Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1920-01-04

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Two SUDAN FACTORIES.
In order that the crops mish% IL
properly handled, number 81 indus-
tries have sprung up to satisfy this de-
mand. This project has now two sugar
factories, four cheese factories three
flour mills, one potato drying plant
two alfalfa mills, one mixed feed mill
and several other industries, includ-
two brickyards. Last year the oregon
Short Line railroad lardled $500 car
loads Of hay. 1900 cars of potatoes. $50
cars of bects. $50 cars of cattle, $50
cars OF wheat. go cars of sugar, 210
cars Of sheep. 40 cars of flour, and
miscellaneous. $50 cars, making a to-
tai for the year of 5000 cars. n
VALUES INCREASE RAPIDLY
Property values on the project are
rapidly increasing. both city and farm
property changing hands repeatedly.
Property on the project presents very
desirable investment possibilities. Farm
loan companies freely advance money
to the extent of SO per cent of apprais-
ed value This project was reclaimed
by the United States reclamation SER
vice, and was delivered into the hands
OF the settlers on Jan. 1, 1917. The set
tiers are organized into an irrigation
district, which handles the distribution
of the water. the government contract
ing with the irrigation district to de-
liver a certain amount. Water con-
tracts with the government are some
Of the cheapest known. there being two
contracts, one called the old contract,
$22 an acre; and the other called the
new contract, $S2 per acre. These con-
tracts are very much less than the
Carey act projects of the state. The
water supply is taken from the Snake
river being stored In Jackson Lake res
ervOir on the south fork of the Snake
river in Wyoming. and also in Lake
Walcott, about nine miles northeast Of
Rupert on the Snake. The Minidoka
project has the first right on the water
in Jackson lake, and in the last year
was benefited very much because of
this fact. Several Of the projects and
districts having a secondary right were
damaged very much, due to failure Of
the natural flow Of the Snake river
because of the dryness of the last year,
but the Minidoka project had sufficient
water to raise a crop averaging with
preceding years. This fact alone,
makes this project one of the most de-
sirable locations In the state
HOME OF ELECTRIC FARM
Lake Walcott, located at the north
east end Of the project, is the point Of
diversion Of the water, and here there
is dam thrown across the Snake. and
an electric power house which general
es electric power for the project, to the
amount Of 10000 horsepower, which
supplies all of the towns of the project
and over 500 farrna with electricity,
and pumps water for $4,000 acres. The
government is enabled to furnish the
power to the project at price that has
long been noted for its small cost. The
small cost of power enables the cities
and farms on the project to have many
conveniences for less cost than almost
any other district of the state. Very
many farms. in addition to having the
barns and houses lighted, have arc
lights to light up their places. They al
SO have electric heat and electric power