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

ases and tie Ocular Muscles
PHONE AIS
Of them believe they can raise a
kmuch crops and in better quality b.
the dry methods, only they will GRO
once in two years instead OF annu
ally. In other words, the farme
will take twice as much land, hav
less capital invested, have no assess
ments for up keep on the canal sys
tenn, and have as much crops as th
irrigator. Since they have lined III
in the race and it is open seasol
for both kinds, this paper will kee]
track of the score and will tell 20,
about 1t.
Tanked up Wrong
Do you want to know Just how
people get along in some of the or
binary moves with lack of water OF
lack of tools or things most peopl,
are able to pick up at will? Wei
here are some examples we recall
A man drilled a well and decided
to build large fiat tank to hole
water for his stock. He evidently
had no spirit level and built the tanl
by guess as to levels. Cement walls
are expensive but when he had com
pleted it and turned the water in
one end was eight inches higher
than the other. 1t was built on. q
gently sloping hillside and it fooled
him.
Yearning for Fresh Meat
We know a couple of bachelors
who were showed in all winter and
read everything in the shack includ.
ing box of law books. The mother
of one of them sent him four jars
of fruit some months ago when she
sent his trunk from Nebraska and
he is saving one jar of them for the
Fourth of July or some other special
occasion. One of them wanted pork
chops for long time and when he
had chance to send out to Black,
foot for a package Of chops, he
warned the messenger not to return
without them as he was about sick
for fresh meat. When the chops
arrived he showed the same sincere
that a lonesome one
does over letter from home.
Child of the Desert
A little girl was getting acquaint-
ed with the press representative and
this comment was offered:
We'll, it is so dry out here you
can't make mud pies can your" and
she replied with much spirit.
"Oh yes; | make mud pies every
time mamma washes her hair"
"Oh do you? You mean that aft
er mamma finishes washing her hair
you use the water for pies?" and she
replied in the affirmative with de-
lightful innocence. She was rich in
pie materials.
A Rubberneck Cistern
Nearly everybody has a cistern;
some farmers have several. One
man encountered solid rock at a
depth of from three to five feet at
each place he excavated for a cistern
20 he made small one for each
building and conducted the rain
water from the caves into it.. When
cistern is empty he takes the water
wagon and hauls from the nearest
we'll until he fills it. A small NOR
lin or draw" extends thru his claim
md he observed that great quantities
II water pass that way when the
now melts, so in the summer of
-915 he made cistern large enough
o hold 80 barrels, situated at the
ide of the moraine, and made dam
o stop the flow of the snow water
md form a pond. Using a piece of
lose as a siphon he screened the
nd OF the hose that lay in the pond
md made the water betake itself
hru the hose and into the cistern
ack on the bank. This supply is
expected to last his work horses till
ne 18th of June and he is planning
0 build one much larger for use in
917. After all such preparation on
is part and by the neighbors who
ave borrowed the idea the weather
Ian may give them an open winter
hen there will not be snow to make
ond enough to float duck.
The Luxury of Water
A homesteader who had once been
ccustomed to luxurious home,
ame into Blackfoot one dry dusty
fternoon and a friend took him to
Is home for the night. He was
Town bath room with electric
eater, hot and cold water, safety
Izor, shampoo materials, cold cream
.ce lotions, manicure set and such
her trimmings as a busy man ac-
for his own use, and after
long busy time he emerged for the
'ening meal saying it seemed too
BOD to be real; that the Injuries
the bath room with four spigots
clean fresh water spouting hot or
Id at will, were SO satisfying he
tied to leave them even for the
nner though he was hungry.
Battle of Pioneers
Such are the privations of the dry
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