Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1911-06-08
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the men ana women OF this state,
out the East, especially in the vi
entity OF Chicago, know little. 1t
was getting along close TO the time
when quick action was necessary and
SO We sent menu out into Idaho, who
gathered up the best of the fruits
and cereals. the finest grasses and
the records of the wonderful yields.
All of the products were packed in
Union Pacific cars and sent to Chi
cago and Omaha free of charge,
and there placed in the Idaho booth
Of the Union Pacific, where they
attracted widespread attention.
only a Few Years from Desert.
Idaho is one of the newest of the
reclaimed states. and yet we secured
products of the soil which were the
superior of any grown in the mid
western states. 1t is less than a de-
cade since Idaho was little more than
desert, yet today there are hand
some homes. miles upon miles of
well-improved, prosperous farms and
some of the finest fruit orchards
ever saw. That was our problem, to
show these wonderful things to the
people who were looking for homes.
In our lecture halls we told
thousands upon thousands of people
what Idaho could do and what she
had to offer. Our stereopticon and
moving pictures portrayed the won
derful work being done by the Unit
ed States reclamation service, and
also by some of the big irrigation
companies, and our lecturers gave
facts and figures that opened the
eyes of hard headed old farmers who
were satisfied with a crop re-
turn of $40 or $12 an acre.
Some of these men went to the
attendants in charge of our Idaho
booth and questioned the statements
made i'm the lecture halls. They
were supplied with the literature we
had on hand and were given govern
ment statistics in support of the
facts told. These methods won
hundreds of men, and the result has
been shown in the influx of new fam
lilies to the state.
Coonsts Add to Land Values.
ut is the colonists who will make
our great expenditure of money in
betterments pay" continued Mr..
Fort. with increased population
come increased land values. Then,
too, a great majority of the men who
are taking up the new farms are =
,ither farmers or have been farm
ers at one time. Irrigation, as prac-
iced in Idaho, is NEW to most of :
hem but they speedily learn, thru
he kindness of their neighbors and !
he agricultural college. And in re-
urn they bring ideas of their own =
which are of value. All this results
n larger crops on the farms already :
,eing titled That is where we =
,rofit. With the increased crops y
ONE greater business for the I'm -
on Pacific and so we are justified y
"The United States is now at work "
n Idaho on two of its grandest re- "
lamation schemes, and when these
re completed they will bring into -
nearly 100000 acres of land. u
D the Minidoka and in the Payette- '"
oise projects, the size of the farm y"
nits has been limited to 40 and so u
cres. This has been done for sew :"
raj reasons. With farms of this "
lie there will be little demand for III
lrm help They are the one man, a.
r the one family homesteads, and oe
le saving of money spent for farm nc
Dor is vast On such farm it is w
OF only possible, as every one in III
lie state knows but also comparative
easy of accomplishment, to pay
IT the farm and amass a comforta
lie competence.
Diversified Farming Profitable. st
Diversified farming is usually
lopted by the man who comes w
ere. His early aim is to get his ye
round cleared and leveled and his III
tches in. Then he gets in an al
.lfa crop, for alfalfa seems to have W
gain found it's natural home here. ~
hen come the grains, and. a COW VI
I'd a few chickens. These lay the "
for a comfortable old age.
S improvements are made and the u
le-time colonist finds himself step
ng rapidly along to the Easy
rect Of which he had dreamed. his
ioughts turn to fruit. On
THAT is where he learns new LIE