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The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-09-02
Boost, Don { Knock
Interest of Irrigation Company and
Settlers Should be Identical on
RichfeId Tract

The issuance of the circular lei-
ter from the Idaho Irrigation Com
pany to the settlers last week, re-
leasing them from the paymenl for
principal, interest or maintenance Tor
water furnished this year, comes as
very grateful news to a large num-
Der of people.
1t was little if any of the com
pany's fault last spring, tpat they
failed TO get water Tor the Sichfield
tract farms That, to be sure, may
not help the settler who lost his
whole years work, where he had
counted on getting water and rails
ing a good crop. Yet misfortunes
that are unavoidable, are far differ
ent from those that come through
criminality, or wantonness, or ne
glect. Perhaps no one on the Rich
field tract feels more keeuly than
the Recorder, the financial burden
of the failure to deliver water for a
full crop. If any one thinks he is
greater loser, the Recorder will ar
que the case with him, and bet some
real money that he viii go away
considering himself a millionaire. Yet
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-09-02

everybody else was saved that the
boat sank While they were on it after
the last boat had left, and they were
forced both of them to swim for their
lives to shore, where they were pick
ed up exhausted. The Wallace men
whom / had never met until working
with them during the exciting scenes
attendant upon the wreck, are deserv-
ing OF great praise.
Gray's wife told him not to try
to save himself until all the women
had been saved, but that injunction
was not necessary. The Grays will
continue the journey to Alaska to-
morrow night.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-09-02
Railroad / Railroad Esll1lllbllillgs
Actions of Stranger Starts Rumors of
Another Railroad for Richfeld
Which May Be Correct

A stranger who visited Richfield
last week, has been the cause of all
kinds OF guess work and rumors for
the past few days, and at last the
rumors have settled down to rail
road building.
We are unable to learn whore tie
railroad is coming <rom, but as tie
rumors now have it, after leaving
Richfield it will angle across ID where
Canaas creek empties into Big Wood
river, then follow up Camas creek.
through the fertile Camas Prairie and
on TO Boise.
Whether there is anything to all
this rumor or not remains to be seen
but there is one thing certain, and
that is the Short Line is doing a
great deal of railroad building in
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-09-02

The city clerk of the village of Rich
field will receive bids up to and includ-
ing September IS, 1909, for the con
struction of a cement sidewalk from
Lincoln Avenue to the Oregon Short
Line railroad, on both sides of the
street, with street crossings, the walk
to be ten feet wide. Each bid must be
accompanied by certified check Of
$4,000. Plans and specifications will
be mailed upon application The vii
lage trustees reserve the right to re-
ject any and all bids.
T. B. BRUSH, Clerk.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-09-02
ANOTHER NEW TOWN.
Ticeska, on Main Line, Newest Can
didate for Favor.

One more new town is to be en-
tered in the lists for the favor of the
people of Lincoln county this fall
Lincoln county, that has put out
more good new towns in the past
two years than all the rest of Idaho
combined. This newest candidate
for public favor is Ticeska, on the
extreme western line of the county,
and located in the Glover creek Sc
gregation of the Twin Falls North
Side Land company lands.
The town plat is being laid out,
ready for sale. Joe Vernon, the
civil engineer, is doing the engin-
eering work for the Fruityale In
vostment company, which owns the
townsite Only about so acres will
be plated at first, but that is suffi-
cient to make a good town in any
country Gooding had only $50 acres
up until after it had passed the
1000 mark population, and half
million dollars in lot sales and near
ly million dollars in building i'm
provements. Ticeska is well located
on the main line, at good altitude
for the raising of almost any kind Of
a crop, and should be winner AS
it has heretofore not had even
jack rabbit for population. its growth
will not rob anyone of everything he
ever had. Rush Haddock, of Good
ing, is principal sales agent.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-09-02

the Recorder can see wherein the
present condition could not humanity
be avoided; and being so, it ism t
worth while to rail on fate, or talk
reprisals, or sit down and sulk. This
section of the state is going to be
doubly prosperous next year; so that
those who have failed to come in as
winners this season, have the pole
and a handicap start for next sea
son.
The interests Of the company and
the settler are so nearly alike, thar
there should be only the very best
of feeling between them; and mu-
tual confidence and federation, that
viii bring in other people 10 help
develop this section. What we need
is more people. If every 40 acres
had tenant land would be worth
approximately twice as much per
acre as if each owner had 100 aor IS.
SO it is worth while for all to boost
for better population. BY doubl-
ing the value of the present holdings.
this one years failure can be paid
for a dozen times over.
Boost, don't knos1
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-09-02
$4,000 CHOICE ACRES.
The Twin FaIIs-OakIey Project-A
Kuhn Enterprise.

