Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1912-06-22
BOOSTS FOR HIS
HOME TOWN
J. E. Williams Tells Pocatello Cit.
izens of Mountain Homes
Bright Prospects

}. K. Williams, proprietor of tn
Mountain Home hotel, was visito
In town yesterday, looking after mat
ters of business, and generally get
ting line on the activity of Pocatellt
and figuring whether to concede tn,
palm of commercial advantage t,
Pocatello Or attach it to his owl
town, but he finally concluded t,
leave it here.
However, he had some good thing,
to say of his own locality, and il
commenting generally, stated:
up around Mountain Home every
thing is looking most prosperous
and the prospects for this year coult
not be better. There is not a section
of the state where the foliage is ad
vanced to a greater degree than il
that particular part Trees are green
and the orchards are veritable par
adise. Alfalfa and other field prod
ucts are just as vigorous, and the
soft balmy atmosphere and low ele
walton of the Mountain Home district
should certainly appeal to the farmer
and the homeseeker.
This year the irrigation project
of which Former Governor Brady is
the head, will water about 1000 acres
and improvements are being made in
the entire system. The reservoir is
carrying a greater amount of water
than ever before, and there will be
plenty of it for the acreage mention
ed. This fall, when irrigation yirtu-
ally ceases, extensive work will be
promoted on the project, the plans
for which have already been per-
fctd, and by anothr sason tn ara IL
der the bitches of the Mountai Home
Cooperative Irrigation company will
be materially increased. The system
will take care of from 10000 to co.
600 acres by the time it is complet-
ed, and farmers are eagerly waiting
such time as the ditch promoters can
go ahead with the work.
Governor Brady has been very
busy with the work, and having but
recently acquired the project has
many details to look after, though he
has remarkable grasp of the situa-
tion at the present time, and much
progress has been made. Superinten-
dent Cannon is pushing work and i'm
proving the ditch service in every
possible manner, and the change for
the better is very marked. Mountain
Home is destined to become one of
the most widely known horticultural
and agricultural sections of the state
in a very short time-two years at
least, and there is a vast aera open
for settlement by the homesteader
who is wise to his opportunity. Thou
sands Of acres will come under the
improved ditch system, and the con-
servative individual who believes in
taking time by the forelock and will
casually look the district over prior
to the construction of the remaining
portion of the big canal system will
be making no mistake. The soil
and climate cannot be equalled-all
that is needed is more water and
money, and Governor Brady has fur
nished a considerable amount of both
to the material advantage of the
country, and there will be water e.
nough to satisfy everybody as fast as
work can be accomplished.
Gilmore county has 1,713,730 acres
of land. About 100000 acres is avail
able for irrigation, and possibly 5O,-
900 acres will constitute the cultivat-
ed area at this time. Close to 100,
900 acres lie underexisting canal
systems, so that within the next two
Or three years you will hear of FL
more county as the garden spot of
the west. Some Of the most beautiful
tracts in the world lie under the can
ais close to Mountain Home, and
there is every inducement for the in
dividual to keep weather eye open,
as it will pay him. The tracts are
as level as a billiard table and do
not require strenuous work to bring
them under cultivation.
..Iust keep in mind this great sec
tisN of Idaho sagebrush and you will
see things doing within a compare.
lively short interval on the calendar
Mountain Home is the county seat
and the community is one Of activity
and live citizenship, and every man
is full TO optimism and has,
Is out with a good word for his COM
the best reason in the world for 1t,
as there is no gamble to be taken
with that section of Idaho. 1t Is
worth the time and money of any
Individual. '-Pocatello Tribune.