American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-11-16
FIVE AND ONE-HALF MILLION
POUNDS GRAIN TO BE HAULED
Great Piles OF Grain at Pauline and
crystal VIII Provide Work for Many
Teams Until Bad Weather Puts a
stop to Hauling.


Teams Until Bad Weather Puts a
stop to Hauling.
Teams Wanted" is the cry going
up from the wheat buyers at Crystal
and Pauline, and it is an earnest cry.
So fearful are the buyers that they
will not be able to get their wheat to
the railroad before winter weather
stops hauling that they have stopped
buying wheat and will not resume un-
til teams to haul the grain away can
be secured. Three trucks have been
busy hauling since harvesting began
hauling from four to six tons at each
trip and making three trips each q
hours. AS the roads became worse
only two trips were attempted, and
later this was reduced TO one trip 4
day. The recent rains will put the
roads i'm better shape than they we're
at the beginning. but the trucks viii
not be able to handle all the grain
now on the-'I} ss@2rps not to sneak
of what remains on the 49, =. There
is work for a large number of teams
for several weeks. or as long as the
weather remains good. The distance
from Pauline to Michaud is 20 miles.
and from Crystal a little less. One Of
the firms buying grain at the plat
forms in discussing the matter. said:
The IntermOuntain Milling company,
Robert Wheatley, agent. has handled
731 ,593 pounds Of wheat at its plat
form at Pauline this fall. On Novem-
Der 8 239,549 pounds of this wheat re-
mained on the platform awaiting haul
: ing to M-chaud.
Tie Farmers Equity Platform, Jew
! ell Horton agent. has handled 9O3,-
: 795 pounds of wheat at its Pauline
: platform this fall. and on November
- there remained on the platform 4S5.-
497 pounds awaiting transfer TO Mi
chaud.
Three motor trucks for a time we're
: engaged in hauling wheat from these
II platforms to Michaud, but owing to
the abominable condition of the roads
throughout the protracted dry spell
d the activities of the trucks were halt
r ed and no further wheat is being ac-
e cepted at these platforms. In other
D. words. business at these platforms
s. has come to a complete standstill and
IS great stacks of wheat sacks are left
e, piled up in the fields of the farmers
ID or in sheds
-h A. the Earring platform just above
e Pauline on November s, Ed England
sy agent, stated thai 1SS5.OOO pounds
at were stacked up, and on that date tn,
an platform was closed to the whea
an haulers because all the trucks wer'
Id out of commission. Since that dat
NJ the trucks have resumed hauling from
r. this platform. that is one of th'
he trucks is in commission. The recen
". rains Will result in lettering the con
X ditions of the roads aud the othe
OF trucks will go into commission again
rs hauling wheat from the Earring plat
c- form At this platform wheat is agaii
ce being accepted
nu At Crystal there are two platform
"u loaded to the guards with sacks o
ne wheat. and q conservative estimate
an that the Crystal and Pauline platform
~ contain at least $4,000 sacks of whea
-ln The farmers throughout the vale
- are agreed in stating that the erectiO
'ot of these platforms is one of the great
'u' est cOnveniences ever extended
sr them They were docked 20 cents
NJ Kindred by the buyers and every fal
Ji' mer was glad to pay the dockage.
ll9 saved them the long haul to the raj
l| road. gave them the use of the none
nl9 thus saved and above all gave thei
nc the opportunity to attend to thei
lp fall work in the fields without bein
icy forced 10 hire extra help.
The problem now is to get this whe
eiu to the railroad. 1t is manifest thi
ul- the trucks will be unable to haul
all: the snow viii be deep on Il
seu roads long before they will make q
," appreciable dent in the vast accum
oP lation of the sacks of wheat. tt
ulS owners of the wheat are offering
Az cents per hundred to farmers al
freighters TO get the wheat to the ra
- road. UP to date freighters and farI
/ W ne ers are holding out for higher tgul
O' 10 will be admitted by all converse
with the situation up there at {
.n0 platforms that what is needed quic
ly now is cooperation of farmer a
, buyer The erection of these pls
ooN forms is an experiment which mt
~ prove its worth this year or it will {
a-bornin' If the buyers fail TO .
~ cooperation it is more than likely II
ny, the receiving stations will be aba
~. ~ doned next year and the year after Il
and for all time. Then it will OF
,ort more be up to the growers Of
wheat 10 hook up their teams a
start on the weary and rocky roads
BOAT the railroads many miles away. a
have the added expense of hired h
- on their hands and their pOcketbOO
! : At least this is the opinion express:
by the buyers at the platforms.
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