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Newspaper
Shoshone Journal
Location
Shoshone, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1914
Page
14
The author argues that Americans seek a settled home as a key to contentment and independence, urging readers to consider Idaho’s land and irrigation as a path to stability. He contrasts native and foreign-born drives, notes climate and water issues, and cites longtime farmers as trustworthy guides to land potential under Idaho irrigation.
The piece surveys Shoshone and Lincoln County as of 1910, noting Shoshone’s incorporation with electric lights and water works, several stores, hotels, churches, a roads bond program, and rapid settlement. It details farming in dry regions, sheep and hog prospects, beekeeping and fruit blossoming, schools and a local newspaper, tax rates, and two Carey Act irrigation projects including Twin Valleys and the Big Wood River scheme with a vast canal system and a major reservoir.
Sheehone has shipped two carloads of hogs this season and plans 700 more for the coming year. He intends to retain fewer than 100 breeding sows. The White ranch, famed for grain crops reaching around 100 bushels per acre, is well watered and suited for hog production.
The article extols Lincoln county Idaho as a promising home for settlers via irrigation. It touts a healthy climate, abundant alfalfa, potatoes, fruit, and cheap land, highlighting comparative advantages over other regions. It notes Lincoln county's soil, rivers, and the Twin Falls area, with high yield expectations for wheat, oats, and potatoes.
Private family seeks second hand household furnishings. Apply G. E. S. Journal office.
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