The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-05-05
when the train stops.

when the train stops.
A small amount of grain was sown
last fall and It looks very promising,
as does also that put In early this
spring. Dry farming is new to near
ly all of us, and we expect to make
many mistakes before the best meth
DDS are found.
X. P. Mclaughlin and wife intend
to leave next week to pay a short
visit to their relatives in Sedalia, Mo.
w. D. Morgan and c. G. Brooks
left Sunday for the upper river
country, to prospect for a grub
stake"
George L. West, of the State Land
commission, passed thru Saturday,
ON his way to the Bear Butte settle
ment, which is about 80 miles north
west Of Aberdeen. The settlers up
there have requested state aid In
drilling a we'll. At present they are
compelled to haul water from an ir-
rigation canal Is or 20 miles away
for domestic use.
C. e. Holland and family have
| moved out from Howe to their ranch
/ at the Big Butte. They spent the
winter at Howe.
J F. Clements intends moving his
family to Blackfoot this week where
he has secured employment for the
summer.
Six filings were made this week
by persons from the Pelouse country.
All are experienced dry farmers
the kind we need in this region.
Matt w. Quay, of Gallon, Ohio, is
visiting j. r. Clements.
T. H. DeVore, government trap
| per, is working in this district. He
reports the coyotes very plentiful.
Miss Sarah DeVore left on Tuesday
for her homestead at McCammon,
after short visit with her brother.
It was presumed that the hard
winter would play havoc with the
jack rabbits, but apparently they hi
bernate like bears, for they are now
| coming out as thickly as ever.
Cerro Grande can furnish a long
list of eligibles for that bachelors
column, and to enumerate all their
good points would fill good sized
book. And eligible females are
scarce and hardly any within 20
miles.
To begin with there's F. Lanzier
and Joe Martele. These two French
men have claims on the west side Of
the big butte and have spring on
the ground They were out last
winter from November until March,
tunneling into the side of the butte,
and did not see human being in
all that time. They now have fine
flow of water and this will bring
them plenty of neighbors by next
fall.
Just south of the switch there is
William D. Morgan, who has the rep
utation of being the best cook on the
desert. Nevertheless he gets awful
tired of just cooking for himself and
he confesses it is lonesome life.
Adjoining Mr.. Morgan lives Jack
Flagherty. He says that since he
hasn't much hair on the top of his
head there's no use putting him into
the column; and that can be taken
two ways At any rate ne nas a
fine piece of land, and expects to
raise good crop of wheat.
M. J. MCGEE is the postmaster, SO
he is right In town. He needs some
one to attend to the house work and
watch the office while he runs out
to the ranch.
Then there are Ross and Ira Fill
ley, c. c. Brooks, Logan Wesher,
Lloyd Damon and d. D. Wakefield.
All good fellows, doing their own
housekeeping and running their
ranches besides, which is a crying
shame. They know what housekeep-
ing is, and would rather cut the
wood and fetch the water and help
with the dishes than be absolute
monarchs Of all they survey.