The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1916-12-21
BULL GROWTH IN ALL
LINES is ENORMOUS
Townsite Company Plans TO Extend
Residence District-0ther Bull
News Of Interest.

At meeting of the Bull Townsite
company last week it was determine
to call another meeting of the board
OF directors in January at which time
the proposition of laying out more
blocks for residence lots will be taken
up. The growth in the city's popula-
tion during the past summer and the
number of new residences which
have gone up. makes a demand for
more building lots. 1t is not known
Just which side of the city limits ad
ditional blocks will be opened. E. A.
Miner purchased the 70 acres lying
east of the railroad Mr. Miner is
a director of the Bull townsite COM
pany. He expects to open a road
across the land from the railroad
crossing at Broadway, to his home in
Hinkley Heights cement sidewalk
viii be placed there also, and in that
case it is said that the east side If
the railroad track will be more attrac-
tive for residence building The other
members of the board of directors of
the Bull TOwnsite company, are: j.
NJ Maxwell c. d. Aiken, Asher b. Will
son and Leonard h. Smith. all of Twin
Falls.
Cephas Lilly who lives eight miles
southwest OF Bull has reported a
nice profit from this years crop on
his 100 acres. He had several kinds
of crops and made good on each one,
according to the statement of his son,
Lonnie Lilly I'VE all had good crops
out our way this year." said Mr.. Lilly,
though l think that father did as we'll
as any Of the farmers" He cleared
$4,000 after paying taxes, water main
tenance and all running expenses this
summer. Now he has gone to Colora-
do to spend the winter.
A conservative estimate of the hog
export from Bull during the past year
places the amount at $2S0,000 for the
10000 head shipped to market from
Bull. That amount is reached by
allowing that the hogs averaged 200
pounds each. when it is said that they
have averaged nearer $50 pounds each.
Were the average placed at $50 pounds
each, and the same price of an average
of 81 per 100 allowed, the hog export
from Bull would exceed $500 900 for
The eleven and one half months in
1916.
j. j. Powell who received a broken
leg last summer and who is Just now
able to be around again, had the mis-
fortune of getting the fore finger of
the left hand cut off, last week. while
ne was working in the field. Mr..
Powell had purchased a new riding
plow and in attempting to remove the
trash from the mould board. his fin
ger was thrust into the gear used in
lifting the pillow out of the ground.
Mr.. Powell has began to think that
ne is getting his share of misfortunes. |
The bone was amputated, and the
flesh sewed over it, and the wound |
is healing nicely now
Henry Chin, proprietor of the Palm |
Cafe, locked his place of business one
night last week and skipped the coun- |
try, leaving string of debts with the !
local merchants. Attachment has
been filed on his equipment by the
Bull Meat Market to recover a debt. |
due that firm. A number of other
smaller debts were left with the sew
eral merchants about town, though |
this one with the Bull Meat market is |
the largest.
AWenty-six car loads of freight were |
set on the side track of the Bull yard
Monday morning, which is the larg-
est shipment ever receive IN one day. !
sAghe OF those cars carried local
freight for the Bull merchants. and
uraymen were unusually busy trying
TO unload the produce. Depot agent
X e. Wing spent the entire day out
side, checking out the freight.
The Bull Flour mill is ready to re-
ceiye grain of all kinds, and the ma
chinery will be grinding out the flour
by the first of the year. The name of
the new concern is the Bull Flour &
~fh
the manager stated that they are now
ready to receive grain.
According to figures obtained from
the four cream buying stations, an
aggregate of $4,000 pounds of but
terfat have been produced in the ter
ritory tributary to Bull since January
/, 1916. This does not include the
home made butter which has been
sold to the grocery stores.
The six rural carriers from the To-
cal postoffice estimates that there are
at least $500 families on their routes
representing families which include
the boys and girls over ten years of
age. This number does not take into
consideration the patrons who have
postoffice box in the city, and those
who get their mail at the general de-
livery window
Five hundred and eighty telephones
are connected to the Bull telephone
office which is an increase of 100
during the year ending with Decem-
Der, 1916 a force Of thirty-five men
have been employed the past two
months to replace the lines and cables
in the city. A large number of farm
,ers are anxious to have a telephone
installed as the demand is greater
than the capacity of the company.
At the regular meeting of the Bull