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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-12-07

the court room occupied,
held its monthly meeting in the
office of Mr.. c. &. Cochran. on
Friday, December 2nd, at $3.50
.. m. The president, Mrs. IT.
vine, presided.
The minutes OF the last
meeting were read and APP
proved.
Mrs. Mccormick. Chairman
of Private Homes Committee,
reported the acknowledgement
of check by Mrs. Benedict for
second prize.
All other chairmen Of com |
mittees being absent, reports
were lacking.
The ladies who were request
ed TO determine all necessary
information for the installation
of the drinking fountains for
each room of the school build
ing have failed TO report. This
matter has been placed IN the
hands of Mrs. Nesbit, and We
hope 90 have prices by our next
meeting.
The Anti tuberculosis So
cietv has sent Us three thousand
RED Cross Seals. These seals
are sold at one cent each, and
are TO be placed as a seal on
back of envelope and not on the
side of address. We have
placed them i'm the hands Of our
school children for sale, who
will visit YOU on any and all
occasions The children of the
room selling the creates
amount Of seals, will gain as a
prize handsome picture for
their room.
An editorial out of the Norton
Free Press was read, commend
> ing the League of Big Ston,
Gap for it's Improvement OF oul
town. and urging the town o'
Norton 60 20 90 likewise.
We had as a visitor Professo
Young. the first one of the mall
: sex who was brave enough q
back up our work 10y Ian
presence.
% He gave rs "a very helpful
talk. ond solicits the CO opera
e ton Of the League IN all schoc
e work.
j. Upon his request that Oh
League visit the school period
callv. committee of three
?. consisting Of Mrs. Irvine. Mr'
= Mccormick and Mrs. K. b
Alsover, was appointed.
We have elected all teacher
. honorary members Of Oh
" League. and hope they viii .
with us as much as possible.
10 Following is "a letter from
e. New Yorker, who lis intereste
20 in our work:
sr New York, Nov. rs, no.
pr Nv Dear Mrs. Irvine.
Ii occurred 10 me, after wall
ing through the Gap and seeir
Is the road through it, that q
'h Civic League could beautity
er very much, in an easy al
~ inexpensive fashion, simply
ne putting out in the cuts an
at fills. Including those slopn
II down TO the river and the ra
OF road fills above the wagon roa
a slips of that kind OF hone
OF suckle that runs on the groul
ar and soon covers 1t, probat
propagating itself somethi
as like strawberry plants, and
~ moreover, l believe, an eve
or green.
M Instead, then, of unsigh
lat brown and yellow surfaces,
TO will have green, especla
TX grateful TO the eye In the win
He time. and masses of verdi
tie and perfume in the sunni
SEES time. If some rhOdOdCndrS
to were put in the bare sp
where they have been destro,
bv fire and mans agency.
on eject would be enhanced mu
, he take pleasure in sending
want this purpose little check
'ugh five dollars, and will be glaC
20 give more, if necessary.
. Very sincerely yours,
A WELL WISHED
\
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-12-07

Buster Doyle aud his College
Girls Co. will appear at the
School Auditorium on Friday
night, December 9th, producing
one of the best and latest farce
comedies of the season. This
company has been here before
and a good many people here
will be glad TO know they are
10 come back again. This time
the company has been enlarged
TO a great extent and every
thing will be entirely new.
Little Buster Doyle. who did
not appear here before, will be
the leading feature. He has a
reputation of being the best in
the South to his age. He alone
will be worth the price of
admission. Another feature act
will be big musical act by the
well known Doyle and Prim
rose, and is one of the largest
and best In the South. This aci
will be interesting to all, as 4
did not appear here before. Ii
fact, the whole performance
will be new, clean and up-tO
date. There will also be man,
other Specialties besides tn
three-act farce comedy, and I
YOU want TO enjoy a real goo'
show, don't fail 10 see this one
Secure your seats at the kell,
Drug Store before it Is too lat
TO get "A good one. The price
have been lowered 60 the SINAI
amount of 25c. 35c. and SOC.
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Civic League Column
EDITED BY THE LEAGUE.

Meetings. Fir-, Friday Of Zach Month
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-12-07

