The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-06-09

r II. LOuk Is q new settler Wn(
came from Idaho Falls this spring
and settled southwest of Pingree. H,
lis living in e tent and has put II
some crop, dug q cellar and has {
32-foot well. He has some whea
and barley.
Karl s. Fackrell, who has been al
Boise for some time has sold his re
linquishment to land south of Pin
gree and his family will 90 to Boise
T. P. Fackrell is improving piece
of dry land south of Pingree.
r. w. Hill, who came from Rocl
Springs two weeks ago, has 40 acre.
south of Pingree. His family have
arrived and are getting adapted tt
farm life.
]. E. Mcconnell is one of the Pin
gree settlers who came in 1910 ant
had only his family and team. He
established residence in a dug-out
and proceeded to improve 100 acres
of land. He is good farmers anG
is raising grain and sugar beet ant
some fruit trees. He has a little
stock and he and his boys are very
much interested in their undertake
ings. Each of the boys has an in
terest in the stock and the land ant
they all consult together and work
together like grown up partners.
Wyoming George Davis has lane
south of Pingree and has lived there
several years. He moved out from
Blackfoot.
Breaking Into BeetS
Joe Wilson, of Riverside, Is break
ing into beet raising this spring by
planting his first acreage for the fac.
tory, six acre piece encircled by
woods. The beets were planted early
and are ahead OF most of the fields
The winds and freezes did not dam.
a~e them. A feature about Mr.. Will.
sons beet patch is that when they
began blocking and thinning there
was one spot in the field that stood
out greener and larger than the rest
On being asked about it Mr.. Wilson
stated 1t was where he had scattered
a load of fertilizer from his chicken
house.
He set fire among the trees on the
side where they throw the afternoon
shadows because no crops yield well
as far as the shadows reach. He will
remove the trees killed by the fire
He says he raised 40 tons of mangels
and carrots per acre last year.
Doesn't Like the Country
r. H. Hofhine, who lives on a
rented farm west of Snake river
bridge and works for wages, says
he has been there two years and is
planning to move on to some other
locality; he doesn't know where, but
says it makes little difference which
way a man goes from here, he could
do no worse than here. He stated
that he was here IA years ago and
that people who had nothing then
and remained here have little or
nothing now. They work all summer
and turn in what they can in the fall
and apply it on what they owe at
the stores and let the rest of the
store bill go over till the next year.
He thinks raising sugar beets is
what keeps them broke. There is
no announcement for a man to get
out and work in a country like this.
Mr.. Hofhine was practicing what he
was preaching for it was the middle
of the forenoon and he was within
the house with his wife and daught-
ers, complaining about the wind.
They were optimistic as to the future
of those who try and his son was out
a neighbours field. An
other neighbor was trying to hire
help and when informed that Mr..
Hofhine was a wage worker and not
he replied that he had
tried to hire him and failed to get
any action except the promise, "I'll
see." Mr.. Hofhine is a gentlemanly
man to meet, is apparently fond
father and has fine family.
Likes it Better Here
H. D. Mohr came here from
Pendleton, Oregon, this spring and
bought 40 acres of Patrick Murphy,
part of the George Dayly farm. He
and his family are living temporarily
in a tent. Mr. Mohr says they do
not mind the wind much it is so
much better than at Pendleton; that
If this spring is worse than usual
here they ought to read the letters
le receives from Pendleton. Crops
we're planted earlier there but the
lamage has been greater. He likes
he country here and feels assured of
/ pretty good crop If he keeps we'll
Ind takes care of it.
A Modern Hog Raiser
w. c. Cannon has a farm about
hree miles west of Blackfoot on the
vest bank of the river and raises
ONE hogs. He also speculates in
wine for the love of gain. When
We asked him as to breeds he re-
lied "mongrels straight" He has
fine lot of yearlings in the fatten-
ng pens eating chopped grain. lie
ad good many that he fed on Gull
otatoes during the winter. He cooks
is potatoes in steam with Just
nough water to keep them from
urning. What he cooks one day he
eeds the next. When steam cooked
hey are dry and mellow, not slop-,