American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-07-20
AROUND BANNOCK
PEAK in ANAR6:
American Falls People Take
Interesting Trip.
Ose Hundred and Twenty Seven Miles
Through Fine Grain Fields New
Development is Extensive
~ and General.

Dannock peak, the sentinel for tray
s9lers across the plains since tn
q days Of the overland trail, but fe,
have gone around 1t in a single day
This feat was accomplished Sunda
by D. w. Davis, Arthur w. Davis
r. w Ertle and o. H. Barber. Tn
trip was made in D. w. Davis au
tomobile and the distance recorde,
was exactly 127 miles. This includ
ed some meandering over the Ar
bon country and a little added dis
tance on the road home from Arbon
because all roads do not lead t.
Rome, or American Falls. TIL,
start was made at a. m. and the
party returned at 7:45 d. M, thir
teen and three fourths hours. A
number of places stops were made
some voluntary and some otherwise
number of pictures were taker
and calls on few friends made.
The first scene of interest vast
the home of Martin Garn, aboubfter
miles out. Mr.. Garn waSSkaking
astronomical observations Hom the
roof of his home, possibly trying to
figure how long it was until church
time. Being bachelor he has no
substitute for an alarm clock and
has to depend upon his own resour-
ces to get up in the morning.
The party passed through Rock
land before breakfast time-for
Rockland people-if not before their
getting up time. T. J. Lawson and
L. w Cotant, probably having for
gotten to go to bed at all, were up
reveling in the morning air, and con
stituted the only visible signs of life
seen there.
The next stop made was on the
HolbrOok road, about opposite Dan
iel Reinman's plaacewhere the party
worked out their road tax and took
notes for the benifit of the road
overseer. The road is very good for
wagons, but is too high in the CEN
ter for automobiles, and will some
one please have it fixed.
Just three hours from home, and
exactly thirty eight miles distant,
the party stopped at the home of
A. B. Reece, the first place across
the divide from Landing. Fifty
minutes were used to good advant-
age here in taking pictures and re-
pairing a puncture. Mr.. Reece To-
Gated here two years ago and has
a splendid piece of land and some
Zine grain and an excellent garden
He has three varieties of early ma
turing potatoes growing. Potatoes
from his place were exhibited at the
fair at Garland, Utah last fall and
took the sweepstakes. He has a
fine place for stock raising, with a
good water supply provided by
number of springs, and an excellent
range provided by the mountains. 1t
Is his intention to engage in the
stock business. He is from MINES
sofa and a hustler. The altitude at
his place must be considerably in ex-
cess Of 5000 feet, and the crops he
Is growing is a splendid recommen-
dation for the character of the soil.
Leaving his place the party trav-
eled three miles of new road, taking
the first vehicle over it. While the
road can be made good there is at
the present plenty of room for I'M
provement. But for lack of time
little more road tax would have been
worked out here. The grades are
not bad, but there are more rock
than are required for good founda-
ton, and plenty of sagebrush.
Thirteen and three tenth miles
beyond Mr.. Reece's place is Holbrooi
a beautiful and thrifty appearing
community. Grain here is week
farther advanced than at any other
point on the trip, and while excel
lent did not appear to be quite as
good as at other points. This may
be accounted for by less rain than
the other sections have had, a lit
tie warmer climate or little more
sandy soil. The country is beauti-
ful however, and shows every evil
dence of prosperity.
From Holbrook, 51.3 miles from
the starting point, the party headed
for Arbon. The first stop was made
at the new home of the Walker Bros
FINDING no one at home and every
thing looking inviting, they decided
TO take dinner with the gentlemen.
The table was set on the water
trough of a new well $50 feet deep.
and an elegant spread consisting OF
4 cans of sardines, twelve egg sand
wiches, can of peaches and a doz-
en- oranges and forty cents worth
OF cake taken care of in record time.
1t was only a light repast, yet the
gentlemen felt called upon to po-
iltely decline invitations to stop and
nave dinner four times within the
next two hours. Funny how ones
appetite fails when travelling. just
as the dishes were being washed and
put away Mrs. Walker came up ana
inquired If there was anything the
party wanted that they had not sue
ceeded in finding She was told that
road leading in the direction they
wished to travel was the only thing
and piloted the party to the main
road. They were not lost but the
road they were following showed a
persistent tendency to go In the
wrong direction all the time. Out