Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1909-10-22
FARM HANDS
make MONEY
fiSe hen Who Wex~ wesksax Fsx
Wages fen te@r Age o~a
ssS.oeo Masth ~ Imna

From a farm lal,orer a = u.a,.As.
~@se OF from sz6 to see q monfk
20 me osner % See aerea q 1ana
~orah sss per acre. h . long step
aha IA DO other coungry than he Pa
."ese oouid u BE- made IN Ie yaars.
eat q h@s been made here Nos aulx
one man. but i've. all uhsm wera
working On the same farm. foy a.
sane man and getssne the smme
~Aees, less than tea years axo. now
are AT extensive land ownara ana -.
rated among the rich men 81 thls
county
his story was hFaughf cot fhla
seeh BY the purchase ~ so acre. ~
me cara Moniux farm 10 a hi
hfe~te, one OF the prosperous farm
sfA on this section. Mr Breeze
bought the land from n. r. Conan.
president Of the Exchnnes Naslenml
bank. Of Spokane. for sgs uer ar~a
The land h nnimpr0xed. exeens 49,
ma 10 cultivation and aurruundud bv
gos.3 fence IN tegllnK rhe H~rsfa
reporter % the purchase Mr.. Brewss
said Ten years ago ! vas wark-
ma as q farm hand On the lana.
which ! have just bought ana had NJ
sie idea that ] would ever own II.
Inquiry breaght oct aH InteyAst-
ing story. which shows the wsAeer
FOL chances which this country AS
offered and stfli offers % net q IA
duslTy AID good 5udEment 50.
hreeEe nov oWns Soc acres q a.
good LAND az there ia In ne pnlouNo
country and rAfinT II ais AZ the saue
price paid for the Monlax land. hss
real estate alone. l. Worth g19 Soc.
hut that IL not all that he oWna lie
has some good buildings. livestock
and machinery and other property
and before the purchase af the Mon-
lux tract Was rated as q wealthy
man. Asked mA "a the statement thai
be had worked on fhe lana n . farm
iaborer Mr. Breexr said
Less than tnn years ago / wns
employed by Mr.. Moniax. who vas
one % the most extensive farmers Of
this section at that tire ! hms
come cut from the east and s0agkf
work A. a farm hand There we're
i've men working there thea. all ~
whom piowed In the same Aeid. drew
the same wages and worked toeefh-
er for months. and these i've men. 81
whom I am one. noe oWn 1859 acren
Of land In Whitman couatg. TIE
other four are Prank Henderson,. wfo
owns z2o acres of the John AstzkeF
farm: Otto and Carl Jones and John
Peterson. Carl Jones nov owBs the
old Gene Ringer farm. and Otto and
John Peterson have = large frarf st
land neaF Colfax and own sosae FaiH-
able livestock. Including sotse pare
bred horses. Rating ali of me land
Al the price : sast paid e. I've Non
laK tract. and these nve men cen
land worth tss.z0e. doubt II
there IL another ease 81 this kind
anyNhe In the country. wheTe I've
men. who worried together On the
same farm. are all living IL the
Name county and 0wn that mach land
less than ten years later. i speaks
well Tor the advantages anerea ~
this country"
Mr. Breeze a. right This Is N
unique experience. probably lot e.
pllcated anywhere "a TIE United
states The rezuits not oniY HaeAh
volumes for the country. hut shuNs
that thu Eve young men who NoFked
together as farm iaboFers f9 Ezra
Nonlux The EiE Farmer" 81 tbs
section ten years sgo. were made q
the right kind 81 stnh ana are tas
kind ~ men who develop an1 Im-
prove a nes country and whn ~fIi
succeed In any undertaking - Nhten
they put their minds ane tEeaF sneFg-
lies. Mr. BreeEe Il rated - ohe q
the best farmers Of THIS eounfrg. bs
raised So bushels II wheat - srTs
ltsis year cad seldom hzz less fhaz
les 10 50 Bushels % wheat. whlie ne
always as q nice bunch 81 fat cattle
or other livestock 10 tsFn CO every
year and bis example = = stsnalnH
refutatfon Of the statemsnf aTfen
made that live si0ck cann0s b mace
10 pay on a grain farm. Otto loses
and John Peterson, undnr me nrm
name ~ Jones A Pefersuns ar 80
extensively engaged tn raisanE nss
stock and made a fair STARS e sAFsF
fortune with iIYestoEk. TheF sc
some OF the best horses IN Whlfmhn
county.