The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-12-04
REV. CLIFFORD RE-
TURNS FROM IDAHO
Minot Pastor Met Many Former
Min0ters-Still Boosters for Old
Home Town.

IF Emmett had half the boosters
that Minot has, this would be a great
placeA1 That was the remark Of,
Mrs. Fred Covert the evening that
DR.. c. L. Clifford was the guest for
dinner at their home Mrs. Covert
will be remembered as Miss Nina
DELL For eight years she was Com
mercial teacher in the Minot high
school, having organized the depart
ment, and brot the first typewriter
into the school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Covert are now COM
fortably situated in Emmett, Idaho,
where they take an active interest in
community life. Mr.. Covert holds
a responsible position with the Boise
Payette lumber company, which EN-
ploys 400 people in the Emmett mills.
Mrs. Covert feels that. the Minot
people were very kind to her, and to
her mother who is still with her. She
mentioned several families - Truax,
Colcord, Tompkins, Scofield, Will
man, Campbell, Erickson, Perkett,
Rush, Thompson, Reed, Ellison, John
son, Wilson, Aurland, Mansfield, Hun
ter, Olson and Moon and showed the
visitor the baby picture Of Henry Slo-
cum in the Searchlight-which was
secured when he refused to have lat
er picture taken.
Mr.. Clifford was well pleased with
the conditions in Southern Idaho, and
believes it will continue to have rapid
development. The climate is of very
even temperature, seldom dropping
below zero The three weeks spent
there were days of sunshine, freezing
slightly at night but thawing every
day. The land under cultivation is
irrigated, immense irrigation projects
have redeemed thousands of acres.
Little drops of water,
On little grains Of sand,
Make mighty difference
In the price of land"-in Idaho.
Land under water is now selling
for from $4,000 to 100000 per acre.
And they get the crops, in grains, al
falfa, clover, MELONS, and in many
kinds Of fruit peaches, pears, april
cots, prunes, and especially fine ap-
pies. The apple crop was unusually
good this year. The crop on one for
ty acre orchard sold for $26,000.00 on
the trees. And they are of splendid
quality. Mrs. Covert exhibited one
apple which measured twelve inches
in circumference, and told of one
which was half inch larger which
they had carved up for a family meal.
The herding and grazing interests
are also extensive. There are flocks
Of sheep owned by the larger sheep
men ranging from twenty to sixty
thousand. Andrew Little who is known
as the sheep king of Idaho, and whom
Mr.. Clifford met, sold this years wool
crop for $3OO,OOOOO.
Mr.. Clifford went to Idaho as Re-
gional Director in the drive for $780,
100000 to build boys dormitory for
the Methodist College at Gooding.
This college is 100 miles from any
other school with college aspirations,
and with only one other in radius
of $50 miles. The state university is
by railroad about 400 miles distant
The fact that it was outgrown the
third year that it was opened, is sug-
gestive of the large place it is destin-
ed to take in development Of capable
Christian leadership for the great
west. Mr.. Clifford's work involved
extensive travelling over the section
Of the state south from Boise, and
along the valley of the Snake River
So that he was able to study condi-