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The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1910-01-27

the northern border are not increas
ing their potato surplus. From lack
of knowledge of soil fertility an6
crop-rotation, and not producing nol
using good seed stocks and because
of the prevalence of diseases, these
states are decreasing IN their product
in the exact ratio that the population
is increasing.
Therefore the responsibility OF
producing the potatoes for the entire
United States rests on Colorado and
Idaho. Colorado can increase her
total product materially, but yet that
increase will be materially in COM
parision with the largest develop
ment of this business that may be
effected in Idaho. And with proper
knowledge of scientific potato work,
among the farmers of the Gem state,
among the raisers of the staple food
of all nations.
"My reasons for the conclusions
are that by the time the irrigation
systems of the state are matured
there will be approximately 100000
acres of land which will be adapted
to potato culture; and a conservative
statement shows that, with a proper
system of crop rotation, there will be
potatoes in these acres to the extent
of one-third their area, or 100000
acres. The acres will average yield
ing 800 bushels per acre, and total
of 100000 bushels annually which
Is in excess of the combined output
of the entire United States at this
time
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1910-01-27
GREAT SPORT
o. S. l.. Engineers Make Things
Lively for a Short Time.

!
1t was all fun.
Good stout fun, like football OF
chasing mountain goats.
And enough of it for everybody to
enjoy with some to spare for the
telling.
The Short Line surveyors who
have been working in and out of
Richfield for the past two or three
months, broke camp Saturday and
gave up their work for the present.
They have about finished the prelimi-
nary work here and planned to go on
to Burns to work there. But four
feet of snow, which could be negoti-
able only on snowshoes, and snow
shoes make it almost impossible to
handle the surveying instruments,
was enough a handicap that they
were recalled, and they felt like hav-
ing good time, which they did in a
highly original manner
Eighteen husky, hardened youny
athletes took the street, with snow
balls, blankets for tossing victims,
and otherparaphernalia guaranteed
to produce a sensation. They began
on themselves, and such a SNOWFALL
ed, facewashed crowd was never seen
before, then they went out into the
by-ways and gathered in their victims
to initiate them into the mysteries
of blanket tossing. Some of the VIC
Tins fought, unavailingly; others
took it so good naturedly that it
wasn't even funny. But the way
they cleared the streets and made
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1910-01-27
LARGE ATTENDANCE
III Riciifieid Sciioois--W 0rk Very
Satisfactory

Fifty-five pupils are reported as
attending the Richfield schools,
with several others registered but
not actually in attendance The
work in both rooms is very satisfac-
tory, enough that Richfield need not
fear to compare her schools with the
very best in the state, of equal grade
The inclement weather prevented
the finishing of the new school
house; but it is expected that it will
soon be ready for occupancy, and
that the school attendance will be
at once increased by outside pupils
who will be attracted by the better
facilities. The schools are the
towns best asset, and worthy of the
best attention of the citizens, to keep
them up to their present high stand
ard
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1910-01-27


things lively for about two hours,
was the sensational event of the
whole winter.
On Saturday. the boys left for
Salt Lake. w. e. Roach, the engi-
neer in charge, will visit at home in
Ogden for few days He and J. G.
Bromley, the assistant engineer, are
both from Stanford, and the other
boys are from various places; from
colleges, farms, camps, everywhere
that good, active, live men come
from. 1t was a live bunch as one
could wish, and the town will be glad
to welcome them back when the wea-
ther reforms.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1910-01-27
Raise Potatoes for The World
Idaho Spuds Have the Highest Standing in the Markets
Unequaled In Quantity or Quality.

