The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-09-28

els of wheat this season, and had
part of his land leased to Roe York.
Marsh said he had purchased so ]
inches of water but had only received s
32 inches until after Wallace Smith
was put on the ditch.
Bob Aiken has a nice little place {
for an old bachelor. He did not I
have an extra large crop this season.
He said he had got about 35 inches
of water out of 40 engaged Bobs
say that his tap is little
high and does not run water unless
the ditch is full.
At Geo. Oakes' we found his sis
ter, Mrs. Frank Harris, busy pre-
serving a nice lot of fruit for his use
this winter. AS George is 81 and a
bachelor, it is high time he began to
look for some one besides his sister
to prepare such delicacies. His or
chard is fine. Mr. Oakes had abun
dance of water and produced the
largest acreage yield in the valley
this season, threshing over $50 bush
els of wheat from less than nine
acres. How's that?
Anyone who knows Charley Will
liams knows what we ran against
when we stopped at his place. Had
to unhitch and go to the melon patch
and indulge in pocket knife play on
a few Ironclads and Cuban Queens,
after which he inveigled US way out
in the sage brush after some old
scabby rabbits and then down in the
field to shoot sage hens on the wing
with 22-rihe, but we had no salt to
throw on their tails-if our youthful
arts hold good in the present day.
We escaped Doe after the loss of
much valuable time and with no hens.
He raised 100 tons of hay which he
sold for 81. so a ton. He introduced
us to his six colonies of bees, the
product of single hive purchased
; last year of Lafe Lansdon. Doc was
} little short on water.
Across the road from Docs is Sid
l ney Dedman's ranch, and he seems io
! have a big crop of hay and corn.
| Over across the track towards the
+ Snake is bunch of tIne farms which
one runs onto unexpectedly. They
S belong to Charles, John and Hiram
n Smith, j. Hemingway and Jasor
t Hallock, and are all fine productive
e places, with lots of hay and corn
g which latter seems to be quite a ia
vorite crop and looks familiar t.
d Arkansaw travellers. They had bu
IS little water early in the season, bu
@ say it was because their lateral ditcl
y was not in shape when the water frs
g came down.
d Below here lives AL Watson, a
n industrious farmer who is buildin
S; up a good home. He was absen
lie on Mann creek, taking his daughte
Of to the Yardley district where she wi
a. teach school
ID G. W. Stover has productiv
j. farm. Joe was at work with
er scraper throwing up dyke to take
Ih lateral over low place. Joe sal
lie they had been short little on wat,
he until Smith went on the ditch, aft
be which they got more.
st Pete Keeny is building ne
in dwelling house. Here we ate son
er of the finest butter we have tasted
ce Idaho. 1t was made by his GOO
wife. We went over where john
ok Benson and two others are fishin
n They were mending their seine and
ed we were determined to see ha
lc- made, we borrowed their boat al
an rowed across the river to where NJ
lin Pickler and sons, of Payette, a
Die fishing They made a haul wi
of their 300-foot seine and brought O
four salmon. The fish have just |
of gun running and are not going
his very numerously. In about ten da,
at. when the run is well on, they "
take from ten to twenty five at
M at haul. They had about 80 il
, is pond, the result of two days won
my The fish are shipped on ice to s
ore Lake and Butte, where they bri
:, five cents pound or about SO Gel
A each. 1t is quite paying indus
Oh while it lasts.
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