Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-02-04
RUTLAND. situated in the
heart Of the famous Payctte
valley, is one OF the most beau
tiful garden spots In the Pa

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tiful garden spots In the Pa
cific northwest. True to it's
name, 1t is the land of delicious fruits.
Not only does fruit grow here to per-
lection, but farm and garden products
of all kinds known to the northwest
grow in abundance. This was well
demonstrated in 1916. when this val
ley, together with others In southern
Idaho. suffered fruit failure. Land
owners here turned their attention to
other products when 1t became evident
last May that there would be no fruit
crop. Splendid results were obtained
as will be shown farther along in this
article. That this Is true may be seen
in the statement of the Fruitland State
bank. In spite Of the fruit failure the
deposits Of this bank in 1915 were
equal to 1915, when there was big
crop Of fruit.
HIGH TYPE OF CITIZENSHIP.
The people Of the Fruitland dis
trict are Of the highest type Of citi-
zenship. This is evidenced by the
splendid public school system main
tanned here. There are two schools in
the district. The one at Eruitland has
corps OF Is teachers, and the other
one has two teachers. The school at
tendance is approximately 500. The
Fruitland school maintains six rural
wagons that bring the children from
the outlying sections to school every
morning and return the children to
their homes after school. Each of
these wagons carry an average OF 80
children.
Good churches. good stores, good
roads, good transportation facilities
and beautiful homes are some of the.
features of this portion OF the great
Payette bench.
HIGHEST RECORD DAIRY COW.
II. r. Boomer is one of Fruitland's
farmers. or rather dairymen. who has
brought distinction to this section of
the state. Mr.. Boomer has a herd of
60 purebred Holsteins. Among them
are some OF the greatest Hostens I'm
the west. SegIus Walker Pietertze Lad
is the herd head. He was the grand
champion at the Gem State fair at
Boise two years in succession. His
mother is backed by five generation
world record.
Dairy Pioneer Clyde, eight years old
Is one of Boomers great cows. She
holds the highest record in the state.
This record Is 80 pounds of. butter in
a test OF seven days. and 1913 pounds
of butter in a test of 80 days. The
biggest flow Of milk in one day was ITO
pounds.
Another great COW in this herd Is
Belle Segius Hope, three years old. She
has a 25-pound two-year- old twin sis
ter. Belle Segius Hope has not been
tested, but she Is a good 30-pound
prospect, having 3O-pound dam and
a 31-pound dams dam.
GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP SWINE.
The j. NJ. Royston estate has brought
fame to the Payette bench as a first
class swine growing country. The
Roystons are among the greatest Po-
land China breeders in the west. Their
place Is known as the Fruitland Stock
Farm. There they now have 106 head
of purebred Poland Chinas. Superba
Junior Is one OF the herd heads. He
is two years old and weighs go pounds.
He is n son of the grand champion
ship hog at the worlds fair at San
Francisco.
Sammie 10 another Of Royston's great
boars. He is IS months old and weighs
600 pounds. In the class Of under a
year old, Sammie won the champion
ship at the Malheur county fair at On
tario, at the Idaho State fair at Cald-
well. and at the Gem State fair at
Boise. In the class bred by exhibitor.
Sammie won the grand championship
at the Gem State fair at Boise last
year.
The Roystons last fall shipped In
three a nh,.nc ka