Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-04-04
SOMETHING DOING.
Extensive Improvements Being Made
By Settlers all Over the Tract.

lnrnlo Oh tHtlf bolhlllgS lHls spring, anu
from appearances large increased acre
age will be put into crop this season.
Acres upon acres OF sage brush has been
cleared and the land is being prepared
ior planting. 1t would be impossible for
Ills to tell OF all the work that is being
done, in one issue of the paper, as in adj
dition to the work that is being done by
the older settlers here many new faces
are noted on the tract and these new ar
rivals are losing no time in getting To
work on their land. As was predicted
some time ago. the present season prom
ises to prove one of the most prosperous
We have had.
Mr.. G. w. Trounson, OF Park City, |
Utah, arrived last week TO become per |
manent resident He has an 81 in the
vicinity OF the ldan- Ha ranch southwest
OF town which he has been having i'm
proved and which he will personally su
pervise hereafter. His family will follow
him in short time.
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purchased a quarter-section south east OF
town adjoining the Wilson Bros. farm,
has erected a temporary residence, f'arn
and sheds preparatory to active opera
ations on the land. He was joined the
first OF the week by his brother, +. VI.
Hawkinson and family, from Mt. Pleas
ant, Iowa, and they expect TO have 80
acres in crops this season.
The Plauss Bros who recently arrived
from Iowa, are rapidly Transforming their
possessions west oi town into level fields
ready for seeding.
Contractor Craig, with "a large force of
men and teams is making astonishing
headway in clearing 320. acres oi the Per-
rine holdings adjoining the town on the
south and west.
Lew Whitehead, manager OF the ldan-
Ha ranch, has 80 acres OF ground all pre-
pared ior an additional orchard which he
will set ont AS soon AS the trees arrive.
Mr.. Benz. 5. Lore was in from> Whit
ney Gap Tuesday and reports great pro-
gress being made in that section. He
expects to have his entire l60 in crops
= this season, and now has large iorce o
: men and teams at work preparing tht
;. land for the same. Ii is the ultimate in
tention of Mr.. Lore and his associate u
make high class stock farm OF this plac,
p and with this end in view they have re
r Gently made homestead entry ON 32'
| acres oi high land adjoining their presen
POSSESSIONS, which they will clear an,
seed ior spring and ial pasture.
Mr.. d. c. MacWattcrs is having Al
additional l2n acres OF his Overbrool
II farm put under cultivation this season.
e MeSsrs. Ralph Moore and Merritt FIR
: have prepared ~ acres OF land ior OF
: chard and are setting out the trees.
Mr.. y. Greer and his brothcr-in-la law
Mr.. Hugh Colson, OF Chehalis, Wash.
>, have purchased through the agency {
W. 4. Heiss, 81 acres four miles soutl
:, west Of Jerome, which they expect I
-, put into crop this season.
,c 4. car load of household goods belons
h ing to Mr.. 7. Cushman arrived over II
% Short Line last saturday, and the san
a was removed to his new residence whic
r he has about completed in the Gran
H. View district northeast OF town.
Mr.. IL. L. Booth and wife arriv,
A. from Chicago yesterday, prepared
,s make their future home here. Tn,
, will farm the Miss Tansman land a
Joining the town ON the west the col
TT ing season. Mr.. and Mrs. Booth a
r. young people and are cnraptured in the
Ia first impression OF this section.
IT, {. W. Noak, OF Cleveland, Tenn, vi
# is the owner OF l6l acres laying six mil
north west Of Jerome, has made arranl
- ments for putting 81 acres oi the sal
'le into crop this season.
"S f. &. jenkins is preparing 10 acres
is land which he will put into potatoes.
's- IIawbecker 4 Gallentine are maxi
on arrangements to put in loo acres oi |
as tatoes this season.
he c. W. DeNoe, manager of the DeN
>, Orchards Il Stock Farms. Co. is incre'
ing his fruit acreage this spring 10y I
~" addition OF 900 trees.
i" X. :. Frazer is seeding an addition
Prt 40 acres oi alfalfa this spring.
IN Up to the present time something o.
Ter 90 acres of melons have been contract
vi for planting this season.
w. NJ. Massey is putting in 10 ac
oi pasture.
las John I. Graham is breaking la
n area of new land preparatory In seedi
-, this season.