
Both Mr.. Howard and his
brother attended Leafs school
and were prominent in local
athletics a few years ago. The
family lived on Myrtle avenue
previous to moving to New
York. The two sons become in
terested in the Idaho field thro-
ugh the location there of John
Hoey, another of Leafs students
who has since taken up civil