On Monday, September 20, at 10
O'Clock, a. m, at Miner, Carey
act drawing under the supervision OF
the State Land Board of Idaho, will
take place.
Prices per acre including water
rights $3.50; 1925 in cash per acre
at time of filing; balance in eleven
annual payments, per cent interest
no interest charged until water IL
ready for delivery, which will be in
April, 1911
Miner and Oakley will be the trad
ing points for this great tract, and
will soon be linked together by a
railroad now completed from Good
ing via Wendell to Jerome and un-
der construction from Jerome to
Miner.
The enterprise is being financed by
]. S. and w. S. Kuhn, who, during q
long business career have made good
in every instance. Tne management
will be the same as the Twin Falls
North Side, Twin Falls Salmon River
the Idaho Southern railroad and all
the power developments of Lincoln
and Twin Fails counties Write for
booklet. Address Twin. Falls Oakley
Land and Water Company, Miner.
Idaho.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-09-02
A BRUSH Lacquer.
Famous Bah Player ForsalSes Chicago
For Iowa Town.

Jonny King, the greatest catcher,
perhaps, in the history of base ball,
is to catch for a three days baes
ball carnival at Clarinda, Iowa, Sep
tember 8, 9, and TO- King helped
the Chicago team win the pennant
two years in succession, where he
made his wonderful reputation This
year, however, he did not don the
padded nit and the mask and breast
plate, the salary of something like
$500 for the season not looking
good enough for him. The Iowans,
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-09-02
BRAVE IDAHOANs.
Chivalrous Men Do Their Duty in
Steamer Wreck.


True heroism is good enough, wher-
ever it occurs, to be worthy of men
ton. The fact that two Idaho citi-
zens, j. p. Gray and Henry White,
OF Wallace, have more than distin-
guished themselves in saving lives in
the wreck of the Inflated Alaska
steamer, Ohio, is not displeasing
to the people of Idaho, where it is
current belief that men are brave
and women fair. And women, too,
are brave, as the following extract
from the Associated Press dispatches
show
-. P. Gray, and Henry White of
Wallace were two of the heroes of
the ill-fated Ohio which sank in Al
askan waters early Thursday, accord
ing to c. c. Cunningham, a Seattle
millionaire, upon his arrival in Seat
tie. Cunningham was also a pas
senger on the Ohio.
Mr.. Gray and Mr. White showed
the crew the way to get the women
and children off the ship at the risk
of their lives, said Mr. Cunningham
"They made systematic search of
the staterooms and got everybody on
deck, and so careful were they of the
women and the children that two
women aged over IS and babies not
a year old got off without a stratch.
. They were so anxious to see that
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-09-02
Irrigation Better Than Rain
Irrigation Farmer Can Absolutely Control Water and
Weather Conditions Which Insures Full Crop
Every Year Scientific Reasons