Potatoes for the entire United
States are eventually to be supplied
by Idaho in the opinion of E. H
Grubb of Carbondale, Colorado, who
analysed the spud situation quite
thoroughly during a talk here JUS
previous to starting for Salt Lake
where he joined on it's northern
journey, the Oregon Short Line com.
panys farmers lecture special, says
the Statesman:
Mr.. Grubb who is an expert on the
subject, displayed an array of fig
ures cleaned from official sources
which show that only six of the
American states grow more of these
tubers than people in those states
consume, and that all the other
states eat more than they raise.
The six states yield are as follows:
Maine, 1S,OO0,O0O bushels; Michigan
27,000,O00 bushels, and Wisconsin,
27,00O,000.
Minnesota and Dakota have large
surplus, but figures of their total
yields are unavailable. New York
produces 100000 to 10000, 900
and consumes S0,0OO,OOO bushels.
She imports 40,OO0,OOO bushels from
foreign countries and other American
states.
Colorado, not withstanding her
great reputation for producing very
superior potatoes, is also an import
er, drawing supplies sometimes from
Florida, Texas, California and Kan
sas. The Centennial state is therefore
a paradox in the spud world.
Utah only grows 60 per cent of the
potatoes she consumes and Mr. Grubb
takes the position that she ought to
add much to her yield of this prod
uct of the soil
Grubb's theory is that, while there
has not been sufficient potatoes to
grow in the past in the older and
more thickly populated states, popu-
lations of those commemorative are
increasing rapidly and that the in
creasing demand for spuds through
out those sections are going to be
drawn from regions where potatoes
of superior quality can best be pro-
duced. He declares that soil and
climate conditions inevitably point to
Idaho as the spot where alone this
large demand can be fill
led. He said:
With present methods the non-ir-
rigated surplus-producing states of
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1910-01-27
All Ready for Spring
Great Dam and bitches Ready for the
Farmer and TOWn-Builder- Get
Your PlOw and Seed Now

A large lot of lumber is being
hauled out to the big dam, to COM
plete the flume for caring for the
flood waters that may be expected
in the Big Wood river in the early
spring.
Last spring, the big thaw came
about the last of January, when the
Big Wood was raging torrent, dis
charging 1900 cubic feet of water
per second, as compared with its
lowest minimum summer flow of $50
inches. The unprecedented flood
did some damage to the dam, as well
as delaying the work so that it was
impossible to impound water in time
for last seasons crops. There is
more snow on the ground now than
there was then, and should it go off
with a rush, the volume of water
might be considerably greater.
To take care of that food, a fume
so feet wide and six feet deep, is
being built over the top of the dam
as it now stands. The dam is about
70 feet high, filled in almost level
between the upper and lower faces
which were built first. The tunnel
little more than 12 feet in sec
tion, will carry off about 1000 feet
of water with the gates and valves
set, or 1000 without them in their
place. The fume across the top will
care for 10000 cubic feet per second
when the water reaches up to a
height that n outlet is needed, MAX
ng three times the carrying capacity
of the heaviest flood of last year,
an ample margin of salty.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1910-01-27

A real Human interest story
come from near Bellevue, and has
to do with old miner who has long
made that place his home.
The old man, but he wasn't old
then, came to Bellevue 21 years ago,
light hearted, full of hope that the
then promising mines would make
his fortune. He found what he be-
to work, and for 81 years he has
done nothing else but pound drill
in that black hole, now 1900 feet in
to the earth, varied only by possible
/ little jobs one for some one else, for
wages, to keep himself in food and
clothing. Some days the lure of the
precious metal seemed very real and
near at hand; sometimes it was faint
and ill-nourished, but always did he
drill, drill, drill, deep into the heart
of the ancient hills where lay the
only possible realization of his dream.
The years fled past, taking with them
health, youth, friends, almost every
thing but the hope that would not
die. Always before him fled the
bright phantom of a golden reward
for his faith and labor. His feet
faltered; the hope must be rewarded
soon, or the grim scytheman would
take away forever the old mans last
chance.
A short time ago, he got an other
man to help him in the mine. They
found finger-wide streak of zinc ore,
Hadn't we better try that for
while? asked the new miner "Well
said the old man, Zinc is always
good indication of silver. Guess we
had better follow it up
They followed this thread of zinc
and it widened out, and changed into
the silver that made the Wood river
mines the most famous in the world
when silver was more of king than
it is today. Still it widened out, and
he became richer and richer; until
now it promises to be one of the
famous mines of the west, and it
assays 1000 ounces of silver or about
$3.50 to the ton. 1t Is about the same
as taking a silver dollar
'ut of every pint cup of sand that you
'ould dip up. The old mans dream
lad come true. His faith had been
'ewarded, though he had to spend
llmost lifetime in desperately hard :
york before it was done
There are modest heroes every
where, on the farm, in the store, in 7
he home, in the army, on the sea,
ut there is no one with finer strain
# real persistent courage than the {
Id miner who becomes convinced
hat he is on the right track of the /
re that will make him rich. Years,
torms, losses, reverses, none of these l
an quench the fire of hope in his
cart. There is a little poem on
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1910-01-27
Miner Wins Fortune
Bellevue Miner Works Fl Years In the
Rocky Hillside Before the Prize
Comes to Light.