YOU want TO enjoy real good
show, don't fail 10 see this one.
Secure your seats at the Kelly
Drug Store before IL Is too late
TO get "A good one. The prices
have been lowered 60 the small
amount of 25c. 35c. and SOC.
Mrs. Mayo Cabell and chill.
dren left Tuesday morning for
Norwood, Va, where they will
spend the holidays with rela-
tiyes.
Richard Cabell, who spent
several weeks in the Gap visit
ling his sister, Mrs. Mayo Cab
ell, left Tuesday morning for
Arizona, where he expects 20
locate
Mrs. OTIS Mouser returned
last week from a visit 90 rela-
tives and friends in Louisville,
/ Middlesboro and other cities IN
Kentucky.
+. s. Wombwell, of Stonega
chief Inspector for the Stoneg1
/ Coke and Coal Company, re
turned Monday from a weeks
visit 20 New York.
W. b. Carnes. secretary q
Congressman Slemp. left Satur
day for Washington, 20 resum
his duties i'm attending 20 tn
correspondence OF the Con
lgressman.
We understand that John 5
D Bailey, has sold his farm nea
D Ohnger, and expects 10 NOV
D his family 20 this place Nh
s Bailey holds a position with Oh
Colonial Coal and Coke Co, a
Dorchester.
Mrs. w. Il. Kilbourn, VIII
T has been very IN for some tim,
s is some better, we are glad I
e note. MIR. Kilbourn's mother
D. who makes her home with he
son, has also been very III f.
= some time.
e The many friends at tn
q place and elsewhere of JOSEF
q c. Maynor, a prominent lawy'
Is of Corbin, Ky, who for man
- wears was located in Big StoT
Gap, will regret TO learn thi
10 he died on November 25th, a
n ter a lingering illness
ia Brights Disease. We have
"a splendid article on the life
= this noble man that will appe
az in our next issue.
" The Hon. David +. Bailey h
~ returned from Wise count
Ms Va, where he spent a week
= two hearing evidence IN a nul
Us Der of bankruptcy cases IN th
''e county, which were refereed
IL him as the referee in ban
ne ruptcy for the federal court.
made arrangements TO set
49,, with the creditors IN some ca
- and got other cases in shape
~ be wound up.-Bristol News.
lp, Your cough annoys you. Keep
Ter hacking and tearing the delicate m
branes of your throat if you want 20
annoyed But If you want relief, v
TO be cured. take Chamberlain Co
Remedy Sold by Enterprise Drug
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-12-07

A motion was made to al
iourn until the first Friday Of
next year. SECRETARY
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-12-07

A vote of thanks was extend
ed Mr.. Cochran for the use o
his Office.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1910-12-07

Our large line of ladies' and
Misses tailored suits will go at
reduced prices until January l..
GoOdlO0 Bros.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-08-05

dale, which runs through our
valley. The survey for the extension
of the o. S. l.. from Bull to Nyssa
parallels the Snake river district.
The past of Fargo is within in the
sands. The future is sealed, but to
the person of ordinary intelligence
the future only has a glorious out
look.
Where there is house now soon
we will see several happy and con-
tented homes.
With the foundation that is laid,
nothing but success can crown our
efforts. Looking at it from money
making proposition it is a wonder.
Visit any older settled county with
climate, water and soil inferior to
ours and note the price of real estate.
Visit Grand Valley, Colo, Greeley,
Colorado, the Payette in Idaho, va
kima, WASH, Rogue River, Oregon,
and then compare our possibilities
with what those places are now and
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-08-05

the acre. 10 boxes of apples to the
tree and the city of Chicago alone
will consume the output for 724B
acres per day, allowing one apple to
each individual. Yes, cries the pess-
imist, but the people buy meat and
flour. Think of the great ranges that
are being cut up with farms ana
made into homes and you can see
that the great meat supply is being
curtailed and something must take
the place of meat. 1t will be the
products of the soil-more fruit and
less meat is the slogan.
Did you stop to think that the pop
ulation of the United States is In
creasing 1000 every "a hours?
Where are the people going? Look
at the trains that pull through here
daily, carrying the restless public to
new places of abode. Every day
strangers arc seen on our streets
looking for new homes. The call OF
the West is penetrating through the
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-08-05

