The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1916-09-29
Our Long Suit

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The farmers are exceedingly busy
on this tract at this time.
Does life look blue to you some
times? Well, just keep on.
Frank Pope is as busy as hen
with one chicken getting ready the
exhibits for the fair tomorrow.
Talk about raising sugar beets
Have you seen the beets growing near
Dietrich? There are none better in
the state.
A Missouri woman claims that one
was the oldest one in the world. Say,
she surely never ate any Richfeld
hens.
The only way to keep a town hum
ming, is to hum a little yourself. One
live man can vitalize a community
| Wake up and make Richfield hum
dinger.
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| abundant crop harvest of all kinds
here in Richfeld this year have put
a smile on the faces of our farmers
an inch and half thick
| One often wonders why there is
so little chicken in the ordinary ho-
tel chicken pie. Mein host Dough
erty explains this with the illustra
tion that "there is no dog in dog
biscuit either
| E. G. Reed of Jerome, auditor
for the Gem State Lumber Co., was
here Thursday looking over the
Richfield yard and found everything
in Al shape under the able manage
ment of Mr.. Gossett.
| munity in a state of health bordering
on yulgarity People here absolute
| ly refuse to contract any kind of
sickness on the plea that they are
| just naturally too busy to spare the
time.
The Richfeld hotel is doing a thri-
wing business, all rooms being taken
nearly every night. This is one of
the best hotels in the west and while
elegant in appointments is so con-
iducted that 'feller" feels at home
when he stays there.
NIf. Driffla rd nf
| Grand Junction, Colo, were here last
week. These gentlemen each pur-
chased a fine tract of land through
| the Richfield Land Co. Ye editor
protein happens to be acquainted
with these gentlemen. They are
good citizens and good farmers.
We may have to run this measly
sheet two or three weeks ere Bill
comes home again, so don't any of
you fellows get sore because we hap
pen to joke you little. That's
what's the matter with most of US
we take life and ourselves too seri-
ously Let's loosen up a bit and get
some ginger into our gizzards.
II. E. Cornell, of Dietrich, sold a
nice Buick light six car to ID. l.. |
Crothers last week. After Mr. Gro
theirs had gotten his hands on his
new purchase he decided to try 1t
out. About quarter of a mile from
town he backed off into a mud hole, |
where the Buick sat comfortably and |
contentedly down and refused to !
move and Mr. Cornell was finally |
called to the rescue and pulled him
out with his big Haynes.
w. S. Henderson of Salt Lake was |
in town the early part of the week, (
looking after the improving of his /
fine farm adjoining town, west. Mr. /
Henderson. who is wealthy whole
sale man of Salt Lake, is spending !
great deal of money on his property |
here. Mr.. Henderson has Travelled !
over a large part of the inter-moun- |
tain country this summer and re-
ports crops better here than any 9TH
er place he has been, and is demon
strating his enthusiasm relative to
his holdings here in the practical and
substantial manner aforementioned
Richield is the neuculs of a vast
area where diversified farming Gre
ates solid and certain basis of pro-
sperity Farmers in this section do
not carry all their eggs in one bas-
ket," hence there is no such thing as
"total failure which is the plain
tive cry of the one-line farmer or
orchardist of SO many other sections.
Then, too, Richfield is the gateway
to the great stock raising and ship
ping Camas Prairie on the one hand |
and the wonderful Wood River Val
ley on the other--all Of which are
tributary to Richfeld, the biggest lit