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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-07-13
HOMESTEADS CAN BE HAD

The editor of The Republican has
examined some of the lands adver-
tised by George H. Webb in this issue
and recommends them to the consid-
Grafton of persons wanting dry farms.
The opportunity for securing these
lands will soon pass. Homeseekers
have already taken thousands Of
acres of less desirable lands in the
county lying farther from town, and
would undoubtedly have taken these
If they had known about them.
The locator, Mr.. Webb, earns the
location fee when he searches out
the good lands, marks the lines and
takes the homeseeker to several OF
the best ones so he can make his
choice. These are probably the best
free lands left in Bingham county.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-07-13

season. This kept the ground from
drying out and he has been plowine
it at his leisure. His soil plows read
lily and turns up mellow while thai
in adjoining fields, that was not disc
ed, is hard and dry. He has 10C
acres of wheat and is summer fallow.
ing 100 acres.
John Gertzen has a wooden wind
mill built somewhat on the plan OF
the old wind mills of Holland. He
uses it to operate feed grinder in
his granary. Mr.. Gertzen has a well
on his place and a cistern. A wind
mill is used to lift the water into the
cistern and smaller pump for lift
ing the water by hand from the cist-
ern.
Peter Toevs has been on his land
8 years and remarked to us that it
was on his wife's suggestion that he
has attempted dry farming with no
capital to speak of. He came to the
place with $3.50 and no teams. or i'm
lplements. He would not have had
the courage to undertake it if his
wife had not urged him to try. He
felt that he needed $1,000 to buy
lumber, horses and tools to start
with, but he started out with his
$3.50 and feels that he has met with
unusual success Mr.. Toevs is Ger
man but came to America from Rus
man colonies that went to Russia to
accept some of the cars land on
condition that they would live among
the Russian people and help to civil
lie them. He says the way it works
out is that the Germans form set
Element Of their own, have their own
government, pay tribute to the car
have nothing to do with the Russians
around them, and the car and his
government pay no attention to the
Germans so long as the tribute is
Forthcoming. Mr.. Toeves reports hav-
ing IS acres of winter wheat, IS
of barley. There is tract of land
on the southwest of him, at the di-
rection from which the prevailing
winds blow, and it produces thistles
and mustard which blow over onto
his farm. He applied to the state
land board for some sort of relief
and suggested to them that he would
buy it if they would sell it at what
that particular tract seemed to be
worth, or he would lease it and pillow
up the weeds this summer and farm
it next year and in that way make
it worth more to the state and make
it less damage to the community. He
explained the situation in a letter to
Governor Alexander and the governor
replied that he would lay the matter
before the state land board. Mr..
Toevs bought 40 acres of land last
year at $27 per acre. 1t was not
fenced and had no water right or
other improvements. Mr.. Toevs had
a good supply of farming implements
and takes good care of them. He
says he repairs everything as soon as
it needs it and his implements last
very much longer by reason of the
care he gives them Mr.. Toeves does
not claim much, if any, credit for
his success but is grateful to the
friends, neighbors and business men
he has dealt with and to his wife.
He has simply gone along doing the
best he could and would not have
been willing to have made the adj
venture at all without the encour-
agement of Others
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-07-13

John J. Wiens lives southwest of
Aberdeen and has 80 acres of winter
wheat, 40 Of spring wheat and / acre
of barley.
a5a Abraham Schulz lives miles west
of the Mennonite church at Aberdeen
and is leasing the Charlie Muecke
place. His we'll is 315 feet deep and
he does the pumping with wind
mill He reports 1870 acres of wheat
and 20 acres of oats.
S. B. Dalton lives miles west and
/ mile south of the Mennonite
church. He has been on the place 6
years and reports 100 acres of winter
wheat and 80 acres of barley. He
has we'll $40 feet deep and uses a
12-foot wind MILL Mr.. Dalton came
from Illinois 6 years ago with capt.
tai of $50. He now has a dry farm
in pretty good condition, plenty Of
farm implements, 10 horses, colts and
mules, and says that but for the rab-
bits and gophers he would have been
pretty well situated. He has a two
year-old mule that weighs about 100
pounds.
John Ruff reports having ITO acres
of wheat and is summer following
about 100 acres.
E. M. Frank has been on his dry
farm 6 years and reports 100 or ITO
acres of wheat, Is of oats and is
summer following 100 acres.
Peter Schneider lives 2 miles west
and II miles south of the Mennonite
church. He has no we'll but has two
storage cisterns that hold 10 tanks
and 20 tanks respectively. He is just
finishing the second one. Mr.
Schneider has fine Jersey cow and
three good hogs. He dug up 30
trees that grew wild along the ditch
banks in the Aberdeen section and
set them on the dry farm. He also
bought $12 worth of fruit trees, but
lost a good many during the hard
winter. In 1916 he fought the must
ard on his farm by pulling up what
grew in his fields but he is swamped
with it now because it blows in from
adjoining farms. He has 100 acres
of wheat and is summer following rs
or 80 acres.
Gust Roth has been on his dry
farm three years. He has 40 acres
of wheat and is summer following
100 acres. He came from the state
of Washington.
Wendalline Miller lives Is miles
southwest of Aberdeen and reports
having $50 acres of winter wheat,
100 acres of spring wheat and is
summer following 200 acres. He has
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-07-13