wander through the watermelon
patches of several; visit the garden
of f. NJ. Allen; note the horticulture
effects of Geo. Hughes and behold
the orchards that are started by
nearly everyone.
We have forgotten to mention the
sweet potatoes of Lonelrs and Lam
casters. Truly this is the banana
belt.
All of these results are obtained
through hard work and long waiting.
When the skill of man is Joined
with nature. the soil is embraced
with water. mingled with the kisses
of the sun. the desert is transferred
into a garden and flowers clap their
hands and the heart OF man groweth
glad. Selah!
Our transportation facilities are in
the future. But that is the least OF
our troubles. When the country de-
mands it railroad will be built that
will give man an outlet. The grade
is built from Caldwell to Home
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try If you can to conceive of other
opportunities that lay here for us to
grasp.
Stop, reader, and consider what 1t
means with tho water of the hills
mingled with the soil beneath our
feet and kissed with the sunshine of
Idaho's cloIdless sky. Everything
grows that will in semi-tropical
cline.
The turbulent waters of the Boise
and the tributaries will be confined in
the reservoirs and used on the land
that lies parching in the sun. Acres
upon acres will be brought under the
subsection OF man across the Snake
river; where nothing is to be seen but
desert, soon green fields will greet
the eye.
All this will take time and work
To the new conner let me say, dom
attempt too much; 10 acres will
make a living better than any 500
per month salary in town, and you
have the satisfaction of living il
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That part of the Payette-B Boise pro-
ject that borders on the Snake river
at and below Mussells Ferry was
named Fargo, from the fact that it
was as far as anyone could go with
out getting out of the county or
crossing the Snake River. When it
became settled so as to organize a
voting precinct, the boundaries were
made to include a lot of territory on
the bench above Fargo proper, so 1t
is known as Fargo west of Greenleaf
and south of Roswell.
In December of 1908, BENZ. Paine.
A. j. lockwood and Andrew McCor
mick of Roswell made desert entries
and S. A. Patterson of Roswell took
homestead along Snake River.
These were the first filings made in
Fargo proper 1t was in August,
1904, that the author accepted an
invitation from Ben Paine to ride
over and take look at the best
piece of country in Southern Iiaho."
country of Roswell laying at the foot
of the hill ami looked across the des-
ert we could realize what water
would do when turned on the land.
The further we rode into the des-
ert the more We were convinced of
tine possibilities that were at hand
On the way we passed the cabins"
or "shacks" of Garlic Smith, Ben
Cox, DR.. Waldrop. Oliver WHISKY and
Louis Hudson. They were the only
signs of civilization. In about two
hours we were at the brink of th1
hill and at our feet lay the beautiful
slope extending along the Snake
River.
AS we looked over the fat we could
SEQ tho Old Oregon tract winding
among the sage brush. Over this
tract travelled the pioneer on the way
to work the gold fields of California.
In the distance we could see the sill
very Snake flowing on toward the
peaceful Pacific.
S. A. Patterson's shack could be
seen to the extreme right.
All this was land open for settle
ment. II water could be turned over
1t. Could we have realized the
change that was to take place in so
short time we would have become be-
side ourselves. Even Ben Paine who
always holds such an optimistic view
did not anticipate such a growth.
s. D. Garman came ana looked
over the fiat in September and took
the first homestead under the Recla-
nation Act, 40 on the hill and 40 In
the fat
Geo. Camp followed. A few weeks
later came on the author, then Jack
Smalley; no more till Spring. Then
came the Roots, Leavells and Evans
Fred Smith, Geo. Fenrich and Chas
Burdick. Soon all the land was
taken.
1t is now held in so and 40 acr,
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East and many a young man leaves
i: and responds. To the man with a
determination to win, the West eX-
tends a welcome, to the sluggard we
will say stay where thou art till your
turn cometh to return to the dust
from whence thou came.
There are some who do not like
the idea of farming only 10 acres of
land when they are accustomed to 20
times as much. Enough has been
said on this subject. For tho good
of the community as a whole and to
society in particular the country de-
mands small tracts. The object les
son that is taught us from other irri-
gated locations where the land is
held in large tracts ought to be o
warning to us to cut our farms up in
| to small tracts. These lands are
rented to sugar factories and the like
The factories hire a foreign element
and these people rent in the neigh
borhood and make a class that is moi
conducive to the moral tone of the
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but we do not know what pioneering
means or have we any real knowledge
of frontier life.
Our locality, as we stated, is a part
of the great Payette-B Boise Project.
The Government builds our irrigation
works and turns the project over to
the settler then we pay one-tenth
down each year for 10 years; there Is
no interest to pay. only the actual
cost of construction. Daily the ques-
ton is asked, what will the water
cost? A conservative estimate
places it at $35 per acre. That is
better than paying $45 up to SOS per
acre with interest added where other
conditions are not equal to ours. We
do not realize the great advantage
we have over other localities. The
project will give us one of the best
water rights In existence. We will
admit that there are unnecessary de-
lays, lots of mistakes and some fall
ures but as a whole II is n success.
The Governments plans for dis
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Gods pure sunshine and raising your
family away from the temptations of
city life.
The knockers como among us and
commence to figure money at 10 per
cent and he cannot see any use of
buying land and expecting returns
for his investment. Go back to the
fertile state of Illinois and see what
land rents for that commands from
5000 to 9300 per acre. Look at the
U. S. Government and see how much
interest an investment of that ma
ture pays, and then use a little COM
mon sense and be satisfied with a re-
turn of per cent like they get from
other conservative investments and
look where the price of land will go.
1t will tribble in an instant.
How are we to make our land pro-
duce crops that will pay out on this
high priced land? Fruit IL the an
swer but the echo comes back over
production. Mr. Investor, take your
pencil and figure so apple trees to
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tracts. The people came from the
land of schools and churches. So in
the summer of 1906 We organized
School District No. 33 and by sub
scription built a school house 24x32.
Mrs. Iva Weymouth taught THAI win
ter with an attendance of eighteen.
The next year the attendance was
thirty-three, while the year following
it reached fifty-four. The old build
ing was inadequate so an addition was
erected 24X36. Now we boast of
two rooms with a $500 building
built and all paid for by private sub
scription. The whole building can
be opened into one room and used
for all public purposes. In the win
ter We have the Lyceum for social
and intellectual culture.
Every Sunday the Fargo Union
Sunday School meet, with a member
ship of about 100 The c. E. meets
Sunday evening. Preaching about
three times each moRth. We are
proud of our place OF assemblage and
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-08-05