/ Columbus" by Joaquin Miller. Mil
Ter was an Idaho miner in the years
agone, and he wrote a magnificent
history of this state where brave
and patient men have lived their
lives to carry out their ideals, that
might have been written just of soul
as that of the old miner. Perhaps
the miner didn't do as great a work,
but his steadfast qualities were the
same as those of Columbus in the
following verses.
Behind him lay the gray Azores
Behind the gates of Hercules
Before him not the ghost of shores,
Behind him only shorless seas;
The good mate said: Now must we
pray,
For 10, the very stars are gone.
Brave Admiral, speak! what shall
say?
Why say, sail on! sail onl and on
My men grow mutinous day by day;
My men grow ghastly wan and
weak
The stout mate thought of home; a
spray
Of salt wave dashed his swarthy
cheek
What shall say, brave Admiral, say,
If we sight naught but seas by
dawn?
Why you shall say at break of day,
Sail on! sail on sail on and on!
They sailed and sailed, as winds did
blow,
Until at last the blanched mate
Why, now not even God would know
Should l and all my men fall dead.
Those very winds forgot their way,
For God from these dread sea is
gone
Now speak, brave Admiral speak and
say
He said: Sail on. Sail on and on
they sailed then sailed, then spoke
the mate:
This mad sea shows it teeth tonight
lie curls his lips, he lies n wait,
With lifted teeth, as if to bite!
3rave Admiral, say but one good
word:
What shall we do when hope is
gone?
he words leaped as leaping sword:
Sail on! Sail on Sail on! and on!
hen pale and worn, he kept his deck j;
And peered through darkness: All {
that night,
# all dark nights; and then a speck |
A light! A light A light A light! I,
grew, starlight flag unfurled! '
1t grew to be Times burst of dawn !
lie gained world, he gave that {
world t
Its grandest lesson: On and on t
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1910-01-27
LEGAL TO FISH
Through Natural Openings in
Frozen Streams

Through NdbuTdl Openings Ill
Frozen Streams
The question was raised here in
town last week, as to whether a
man might legally fish through open
spaces in the river, where the cur
rent has kept part of the stream
open. The state law says that no
one may legally fish through the ice
except in Bear Lake and Lake Cou
er'd Alene. But this prohibition
while it makes no stated exceptions
evidently applies to artificial holes,
and not to open water in the stream.
A hole no bigger than one hand,
under this Interpretation, would be
a legally open stream, if the stream
itself had made the opening. But
you couldn't cut hole and fish
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1910-01-27

acres for sugar beets, 20 tons per
acre at So per ton. ...... $4,000
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1910-01-27


ten. Let us set apart
3 acres for house, barn and corral
2 acres for garden
10 acres fer alfalfa, which will pro-
duce los tons at s5 s525. 90
Is acres for barley, IS bushel to the
acre, 51,75O lbs at $40 per ton
............... $3.50
5 acres for sugar beets, 20 tons per
acre at IS per ton. .. $4,000
Total ......... -..... $1542-5O
Now let us keep ten head of AL
dairy COWS and ten head of Berk-
shire pigs. We can safely figure
our cows to average 32 pounds of
milk per day. Testing 4 u per cent
of fat at 80 cents per pound equals
43 1-5 cents per day or $12.96 per
month or s129.6O for the ten months
and ten cows will bring us 1926.
do not believe this average is as
high as could be expected of good,
high grade cows. II do not mean
registered stock, nor do | mean
beefy stock
By feeding the enormous quantity
of skim milk we will have, and
by an additional cost of 500 in
grain and hay we can safely figure
on making $500 worth of pork and
ten calves worth $15e more.
Next we will take up the expense
of a balanced ration.
20 lbs alfalfa, at cents; 25 lbs
sugar beets, cents; lbs chopped
barley, 10 cents. Total, 22 cents
a day, $3.50 a month, s66 for ten
months and $500 for the ten head
ten months. This will give us over
and above feed:
On COWS .-,--..... $4,000
On hogs and calves ... 250.00
Proceeds of ranch. .1542.00
Total ......... ...... $2452.00
In figuring the feed no value is
placed on the pasture after the hay
is cut and stacked, nor is any value
placed on the beet tops, which are
worth at least $5 a ton; and such
COWS as l have figured on should
milk higher than what they are fig
lred
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1910-01-27

