The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1920-09-04
AMERICAN RIDGE
FARMS FREAK WELL
LARGE FIELD OF CORN LOOKS
WELL-BIG YIELD OF WHEAT
-KENDRICK VISITORS.
(Kendrick Gazette.)

There is a freak well on the B. K.
Calison farm on American ridge that
has caused much interest in years
gone by 1t was bored about II years
ago and is $50 feet deep. 1t is located
near the house, which is on the high
est point of American ridge. Just be-
fore a storm the well will begin to
suck air. A handful of chaff thrown
over the mouth of the well will be
drawn down Immediately. AS the
storm approaches the we'll begins to
blow the air out and during severe
storm the rush of air can be heard
fifty yards away
One day during heavy rain storm
some boys made willow whistles and
held over the well. Mr.. Callison said
the well was blowing hard enough to
bow the whistles.
The first of the week the weather
was looking rather gloomy for those
who had their wheat in the shock.
Some had expressed it as their opin-
ion that we were in for a weeks rain.
Ben Callison made light of these prop
hesies He said the well was perfect
ly quiet so there was no chance for
a rain in the near future. His pre-
diction, or rather, that of the well,
was carried OUT as CH6 DeduIlluu
weather following testified.
A well similar to this one was
bored near Kansas City few days
ago and the Kansas City papers de-
voted considerable space to it.
Mr. Callison thinks the well is an
ideal barometer. During the IL years
since it was bored it has always had
the weather doped out right. 1t is
also the source of an apparently un-
limited water supply. A twelve-foot
steel windmill pumping all day will
not pump it dry.
Big Wheat Yield
Wade Keen believes the Jenkins
Club wheat raised on his place by
the Benscoter boys, has established a
record for this locality this season
The field consisted of 81 acres The
drill measure gave rs acres but Mr..
Keen said he knew there were 81
acres all told. From this land 2l60
sacks of wheat were threshed. The
wheat averaged 130 pounds to the
sack, warehouseweights. =
H. T. Huffman has probably the
largest field of corn in the Potlatch
,ountry-about fifty acres. 1t looks
very good from town and will no
1oubt prove to be profitable crop
his year. Heavy yields of corn are
almost invariably secured on the
oench farms tributary to Kendrick.
The average one year with another
would make splendid showing in a
rop report.
Tommy Grice of Portland, who for
nerly lived in Kendrick until about
hree years ago, visited friends here
thursday He has grown so that few
f his old friends knew him. He is on
is vacation and has a position with
rug store in Portland. His father,
Inner Grice, who was manager of the
.endrick Roller Mills for several
ears, is still living in Portland and
as position there as book-keeper
Or a large transfer company. Harry
, doing electrical work in garage
t Astoria. Mrs. Howard Fenton and
hildren are living with Mrs Fenton's
arents at Portland The Grice fam
y are fine people and their friends
ere will be interested to hear of
1em.
While the rain the first of the week
elayed the threshing several days,
did no damage whatever to the
rain. The beautiful weather follow
lg is everything that could be de-
red. Thershing is now going ahead
Ill blast and will soon be finished
xcept in the higher country, where
le season is later.
The Kendrick Furniture Company
aipped carload of tables to the
Tashington State College, Thursday.
he shipment was composed of 120
lbles for the domestic science depart
ent of the College. They were made
the shop of the Kendrick Furniture