The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-08-10
THE CUB SAYS

Wilson Ellis is building a four
room house on his farm a mile
southeast of Keever. 1t is made of
cement blocks made on the ground
by Robert Parsons. Mr.. Ellis is
raising 10 acres of sugar beets and
some alfalfa.
G.. R. Leavitt lives at the point
of the lavas northwest of Keever,
(Moreland) and has IS acres of
wheat, 10 of oats, 7 of potatoes, 10
of beets and 80 of alfalfa. It is
an irrigated farm.
E. e. Page lives west Of the point
of the lavas and has So acres of
wheat, Of barley.
Michael Gansky has an irrigated
farm west of the lavas and has 80
acres of wheat, Is Of oats and 23
of barley.
Albert Appel has dry farm north
of the point of the lavas and has
been two years on the place. Mr..
Appel is Russian who moved to
Saskatchewan seven years ago, re-
manned there five years and then
came to Idaho. He speaks English
quite well and Is learning to read
English. He has 12h acres of
winter wheat that Is unusually good,
and some wheat and barley not SO
good.
David Schneider is farming dry
land several miles north of the point
of the lavas, and does considerable
breaking for other settlers. He
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but is considering the purchase of
a tractor. He has been on the place
two years and has "a acres of wheat.
Mrs. Schneider is Finlander and
tells some interesting things about
the tyranny of the czar in his treat
men of the Firms. She said that at
one time when an edict had been
made to suppress their language,
their schools and their religion,
delegation of 200 Films, her father
among them, made a trip to st.
Petersburg, (Petrograd) to plead
with Gear Nicholas to rescind the
order, and he refused to see them
at all. When Car Nicholas was de-
dethroned last March, Mrs. Schneider
heard the news with great deal
of satisfaction, and speaks of him
now as the king that was kicked
out. Mrs. Schneider is probably the
champion gardner of the desert, hay
ing one acre planted in a ravine
where it is protected from the cold
winds of spring and the drying winds
of summer. She keeps the tract we'll
hoed and has an abundance of peas,
lettuce, beets, onions, cabbage and
various other things.
Robert Bradley has a dry farm
and has been three years on the
place. He has 20 acres of spring
partial paralysis.
J. G. Garmire is in the railroad
service at Pocatello and his wife and
son on the dry farm just east of
the Prairie Gem school house. This
is their third year on the place and
they have 20 acres of wheat, and
David Schneider is doing some more
breaking for them. Mr.. Garmire is
planning to install we'll and pump
ing outfit, and water a small tract
from the we'll. He intends to plant
some trees and a tract of garden,
and war mthe well water in an open
reservoir before using 1t for irriga-
ton. They have been doing some
experimenting in small way with
sweet clover trees, known as the
alanthas. sometimes called the tree
to- heaven" Mr.. Galrmire lives half
a mile west of the what is known
as the "Couger Hole"
Albert Fassbender lives near the
Prairie Gem school house and has
40 acres of spring wheat.
H. Hartman has lost considerable
crop from the gophers and he has
kept persistently poisoning them. He
has quite tract of sugar beets and
turnips.
George H. Leobeck lives west of
the Prairie Gem and reports 80 acres ;
of wheat and has been breaking for
fall blowing.
G. S. Mayer has been three years
on his dry farm and hos lost con-
siderable crop from rabbits and 6
squirrels. He has we'll 219 feet 6
deep and As acres of grain. He has
three fine Percheron horses and five S
others. He lives just north of the t
several miles east of Taber. s
j. A. Stewart, A. F. Willecke and i
Hagan brothers each bought an In r
termountain Mogul tractor made by s
The International Harvester COM p
pany. The tractors cost them $3.50 v
each, and were not satisfactory, il
seeming to cut out with dust as they e
operated. c
Walter Hagan lives on the south
side of the railroad some miles east b
If Taber and northwest of Keever. g