The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-08-05
SHELLEY SHOWN in
RANKS OF WINNERS
Metropolis Of North
Bingham Described
by Business Man
GLOWING FUTURE
lBy 7. ]. Bennettl


town is Shelley. Here you. will be
Immediately convinced and impressed
with thrift and opportunities. Shell
ley is located seventeen miles north
of Blackfoot, on the main line of
the Oregon Short Line, it is in the
center of a wonderfully rich farming
section, the soil is of an unusual
fertility, it has never been known to
have failure, it is under one of the
very best water systems for irriga-
ton in the west, it's soil is adapted
for sugar beets, potatoes, hay and
grains of all kinds, with a little de-
velopment it could be made an ideal
dairy cOuntryit has access to a
splendid range for summer stock, it
cannot be beat for all kinds of small
fruits and apples, it is paradise for
the winter stock feeder, on account
of the large acreage of sugar beets
and hay also by the product of the
sugar factory, winters are not hard,
snow does not fall deep and the feed
ing season is remarkably short.
Shelley is one of the largest ship
ping points on the Oregon Short Line
and it has every reason to be when
you take survey of the towns that
it is the trading point for, namely
Basalt, Firth, Goshen, Presto, James
ton, Woodville, Stanton, Taylor Mon
roe, Lower Sweden, all of these are
thriving settlements within radius
of six miles. The records of the rail-
road show that for the year 1918 the
following cars were shipped from
Shelley: Sugar beets 500, potatoes
1900, grain 100, mill feed III, misc
200 making total of PATTI cars.
Add to this 100 cars of sugar shipped
out we have 2577 cars of produce
shipped from this point.
Shelley has live commercial club
CONF osed of the business men and
farmerA' of the district, who work in
harmony with each other, and are
doing thin,9s for Shelley that many
larger conn. unities might well be
proud of. shs has four year high
school as wen as all the grades
housed in splendid buildings, equip
ped with all the latest apparatuses
for manual training, domestic art
and science, and gymnasium work in
splendid corps OF teachers. |
Shelle yhas churches of all denomina-
tions, lodges and associations witch |
look after the people in a spiritual
the most up-to-date sugar factories
in the west, and one of the largest
flour mills in Idaho, small custom
mill, several large mercantile 'estab-
lishments, implement houses, two
banks, newspaper, meat market,
hotels, grain elevators, potato
houses, drug store, alfalfa mill, three
lumber yards, three restaurants, Il
jewellery store, livery stable, five /,
public garages, electric light plant
water system and numerous other
businesses. I
The citizenship of Shelley and / I
vicinity is OF the highest order, and
my ambitious settler of good {
character will be warmly welcomed I
md every opportunity for advance C
nent given, there are openings for
most any line of business, the bust /
less men cater competition, and will q
tand ready to give the glad hand to
ii Corners. a
The land values about Shelley are !.
bout the same as those in other =
ections of Bingham county, with the :
RECEPTION that the land here has been ,
rought to higher state of cultiva- 9
ion and has corpetual water rights. y
The following land lays adjacent >
D Shelley:
Irrigated improved + farm land
900 acres.
Dry improved farm land 10000
cres. r
Arid lands 20 mn acf.as a