The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1916-09-29
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The Richfield Land Company are
busy people these days.
Byron Church made a business trip
to Shoshone last Thursday.
Byron Church sold a bunch of
brood sows to Mr.. Vertries last week
Quirt Johnson was transacting
business in town Wednesday.
Mr. Zimmerman, the hat man of
Boise, visited Richfield Sunday.
Lawyer Fletcher was absent from
town on business couple of days
last week.
Mr. Powell will soon have his
handsome bungalow, one mile west of
town, completed
Charley Paulson is busy threshing,
and states that his grain is turning
out very we'll indeed.
Bert Reeves is taking his annual
vacation and is up in the hills above
HALEY hunting and fishing
Mr.. Greer, the electric light and
telephone man, made a business trip
to Salt Lake City last week.
The Richfield tract has more al
falfa stacked to the square mile than
any tract in Idaho, and all crops are
excellent.
The Richfield Land Company has
moved into their new Offices west of
the drug store and opposite the
Richfield Hotel.
Farmer Brack has a fine bunch of
sheep on his farm northeast of town.
Mr. Brack is a stock man and thor
oughly understands the business.
Mr.. Henderson is making exten-
sive and permanent improvements on
his farm west of town, embracing
water system, sheds and corrals.
H. E. Essley, assistant secretary
of the Idaho Irrigation Company, is
about the busiest man in town-in
fact Richfield is a busy place-no
room for drones.
Mr.. Good who is building new
residence on his farm north of town,
will soon have it completed and
ready for occupancy Building in this
locality goes merrily on.
We learn that Mrs. Fenton is rap
idly recovering from an operation for
appendicitis performed in Boise
hospital, where she will remain un-
til fully restored to health.
We like the looks of the new
car our popular station agent, Mr..
Wilcox, is driving and by the way,
Mr.. Wilcox is. having the grain stack
ed on his beautiful little farm north
of town.
Did you ever stop to think that
Richfield and Dietrich tracts are
turning out this year excellent crops,
that the farmers are prosperous with
abundance of hay, grain, hogs, milk
cans and sheep This is the greatest
stock country in the world.
Our town marshal, Mr.. Poteet, is
putting in every moment ridding the
town of weeds and debris and other
wise getting things in attractive
shape for the fair. Mr.. Poteet is not
afraid that he will do little more
work than is expected of him, hence
his popularity.
Rev. Leech and family left Satur-
day for his new charge as pastor of
the Filler church. Mr.. Leech has
been the pastor of the Richfeld M.
E. church for two years and many |
regret his departure, as he was cap
able and forceful pulpit orator and
took an interest in public affairs gen
erally-alway boster for his home |
community.
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fine thoroughbred sheep on his beau
tiful farm one mile west of town. If
the writer we're to remain here suf-
ficient length of time, it would be
great pleasure and make some Nigh
ty fine reading matter too to visit the
outlying farms and tell folks what
the farmers are doing The farmer
is the man who builds towns, not the
town man.
George W. Lyle came in Monday
night from Boise for a short visit.
Mr.. Lyle is secretary for H. A.
Stroud of the Gem State Land Co.,
and has been in Boise for the past
three months undergoing another
operation on his leg. We are glad to
state that Mr. Lyle has recovered the
use of his limb to great extent and
will return in the spring to take his