Jerome County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1919-1920, 1919-04-17
ME.IdO ONE
Dear Mr.. Walker:

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Having noticed with interest your
"Salutatory" and the way you drii
ed into Jerome, and became busi-
ness member OF the North Side
Tract, / have decided 10 send YOU a
word OF welcome. and also one OF
special congratulation, because you
have settled in the best coming spot
In Idaho. and probably in the whole
Northwest ! have been identified
with the North Side Tract since the
9Th OF October 1907. the opening
day, and even nine days before that
great day ! was q member OF the
community and walked hundreds OF
miles around the Jerome townsite
looking and spotting locations When
Mr.. Rice drew number one / was
greatly surprised because really
thought fate would land that mum
ber In my hat but instead cam"
out 1892 Then thought all the
good pieces OF lana had been filed
on, and vas discouraged. but
Hasting and Hale. who were look
ing after my location. insisted that
| could still be located Oh an invit-
ing spot. and they furnished me a
bucking horse one morning before
day break to ride six miles north
and one and a half east. and told
me to look on the left for choice
spot. | was there looking when the
sun came over and kissed the sage
brush Then | decided to 20 back
to Jerome and east my lot with the
project, and filed on l20 acres
and had just a few dollars LEFT.
That afternoon walked out to Sho-
shone, twenty miles, and arrived
there at l2.l5 p. IN, and got out
side OF big becfsteak Since then
] have been trying to understand the
North Side Trcct. | have done As
much OF what | thought best as !
could, and today | h9ve gone through
the whole thing. and control 100
acres whore ! nled. and have the
whole thing under cultivation and
rented for 1919 To f.. Il. Scott and
Son, as good formers as We have
on the North side tract. and that
corner will be a sample of what the
North Side can do for any one who
comes and will stick to the propo-
sition. All is safe now. both the
Company and the settlers for the
project is developed until it is {
good commercial proposition. and
all the settlers and the Company
have to do is to agree on what is
due each and settle their differences
and all work together. ard go or
to greater success.
Just a word as to difficulties w'
have passed through to show tho
snags you do not have to meet il
operation: ! was back the first time
after walking out to Shoshone OF
across the sage brush to my hold
ings. and not sage brush had fall
en- since 1907. and | again took
prospective look at the proposition
Fred Wyckom wanted to buy m'
out but | concluded to 70 on will
the thing to the limit of NY ability
had just $3.50 then to my crcdi
and that was in my pocket. and
bought load of lumber to build
house The carpenter cost m
$500 per day, and It took him fou
days to do what q common ma
ought to do in two. and there WA
watching my house and my $40
and the money went fast and tn
house slowly | bought a grubbin
hoe, and sailed into the 12O acre
of brush. and knocked out abot
forty acres in less than sixty daI'
and had bit broke and got read
for proof
let Tom Brock have the clearo
forty for nothing In 1915 to kee
that part of my new contract and b