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Rh At Huntington is the division point and connection of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Co. with the Oregon Short Line Railroad.

Here I cross the Snake river, arriving at Weiser, Idaho. This town is the outlet of the Seven Devils mines, a branch line having been finished as far as Council. The smelter for the mines is built adjoining Weiser, and the entire section is prospering raising fruit, aided by irrigation. Between Weiser and Payette is one beautiful stretch of fruit trees, melon patches and every variety of fruit that can be grown in a mild, temperate climate, interspersed with fields of alfalfa, from which are cut four crops of hay a year, averaging two tons per acre for each crop. The Payette river empties into Snake river, making abundance of water for irrigating purposes, consequently the whole