BY the time the spring opens up
for good, the company will be in
position to come near establishing
a worlds record for the handling of
dirt for similar constructions
There are two Marion steam shovels
and five locomotives with plenty of
cars for hauling, an elaborate sys-
tenn of trackage permits the econo-
mical handling of the excavated ma
terial, that is if the big machine can
be kept busy practically every min
ute of the time.
Water will be available for two
of three times the acreage of land
that can be opened and farmed this
season, even though the dam will
not be quite completed for the irri-
cation season. The last few feet on
the top of the structure, while they
increase the storage capacity enor-
mously are the easiest and quickest
to put in, but they will not be need
ed for the first of this season, as
the land is not broken up ready for
crop, and can not be in time for this
season. Everybody VINO owns land
under the Idaho irrigation company
holdings, however, can have what
water they want with wide margin
for the after comers who will the
oretically farm their lands this next
year.
Bring all the plows and men you
can get hold of and don't be afraid
to settle down here and put all the
crop you want in, for the water Is
IN sight, the bitches are ready for
he delivery, and there is money in
Idaho farms.
The newspaper., 1910-02-11
CAB FEST
Of Colorado Republicans at Denver

Will be held Feb II, Lincoln
Day, when plans will be formu-
lated for the 1910 campaign. In
the Official notice for the call for
the meeting one of the object
mentioned is the betterment of
the Republican partysin the state.
Another is a discussion of pub
licity program, of particular in
terest to editors. The feast OF
Reason and Flow, of Soul" will be
held in the evening at FL 1ebel
temple following sumptuous
banquet. Inspiration to continue
in what is good in Republicanism
and to discard what is not. will,
we trust. be the outcome of this
Republican rally.
The newspaper., 1910-02-11
Captain Of His Soul

While Charles w. Morse. the
New York banker. was in the
Tombs he learned 'he poem In
victus" by w L Henry ard be
took this 20, m with Inn to the
federal prison at Atlanta. ii-
friends say that this POEM hclr ed
him to tar his BURDEN:
out Of the night that covers me.
Black ~ the pit from pole to pole.
! thank whatever gods there lie
For my uneonquerablc soul.
In the fell clutch Of circumstance.
! have not WINGED or cried nloud;
Under the bludgeoning- Of fate
Ny head IL bloody but unb"wed.
IL matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with pu unIshment the scroll;
I am the master Of my fate,
am the captain OF my soul
The newspaper., 1910-02-11
LINCOLN

To morrow. February l2th. is
the 1J1st university of the birth
OF Abrsh. m Lincoln. All over
the United States al this time tn.
p,ope e are recounting his d.ets
a, man ard staitsnsn, bringI <
into view again the lessons OF IA
uiotism taught by his life. In
decIdirg what aotion to take
when what sec med almost Insup-
cradle obstacles we're placed be-
fore HIM. the question ever tefoie
hiT was, What is right1 not,
What is txpedieni2
In response to clergyman who
said in his presence that he
hoped "the Lord vas on our side,
he replied. 81 am not at all con-
cerned about that. for | know
that the Lord is always on the
side of right. But It is my con
slant anxiety and praye that !
and this ma ion should be on the
Lords side" The following quo
tati from his utterances when
explain ng his official acts well
illustrates his seeking Tor the
right. II do the very best know
h, w-ihe very best can; ard !
mean to keep doing SO until the
The newspaper., 1910-02-11
The Alpha Garage

The A pha Garage has added
to its equipment a modern batter,
charging plant. This will enabi'
motorists To have their ignIti, n
bAtt,rcs chalg,d d without sending
them out OF the city. Have YOU
examined the Detroit coal oil en-
gine. 2-to S-horsepower5 The
reduced price will last but 30 days.
The newspaper., 1910-02-11

ELSEWHERE is an excellent ar
ticle under the head. Rambling
Remarks" by Geo. o. Blake. who
presents a plea for industri al edu-
cation, iu which concrete illustra.
tions OF the value of such eduoa-
ton are clearly pointed out. We
commend its careful perusal by
all having the charge of boys and
girls in the capacity of parents or
teachers.
The newspaper., 1910-02-11

THE Grand Junction Daily
News has been cited for con-
tempt Of court. The News and
its publisher are accused by The
information alleging that "It has
been the established and fol-
lowed practice" of the paper and
publisher to endeavor to infiu-
ence the action of juries ir excise
cases coming before the couIt.
thus preventing a fair and I'M
partial trial.
The newspaper., 1910-02-11

