The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-05-19

SPRINGFIELD

Leslie Judd's baby is dangerously
ill with pneumonia, DR.. McKinnon
was called Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Balm ON the Snyder
ranch are visiting with their aunt
Mrs. Johnson in Blackfoot.
SAINT Shelman was taken danger
ously ill Friday emrning, while drill
ling beets and it was feared he would
not live to reach the hospital; how
ever, he was placed in EFT. Shell
mans car and hurried to Pocatello
where he was operated on at one
o'clock that day for very severe
case of hernia Besides E. T. Shell
man, his son Don and Hugh Wells
accompanied him. Mr.. Wells return
er that evening and said the opera
ton was successful
Mary 0bigail the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs Davis has the measles
]. r. Wilson and wife and three
children motored over from Peca-
tello Saturday to spend the week end
with Mrs. Wilson's brothers George
and Charles Chandler. Mrs. Will
son was formerly Miss Sophie Chand-
Ter and is well known here.
G. S. Beebe, Mrs Hazel Bergman
and DR.. Hudson of Blackfoot were
down here on fishing trip Sunday.
2 They came down in Mrs. bergman S
car.
Miss Ruth Judy has been elected
to teach the Springfield school next
year Miss Judy taught the Tilden
school two years ago., and was we'll
liked while in that position, so no
doubt the Springfield trustees are
to be very fortunate in securing her
services
Archie Grover of Blackfoot who has
been visiting here left Friday for
: Burley where he will visit his par
ents. s4-8 LII ~
It is reported that H. K. Wiley has
purchased a Dodge car.
Johnnie Hutchinson is crippled up
with badly sprained ankle. tH
The children of Mr.. and Mrs. Hen
ry Berg have the measles.
Miss Dorothy Snyder returned Sun
day from Groyeland where she spent
the week visiting friends
Thomas Blackburn who has been
under medical care for some time
is improving and it is expected that
he will be back at his old place of
business next week. g 3f.
Prot. J. Wiley Sessions, president
of the State Seed Growers Associa-
ton, and instructor in the Idaho |
Technical Institute of Pocatello and |
DR.. M. G. Merrill head of the agri-
cultural department of the same
school, with three auto loads of stu
dante from thu oO nj cnh1 1J
spent an hour Friday afternoon in
studying alfalfa seed growing on
Lucerno Ranch at Springfield The
livestock came in for it's share of
attention and photograph was TAX
en- of Mr.. SSnyders registered Hol-
stein bull. Mrs. Snyder served coffee
and cake, remembering that boys are
always hungry. The boys sang a
college song and the three autos
bearing large banners on which were
inscribed Idaho Aggies" went on to
Aberdeen where on Saturday the
party of which there were fourteen,
was to visit the Experimental Farm
in the forenoon and the dry farms
south of Aberdeen in the afternoon,
returning to POcatello via American
/ alls. ea.aH
We consider it great compliment
FOR our alfalfa farms to be SO perfect
that they are placed as examples,
where the students of agriculture may J
study them Mr.. Snyder is one of
,ur most successful farmers in the
culture Of alfalfa, and they undoubt-
IDLY could not have found a more de-
irab1e place suited to their subject
4 study. 6e3 <
The frosts of this week have done '
lot of damage and not few Of the i
armers. are badly discouraged over
his years prospects of a crop. The ]
ruit trees have been out in blossom
Or same time and it Is feared most |