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PAYETTE VALLEY, IDAHO. 



"Of the family of states that form the empire of 

 the northwest, Idaho is the Cinderella the least known 

 and the most fair, and her foremost foot is slippered 

 by the Payette valley and its surroundings, even now 

 the fairy prince who is to lead her to wealth and pros- 

 perity is heard." 



These prophetic words were written less than ten 

 years ago, at the beginning of the most prosperous dec- 

 ade ever witnessed by any of the new states of the 

 union, until now, this "Cinderella," the "Gem of the 

 Mountains," is attracting most favorable attention of 

 many a prince from the older states. These courtiers, 

 seeking the wealth now known to be among her resources 

 need only to visit the Payette valley and remain with 

 her people to realize their fondest hopes. Those who 

 have proved the truthfulness of this statement are too 

 numerous to mention but none has seized the oppor- 

 tunities offered with more nerve and energy or a firmer 

 grip than C. E. Brainard, the modern "Moses," who 



C. E. BRAINARD. 



Promoter and Proprietor of the New Plymouth Land and Colonization 

 Company. 



brought the New Plymouth Colony out of the wilder- 

 ness and into the "Promised Land." After spending 

 fifteen years as an active homefinder and immigration 

 agent in Colorado, Utah and Idaho, to him no other 

 locality appeared to offer more attractive opportunities 

 for the homeseeker and investor than the Payette 

 valley. 



The Idaho Magazine, published at Boise, mentions 

 him as "the master home finder of Idaho," a man who, 

 though not a politician, has played a potent part in 

 state making in Idaho, one who has induced the invest- 

 ment within her borders of an incalculable amount of 

 money in lucrative fields, and brought hundreds of use- 

 ful, hardworking men and women to the larger and 

 more abundant life and joy that its opportunities offer. 

 He has, indeed, been the soul, and genius in turning the 

 tide of wealth and home-makers Idahoward, and espe- 

 cially toward the Payette valley and the model, match- 

 less New Plymouth bench, hence, shrink as he may at 

 our assertion, he has claims on the gratitude and ad- 



miration of i not only those whom he has been instru- 

 mental in vitally interesting in the state, but of all 

 Idahoans who rejoice in the development of our lusty 

 young commonwealth, along right lines. It is due Mr. 

 Brainard to say he has never been the man to court 

 publicity for himself, but he has been little less than a 

 providence in heralding forth opportunities for which 

 investment-seekers and home-seekers were eager, and he 

 has proven the type of man to whose projects the in- 

 vesting public could safely tie, a fact which is its own 

 comment on his honor and integrity. He is a man of 

 performances and energy, but above all things he is a 

 practical, hard-headed, hard-working business man, a 

 man of shining candor, of unexampled initiative, and 

 one who plays fair and treats his fellows with justice 

 in all business life. 



Mr. Brainard first devoted all his powers and ener- 

 gies to unfolding the great possibilities of the New 

 Plymouth bench with its farm colony, only 12 miles 

 from Payette, and in the very heart of the valley's most 

 desirable lands. And this colony is still the object of 

 his almost paternal solicitude and ambition, and well it 

 may be, for its prolific acres are marvelously productive 

 of all the fruits,' vegetables, grain and hay grown in this 

 latitude ; it is a section indeed, which is the pride and 

 glory of the Payette valley, and it is peopled with a 

 higher type of farmers and fruit growers, probably, 

 than any other given territory in the Union, an agri- 

 cultural aristocracy, if you please, who enjoy nearly all 

 the outgrowths of civilization. 



The organization of the New Plymouth Land and 

 Colonization Company and Farmers Co-operative Irri- 

 gation company under his inspiring leadership marked 

 the transition of the whole Payette valley to new life 

 and prosperity, and the dash and energy of his business 

 methods gave a new thrill of energy and hope even to 

 the staterinakers of this section. 



He had the far-reaching vision to see that thou- 

 sands elsewhere were in quest of just such opportunities 

 as this valley afforded, and although almost incredible 

 has been the growth of the Payette Valley and New 

 Plymouth Colony since Mr. Brainard's advent into it, 

 it is still in the infancy of what it is capable of becom- 

 ing. 



THE FERTILITY OF THE YELLOWSTONE 

 VALLEY. 



"Irrigated Lands Near Billings, Mont.," in the 

 Yellowstone valley, is the title of a pamphlet recently 

 published by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy rail- 

 road. The cultivation of sugar beets and the erection of 

 a $1,500,000 factory within the past few years has 

 given a stimulus to the settlement of that part of Mon- 

 tana. Near Huntley, some 10 miles from Billings, 

 before 1905, when water was first delivered to a part of 

 this tract, there were no settlers; today 8,000 to 9,000 

 acres have been settled on in tracts of from 80 to 160 

 acres, and it speaks well for the confidence of the 

 farmer in the future of the district that homes of a 

 substantial character have been built and permanent 

 improvements made on every hand. 



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