prevent loss of heads at threshing
time, shocks are made no larger than
necessary Zone forkfuD. To prevent
extra handling, clover seed is ordi-
narily threshed from the shock, ex-
cept when it is impossible to get
thresher before the snow flies, or
when a grower is unable to secure
careful help at threshing time to haul
in the shocks.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-07-13

~ fruit trees on his place and large
tract of garden with a good variety
of vegetables growing in it.
George Roth has 155 acres oil
winter wheat and is summer fallow.
ing 155 acres. He came from the
state of Washington to American
Falls and from there to this place
years ago.
Gust Gehring took. up a dry farm
southwest of Aberdeen years ago
He reports having 125 acres of winter
wheat, so acres of spring wheat an6
is summer following $50 acres. He
expects to build a stone chicken
house and stone addition to his
dwelling for a kitchen. II he had
a good crop he will build barn Is
by SO feet, for storing hay and q
barn for the horses at the side, this
to be 20 by SO feet. Mr.. Gehrine
was just married a few months ago
A Mr.. Ort has a nice farm in the
cove by the lava beds, in section G
south, range 20 east. He has good
buildings on the place and some good
looking stock. There was no one at
home when the writer called.
Sam Gromley reports 1870 acres of
wheat and is summer following 100
acres.
8 Jacob Hawks lives II miles south
west of Aberdeen and is drilling a
we'll on his place. At last reports
the hole was 230 feet deep. He says
he does not think anything but
winter wheat will be profitable crop
in his section. In 1913 he raised an
average of 80 bushels per acre. He
thinks alfalfa seed would grow but
that it would have to be cultivated
extensively to keep the mustard and
thistles from choking it out
Hugo Rast has been on his dry
farm Z years and reports 200 acres
of wheat and is summer following
200 acres. He came from North Da-
kota.
.Adolph Winter settler on a dry
farm about Is miles southwest of
several years ago, and
built a modern house, then he pro-
ceeded to drill for water and when
the hole was $50 feet deep they lost
their tools and had to start new
one. When the second hole was
down to depth of $50 feet they lost
another set of tools and had to start
again. They kept two 6-horse teams
hauling water to supply the drill.
The distance to water varied from 4
to IA miles. After drilling years
and 10 months and while they were
on the fifth hole they struck water
at depth of sol feet. They had en-
water at depth of about
400 feet but lost it all in the other
crevices. The cost of the last hole
was $1,227.50 and an equal amount
for the pump and pumping plant;
the total cost of the 5 holes was
$4,000. When he was ready to let
the contract for the last hole he re-
ceived bids varying from So to SIS
q foot for the first 400 feet and SO
cents per foot extra for every 100
additional feet. Mr.. Winter said he
would have given up the job and left
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-07-13
WHOSE HORSE IS THIS?

