American forests (18147265511) - Public domain book illustration

Title: American forests
Identifier: americanforests12natiuoft (find matches)
Year: [1] (s)
Authors: National Irrigation Association (U. S. ); New Jersey Forestry Association; South Jersey Woodmen's Association; American Forestry Association
Subjects: Forests and forestry -- Periodicals
Publisher: Washington (etc. ) American Forestry Association (etc. )
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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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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