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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



the terms of these leases actual development must be 

 started very soon and continued to a depth of 2,500 

 feet if necessary. 



PAYETTE. 



The growth and prosperity of Payette since the 

 last census in 1900 is phenomenal. At that time its 



tomatoes and peas. The creamery, which is largely 

 owned by the farmers, is operated under lease and is 

 making an excellent record. 



Co-operative fruit packing houses have been estab- 

 lished during the past two years and now furnish equal 

 shipping facilities to the small as well as the larger 

 shipper. 



A Handsome Payette Valley Home. 

 Fishing Grounds near Payette, Idaho. 



population was only 650 while today it would fall little, 

 if any, short of 3,000. The city now owns and is 

 rapidly extending a water works system. Electric 



A Comfortable Home near Fruitland. 

 Farm Adjoining, near New Plymouth, Idaho. 



The Oregon Short Line has just completed at 

 Payette one of the finest depots in the state, a modern 

 and commodious structure built of cement, stone and 



A Typical Farm Scene in Payette Valley, Idaho. 



light is furnished by a local company. Extensive lum- 

 ber mills are in operation. Two large flour mills are 

 operated by water power from the Payette river. The 

 largest and best equipped ^cannery has been bnilt with 

 local capital and puts up a first class pack of fruits, 



pressed brick. The company is just now laying out a 

 most elaborate and extensive park adjoining the depot 

 and tracks for a distance of three blocks. 



The citizens of Payette and vicinity have recently 

 subscribed over $15,000*00 for a Y. M. C. A. building, 



