The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1915-08-12
SQUAW CREEK COUNTRY
PRAISED
Wonderful Progress Made in the
Upper End of Gem
County.

The land Of milk and honey mas
been found in the Squaw creek coun-
try, that section Of Boise county
which was annexed 10 and included
in the new county Of Gem at the time
Of its creation. In an interview in
the Capital News covering his recent
trip to that section, Governor Alex
ander has these complimentary things
10 say Of the Squaw creek section:
''If you want to find a land Of milk
and honey 20 to the Squaw creek
country. Somewhere near SquaW
butte the soil Of southern Idaho
changes from an ashy deposit 70
heavy clay loamy mixture. The alti-
tude Of Sweet is lower than Boise, but
from Sweet to Brownlee it begins TO
rise. Notwithstanding the altitude
there is much dry farming done that
was a revelation. On those rolling
hills studded with rocks as large as a
house, crops are raised which are
equally as good as that Of the Palouse
country. There are no failures there;
everyone seems to be doing well.
Brownlee is situated in the center Of
grain belt and every inch Of soil
seems to be producing excepting the
rocks, and I expect if they could plant
wheat on them they would do that,
too.
Sweet is a sheltered spot. They
raise everything there, even English
waIn1ts and almonds. It is almost
semi-tropicaI in climate and has the
stamp of prosperity on it. The Squaw
creek country is blessed with plenty
Of water. The hillsides are farmed
half way up or as far as they had
time to cultivate them, and guess
next year most Of chem will be culti-
waited TO the very tops.
The reservoir sites in this section
where water can be impounded are nu-
-merous and capable Of impounding
water sufficient for thousands Of acres.
The water is not needed right at
Sweet, as they have plenty, but doubt
less in course Of time it will be i'm
pounded and transmitted to great dis
tances and utilized en- lands that need
it.
at is certainly pleasing sight to
see people so prosperous with
their acres Of land, comfortable
homes, horses, cattle and sheep with
an enless amount Of timber at their
command so surrounding conditions
maze it an economical location FIR
home. Tn, residents Of SCuav. creek
have everything they want. They can
raise everything they want TO 81. and
have their fuel without cost, SO "rtn
those necessaries at hand il is Eot sur
prising to see them all well of. Our
former townsman, E. Sweet, lives at
Sweet. He has palatial home with
all improvements, with garden, or
chard, chickens and all the heart could
desire for comfort.
1T is a great cattle country, the
feed in the hills is so plentiful that
cattle can live niHe months in the year
on same / must say that the splen-
did country Of Squaw creek was q
surprising revelation to me. I have
often heard of it but never had the
pleasure of q visit there until now.
doubt whether all of our people know :
that within 80 miles of Boise there is
this land of prosperity, where both
dry and irrigated farms are models Of
success. Sweet and Ola are both
thriving little towns surrounded by
prosperity and good cheer, and every
one l met was pleasant and hOspit-
able. can truthfully say if q man
wants to be assured of success and
happiness in farming life that is the
place for him to go.
Lands are reasonable in price and
4 man can have his choice of either
dry or irrigated farms, or both on the
same farm. which is sometime hard
to find in other localities.
1T is also locality where there are ,
no lawsuits or troubls 1ver water \
rights; water is plantiful and all a
farmer has to do is to turn It on mis-
and, and the crops grow.