The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-06-11

Roy Rooney is doing his third
year on his half section and has
twenty-five acres in oats and barley.
He has fifteen we'll bred Holstein
heifers which he will wish to sell
late in the season. His address Is
Idaho. /,
Mr.. McClements, John Huffbur and
C. w. Jones have claims near Ante
lope lake.
c. J. Alderman has seventy-five
acres of winter wheat and seventy
five acres of spring wheat. He and
his sons and daughters have 1880
acres of very fine rich land about
fifteen miles southwest OF the Big
Butte.
|. Hammervault has ninety acres
of wheat that was sowed late in the
fall and it is not a very good stand.
He thinks it was damaged some by
cutworms. He has thirty-five acres
of volunteer wheat. Mr.. Hammer
vault has a cistern 9x15 and anoth-
er 12X12 feet.
Henry Stanige has twenty-five
acres of good winter wheat and a
cistern 9x12x20. The large one
leaked badly. Mr.. Stanige has been
a year on his claim, and Mrs. Stan
ige reports that during the winter
her piano was source of much
comfort.
A. O. Paisby is dry farmer liv-
ing just over the edge of the Power
county line, about four miles north
and ten miles west of Aberdeen. He
and his family wintered on the claim.
w. G. and D. B. Mosby and Miss
Unetta Mosby have $50 acres in a
body near Flat Top butte, about six
miles north and fifteen miles west OF
Aberdeen. They have 127 acres OF
winter wheat and ten acres of spring
wheat. In December, 1915, they be-
gan drilling a we'll and they reached
water and hauled the pumping plant
to the place on the first day of June,
1917. AS net result of the work
they had one hole $50 feet deep, USE
less because it was crooked; one hole
400 feet deep with some tools and
rods lost in it; one hole 72O feet deep
with good water in it; one man dead
and buried by reason of an accident
with the drill; one drilling outfit on
hand valued at $500, and $4,000
expended on the job. Mr.. Mosby
says the cost of sinking deep wells
should be about $3.50 foot down
to a depth of 400 feet, so cents a
foot extra for each additional LOO
feet, plus the board of the workers
and the hauling of supplies.
E. Seefried has dry farm ten
and one-half miles northwest of Alb,
erdeen, a mile and a half west OF
the county line. He has been on the
land seven years and has 225 acres
of winter wheat, twenty acres OF
corn for feeding hogs and cows. He
has we'll 1922 feet deep that he drill
ed the first thing after locating his
land, He also erected good house
and barn as soon as he got water II
the well. He raised 1900 bushels Of
wheat last year.
T, E, Langan settled on 32O-acre
tract ten miles northwest of Aber'
deem, He has 140 acres of winter
wheat, twenty-five of spring wheat
fifteen of barley and five OF corn.
A, J. Stanlicht has fifty acres o.
winter wheat, 100 acres of good vol
unteer wheat and ten acres OF very
fine oats.
A. F. Friesen has twenty-five acres
of winter wheat, ten of spring wheat
and has been troubled with Russian
Itnistles. He has been on his place
two years and came from Oregon.
Ludwig Huether settled on his
place in 1910 and has fifty or sixty
acres of winter wheat, ten acres Of
spring wheat, three acres OF barley
and two of oats. He and his sons
Henry and L. r. have a total OF 1Ol
acres.
Henry Heuther took up his land II
1910 and since that time has used on
lv 500 pounds of coal. He burns
sage brush, and as he clears it OF
he stacks it like hay near the house
! He has 10 acres of winter Whea'
and forty-one of spring wheat.
Edward Metz settled on his place
eight or nine miles northwest of Alb
erdeen in 1912. He uses sagebrusl
for fuel and during the past white.
he lost his house and furniture D.
fire. He thinks it caught from tn
stove when there was some litter OF
the floor. He lived with neighbo
for awhile and rebuilt his home. HI
has seventy acres of winter wheat
thirty acres of spring wheat and tW'
of alfalfa. He sowed a small strll
year ago and it is doing well.
William Schmidt is located abou
eight miles northwest of Aberdeen
and says his land is too rocky to b
valuable. He did not know hoy
rocky it was until he had made som
Improvements and he did not like t
quit. He raises light crops an
hopes to succeed by working har
and planning carefully. He has TWEEN
ty acres of wheat.
| Christian Frey has 800 acres seve
miles northwest of Aberdeen and ha
fifty acres in winter wheat.
| George Wagner has 800 acres an
ILac %birtxy ocroc of what thirty L