Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-07-07
MERIDIAN MAN TO
HAVE GREAT DAIRY
Bank Cashier Goes Into the
Mich Cow Business on
a Large Scale.
lstnff Correspondenee.l

Meridian, July 7.-E- c. Pfaffle,
cashier of the First National bank of
Meridian, by next fall will own the
largest dairy in the state. He then
will have 100 milch COWS on his fine
ranch south of Meridian. He is equip
ping this ranch in first class shape for
a 100-cow dairy.
This week Mr.. Pfaffle Is having in
stalled a milking machine costing $500.
1t is a seven double-unit machine and
has the capacity of milking IA cows
at a time. George Leighton has a sim
liar machine on his great dairy ranch
north OF Meridian. Frank Manville also
has a milking machine, but Of a differ
ent type. The Hurlburt dairy at
Nampa also has a milking machine,
theirs being the only one in Canyon
county.
MIR. Pfaffle now has a 200-ton wood
stave silo on his dairy, and this fall
will build another of the same size
He now has a 4o-cow barn. He is
adding barn room enough for so COWS.
His plan is to milk his 100 cows in two
shifts, 30 cows at a shift His barns
are built along strictly sanitary lines.
Now he Is building a modern seven
room house on the ranch. George
Gardner Is doing the carpenter work.
S. B. Jones just finished the plastering.
Most of Mr.. Pfaffle's cows are Hol-
stein Durhams and they are heavy
mixers. He is breeding his herd to
Holste1ns. The new cheese factory at
Meridian Is causing the dairy business
here to grow very rapidly.
New $4,000 Bungalow.
G. Chase Of Cleveland, O., who owns
property and other interests in Boise
and near Meridian, is building a strict
ly modern 10-room two-story bunga-
low on his fine 20-acre orchard half a
mile north of Meridian on the car line
This house will cost between $4,000 and
$4,000. 1t is being done by day work.
with Mr.. Work of Boise in charge as
foreman. The foundation is now be-
ing built. It is understood Mr.. Chase
expects to make his home here part of
each year. This house will have two
bath rooms, automatic water system
and many other modern conveniences
Most of the worlSmen on the construc-
ton of this house are Meridian men.
Brevites.
]. A. Fenton's new bath room adj
dttion is nearly completed. Davidson
Bros. are doing the carpenter work.
S. B. Jones finished the plasterlng
Monday. Mr.. Jones left Tuesday for
Star, where he vii, plaster the fine
ranch home being BUTT there by ]. w.
Story for Claude Frost.
II G. Humphreys and George Nor
gan have dissolved partnership in the
plumbing business. Mr.. Humphreys
continues to occupy the old shop. Mr..
Morgan has opened a new plumbing
shop in the odd Fellows building.
Louis Schenk left Monday afternoon
for his home in Vergennes, Ill, after
a very pleasant visit at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Jones. Mrs. Schenk
and Mrs Jones are sisters. Mr.. Schenk
is a substantial farmer in Illinois. He
is much pleased with Idaho and ex-
poets to bring his family out to locate
here permanently
The superstructure for the H G.
Huffman bungalow is going up rap
idly.
The many friends in Meridian Of
Mrs. s. L. Champlin were quite sur
prised to learn of her marriage to G.
D. Smith, the ceremony taking place in
Boise Sunday evening. For a time Mr.
Smith operated a feed and grain busi-
ness in Meridian. He now lives on
ranch in Long Valley where the happy
couple will make their home