irrigation farming over rain belt
farming lies in the power to regulate
the quantity of water applied and the
application OF it to a growing crop at
the right time The rain belt farmer
is at the mercy of the chance rain
for the application of water to his
crops. He is often led to wonder why
he sometimes raises a bumper crop
and at others makes nearly a failure
when conditions seemed so nearly
alike.
All plants are greedy feeders. Give
crop of oats all the water it will
use in its early stages of growth and
It fairly runs riot in its wealth Of
straw. 1t grows entirely unmindful
of it's duty to it's kind in the matter
of self-perpetation by raising seed
head. Give it all the soil, sunshine
ana water it can use and it viii pro-
duce but little straw The irrigation
farmer permite his oat crop to ex-
pend its energies in producing straw,
to a certain extent: he then shuts off
the supply of water and the plants
instinct warns it to begin to throw
out seed head. When the head is
fairly started the irrigation f5-,mer
then feeds the plant again and stim-
ulates the energies of the plant in
that direction to it's utmost capacity.
Suppose that just at the critical per-
iod in the life of the crop when the II
rigation farmer shuts off the water
supply to force the seed to form the
rain belt farmer gets an old-fashioned
gully washing rain? He reaps
heavy crop of straw but light crop
of grain, and wonders why.
The irrigation farmer knows why.
The same principle applies to an 9th
er crops the same as oats. This is the
chief element in the great Advantage
in irrigation over the other style of
farming. The irrigation farmer gets
all of his rain in the form of snow
in the winter. 1t is stored by Nature
in the great canyons of the noun
tains and is protected by Nature so
that the summer brings it to him in
good season. He knows when he I
plants his seed whac his returns will
De, as accurately. as the superintend-
ent of foundry or factory knows the
amount of his output when he has a
given amount of raw material at his
command If you always farmed in
he rain belt, would you not like to
1now your results before hand as
rour irrigation brother does? If you
10, then come to Idaho and get an
irrigated farm any place in the great
snake river valley where crop fail
ire from drouth or flood has never
'een known.
What would you be willing to give
0 have your farm insured against
rop failure from dronth2 Would it
multiply the value of your land by
i've times it's present value to you?
hat is why Idaho irrigated farms
re worth more than rain belt farms.
Idaho Falls Register.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-09-02

The difference il results between
irrigated farm and rain belt farms
is susceptible of rational explanation
1t is not the result of either acciden
or miracle
Soil sunshine and water are The
three clements most essential tC
plant growth. The different result.
in different localities depend upon
the quality, quantity and proportions
of these three elements and their in
telligent handling by the farmer.
Soil supplies the necessary chem
ical elements for plant life, sunshine
supplies the mysterious power by
which these elements are brought to
place in the plant, and water is the
vehicle which dissolves the chemicals
and conveys them to the organs OF
the plant. The irrigation farmer by
controlling his water supply, is mas
ter of the three elements under con-
sideration. He can control them to
as certain results as can the master
of a factory or a machine shopman
his materials into a finished product.
In other words, the irrigation farmer
is a manufacturer of farm products.
In the rain belt every rain which
falls dissolves and carries away with
it's excess run-off water the chemical
elements in the soil so necessary to
plant life. This process has been
carried on during untold centuries
and will continue so long as the rain
falls in excess of the ability of the
surface to absorb it. In a desert
country no such l.aching of the soil
can take place. The soil of the des-
ert retains all of its original chemical
elements necessary to plant life
They have not been washed away or
used up by useless vegetation. This
fact readily accounts for the differ
ence in the strength of soils in ir-
rigation and rain belt farms. An
other condition which frequently in
lures the crop of the rain belt farm
er and which the irrigation farmer
does not have to meet is the danger
TO a growing crop from hard rain
coming just at the time the plant is
N the critical stage of blossom so as
10 wash off the pollen and blast the
seed pots to a certain extent.
The very conditions which are nee
sessary to bring rain to the rain belt
farmer of necessity shut off his (
In Idaho the number Of
'unshiny days during the growing
leason is perhaps greater than in any
)ther farming community on earth.
ts high latitude brings some sixteen
lours of sunshine each day during
he height of the growing season, and
cloudy day is a rare occurrence at
hat time of the year. The peculiar
ocation of Southern fdaho in relation
0 the mountains and the warm cear-
ents of the Pacific give her an ad
ed advantage in the matter-of warm
to her long days of sun
hine
The key to the great advantage OF
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-09-02
OPEN LETTER BY THE PASTOR.

