The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-04-25
TWIN FALLS TRACT
GARDEN OF EDEN
Gov. Alexander Tells of What He
Saw on Recent Trip
BESTOWS PRAISE ON COUNTRY
AND ON ALL THE TOWNS.
Declares That Language Is Inadequate
To Do Justice To City of Twin
Falls.

The Twin Falls tract is the Garden
of Eden" IN the opinion of Governor
Alexander, who is back from three
days trip over ;nat most remarkable |
section of the state, says the Capital |
News. In an interview the governor
tells of the rapid growth of that sec
ton of the state. He said:
Have l been to the Twin Falls |
tract? We'll, you may call it the Twin
Falls tract, but l do not. l call it
the Garden of Eden. If you do not
believe it, go down yourself and look
it over and you will feel a good deal
like l do when you return. Besides
that, if you want to see real Democra-
tic prosperity, unexemplified and in
full swing, go to the Garden of Eden
of Idaho and you will have no doubts
about it. If you want to see bunch
Of boosters, men, women and children,
Just go to the Garden of Eden as |
have named it, and you will find it.
81 went to Twin Falls Thursday
morning and took car and went to
Kimberly. 1t does person good to go
down and see Kimberly. They are do
ing more substantial building than
any other town of the size that have
ever seen and he buildings will all
be completed this fall. There is not
a doubt but the population will double
in size in the next year. The business
blocks in construction are from 80 to
100 feet frontage of concrete, steel,
pressed brick and division walls of
hollow tile. In fact, up-to-date in
every way. Everyone in town is
working encrgetically and just think,
the place is only five miles from Twin
Falls.
"On the surrounding farms, plowing
and seeding is being done and the or
chards are being sprayed, everyone
seems to be doing something, and the
spirit of activity is in the air. l did
not see any idle men and everyone is
talking $3.50 per acre land, 100000
brick blocks, etc, and there is now
under contemplation the construction
of a $4,000 high school building.
where do they get the money? Well,
from off their lands. Alfalfa and clo-
yer seed has beeI. a source of revenue
and cattle, hogs and sheep are pros
porous industries of this section and
that best of all basis of wealth, indus
try, is making the people wealthy for
there are no failures of crops in the
Garden of Eden ;ract. All one has to
UO 10 " SUN Ill lu6 anu reap
their harvest in the proper season.
"How can there be any shortage of
water on that tract when all they have
to do is to raise the headgates and let
the water of Snake river, whicn never
goes dry, run ino the canals to carry
it to the different parts of the tract, so
that is all there IS to it.
Every home from Kimberly to Bull
fbnncan1c nf 6nllorc in
vested There are up-to-date cottages
to palatial homes. You feel like you
are in a new world when on that tract
and 1 came back feeling nightly rich
in the possession of wnat land l own
in Idaho. 1t was an inspiration.
Thursday night l attended Jeffer-
sonian banquet at Twin Falls, presid-
ed over by L. F. Hanson of Hansen, an
old pioneer. We talked a little poll
tics and mostly prosperity and good
fellowship 1t the banquet and every
one had a most enjoyable time l beg
to be excused ab,ut speaking Of Twin
Falls 1t would take more eloquent
tongue than mine to recount the many
good points and conditions of that
magic city of the west. AS ever, it is
prosperous and busy, buildings going
up on all sides, business blocks and
residences and JGst as soon as finish
ed they are occupied.
"They are putting up sugar fac
tory about two miles from town and
hundreds of acres of land are being
prepared for the raising of the sugar
beets.
81 also went to Filler by automobile
and found a great deal Of completed
buildings there and wonderful in
crease in population since last year
in fact, about doubled The civic pride
of the town. is the highest The la
dies of the town have started parkings