Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, May 15, 1910, EDITORIAL, Image 12
New Townsitc of Oakley O.. aUv sf "M j r7 .1 Oakley. Thriving City of 1,500 . People on the Twin Falls Oakley Project Financed by Kuhn Millions of Pittsburg Mity 1010, Immediately following the oH-n-Itift of the Mute lantl at, Iturley, Miiho, the new townitite of Oakley, Idaho, will le put on the mar. ket. These lots will lie mild by hlu at tinet "Hires fixed by the iiromoters. " " Write Immediately to the Oiikley Commercial -Hub, Oakley, Iduho, and K't a price list of these lots, together with a folder denrribliiK the magnifi rent opportunity for homemK'kers, capitalUts and Inventor. Oakley will lie the Inriteat rity on the Twin Falls Oakley project, with thousands of acres of land now under cultivation, and yet .thousand of other acres, to be put under cultivation, all of which are tributary to Oakley. Write right now. Information, booklets, listings free. W. J. Mitchell, Sec'y., Oakley Commercial Club, - - AKLEY, I0AHO f C ASSA ra. I r; v iV if'- it a; 4 . y. Iv 1- . '.7 JS--j. J GIANT 1HID0M DM BUILT BY UAQrGVEBMM il COST Of $3,000. 4 1 ' f . vj"' it nit w ' M' 0 . 5 v ' : . ' ' 5 WE WQftMAlL SCiOOL s. v. - B.RHOWEUj ;iw!f'! A t .t. A' ft' i A C3 j2 AW (ft Vs States Government has Turned on tl These Opportunities in Idaho are Now Unrolled for You. Albion,wOa Tht Minidoka dam, which ha ben in course of construction for the past seven years, in at last completed. The water ha been turnej ou to the main canals and laterals; crops in and rowlnt, and in aJ hort while, very short while, the treat Uinidoka plat will be wholly' under cultiva tion. Cassia county, Idaho, in which Is located this freat W.000,000 project of the United States government, , has room for many hundreds of settlers. Time was whan these opportunities were measured by the thou sand. This Is no longer true. If you want to be sure of a comfortable home in a country of surpassing beauty. where the soil la of almost unexampled richness and fertility you rnunt "get busy." The land was offered free to your fathers. Today you must pay a little more. . Tomorrow you may have to pay a great feat more. The west has been a safety valve for this nation for many years; now it must soon cease to qpen Us arm to the man of small capital, t cannot much longer say to him: "Here are broad, fertile acres; clear them and they are youwi." Kvery where will he see signs of private ownership and warning to the trespasser. lie will wonder then that he did not at least try for some of this wonderful land of Idaho while It was still within his reach. While It is not possible now to offer him land for the taking, as It was offered to our fathers. Cassia county can offer him land far below Its value. It can ofaer him land and water at prices that will double or treble In the coming years. Farming In Cassia county, Idaho, tiwlay Is safer and surer than ever before. Men have learned the science f farming. The east has always looked to the west fur Its food and if has always been In the went that Improved methods of cultivation were first adopted.' "It Is so today. Farm ing in Cassia county Idaho, is certain and is attended wtlh loss labor than the east ern farmer puts fosth. Albion,. Ookley, Burley, al of them thriv ing cities lit CasKla county, soutliern Idaho, offer to homeseeker, business man and Investor the very greatest, widest oppor tunities open In the west today. Writ to the Commercial club secretaries of any, all of these towns. Get booklets free. Write today. Almost all men realise that the settle ment of Idaho Is taking place rapidly. They know that a diminishing area of va cant' land aii(i an increasing population compels this settling process to go on. Ijfhey must realise that It can't go on for ever. Very few men. however, know what it means when we tell them that every available acre of Cassia cmntty will soon be brought under cultivation and that It ulll not be long before Uncle Sam's land office will have little to do. The Minidoka project is a sovernnient project. The government ha built a darn near Minidoka, Cassia county, Idaho. The United States dam Is what Is known as a rock filled dam. It Is eighty-five feet high, twenty-five feet wldo at the top, 213 feet wide at the bottom and 7'A feet long. The source of supply is the Bnuke river, which ranks seventh among the laitce rivers of the United States. This river contains during the year" .many times the water needed, but the govern ment also Impounded some of the storm waters, and thus n will furnish a vast area of fertile land wrrti a c supply. A dp(1 therefore li st rue ted at JacksiA lake anil to half a half mlulon sore-f' or enough to cover a half mill foot deep. I The land In Cassia county free from alkali or other Is, stances. It Is nearly level, bell to prepare for fanning and ei.ough to make it ay t mi lands are aduplcd alt .ii it chemical tsis made by the C cultural college show them to the famous Colorado lands ments necemary tt ujr'ir The koII i,f Cassia 'i, A. nty is tl the west frf th PKyjTtgatlon ti seed. W The long, warm ds of il their tool nights, tnaka this ?4 n