To the citizens Of Richfield.-
I wish to take this means Of ex-
pressing my personal appreciation OF
the ready and liberal response to the
solicitation recently made, which
made possible my coming TO your
promising city to take the pastorate
Of the Methodist Episcopal church
The result Of the brief effort made
by the appointed committee to wait
upon the community to determine the
advisability of calling a pastor to the
field, is such as prove the need Of
Christian Church in your midst and
your willingness to support it. With
such reliable foundation to build up
on, the work is undertaken with an
actuating confidence in the people
and in the future of the city. Your
manifest appreciation Of the propos-
ed undertaking shows a personal re-
eogaition of the church as an up
building factor, not only along moral
and religious lines, but in reference
to ethical and material progress.
1t is a well established fact that
the church is Divine institution.
That it is of divine origin and that
it is set in this world and put in
operation for a moral and spiritual
purpose which purpose it is carrying
out, which is to have its final issue
in an offer of salvation to the world.
Such is the supreme purpose and
aim of the church, but the church is
Influential in the world in physical
and material matters, which evident
ly is recognized by the people general
ly of this city
It is reported, that President Taft
said in an address to a large religious
gathering: Il am becoming more and
more to recognize the church as re-
quisite in the proper construction of
a government" If such a claim can I
be made by such authority for a ma
ton, it certainly holds, without argu-
ment, that such institution is a re-
quisite for a proper construction of
a community as a nation is composer
of communities. hence, the elements
used in the composition of commune
ties must determine the character
and life Of the nation, with such To-
gical conclusion, 1t follows that true
implies the fostering of
such enterprises and encouraging
such institutions as are calculated to
elevate manhood and create muni-
cipal influence such as awakens an
outside favorable interest. And the
general character of community cor
with its attitude to and its
of the social and NOR
II influences which are ever seeking
This fact is universally
demonstrated. community in whien
low mora1s and degrading
;auses are generally tolerated, is
'ound an element to correspond an
where means and Institutions of an
'leyating and purifying character pro-
culture, refinement, and
harmony exists. Such fact appeals
q every community. especially " new
community, as first impressions are
lasting, both as concerns
IN individual and also a city.
There is no word more common to-
lay, especially in the western portion
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-09-02

Of this community than the word
Boost" and yet. perhaps, there is
no word, th emethods of which is
more mistaken.
In too many instances, the meth
DDS and means used to Boost" have
the direct opposite effect People
generally, who are contemplating
change of location, are considering
the matter not with exclusive refer
ence to financial possibilities, but a
higher motive is actuating the change
The intellectual and moral education
Of families is the supreme object of
attraction today. There is such an
increasing demand in the world for
intelligence, mental development and
purity of character today, that pa
rents, especially those who feel their
responsibility, are highly concered
for something more than such things
that appeal to human selfishness and
fleshly desires, hence the town or
community that can offer the great
est inducements for the attainments
of those higher necessities, is the
place that is filling with desirable
moral material, consequently advanc-
ing along lines of permanent growth
Such conditions are evidently re-
cognized by the builders of this city
Hence the absence of public degrad-
ing and debasing institutions from
its borders and the fostering spirit
and disposition of such means as viii
elicit outside attention and will con
tinually add to its population, class
of people such as effect permanance
and character
So we are are sure, all who may
be asked for an expression on the
subject, will agree that Richfields
founders are to be congratulated on
putting such material into the city's
foundation, as the Christian Church
and an up-to,date school, which as
sures a rapid and safe construction.
Now such a substantial growth is
made, it is hoped that attention will
not be given to the city's construction
to the extent as to omit or neglect
the need of constant mindfulness Of
the foundation. We have said, in
accordance with the expressed senti-
ment of this city, that the church and
the school are two indispensable in
5titutions which go hand in hand for
a city's sure development.
Lest the motive for this article
might be construed to be solicita-
lion for recognition of the Methodist
we wish to say that
while It is the Methodist denomina-
ton that is represented in the city,
yet when it is considered that diff
lerent denominations are represented
by those that const,ute the local or
it will be admitted that
UNCONVENTIONAL lines are not drawn
md doctrinal preferences are not al
owed to Interfere with Christian
cooperation. And so far as the Pas
or is concerned, he has come to serve
he people, irrespective of name or
reed. He desires to share the sac
'ifices, joys and sorrows of the COM
aaunity and desires that 2 i alike may
EEL free to engage or request his
service and help in every instance
If need. With confidnce in the city's
'uture 7 am the servant of ALL
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-09-02

howevers wanted cracker-1ack to
bolster up their local team, as well
as to boost for their organization,
and they have offered the great play
er his own price which he has ac-
cepted, to come and join them. He
is probably the highest priced ball
player who ever went into the game.
La revista de Taos. [volume] (Taos, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1905-1922, 1909-07-09
El Polo Norte.