One brown gelding weighs about
500; has a small stripe in forehead;
branded on the left hip with
character like a figure with bar
on the right, age unknown, has sad
die marks. Was left at my place
~ miles northwest Of Blackfoot.
owner please prove property and pay
feed bill and advertising. Marcus
Blenkle, Blackfoot. adv, 50tf
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-07-13
Butter
Wrapper
Facts

Butter wrappers are made in
as many qualities as ginghams,
from an Al article to inferior
wrappers not worthy Of the
name.
The best grade is of natural
color, while inferior grades con-
tain artificial coloring to make
them marketable, but coloring
is harmful to the butter and it's
appearance on the market.
Inferior wrappers are often
porous and afford but little pro-
lection to the butter-lack of
raw materials has make this
feature most prominent lately
foreign substance embodied
in the paper is the cause.
Some manufacturers have tried
to overcome weak spots in the
paper by increasing the weight,
making cumbersome wrapper,
others have reduced the weight
to make these flaws less notice
able.
A poor butter wrapper absorbs
the butter fat and spoils the
appearance of the butter on
the market.
When The Idaho Republican
buyer selected butter wrappers
for our customers he closed his
eyes to price but opened them
wide to GU Y-quality
was what he was first sure of,
but by buying in large guam
titles and insuring a supply for
years ahead we are now able
to sell our customers the very
best butter wrappers made
with no advance in price over
inferior wrappers.
Some of our customers have
tried other butter wrappers
once, but they tell us "once
was enough"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-07-13

price for this years seed crop. Pests
are not as serious this year as last.
Only few aphis have been reported
SO far and the grasshoppers. the first
brood of which Is just coming In, are
not appearing in such great numbers.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-07-13
THE CUB SAYS

Large Number Acres Being Summer
FallOwed in Dry Farm Section;
Trouble Drilling Deep Wells; Fight
ON Mustard Difficult on Account of
Vavant Tracts: Some Think Dry
Farm Land Will Raise Sugar Beet
Seed and Peas,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-07-13

70 fruit trees on his place and large
tract of garden with a good variety
of vegetables growing in it.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-05-11
CHAPTER FEELS
FORCEOF WAR
IOWA WESLEYAN FRATERNITY is
LOSING MANY MEN THROUGH
ENLiSTMENTS.

Mt. Pleasant May S-If the present
rate of enlistment among the members
Of the Iowa Wesleyan chapter of the
Phi Delta Theta fraternity continues,
their house at Main and Henry streets
here. may be closed before the official
end Of the school year. June 8.
The war has come home to the chap
ter and most of its members are en-
rolling themselves for some kind Of
service in defense Of their country.
Harry Morrow of Douds. ]. R. Ross
of Lockport. ILL.,, Hervey Morris of Mt.
Pleasant and Walter Duke Of Provost,
Alberta, Canada, have applied for
service in the yeoman branch of the
navy. The first two are officers in their
fraternity.
Herbert N. Jeffrey and Baron D. Crane
are to 60 to Fl. Smelling and Carl D
Whitney to FIT. Sheridan for training
in the officers reserve corps. Earl Van.
degriff, now at Harvard, has applied
for chaplainship with an eastern regi-
ment, De Witt Sewers of Creston Is a
sergeant in that city's company and
Orval Dean of Mt. Pleasant has applied
for the reserve corps at FIT Smelling.
Dwight Tribby, freshman in the
chapter. has joined Company K. First
Iowa infantry and Walter Dean has ap-
piled as bugler with the same company,
Other members of the fraternity
have made application for the am
bulance corps. base hospital units and
cavalry troops.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-05-11
- -
BIRMINGHAM.

William and Caribelle Beardsley and
Nada Anderson visited over Sunday
with relatives at Kirkville.
Mrs. Bertha Hill and Mrs Oscar
Swanson of Libertyville spent Sunday
here assisting in the care of Mrs. Jes-
sic Hill.
Mrs. Kate Hiatt has returned from
Danville. Ia. where she has been visit
ing her daughter Mrs. Mabel Collins.
Claud Calhoun who Is attending bus
mess college at Waterloo came home
Sunday for a weeks visit with his par
ents Mr.. and Mrs. o. S. Calhoun.
Corporal Ora Williams of Company
NJ now stationed at Ottumwa, was at
home on twertyfour hours furlough
one day last week.
Mr. Myers who is working with
Odell Teeters at carpenter work went
to Davenport last Thursday to visit
his family. He will move here in short
time.
Harry Bradford and wife went to Of
tumwa Friday to visit their parents in
that city. returning home Monday.
Mrs. Floyd Goodman of Fairfield Wis
tied here last week at the J. W. Good
man home. Mr.. Goodman came and
spent Sunday here with his parents.
both he and his wife returning home
Monday morning
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-05-11
BELNAP.

