The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-05-28

south of Blackfoot and Is farming
about 100 acres of land. He has a
new Buick car, a canopy top wagon,
sulky pillow, fresno scraper, mower,
binder, grind stone, Jackson fork,
derrick, %cultivator, lister, and a ma
chine shed and all his tools in 1t.
Everything about the place is very
neat and clean and possesses an air
of prosperity.
T. L. Lavatta is a neighbor to Mr..
Diggie and is farming 115 acres OF
land. He has 80 acres of grain, 30
acres of hay and 5 acres of beets.
T. J. Burns is a white man leas-
ing so acres. He has for neighbors,
Mr.. Diggie, Mr.. Lavatta and other
Indians. Mr.. Burns has 81 head of
cattle, 6 horses and colts, 80 acres of
hay, IL acres of grain, 5 of beets and,
z of potatoes.
E. F. Ziegler and w. C. Roy are
leasing 100 acres of land to the
southwark from MI. Lavatta and Mr..
Diggie. They raise wheat, oats, beets
hay and potatoes as well as some
livestock. Some of their cattle are
i'm the hills and at the time OF our
visit they had So fine Duroc-Jersey
hogs almost fat enough for market.
This is their fifth year on the lease
and they freely admit that they have
made a bunch of money. They have
a grazing lease of $500 acres on the
Portneuf. mr
Orlan W., Lawrence and Nephi
Clark are three white boys leasing
Indian land south of town. They
have IA acres of which as acres has
been seeded to wheat and alfalfa and
20 acres has been seeded to oats.
They began leasing a year ago and
during that time have built a house
and stable.
Andrew Hansen has a lease of 80
acres and his sons have some land
near his. They all work together
in their farming operations.
Jimmie Sequitse has four boys and
two girls and besides having his farm
to care for he has so head of cattle,
5 work horses, 5 saddle horses, 3
hogs, SO chickens. 6 sheep and some
ducks and geese. Mr.. Sequitse has
20 acres of alfalfa and Is acres OF
wheat. When we visited his place
they we're engaged in shearing the
sheep.
Morgan & Barclay have a lease of
100 acres about three miles south OF
town. They are not poor men and
are probably farming the place for
profit. The place is nearly all in
crop and the farming operations are
being carried on by A. G. Ellsworth
and sons.
Ed Grant is an Indian and has go
acres of land which is seeded mostly
to grain and alfalfa. He does not
read but appears to be succeeding as
a business farmer.
George, Nankjaw has a boy and a
girl who are attending the Indian
school, but he does not read.
Isaac Sandy is a married man and
has a boy and girl both in school. Mr.,
Sandy is an Indian and he is leasing
100 acres of his land to Morgan &
Barclay.
Austin brothers have 100 acres
planted to spring grain about four
miles south of Blackfoot. These
men have good positions with the
U%tah-Idaho Sugar company and they
are operating stock and STOCK
ranches in various parts of the coun-
try and the fact that they IRE operat,
ing leases on Indian land suggests
that they must be engaged in it fol
profit. They hire all the work done
lR. A. Betty is clearing some LAND
for them with a 20 horse power e n
CINE operated by gasoline. Mr.. Bet
1ty stated that during the past two
wears he has cleared and plowed zoe
acres of wild land besides operating
a threshing machine in season. He
has a camp wagon with a house bull'
on it somewhat on the plan OF the
ordinary sheep camp excepting much
wider and thus affording more room
Mr.. Betty has a triangular sage
grubber that cuts a 16 foot swath
The grubber is pulled with the en-,
CINE He has a blacksmith outfit
attached to the spring wagon and he
can do considerable blacksmithine
right on the job. Mrs. Betty had
tomatoes, cabbage and radishes
growing in boxes on the supply
wagon and where they go the garden
goes also. She is something of an
engineer herself and in her spare
hours she helps with the machine
Mr.. Betty built a rake for raking W
sage brush after it has been plowed
out and this is attached to the en-
CINE and about 5 acres per day can
be raked. Mr.. Betty drives the en-,
igine and Mrs. Betty sits on the ma.
chine and jerks a cord at Intervals
in order that the rake will dump
1.-The brush into windrows. When Mr.
Betty is operating with the pillow and
sage grubber he puts it on high gear
and goes about rs fast as a horse
can trot. He is about ready to make
la new contract for clearing and
blowing land and persons writing
him should address him at Fort Hall
Idaho.
Emerson Sandy Is an Indian who
has a very nice home. He is raising
.|some horses, cattle and hogs. He
has good furniture in the home anC
while the youngest child was encasee
Ia L. ocnanoo hoard tho older cir