Iodos los dias Sc esperan noticias
Ell Nueva York de +. A. Cook, ex-
plorador del Polo Artico, el cual
Sc cree que esta esperanto transpor-
tarse al puerto de Etah de North
Greenland; y los geografos neoyor-
quinos, que 10 enviaron al Polo
Norte, profesan la creencia de que
Mr. Cook ha llegado hasta el Polo
Norte. ell ano pasado envi6 noticia
d su faInilia desde 81 Caho Hubbard
desde cuyo punto hizo su final es-
fuerzo para subir al Polo, y advier-
ten dichos ge6grafos que la ruta
que traz6 no era muy desfavorabIe
atendida las condolences del hielo.
Sc cree que el DIR. Cook esta espe
rando ahora un barco ballenero Es-
coces. quelo translate a el y con el
muchas noticias interesantes para
la civilization. Sc cree que estas
noticias procedan primero de Dun
dee, Escocia, 81 puerto de refugio
para la mayor parte de los barcos
balleneros Escoceses, que visitan
los puertos Articos.
La revista de Taos. [volume] (Taos, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1905-1922, 1909-07-09
Ell a de Julio en- Taos.

Segdn anmciado en- estas column
mas, la antigua plaza de Taos celebr6
con mucha lucidez y patriotismo
el glorioso 4 de Julio, en- CONNIE
noraci6n al UXXXIlI aniversario
de la Independence de esta gran
nsci6n, poni6ndose en- manifesto,
una vez mas, el patriotisno que
siempre ha caracterizado 4 los tau
senos, cuando a conmemorar dias
heroicos Sc trata y que la historic
nos recuerda con lujo de detalles.
Desde las visperas hubo fuegos
artifciales, bales y otras diversio-
nes. Durante ell dia 4 en- la ma
mana. hubo discursos patri6ticos
que fueron muy aplaudidos por Ia
numerosa concurrencia. Los ora
dores fueron los siguientes: Hon.
j. N. Guddiugs, ex Gobernador
del eatado de Michigan; Antonio
Av. Rivera, ]. L. Mondragon, Cap.
s. II. Simpson, Jose Montansr,
VIM. Mexican Y varios otros. En-
Ia tarde hubo matachines por los
indios del Pueblo de Taos, al rede-.
dor del parque de la plaza y en- la
noche fuegos arhfieiales y lueidos
bales que duraron hasta 81 anna
necer del dia siguiente.
La revista de Taos. [volume] (Taos, Nuevo MeÌxico) 1905-1922, 1909-07-09
La MerCed de Ran
chOS de Rio Grande.
Vendida por $3.50, 500.
Laughlin, Gusdorf NicNilIen Ia COmprarOn.
Harry Kelly ' P. N. DOIan Di6rOn Baterfa,

Seg1n los avisos dados en- estas
mismas columns, el martes de es-
ia semana, frente la Casa de Cor
tes, en- Santa Fe, Sc vendi6 la fa-
mosa Merced de Ranches del Rio
Grande, De este condado de Taos,
por la friolera de S130,500. Los
compradores fueron los senores m.
B. Laughlin, Alejandro Gusdorf y
A. B. McMillen. Ell area de la
dicha Merced es de 91S15 acres y
tiene irrigacion importante.
HIsToRIA DE La MERGED.
La Merced de Ranches del Rio
Grande data su historic desde el
ano de 1895, on cuyo ano fu6 dada
por 81 gobierno espanol a las ST.
guientes personals: Jose Mirabal,
Antonio Fernandez, Conception
Romero, Ventura Romero, Julian
Romero, Mariana Romero, Anto
nio Fresquez, jose Antonio Coma
les, Ana Ma. Romero y Catarina
Romero.
La Merced fu6 confirmada por
el Gobierno de la Repdblica de
Mexico en- 1887 y despues, en-
1892, fu6 confrmada por la Corte
de los Estados Unidos de reclamos
de tierras privadas Aunque los
dnehos originates eran en- ndmero
de diez, los yarios herederos de la
Merced 8 terra, al tempo de la
venta, eran casi ocho cientos des-
parramados por varias parties de los
E. U. Los senores Laughlin, Gus
dorf Y McMilIen, han estado en- CO. 4
hasta el dia de la venta
con las personas que podrian pro
bar ser herederos, y los intereses
de cada heredero en- la Merced fue-
ron comprados.