THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



331 



Some of the finest irrigated ranches in the West 

 are to be found in Idaho, this being particulary true 

 of its fruit ranches, that State having become promi- 

 nent as a fruit raiser within the past decade. The 

 handiest way at present to reach the Twin Falls tract 

 of land and the new town of Twin Falls City, is via 

 Shoshone, a promising town on the Oregon Short Line 

 railway, about 100 miles west of Pocatello. From this 

 point a stage line may be taken as far as Blue Lakes 

 and the famous Perrine ranch, which is located in the 

 canon alongside of Snake Eiver. From there another 

 stage line is taken three or four miles further on to 

 the town of Twin Falls City, which it is intended to 

 make the metropolis of southern Idaho. Some very 

 delightful scenery, is found in making this stage trip, 

 particularly west of Blue Lakes on the Perrine ranch. 



Photo by Chas. E. Brooks, Pocatello, Idaho. 

 En route, Shoshone to Perrjne's Ranch. 



[The stage shown is an "old-timer," having been in service between 

 Salt Lake City and Boise, Idaho, before the Oregon Short Line was built.] 



Mr. I. B. Perrine, who is the vice-president and general 

 manager of the Twin Falls Investment Co., a subsidiary 

 company to the Twin Falls Land & Water Co., located 

 at Blue Lakes eighteen or twenty years ago, and has 

 developed a 1,000-acre ranch, which is noted as one 

 of the best fruit and alfalfa ranches in the West. A 

 peculiarity of this delightful spot is that the rim rock 

 which makes the canon, forms a fence on one side of 

 the ranch, while the green, rapidly flowing Snake 

 River takes the place of a fence on the other side. Be- 

 tween this rim rock and the river may be found as 

 finely developed fruit tracts as this country possesses. 

 The writer spent a day or two with Mr. Perrine, driv- 

 ing over his ranch and later on over the Twin Falls 

 land. Part of a day was spent at Twin Falls City. Mr. 

 Perrine owns the ferry across Snake River at this 

 point and has also built roads up the sides of the canon 

 on to the table lands at a cost of many thousand dol- 

 lars. The rim rock on each side of the river reaches 



up 700 to 900 feet at this point and it can be imagined 

 that it was no easy matter to build a road from the 

 bass along the different ledges of rock until the table 

 lands above were reached. The drive down into the 

 canon and up out of it on the other side on the way to 

 Twin Falls City will long be remembered by all who 



A Fine Atmosphere Snake River, Idaho. 



have never experienced travel in the mountains or pre- 

 cipitous country. In fact one needs remarkably strong 

 nerves to enjoy riding up or down over these roads for 

 the first time. It was the writer's good fortune to be 

 accompanied on this trip from Shoshone to Blue Lakes 

 and over the Twin Falls land by Mr. G. D. Aiken of 

 the Oregon Short Line and Mr. Charles E. Brooks, 

 who is also connected with that company. Mr. Brooks 

 had a camera with him and secured several photographs 

 on the way, some of which are shown in connection 

 with this article. 



The lands under the canal system of Twin Falls 



Clearing the Land of Sage Bru-h near Twin Falls, Idaho. 



Land & Water Co. have been withdrawn from the public 

 domain by application of the State Land Board under 

 the provision of the Carey Act. By this act the United 

 States Government will transfer title to the State, 

 which in turn deeds control to the settler. Under strict 

 regulations for the protection of settlers, the State 

 has entered into contract with the Twin Falls Land & 