H. L. Bachman. long time resident
of Soap Creek township, passed away
May 3 at his home. from cancer.
He was one Of the leading citizens of
this community. A large crowd was
present for the last sad rites. Mr..
Bachman was lover Of music and
generously gave his aid where it was
needed He leaves a wife, two sons.
two daughters and three grandchildren
to mourn his departure.
An attempt was made last Sunday to
burn the public school building. The
work appeared to be that of an am
ateur. There are no clues as to the
perpetrator. And no one seems to be
abe to assign a cause for the act.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. D. Dunn spent Sun
day at West Grove at the G. C. Gleason
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Rominger- Of
Floris. spent Saturday at the c. G..
Myers and j. c. Rominger homes.
H. C. Bell has been very i'll with the
but is improving some
Mrs. ]. r. Kruson OF Muscatine is
the guest Of her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
J. NJ. Eberline.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-05-11
LAD NEARLY BROWNS
WHEN ROPE BREAKS

Gravity. May 9.-Warren Berry old.
est son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Berry,
who live near here recently missed
little of drowning. He attends school
in town and he, with number Of
schoolmates, went to the creek at the
noon hour to play on rope swing
that is fastened so one can swing from
one bank to the other. While Warren
was swinging he lost his hold on the
rope and fell into the creek. The re-
cent rains caused the creek to be very
near full and he could not swim. He
went under several times but padded
enough to keep from drowning until
he lodged on wire fence some dis
lance below the swing. Lorell Perry
crawled out on the fence and by hold
ing to the wires was able to pull War
rem ashore. He was practically uncon-
scious and was takn to Dr. Reeds i'm
mediately for treatment
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-05-11
WAR STRIKES HOME
AT GRINNELL COLLEGE

Grnnell May 9.-From present in
dications the different branches of the
national service will claim from one.
third to one-half of the present male
enrolment of Grinnell college. About
fifty men have already answered the
call and it estimated that by June over
one hundred Of them will be with the
colors or doing duty on farms. /.
About twenty-five OF these men
have put in their applications for the
officers reserve training camp which
will be held at Fort Smelling and the
majority OF them have passed the phys
ical examination given at Des Moines.
Those who do not take the entrance
to this first camp expect to make try
for the next camp, which will be held
in the early fall or enlist in some
other branch OF the service.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-05-11
BRITAIN MAY CLOSE
HALF IRELAND'S BARS

London, May g. Joseph Devlin, ma
tionalist member Of parliament from
Belfast, on behalf Of Irish interests,
has offered the government half the
public houses in Ireland for 100000
pounds sterling. The offer would mean
the closing Of between 1000 and 5000
and is favorably consid-
cred by Chief Secretary Duke, who
will consult the government.
The administration Is said to be
ready to adopt state purchase of the
liquor interests in Ireland but Is unde.
cided in regard to the rest Of the king
dom.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-05-11
CITY TO STAND STILL
AS RED CROSS GAINS

Chicago May 9. -"Red Cross mo-
ment" is to interrupt the business of
Chicago Friday afternoon and force up
on all residents the question: Have
you done your part in aiding the Red
Cross campaign for 100000 new mem
bers?"
At 2:30 o'clock street cars and ele.
waited trains will stop. Crossing pc.
licemen will halt other traffic. Wits.
ties will blow. bells ring and for one
minute all business will suspend The
first figures of the campaign will be
made public.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-05-11
NO MORE FLAGS ON
SILK .HANDkERCHIEFS

Des Moines, May 8.-Patriotic per.
sons who would carry silk handker-
chief with an embroidered flag in one
corner will have to forego the pleasure.
C. A. Robbins, assistant attorney
general, has interpreted the new law
on flag dissertation to read that the
flag must not be exhibited on merchan.
disc. A dry goods merchant in the state
sent him a silk handkerchief sample
and asked If it was within the law"
It was not.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-05-11
STORE COAL AT cREsToN.

Creston, May 9-The Burlington rail-
road is laying plans for possible coal
famine and will store 10000 tons Of
soft coal on the land which the rail-
road owns at the east end Of Montgom-
cry street. A spur has been laid and
already some twelve or fifteen car
loads of coal have been piled on the
baseball diamond. The officials have
notified the management of the base
ball club of Creston that the grand
stand must be moved from the lot One
hundred and twenty thousand tons of
coal mean approximately $500 car
loads.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-05-11
TRAIN WOMEN
FOR WAR WORK
STATE UNIVERSITY WILL OFFER
RED CROSS COURSES DUR
ING SUMMER.

