The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-11-23
Mcmillan NeuS
Times Special correspondence.

Our farmers are quite badly arous-
ed over the erroneous reports of the
beet crops which were published in a /
recent weekly paper. According to |
this crop record headed with an an
nouncement to the effect that the rec
ords given below were accurate, with |
facts and figures carefully and cor
rectly compiled. One of our prosperous
farmers, is reported to have had a
yield of % tons per acre. He only |
had Is, which were hauled and de-
livered to the factory with $5,5545O !
amount received. Now this sounds
good but the real facts do not Mr..
Heron still has about one-half of his
beet crop in the ground yet, which
are frozen solid with small chances
for saving them, which fails to tally
up with the accurate and correct
crop report Mr. Heron, the man
referred to, is only one of the beet
raisers who was given the considera-
ton of so glowing and satisfying a
beet report. Others, among them are
Nick Trapper, Charles d. Hunt, John
son Bros and some more of them
wonder where the editor of this week
ly paper got his information
f. T. Brown and wife autoed to
Filler Monday on business.
Charles Overfield's mother, who
spent the last year back in her old
home state, Pennsylvania visiting her
son and friends there, arrived last
week. and is visiting with her son and
family here.
Percy Walshaw and wife were Twin
Falls business people last week
Amos Martyr is serving time on
the jury in Twin Falls this week.
Mr. Summers, a big sheep man of
the Kimberly country, has moved a
large number of sheep to this vicinity
to brouse on the beet tops left in the
fields.
The water which has been shut out
of the laterals is running for domes-
tic purposes, much to the joy of the
farmers and stockmen.
The beet wagons are passing daily
through Mcmillan again, despite the
many disadvantages of the past ten
days. 1t is said that a good third of
the beet crop is still in the ground,
with but little prospects for a finish
ing up of the crop.
Percy Walshaw and wife autoed
over to Nevada, last week.
Mr.. Journey of Twin Falls was a
McMillanite last week on business. He
started to Missouri last Wednesday to
be gone all winter, where his invalid
wife is now living.
A new enterprise is said to be a
thing of the near future here, if l. Wal
toms plans prove successful Mr.. Wal
ton has been experimenting with sy-
rup, made from the juice of the beet
He is highly spleased with the expert
ment and says he will start up a
syrup factory some day"
VIII Gibson was a McMillanite last
Saturday
Several farms here changed owner:
since our last letter The first farm
formerly owned by A. c. Rutherford
and now known as the ChamplaiI
place, brought a consideration of $62|
per acre, the name of the purchases
not being learned. The second place
once owned by Ray Valentine wa
sold to one of the Jones boys at
price of S215 per acre.
A report comes of a farmer nea
here having forty acres of potatoe
was so busy he failed to get them dug
when our cold snow struck us. The
once scared up to $3.50 per hundre
here.
ivan Brice, wife and son Vaughn
were guests to dinner at the f.
Brown home last Saturday evening
d. f. Clark was Twin Falls busi
ness visitor last week.
Several electric light plants are be
ing installed in our Mcmillan homes
and others plan on securing the sys
TEN within the near future
Joe and Fred Wilson returned frol
Montpelier after an absence of seN
eral days. While gone, they pun
chased a large stock ranch up in thu
section of Idaho.
Mrs. Charles Overfield's sister-iI
law, Mrs Bailey, who has been visi
ing her for the past month, returne
to her home in Washington last wee