Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-09-17

the outlet of the lake are Tor one OF
the canals and Camp Stewart. where 1
the intake is from the river into the 4
lake and when l heard Mr.. Whitcomb
talk about what he is doing. the
amount of money he is expanding and
how he is laying the foundation for
the future and talk 20 to so years
ahead, | begin to realize that COM
pany who employs man OF That tai I
ent and has the money to pay for such
talent and the gigantic improvements
undertaken, they certainly must be
impressed with the permanency of our
institutions and the future of Idaho
and Utah.
Il have had to change my ideas of
matters since seeing this great under
taking for when a company composed
of far sighted men, employ the best
available talent regardless of money
and invest millions upon millions, all
for the future, l am competent to say
that the outlook financially must in
deed be bright.
Il heard of the Utah Light & Power
company before, I knew it was big
corporation, but ] did not have the
faintest idea of it's magnitude, that 1t
was so big and doing things on such
huge scale.
WATER FOR ENERGY.
81 am glad to know it. They ought
to receive all the encouragement pos
sible, for they are certainly bring
ing untold wealth into the state of
Idaho. They are preparing to trans
nit electric energy for hundreds of
miles to turn the wheels of industry
in two or three states. They also
build good roads where needed and
by the building of these two canals,
nearly 30 miles in length, they are
draining a vast area of country, thou
sands of acres of land in Bear lake
valley, making it possible to build nun
dreds of happy homes on this land for
prosperity to be enjoyed. Farther down
toward the Utah line and extending
into Cache valley, Utah. the waters
that have been used to produce the
electric energy will be used to irrigate
the arid lands and thereby build new
homes in that vicinity. This work is
not alone benefiting the states of
Utah and Idaho, but benefiting human
ity at large, making it possible for
happy homes of the future to be built
on what is now waste.
This able engineer, Mr.. Whitcomb.
who has this gigantic work in charge,
is a native of New Hampshire and was
educated in New York He is largely
self-made man, and it seems mar
vel of marvels that one man can COM
prehend, design and execute such
gigantic undertaking and at the same
time know every detail Of the business,
and he always has time for kind
word for every one of his men, no
! matter what position he occupies,
The canals I have seen built by
this company are big enough to be
called naVigable streams, and l am in
formed they are going to be made as
large again. The lands that were Il
little water logged between Paris and
| the range of mountains east thereof are
already showing the effect of these
drainage canals. While hay is being
put up by the tons off of this land,
in a few years it will be plowed and
irrigated and tame hay ard cereals
cultivated thereon, there will be homes,
schools and churches there and Idaho
will become more prosperous by this
gigantic undertaking.
WILL DOUBLE POPULATION.
81 wish | could give you more de-
tails. but engineering is out of my line,
but when these canals, the pumping
plant, dams and headgates are all
| Completed near Dingle, Idaho, and on
the shores of Bear lake, it would be
we'll porth while to get up an eXcur-
sion from this locality and go down
there to view this magnificent work
ANY one interested to know more
of this great undertaking that means
so much to this state could get full
information by writing to Mr.. Whit
comb at Paris, Idaho and I know he
would be pleased to furnish them any
information.
MY party and I were guests of Mr..
Whitcomb at Camp Lifton on the
shores of Bear lake, and there at that
outpost of that magnificent country
we We're treated with all possible con-
sideration and We're served with one
of the best meals l ever ate, fresh trout
from the lake and all the delicacies of
the season, and | am looking forward
with pleasure to the time l can re-
turn there and again enjoy such a
feast and the hospitality of Mr.. Whit
comb and his splendid force of men.
Keep your eye on Bear Lake county.
predict it will double it's population
within the next five years When
these works are all completed, the peo-
pie will remember the Utah Light &
Power company and its engineer, Mr..
Whitcomb the constructor and de-
signer, for all time as this wonder
full undertaking will stand as an en-
cheering monument"
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