Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-11-15

reservoirs in the mountains above. I
The soil is volcanic ash and the /
surface is occasionally sprinkled /
With lava stones, rarely sufficient /
to hinder improvement. The face /
of the country is about to undergo I
change with considerable rapid
ity. 1t will be speedily put under
tillage now that water is avail
able. The land is absolutely
worthless without the application
of water. Water is the potential
force which commands the soil TO
produce and compels it to obey. 1t
will obey willingly and abundantly
and with a scope to embrace every
variety of vegetation Climatic
conditions are favorable-the -ner-
curry vacillating between zero and
one hundred in the shade, seldom
reaching either extreme. Some
snow falls, but it soon disappears
under the warm rays of friendly
sun. Idaho is noted for its sunny
days bothain winter and summer,
SO much so as to merit the sobriquet
of ''the sunny state. - The winter
season is a favorable time to- clear
and plow the land and make large
preparations. The land is cleared
by grubbing the brush out, piling
and burning it, or by attaching a
team to each end of a rail road iron
rail and drawing ii sideways over
them, after which they are piled
and burned. Some cut the roots
off by sort of pow made for that
purpose, then pile and burn. The
climate of Idaho is portrayed to
be quite ideal, certainly we found
it delightful.
Several parties purpose improv-
ing their holdings this winter
some Butte parties are to clear
and plow eight hundred acres in
one block. Others are subduing
smaller areas in anticipation of
abundant water in the spring for
ready under cultivation. r. B.
Hilborn, late of Leal, N, D., has an
alfalfa farm of eighty acres two
and half miles south of Mountain
Home. He has three hundred tons
in stack from this seasons three
, crops, and is holding it for higher
prices-the present price being ter
dollars a ton. He told us that il
he had known better how to apply
the water on the first crop he would
have cut sixty tons more than he
did. The buildings arc moderate
The property cost him 50, 200. The
AXE ranch, two and half mile:
north of the city, is a model o
beauty, an ideal country home
i. ample yard heavily carpeted with ;
rich sward of blue grass and charm
ingly set to rose bushes, beautiful
: flowers and shrubs while woodbine
and other creepers climb to thu
peaks of the large, handsome resi-
dence. The adjoining orchard en-
, braces many varieties of choic,
: fruits and the garden is laden will
! luxuries in the vegetable line. Thi
!, suburban villa is an inviting re
> treat for contentment and comfort
? as we'll as profit.
s The Hall fruit ranch, dow1
2 nearly to the waters level of tn,
: Snake river, 1000 feet below tn,
e desert plain above, is far famed 70
S the excellence and Quantity of it
: peaches particularly and its fine ap
s pies also. This season Mr.. Hal
picked ten thousand crates o
S peaches from twenty-five acres O
p orchard, which is i'll cared for an
2 unkempt in appearance and fact
o His residence is of the bungalow
l. type and is at the bottom of tn
h to get from the rim-rock to thi
e ranch--down pitches, up hills
l. turning sharp horseshoes, windin
;. around curves. In this rugged can
d yon, worn deep down below tn
IT earth's surface, in the unknow
|, ages of the past, by the unfame
/. and unnoticed and unheard water
l. OF the rushing Snake river, natur
a has done herself credit in the cres
" ton OF bold and captivating scenery
n by piling mighty rocks with stron
IS arm, in masses to startle an awe
for foreground, and in chiseling i
70 stone and earth a most enrapturin
i. background, receding far and dow
N in the extended distance, alternate
< ly fearless in audacious boldne:
le and pensive in touches of lovel
RS beauty and exquisite harmony, ii
I'd the eye dimly traces the swift to
I'd rent river as little brook we
=, down AZ the re,,,ofe hot+o-,, ,,f ~,