The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1914-03-05
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BY the looks Of the Optimist the
last three months the people Of Camp
bellville must have been alternating
as there has been no items from the
desert in that time. The spring wea-
Their has begun to wake them up ana
there is now considerable life dis
played in the dry farm SECTION.
Walt and VIM. Hagen, who have
taken their furlough of five months
doing bridge work in Nebraska and
bordering states, have returned to
their ranch and are preparing to put
In large crop this year.
N. P. Guyer, who is teaching at
the brick schoolhouse east Of Tho
mas, and who has been living near
there, moved his family back to the
ranch this week and will now drive
back and forth morning and evening.
Mr.. Guyer, besides farming his own
place this year, has also rented L.
10. Wells place.
Geo. Rain, who came here early
last fall to visit his sister, Mrs. Guyer,
Is so we'll pleased with this country
that he has secured quarter section
of land and has decided to stay here.
Mr.. Rain is from Ohio, and his IA
mily will arrive tomorrow. He has
already commenced construction work
on his house.
Frank Simpson, another Ohio young
man, has filed on the southeast quar-
ter of Section "a, recently released
by VIM. Weiand, and commenced i'm
provement work right away.
/ Mr.. De Borde, who won out on
his contest case, last week built a
new house on the east side Of his
property, and says he is going to
stay there.
With the number of contest cases
that are going on and several more
that are threatened has a tendency
to make the homesteaders stick more
closely to their claims.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sharp We're callers at
Campbellvil,e last week Sunday.
The rabbits seemed to be somewhat
thinned out to what they We're a year
ago, which is caused by the numerous
drives and poisoning that has been
going on all winter Messrs. Jack
son and Silver, government experts,
called at Campbellville a couple of
weeks ago to investigate the cause
CT SO much complaint that the poison
was having no effect. Both claimed
they were getting good results at
Aberdeen and Springfield and could
not see why it did not work the same
here. They left without coming to
any conclusion.
The Glee Club held one of their
regular meetings at Campbellville last
week when they put on several new
pieces of music and rendered them
in very creditable manner The
club is composed of Homer Abbott,
violin; B. w. Campbell, piano; Phil
Keller, harp; Geo. Rain, piano and
harp; and Chas. Sears, conductor.
Another meeting is about due and
then they will be discontinued until
next fall. 1t proves very entertain
ing, pleasant and instructive way of
passing the long and lonesome win
ter evenings.
Chas. Sears has been in BlackfOot
the past two weeks under the care of
a physician. His frineds hope to see
him back soon thoroughly cured.
} AS this section was the first to be
settled nearly all the farmers have
proved up, or will prove up in the
near future. j. M. Woodland proved
up Wednesday, the 4th of this month,
ON his homestead. and Phil Keller
proves up next Monday, the 9th
Several farmers have already re-
ceived their patents, all of which
, contain the signature of President
Wilson.
w. H. Keller, who is teaching II
school at this place, and Phil Keller
were business callers at the county
seat last Saturday.
One of the greatest questions that
is worrying the dry farmers at the
present time is hay. If they could
only raise their own hay successfully
: there would be no doubt but what dry
, farming would be all right. There
. will be several experiments made this