The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1921-07-01
THE MOWER SINGS
IN LOWER PRESTO
Farmers Are Busy Harvesting Bump
er Crop of Hay-0ther Lower
Presto News.

From near and Tar, now high now
low, now faint now rising to cres-
endo. the mower sings from morn till
eve, and the smell of curing hay is
in the air. Scan the sky with care
and read If you can whether there
is promise of rain, in the meantime
keep on the Jump and make hay while
the sun shines. Hay, hay, hay, ev
pairing to get busy. The housewife
worries over the meals for the extra
hands and the farmer worries about
the weather. One is certain it is go
ing to rain and the other is equally
certain it is not, yet the mowers
clack and the hay continues to fall
while the men work and growl at
the heat.
Rafe Larsen, of Goshen, was a
caller at the Berk Larsen ranch on
Monday.
Peter Bartausky made a business
trip to Blackfoot on Thursday.
j. A. Vaughn's men have been
busy the last few days putting in
concrete dividing gates in the bitches
on the Peter Bartausky ranch, where
the two carry their water through
the asme bitches.
Stella Kalferd visited with Olive
Jensen on Sunday.
Peter Fraile was a caller at the
Gordon Vaughn home on Wednes-
day.
Mrs. M. A. Jensen and Mrs. Will
lam Mackie were in Firth shopping
on Monday, and made a call at the
G. o. Jensen home on their way
home.
A. E. Mafm, of Wapello, passed
through Presto on Monday, on his
way to the hills after a derrick pole.
Mr.. Malm brought one out the latter
part of last week, but says he had
no more than arrived home with it
when he sold it, so that he had to
make another trip after another be-
fore he could begin his haying
Peter and Frank Kalferd were at
the Peter Fraile ranch on Monday,
aiding Mr.. Fratle make some bitches
to his grain.
J. A. Vaughn, OF Blackfoot, was a
caller at the M. A. Jensen ranch on
Tuesday.
Mrs. w. e. Hall made a trip to
Firth on Thursday, taking her daugh-
ter, Miss Leona, to the train.
M. A. Jensen and family made a
trip to the Arley BeaAey ranch in
the hills on Wednesday. Mr.. Jensen
returned with q load of dry quaking
aspen on Thursday, while Mrs. Jen-
ssen and the children will remain for
a week visiting the Beaaleys.
George Wilson. of Pocatello, drove
his car to the w. e. Hall ranch and
visited there Sunday.
Fred Stutznegger Is suffering with
blood poisoning in one hand and
arm. He has been thinning his
beets and in some way must have
gotten an Infection in one of his fore
fingers, which had been sore for
some time, most likely from the
weeds, the infection spreading to the
rest of his hand and arm.
Josie Kalferd visited with Mary
Pratt on Sunday.
Joseph Pratt returned from the
hills with load Of wood Wednesday.
Aaron Smith was caller at the
Vaughn and w. e. Hall homes on
Wednesday. Mr.. Smith had horse
fall on him some time ago and spent
several weeks in hospital in Idaho
Falls. When he had recovered suffi-
ciently to be about again, he was
taken down with spotted fever and
spent several weeks in the hospital
at Blackfoot, and is just getting
about again.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Phillips spent
Thursday hunting horses and mules
that had strayed away. Some of
them were finally located down near
the David Johnson ranch, but the
rest had strayed in some other direc-
tion
Frank Pratt and family were visi-
tors at the w. E. Hall ranch on Sun
day.
w. E. Hall was out Sunday look
ing for help in hds haying, which he
will begin on Monday, the 9th.
While out riding about he called at
the John Thompson and George Dunn
ranches in Wicks, and at the Jacob
Stutznegger and G. o. Jensen homes. !
Mr.. Hall says that he will have a |
good crop of hay, although the weevil
is troubling some.
Eugene Wernette and family and |
his father and mother, of Firth. mo- {,
tored through on their way TO Black |
foot, where they attended church on |
Sunday.
Most all the grain in this neigh |
borhood is beginning to head out. |
and to all appearances, is going to |