The question as to why the
prices of foods and other neces
sites are so high mas called forth
some answers, but it seems Con-
gress is rather slow n giving an
answer. Is our national legisla
ture afraid to answer out of fear
that their constituents will de-
mand such remedies as Congress
can giver 1t appears so.
The newspaper., 1910-02-11
Notice Of Ditch Meeting

Notice is hereby given that the
stockholders of The Oak Mesa
Dith and Resei voir Company will
hold their annual meeting at the
Office of |. ID. McFadden IN Pa
onia. Colorado. on tuesday.
March Isl, 1910. at o'clock p m.
{ +. WHEELER. Sec
] +. WAKEFIELD. Pres.
The newspaper., 1910-02-11

THE football do octors recently
held consultat ion at New York,
but on account of the multiplicity
of changes proposed, confusio n
reigns. One conferee put i, thus:
"Accidents must be minimize d
and fatalities made practically y
impossible" SO we may look for
some hel pful operation.
The newspaper., 1910-02-11

A BILL has been introduced in
the N. Y. assembly giving the
city OF Buffalo the right to adopt
the commission form of govern
ment. Gov. Hughes is said to
favor the bill and 1t is also favored
by the largest interests of Buffalo
and the prediction is that it will
pass.
The newspaper., 1910-02-11
lContinued from page one1

logarithm; 1t is more profitable
to know how many bricks are re
CURED TO wall up el-shaped
! cisteru than the number OF de
erees the Arctic circle is distant
from the pole. have an idea
that ability to distinguish alfalfa
seed from mustard is more valu-
able tn an knowledge of the brand
of fiddle Nero used at the burn
ing of Rome. In short, to be
blunt and plain. our common
schools are not fulfilling their
mission. No fault of the teachers.
lust the fault OF the system. We
are in a rut and too indolent to
get ut. AT least so per cent of
the pupils in our schools will be
farmers or arteisans. That is not
GUESS, but an observable fact.
Why then does not his education
fit them for the predestineo
sphere in life? Merely because
you imagine your boys belong to
the other 20 per cent. AS con
sequence the majority of pupils
, cave the common school with linn
tied scholastic knowledge and no
knowledge a all of any handicraft
which might afford them a liveli-
hood. OF course, all your boys are
geniuses. Geniuses have washed
dishes in a restaurant for a hand
out. But to make my ideas clear
to you. let me tell you about a
boy | knew in that Indu trial
School. He was a"Greaser," very
common "Greaser He broke
into a country store down in New
Mexico. and it happened to be a
post office also. He got a few
pennies from the funds of Uncle
Sam along with the candy and
tobacco he "swiped." Hence
Uncle Sam sent him TO Golden
Bad, wasn't Unfortunate, very.
But there he was and there he
stayed until a recommendation
from the superintendent secured
his pardon from the president Of
the United States. Rut that
Greaser boy left the school
competent steam and electrical
engineer. capable OF taking charge
of a municipal water or Lighting
plant. or the pumping or hosting
plant of mine. and strange to
say. he was proud of having been
sent to Golden. And he hsd a
good common school educati. n
beside. just as good as your eighth
grade boys And the taxpay ers
keep up that school while their
own boys are dsnied the same
chance in the common schools.
1t your boy goes wrCrg. of
course. he may be sent to the
place where he will find them Nice
state OF affairs isn't II? But then
this Rambling Remarks" man is
a crank, anyhow
The newspaper., 1910-02-11

MISSIONARIES who have re-
Gently come from China state that
the natives are much exercised
over the fear that the dismember-
ment of the empire is close at
hand. each of the leading nations
of Europe to get slice.
The newspaper., 1910-02-11

A LETTER addressed to Uncle
Sam, Washington, d c., thus,
"The Government of the United
States" was delivered to Speaker
Cannon. Uncle Joe is 1T, surely.
The newspaper., 1910-02-11

end. If the end brings me out
all right. what is said against me
won't amount 10 anything Ii
the end brings me out wrong, ten
angels swearing | was right would
make no difference"
The newspaper., 1910-02-11

The price of sugar beets on the
Western Slope has been and will
be for 1910 crop, So per ton, ire
spective of grade. In Northern
Colorado the price is 20 cents per
ton higher for the better beets.
The newspaper., 1910-02-11

The Daily News at Grand juno
ton printed their paper Feb. Sth.
on their new Cox-Duplex press,
1910 model, which is capable OF
printing 5000 copies per hour.
The management now claims tt at
W iih their new Iress and other
new appliances and associated
press reports co mbined witt their
means of collecting Western
Slope news that they are row
equipped TO make real news
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