American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1917-10-26


age of 10 pounds Of butter per week
during the winter months and the
revenue received from this source
mounts to a tidy sum-. Mr.. Talon
states that COWS require very little
care and that a good COW will always
be a money maker on any ranch. A
FLOCK OF about 20 pure bred Rhode
Island Red chickens give plenty Of
eggs for the household and the sur
plus is put up for use in the winter
when the hens are not so Industrious.
While at the ranch Of the pioneer
settler Of ArbOn valley, David j.. Bow
en-, the Pilgrim was informed By the
owner that he was considering the re-
moval Of the old log cabin which was
his first home in the valley. Mr.. Bow
eli however. was besought to- let the
pioneer cabin remain on its original
site as u of the historical cabins Of
this section of the state, and the Pill
grim hopes that his plea Will be
needed. II is true, the relic Of pioneer
days is in need of repairs to a slight
extent but that can easily be remedied.
II has stood up there at the foot Of
the mountain since 1893 and surely is
entitled to its reward of being classed
among the historical structures of the
Gem state. having witnessed the trans
formation OF a great domain of erst-
While sagebrush flats into numerous
productive farms. The tallest trees
in the valley have grown in front of it
from little sprigs and that row Of
splendid trees surely would be lone
some without the companion they
have guarded the past quarter century.
b other day the Pilgrim while
hiking through a gully up at the west
edge of Arbon valley encountered a
mule decorated by nature in fancy
style-being a sorrel with silver name
and tail, and an 'ornery'' eye. The
%critter stood squarely in the road. and
being fairly well acquainted with the
unreliableness of a mule running on
the range the lOng-eared animated
candystick was given the right of way.
The fool was hard TO please it seems.
for he came toward the hiker although
he had a whole field all to his own.
a barbed Wire fence has never been
considered much of a friend. but this
time it came in handy. and that long
cared descendant of the animal which
held a debate with Balaam looked
real disappointed-and then to pass
the time away began to kick holes into
the atmosphere. What a pleasant dis
position that mule must have,
Mrs. Ed. Snyder. residing on a ranch
two miles southwest of Arbon this
year had in an acre of as fine a gar
den rs may be found anywhere. but
The hail Of early Jul struck it a hard
blow. Still from 1900 cabbage plants
set out more than 500 heads were har-
vested. The plants were so badly
beaten down that ir seemed not a
single one could possibly survive.
Many other vegetables were complete
Is destroyed. but the potato patch
yielded enough to supply the house
hold during the ummer. Roasting
ears and matured corn for seed. tur-
nips. plenty of string beans and car
3 rots We're harvested. Mrs. Snyder has
lived on this ranch seventeen years
and this summers hail storm is the
second one in all this time 10 destroy
the garden of this farm.
". A. Kramer. who farms a quarter
section three miles south of Pauline.
has as fine q bunch of horses as are
/ seen on any farm. The total number
o. of horses on the ranch is u head. five
of them workhorses. Among the lat
ter are TWO brood mares-one a high
erade Percheron. the other a high
grade Clyde. The other horses in the
work bunch are all good stock and
four fine graded Percheron fllies are
as good specimens of this celebrated
strain as may be found in many days
travel. This rancher has a larger
2 number of horses on the place than
he needs and any rancher who wants
to acquire some good horses can do
2 we'll by communicating with W. A.
Kramer. Pauline.