0EEG0:N^ short line OGDEN to YELLO^ySTONE. 133 



Two miles nortli of Moiiroe siding and 1^ miles east of the track 

 there is a low sandy hill, on the top of which is the reservoir in which 



the water supply of SheUey, pumped from a deep 



Monroe. well, is stored. This hiU is basalt partl}^ mantled 



Elevation 4,605 feet, with drifted sand, Northeast of it there is a series 



g en i mi es. ^^ movuig sand dunes extending for about 8 miles in 



the direction of the prevaihng winds. 



Shelley is the trading point for several small settlements away 



from the railroad and is the center of an irrio;ati<ni 



Shelley. district which has been brought to a high grade of 



Elevation 4,619 feet, cultivation,^ A liyclroelectric plant on Snake River, 

 oXniTrmOes. 2 miles north of Shelley, develops about 8,000 horse- 



power for use in this part of the valley. 



W 



visible far out on the Snake Eiver lava plain. East Butte (Pl- 



, ^, p. 112) appears to have two sharp peaks between which 

 there is a saddle-shaped depression. Big Butte has a less pronounced 

 sag top, and Middle Butte shows a gentle south slope and steep 

 north slope, which indicate that it is not a volcano. To the north- 

 east, beyond the first low range of lava hills, is the crest of the 

 Caribou Range. In very clear weather one can see more than 70 

 miles away a snowy peak coming into view over the crest of this range. 

 This is Grand Teton, 13,747 feet high, the cuhnmating peak of the 



rinfr west of Jackson 



Kn 



member 



(See p. 17.) 



I 



Falls 



for the owner of an adjoining ranch, an electric-power house may be 



seen on the bank of Snake River. Just north of Bach, 



^^"^^- another siding 1^ miles south of Idaho Falls, is a 



Elevation 4,661 feet, g^ove in Tautphaus Park. This is the local fair 



g eni. mies. gpoii^d^^^liere the annual War Bonuetrouud-up is held. 



Every September for five days Idaho Falls is thronged with visitors. 

 Tliey come to see cowboys and Indians with their race horses, buckuig 

 horses, and wild steers gathered here to amuse the crowd and to con- 

 t(^flt for n7MZf>s in feats of skill in ridinor and rope thro^vin2:. Tlie War 



enne 



Wyoming and the round-up at Pendleton is to Oregon. 



t>T)e of Shelley, the shipments, in carloads, were: 



shown 



made from Shelley from July 1, 1913, to 

 June 30, 1914. According to the state- 

 ment of P. J. Bennett, a notai-y public in 



potatoes 



nil 



miscellaneous 



.aji 74,000,000 pounds 



