The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-05-21

! hio ShlluICH lHLO Tie COuHLTy duU
| then from Idaho Falls to his present
location in order to get closer to the
| farm. He is a brother of H. C. Tay.
lor, the stock man, who lives on
route 3, east of Blackfoot.
James Thomas sold his place,
south of Shelley, to Rolph brothers.
They are new Corners to this country
and are new at the farming game.
The Naylor company of Idaho
Falls, is doing some blowing and
grading on the Hyatt place south OF
shelley and on the Christensen
farms.
George Mcbride, formerly of More
land, lives near Monroe and is OPP
Grating a small farm. Mr.. Mcbride
had the misfortune to lose his wife
in the latter part of April.
Lawrence Dial has purchased a
piece of land southwest of Shelley.
He has erected a house on the place
and is revising some of the bitches
on the place.
G. E. Hilcock lives two miles south
of Shelley and has about 40 shoats
to sell, some Of them 500 to far
row. He has some sheep on the
place which he will send to the hills
some time soon with James Chris
~tensen's focks. He has been using
the sheep on the place to subdue the
mustard and wild oats.
Holger Christensen bought a place
excursion prices, made some money
farming it and sold it for $125 per
acre. He cleared a basketful of
money and has bought another place
in the meantime.
Peter Corgatelli lives near Monroe
and during the past winter he built
a barn 50x58 feet with capacity for
So tons of hay and rs horses. The
barn cost $1,400. He hopes to build
a modern house within a year or
two. He is planting II acres of po-
~tatoes, 20 acres of grain and 4 acres
of cabbage. When we saw him on
the twelfth Of May he had the cab
bage ground pulverized and rolled
as level as a floor and was waiting
the seed. He plants the seed about
one inch deep.
Andrew Christensen lives between
Shelley and Monroe. He has about
80 hogs and intends to keep them
until later on.
L. Ivan Jensen, the attorney at
Shelley, has bought a Case tractor
engine and gang pillow. The engine
d%evelopes 9 horsepower as a tractor
and Is horsepower on the belt and
is known as a 9-1S horsepower. The
outfit cost $3.50 at Idaho Falls. Mr..
Jensen has 800 acres of land north
of Moreland, back of the lavas. He
had 100 acres sown to winter wheat
that he planted to the best dry farm
formula, narrowing it occasionally
the summer, drilled the
just before the fall rains start
ed and has to reseed it all this
J. l.. Mitchell is building a house
a 3 acre tract between Shelley
and the Woodville bridge. The house
is 14x22 feet in size.
F. E. L~ittlefield is building a house
on his three acre tract south of the
bridge. The size Of his
house is 14x24 feet.
Ezra Davenport, of Woodville, has
50 head of hogs. Mr.. Davenport has
built an addition to his house this
H. R. Burke, of Woodville, has 25
Yves on his place and is much inter-
ested in the use of sheep on the
arm. He is very much impressed
With the necessity of having all kinds
If stock on the place of the pure
breed.
F. Mathews, of Woodville, is plant
ng 10 acres Of potatoes, 5 of beets
nd has some meadow land.
S. H. Hurst, of Woodville, built a
arm 30x32 feet with a 15-ton hay
He is farming 20 acres Of
eets and potatoes. He recently
hipped in 200 White Leghorne
hicks from a hatchery in Cache val
ey.
Otto Mai bought Out his brother,
.ichard Mai, last fall and Richard
loved Ito Caldwell. Otto is improv- /
lg the old place and is planning to (
uild a barn within a year or so.
e has a straw barn now and it is =
ept in good repair so it is warm
nd dry as well as clean. His stock
e well cared for and in good condi-
on.
T. c. Thompson lives on the old
,mestead taken in the early days
Will Hamer, Of Woodville. He
ID u acres of land that is very
vel, but the soil is a little sticky
d car not be worked early in the
ring. He has a well 1872 feet deep
d has been pumping with a wind
III, but there are so many trees
ound that it prevents the mill do
g good work. He has done away
tn the windmill and Installed a
mp and electric motor.
Christian Thomson. of Shetley ia