The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-05-24
MIR. DOUD RETTRES FROM THE
DAIRY BUSINESS

: +. A. Doud, the veteran dairy ma,
OF Blackfoot, retired from the bust
ness Wednesday, after serving NOR,
than quarter of century, and per
:. sonally caring for the cows ant
. serving the customers. His bushes.
. developed from the smallest begin.
ming OF any that we know of. Some
body in town wanted milk for thei,
taby, and hit upon happy arrange.
ment with the Doud family by which
the children coming to school were to
deliver the precious bottle of Dur
ham milk, taken always from the
same COW at regular hours.
| Some other family learned of the
good fortune of their neighbor, and
interviewed some of the Douds and
arranged for milk. Mr.. Doud was
living in log house situated near
Blackfoot river just about where
Shilling avenue would end if contin-
ued to the stream on the south. When
the milk orders became a burden tn
the little folks, Horace and Edith.
Mr.. Doud rugged up pack outfit and
pressed pinto Indian pony into the
service, having cans with spouts on
like garden sprinkler, but with a
tight cap instead of the spraying de-
vice. The measuring cup was hung
on the spout for travel. The pinto |
would be left hitched contiguous to
several houses, and Mr. Doud would
make the little circuit and then, move
the caravan to some other corner.
from which to operate.
Chop feed for the cows could be OBJ
tained at the government mill at Ross
Fork or at Malad, eighty miles to the
southwark. A trip to mill meant.
-lrst to get the grain from some-
Vhere, then the trip through the IA
nous Ross Fork sand Or if he went
o Malad, 1t was the same thing ex- :
ended past Pocatello, through twen-
y-five miles of canyon and over
mountain range. =
AT one time Mr. Doud played a :,
desperately mean trick on lady, and
'ot punished for it. We wouldn,t
ell 1t on him but for the lesson it
ears to the rising generation. HUI ~
nan nature is ever the same. and it :
oesn't do to explode old maxims too
arshly. The lady in the case has
assed beyond, and the baby doesn't
now that he is the one, SO here is
he story. Oh
Mrs. Happygood, we'll say, wanted
INK Tor her wee baby, and she want !"
1t from one certain COW all the ~
me. She wanted it brought in =,
ottle that was filled just full, no air I'll
With the milk to allow it to bub- SC
lie and churn while being carried III
r. Doud provided the necessary bot Cd
es and Mrs. Doud kept them scald-
and summed and in every way Just ~ =.
gnt. In course of time the COW ~
ave so little milk that it became nee al
'sary to make some change and Ill
icy selected another COW whose milk "
emed about the same, and gradual
mixed the milk, putting in more te
'ch day from the second cow and ~
IS OF the first ones milk. Each III
" Mr.. Doud asked about the babv Cd
"a 1t never was better nor cried LII
IS. After some days of this the ell
ange of milk was completed. and HE
baby came through joyously on Inc
new diet.
UP to that time Mr.. Doud had not HE
ne anything mean in the matter III
here is where he committed the VIII
al mistake. He told the good ladv pr
the change they had made thus
'loding her theory that such On
lnge would disturb the babv's d. ora
ton. Mrs Happygood was angry. ten
was no longer cordial and an pia
and the next time Mr..
Id came she dismissed him, milk ''Ve
Ties and all, and not word of cou
nks for the extra trouble of deliv- iorl
lg the specially prepared pint of 1
K night and morning; no sir, Mr.. arr'
ID was no friend of hers. III
Veil, as we said, Mr.. Doud has re- posl
q; SO has Mrs. Happygood. .ha'
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