Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1911-06-01
AGAIN IN THE AIR.
Grandest Country in the
Northwest.

l>OTtnWtSt.
The repairs ior the friction clutch hay
ing arrived, John notified the writer that
u continuation Of the journey would he
resumed al sunrise Sunday morning. 80
at the appointed time the writer Was on
hand and after John had thoroughly oiled
and closely examined the working parts,
the announcement ''all aboard was
made. The writer once again securely
strapped himself beside the fearless John
who had commenced feeding the gasoline
and soon We were soaring away through
the sky.
After carefully circling Paradise val
ley and observing the many substantial
improvements the excellent class Of work
stock and the rapidly increasing band OF
sheep belonging to Tom Ncuzil, We shift
ed to the southwest and was soon over
the Sampson ranch which presents itself
in manner very pleasing to the obscr-
yer We again turned to the west and
was Immediately floating over the valley
Of all valleys, Jonathan, and it was with
a great deal OF pleasure that We noted
down in our memorandum book the
most excellent condition OF the larger
part Of this beautiful valley.
However, in going Il little further We
noticed bunch OF men, boys and teams
standing in the road and the writer was
informed by John that it was farmer
with load of wheat enroute to jerome,
who had got stuck in mud hole i'll the
road in front OF a piece OF land belonging
to a Spectator. The writer not quite
understanding what was meant by i
Spectator, asked John to explain, which
; he did in this way, a speculator is a
man who owns land and only improves
p what the law compels him to, and who
, is against improvements OF any and all
; kinds where it costs him anything. \
man when you ask him To help build :
: partition fence says, i only took it for .
, speculation man who raises rabbits
y by the thousand on his unimproved farm
e 10 eat up and destroy the crops the rea
farmer has worked and toiled to raise il
i fact a man who wants only to profit 10y
e the labors OF his neighbors.
1 Dropping the subject we found We ha'
= drifted oyer the Lawshe Hawkeye ranch
4 noting his Holstein cattle, Chester Whit
= hogs and Barred Rock chickens Gu.
i 5. Towle's 32O-acre ranch shows tina
: that there has been and is something
doing, and we want to say that tn
l. Towle and NanWagner ranches ar
O among the best improved in this sec
Y ton
Continuing on our westerly course W
;. passed over the Cannon, Ostfet, Upper
d son, Galloway, Hope, I.ans'lon, Nc
Camment, Hansen, Sweeney, Hogshire
Dodd, Wallace, Neville, Sonnichson
y Robinson. Idan-ha and dozens of othe
: ranches, all showing by the facial appear
ance OF the broad acres OF alfalfa, graf
}. and orchards, that men and women Wit
pluck and courage occupy this mos
10 magnificent country.
~ We were notified by John that on
a supply of gasoline was running short :
q we concluded 10 make landing on I'll
u Lew Whitehead farm, which We succee,
ed in doing, not however without son
damage to the machine and few Jon;
than trees out OF Whitehead 5 2OuO-tr'
be orchard With part OF our machine c
or the house and the moose stuck in Il
40 couee and no gasoline in sight, al
"a o ther postponenent was necessary.