The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-11-03

would bring them out"
perhaps they were busy.
"Well they were; but the kind ! speak
of were busiest in the afternoon, and
had a.coming appetite for sleep as the
sunrise developed"
Il see"
"Yes."
Didn't take much pride in their bust
ness and their honest
"Not much. No"
"Intended to sell out and go back.
"Yes. He either had so much land he
| couldn't make "A nice home or he dldn
realize what he was missing Jogging
along in the old ruts The coming far
mer will have good buildings, a nice lawn,
wellfbred stock, some shade trees and
flowers and aagood modern home
What is a model ranch home in your
estimation"
"Well,9 Eve must presuppose that MIR.
Ranchershas asfew dollars to do with.
Mostg'of the older settlers began here
withtpractically,not In suchlcases
he builtSone' room to live in until he
could afford5another Or was Obliged to
havel mores room. Then he sawed door
in the side or the end and tackled on an.
other room. There was no design in
anything he did. 1t was just a cut and
try jobswith him, both in building and
in laying out his.felds. He was poor, IL
rigation was an experiment, the low
water linesin the river was as uncertain
as a"jack-o lantern, and we are indebted
to him for paving the way for agrarlan
pursuits. The home builder of today
knows more about what he can depend
on and can, prepare to live and farm
herewith the assurance that what he
puts intosthe home and farm is good
safe investment. His land is worth
something now and he should prepare
to.make thesmost of it. A forty dollar
shack on a quarter section Of coyote
rangesis thing of the past A forty
acreawith four thousand dollars j, worth
of builing on it is what men will be con-
neutrality-suspicious.. eycareful man
who hassmeans to handle a farm will,
build.his house large enoughi to accom-
modate e.Fdifferent members of his
household Sons and daughters will
have rooms of their own where they can
have books, decorations and trinkets ar
ranged to suit their liking. All parts of
the house will be well lighted sand well
ventilated They will have telephone
tonnections,fan water will be piped
into the house from a,well that is drill
ed.far. enough into the lava. to supply
! Wattr.that is pure, and free from drain
age from allEsurface water. Then they
will cease to'have typhoid fever as they
do now, while they use water from a
we'll that gets the drainage from the
barnyard. the water closet and the de-
ewing wood clrbing of the well itself
| Tne bathroom will not be overlooked in
building the house, and the yard will
not he amothered with trees that
make Che house look like a prison. but
there will be enough trees to afford
sh ldc where it is desirable. and the
house will be in an open space where
the sunlight can reach it. The living
pom will be large. with books, games
a I'd musical Instruments. The dining
room will be large and tasty. and the
kitchen will have a large range with a
W ter jacket. the partition between the
kitchen and the dining room will be a
large double faced cupboard, and every
convenience possible will be woven in to
make housekeeping easier. The New
England Graded School with free delv-
cry of pupils to and from school in each
distrctA containing "A hundred square
miles, will be in operation. Good roads
andsgood convcyanccs will handle all
pupils as promptly as the rural mail
curriers' handle the mails now, and
every child living on a farm will have as
good schooling as its cousin living in
town. The farmers daughter will wear
| tailor made suits as much as her city
cousin. and ~the sons of farmers will
dress AS well and be as much at ease in
social gatherings as their city cousins.
Barns and barnyards will Doe kept much
neater than they are now. there will be
less feed wasted, fertilizer will be APP
piled to the land before it is spoiled by
lying around in the way at the barn
the pigs will no longer live in the hay
stacks, and the chickens will not roost
on the managers and in the buggy
she'd
"Say,' why'don you talk to the farm
crs about this?'
"Thcy haven't asked me for informa
ton"
"Have | posed as farmer?'
"Why, you asked me to give my ideas