Evening capital news., 1916-05-08

through which he passed. Although
gone only week, Mr.. Scholtz's trip
covered over 600 miles. On his way
east he left his wife and children at
his ranch at King Hill. picking them
UP again on his return trip.
That Mr. Scholtz is as enthusiastic
about the natural advantages of the
states project at King Hill as are other
state officials who have recently visited
the tract. is evinced from the crop re-
ports he brings back to the capital
city from that district He reports that
alfalfa is now a foot and a half high
on most of the farms on the project,
while one rancher there has already
secured a growth of over three feet on
his alfalfa this season, which he is
planning to cut just as soon as 1t gets
well in bud. This VIII establish a new
and remarkable record in Idaho for
first cutting alfalfa, most of the alfalfa
hay in the Snake river valley not COM
ing onto the market until late in June
Strawberry Outlook Good.
Speaking about the strawberry out
look on the states project, Mr.. Scholtz
said: In past seasons the King Hill
project has been referred to as the
Hood River of Idaho, on account of the
fact that the project has each year
placed the first strawberries in the
state on the market, but the commun-
ity has now about come to the con-
clusion that a comparison with Hood
River in this manner is an injustice
to the states project as for the past
couple of years they have been able to
boast of shipments before Hood Riv-
er. The Hood River crop has not as
yet put in it's appearance this season,
but the King Hill tract is already en-
joying ripe berries and they hope to
begin shipping this week. The folks
down on that tract think it's about time
for Hood River to begin advertising
itself as the King Hill of oregon"
Mr.. Scholtz reports that the states
project has again set out a consider
able acreage of melons, and that King
Hill will undoubtedly. this year, con-
tinue to maintain its standing as the
largest melon shipping point in the
intermountain country west of Colo
RADIO.
The Early Potato Crop.
"One of the principal early crops on
the project this season." said Mr..
Scholtz will be early potatoes and II
is now expected to begin shipping the
latter part of this month. Project
Manager Shawhan advises me that be-
tween $4,000 and 100000 pounds of
early seed potatoes have been planted
on the segregation this spring. II is
to be hoped that Idaho people will this
spring patronize home industry by de-
manding the King Hill potatoes in
preference to those shipped in from
Texas. The settlers on that project
have suffered severe hardships for a
number OF years in trying to hold and
develop their farms under great handi-
caps. Now that the promoters who ex-
plotted the settlers have been eliminat-
ed, and the state has taken over the
project, it would seem only right for
the citizens in southern Idaho to favor
the products from the states project
and thus cooperate 9Th the settlers
In their endeavor to redeem the dis
trict and make 1t one of the finest
garden spots In the state"
Government Fruit Marketing, Plan.
Mr.. Scholtz spent most of the week
in the Twin Falls territory investigat-
ing number of market conditions. He
reports that he returns to Boise with
the assurance that practically none Of
the fruitgrowers in that territory Will