Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1920-01-04
Wonder City Developing
Rapidly and 1919 Saw Many
Advanced Steps Taken
General Prosperity Recorded
BIG CROPS WERE RAISED
Shortage Of Water Most Ser
ious Problem That Had to
Be Faced-Biggest Wheat
Shipping Point in State.

onlpplng Folnt IN state.
BY JOSEPH TANNER
Bull, Jan. 3.--The year 1919 has been
Kind to Bull and surrounding COM
munity in the west end of the south
Twin Falls tract. To the wonder city
located at the end of the Short Line
branch through the largest and most
productive irrigated tract in the world
1t has brought development such as
Few agricultural centers have enjoyed
and growth in people and business
which savors of the boom OF newly
discovered oil fields and glittering min
ing camps
The first post IL months pe-
Rod has delivered to the Bull district
prosperity and simultaneously created
q new realization of the great ad-
vantages offered in the sagebrush
country so recently reclaimed from an
arid state.
Water records for the past year
show that not in 80 years has Idaho
suffered so for lack of moisture for
irrigated purposes as 1t has during the
past season. The wonderful Snake
river was forced to acknowledge its
inability to protect its many un-baked
farms because of the lack of reservoir
iaSiaties WHICH might nave COhtdlneu
its over generous supply OF water dur
ing former years and the spring flood
period. In many parts of the state a
portion of the crop was salvaged only
because of the generosity of the far
mers holding old water rights in ro-
tating the meager supply at their dis
posak
The Lower Snake river valley did not
experience the keen shortage which
prevailed IN other parts Of the huge
more than moot an ,,,.ocnt demand
Tho water was sufficient hovevcr 70
bring 10 mat,,.i,v All Of Tho crons m.
dor c,iltivatiop In aud near RuhI
,,c ,,,cr 80
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The south Twin Falls tract is only
now feeling its own proportions. 1t Is
but IA years old and much of it, espe-
cially in the west end, has been under
water for two or three seasons. The
wonders in production performed with
newly turned land, whose sum- kissed
surface reflected only sagebrush and
greaseweed year after year, has proved
no 4iindrance to great increase in the
agricultural wealth OF the county ac-
cording to the compiled returns for
the past season
Because of the shipment OF approx
inately 600 cars of wheat from Buhl
during the past year the reputation of
being the largest wheat shipping point
in Idaho has been transferred here
from American Falls. which previously
held that honor. Hay exported from
Buhl, much of which was taken from
newly cultivated lands, amounted to
little less than 1000 cars. This is In
excess Of the vast amount which was
retained for home consumption for the
large herds of sheep and the many
groups OF pureureu cattle Wnicn are
scAe.eIeu '"'ousiou' 'ie west emu VI
tue tract III. 49,, ,.,.
heo anu VINE eio.er, aiIa.ia anu
aisike seeu sasu plosn q moS. fe ~,
nerauve anu sueussiu, 'rop ior III. .ns
farmers OF ths wese emu curing .nt
past season. Sevehlee,i are were es
ported Ior etntm , ID sp ,r,I
maj, u MliiIon uon eIo'u'
made WIN seea OF sinai uac.s hast
startied even ths iarner. .'usem. WI.
dsscovered ina, u w "a , no. J ~ t,, !,
nary 1870. I'LL ,,,,,a,' s1,,d o. h,.h a. 4,
quality SEED whicn sou , 90 aa a,sm as =
z cents pound OF ane ~ ra,a. ,alhs -
approximately av 40 cur ls.;aas po sr,,', e
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