1906 



FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



363 



An enterprising young man estab- 

 lished a newspaper and as if by magic 

 doctors, lawyers, and mechanics of all 

 classes flocked in. The intoxication 

 of creation was in the air. Other news- 

 papers were started, three banks were 

 established, a school was opened and 

 70 pupils greeted the teacher the first 

 morning. Meanwhile two lines of 

 steel like ribbons came creeping over 

 the plain, crossed and passed the town 

 sites, and the shriek of the locomotive 

 was added to the creaking of the der- 

 ricks as great blocks of stone were 

 dropped into place on the dam. 



To-day a population of over 4,000 

 await the completion of the canals 

 and ditches. Scattered here anl there 

 in and around the town sites are 122 

 mercantile institutions waiting for 

 the town lot sale so that they can 

 move over upon their own property 

 and no longer remain tenants by suf- 

 ferance of the Government. 



Idaho is famous for its irrigated 

 fruits and fields. The soil and climate 

 are adapted to a wide variety of crops. 

 Owing to the importance of the live 

 stock industry in this section alfalfa 

 and other forage crops will always 

 find a profitable market, and all the 

 vegetables and fruits of the north 

 temperate zone may be grown here. 



With all these manifold advantages 

 a prosperous future and rapid growth 

 are assured for the new towns. The 

 lots in Sherrer will be reserved for 

 future sale. An important feature in 

 connection with the construction of 

 the irrigation system is the possibility 

 of power development at the dam. This 

 power can be transmitted economically 

 to the towns and utilized for munici- 

 pal and other purposes. 



The optimism of the settlers on the 

 Minidoka project has gone abroad 

 through the enterprising little news- 

 papers which have grown and flour- 

 ished on the sage brush desert, and be- 

 fore another month is past hundreds 

 of tenderfeet will "hit the trail" for 

 this land of opportunity. 



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