Iowa City. May S.-Here is the
chance for Iowa girls to prepare to do
their bit in the war.
To train women for effective Red
Cross service work the University of
Iowa will give a special eight weeks
course. beginning June 10 and ending
Aug II.
The purpose will not be to train Red
Cross nurses. 1t will be rather to train
workers for capable home service
making COMFORTS for soldiers at the
front, care Of the poor, relief work
among persons left dependent by the
departure of soldiers, and other kinds
of community welfare work made
necessary by the war.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-05-11
STUDENT AVIATOR
AND TEACHER DIE

Newport News, Va, May 9. Victor
Carlstrom, aviator instructor at the At
lantic coast aerronautical station here
and Carey B. Eppes, of Newport News.
an army student aviator. were almos.
instantly killed today when their ma
chine collapsed at an altitude of about
$500 feet.
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In MelnOriam
Henry kratzer McVey,


Henry Kratzer McVey was born No
vember 10, 1s47 in Vermillion county
ILL.,. near Danville, and died at Floris
Iowa. April q. 1917.
When Henry Kratzer was two years
Old his parents moved to Wapello
county. On August IS. 1863, he an
swered his countrys call. enlisting in
Co. l., Eighth Iowa cavalry. He was
mustered out of the service on August
10. 1865, lacking five days Of two
years service. He returned to Wap.
clio county, remaining until the
autumn of 1865. when he went to
Marion county, Ind.
Here he was united in marriage to
Carolina Griffith on October 7, 1868.
To this union were born five children,
four sons and one daughter, all living
with the exception of one son, who
died at the age of six years.
He remained in Indiana until Febru.
airy. 1885, when he, wife and four chill
dren, returned to Iowa, locating in
Davis county at Floris, where he re-
sided until his death.
Fifty-two years prior to his death, he
with his company were on the march
to Macon, Ga They had crossed the
Chattahoochie river. reaching their
destination April q, the same date as
his death. While crossing the river
they met the white flag announcing the
surrender of Lee and the death Of Lin
coin.
He was converted at the age of nine
teen, uniting with the NJ. E. church at
the home of his grandfather. The fam
lily resided upon the grandfather's
farm for many years afterward.
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon. April 90, at the home, con-
Quoted by Rev. A. Nimblack. Con
tributed.
Mrs. !. II. Crowe!I.
Maude Rosetta, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. R. Vancleve, was born Janu-
airy 81. 1881, at Christiansburg. She
was married to Ed Gruwell in 1896.
To this union was born one son, Or.
vile, who now resides in Ottumwa
She was later married to Joyce Crow
ell Of Iowa City, June Z. 1913, and lived
in that place until death called her
April %, 1917 She passed away fol-
lowing an operation at the University
hospital in Iowa City: All that science
and loving hands could do was done
but to no avail Her death came as
shock to her many friends and loved
ones, for although her illness was a
long one. her death came suddenly. We
feel that now she rests in peace and
that our loss was her gain. She was
a devoted mother. loving wife, sister
and daughter. She bore her long i'll
ness with Christian fortitude, and fac
ed the grim reaper with confidence
coming from an mistaken faith in her
Makers promises. Her last words
were: 81 am going home to Jesus"
He who doeth all things well saw fit
to transport his rose to bloom in the
infinite meadows of heaven.
Funeral services were held at her
late home, Monday, April 30. The re-
mains were placed in the Oakland GEM
etery at Iowa City. Besides her hus-
band she leaves to mourn their loss.
her parents, her son, two sisters and
one brother all of Ottumya.-Contrib.
uted
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-05-11
U-BOAT FOES
NO DREAMERS
THIS Is DANIELS CONFIDENT
VIEW AFTER CONFERENCE
ON INVENTIONS.

Washington, D. c.. May 9. That
American inventive genius will find a
solution of the problem Of how to meet
the submarine menace was the hope
held out today by high naval officials
and members OF the navy consulting
board. They conferred last night at
Secretary Daniels home over expert.
ments with devices already tried out
and those in prospect.
Officials declined today to 60 into
details concerning the conference. 1t
became definitely known, however that
one result was the decision to have the
naval boards experts continue their
experiments with inventions designed
to combat the submarines.
Secretary Daniels in discussing the
work OF the board declared that its
members believed that they are on the
right road and are going to turn out
something worth while"
Their plans he added, ARE no
dream and are very important and far
reaching"