1t boasts of one male member, B. l..
Holloway.
The Fargo Beneficial Association is
our Commercial Club, and anything
OF public interest is taken up by the
Association. 1t meets regularly the
first Saturday evening of each month.
After several years spent in the
scorching sun and sands it was with
gladness that we welcomed water for
the first time. Last year a little
water found it's way into our fiat by
tumbling over the hill and down a
gulch. Several used a little. Among
the rest Jack Snalley got 6 acres of
alfalfa started. This year he has cut
about 80 ton and has a good crop OF
third cutting growing. If anyone
| doubts the fertility of our soil, come
| and see the crops grow. Look al
John Isbell's stack of oats hay grown
from five and one half acres. SCI
Geo. Camps alfalfa. Open you
mouth and wonder at the tree
that surround the home of l. S. Root
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from his nurse crop.
Chas Fairman and Grover Garman
cut heavy crops of rye for hay earlier
in the season. This is very good for
the first season and is the straight
condition of affairs.
We had no assurance of water but
the reservoir has held up remarkably
well. We are all happily disappoint-
ed, but next year will be ever so
much better that the change will be
more than ever.
If any one thinks that there are
great returns the first year FROM
farming new ground let him change
his mind for there is not, but later
80 bushels of wheat, 100 of oats and
potatoes, the best in the world, with
hay tons to the acre will not be I'M
usual.
Corn and cane grow good and fur
nish lots of feed. Take Fargo as
whole we will raise one half of
what feed we will consume.
Some grumble at the conditions
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community. 1t is up to us to divide
our land with people of our equal
that will help build the churches and
schools that are the pride of every
American citizen or settle our valley
with foreigners. This view of the
question ought to appeal to every
country loving citizen of any section
of our irrigated west This is the
one way of keeping the Italian,
Greek, and Japs from getting a foot
hold in our country that was intended
for Americans and for the highest
type of Americans at that.
To illustrate the way our land has
advanced during the past few years:
s. A. Patterson sold so acres to
Henry Grifith for $500. Mr.. Griffith
sold 90 acres to a man from Wash
ington. That 20 sold recently for
SOS per acre
B. l.. Holloway and Geo. Smith
paid s11OO for a 100 relinguishment
three years ago and today $4,000
would not buy 1t.
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w. H. Look sold 80 an acre relin-
ouishment for $4,000. State school
land has sold as high as $50 per acre.
viii it pay to buy land at these
prices. $4,000 Improvements spent
on any so acre tract, will make 1t
as valuable as any land in the Boise
Valley that is selling today for 5000
per acre.
Our soil is a mineral composition
and will not grow grain in paying
quantities till it is fortified and a
vegetable deposit is placed i'll the soil
Trees and vines and vegetables grow
in abundance the first year but to
raise cereals it must be fertilized
B. F. Leavell sowed some wheat tC
shade the young alfalfa this year
He did not put in only about one hall
as much seed as he would otherwise
His alfalfa is coming fine and he
thrashed about II bushel per acre o.
first grade wheat. j. E. Weel
threshed about 400 bushels of grail
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division. We hope the time Ill come
when we will have an agricultural
high school located on tho hill over
looking Fargo, where the rising gen
Grafton will receive practical educa-
ton right at home and not be com
PEELED to go away to get course OF
training that will be OF no particular
use to a man who Will run'a farm on
a scientific plan or to.a woman that
will keep a modern home. =
Let the people of Fargo proper ana
Golden Gate push together for the
ultimate object OF building up our
part of the great Payetts, Boise Pro-
ject that will be a credit to .Canyo"
County and the sunny State of ldaho-
$780, -
The residence of b. F.. beavell was
erected last summer and is neat
home finished and furnished on 'n0
interior as well as on the exterior.
The home of l. s. Root Is not nn-
ished but the trees were watered from
Continued on page 9.
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THE HISTORY AND DE-
VELOPMENT OF FARGO

in years to come when we will have
several churches we will look back at
the good old time we had in Fargo's
first public building. And many a
happy swain will thank the people
who erected it as it gave him a
chance to take her some place when
he was a bashful country boy.
Knowing that Gin union is
strength we have organized two
clubs. The Fargo Ladies' Improve
ment Club" meets every Thursday at
the home of some member. The
Ladies Club attend to those duties
that the Ladies Aid do elsewhere.