The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-07-13

improvements. His house is 24x2S
feet in size with large porch, full
basement, and is we'll finished. He
has a 200 gallon tank IN the top Of
the building and Is going to drill a
we'll this fall. The spot he selected
for a building site, garden and
orchard, needs considerable grading
and he is going to try to get that
done at odd times during the sum-
mer and get it plowed, fortified and
pulverized this fall ready for spring
planting. He is intending to set out
whole line of the hardy fruits and
raise all kinds of fruits and vege-
tables and garden truck. He is
raising $50 ducks, some geese,
turkeys, chickens, rabbits and honey
bees.
Mr.. Hansen came here in 1915
with a span of horses and $50 and
now he has about $4,000 invested in
his land, live stock and implements.
He secured a $500 loan last fall to
help him in building his house. He
had the misfortune to lose a span
of horses this spring, by death.
Albert Carlson is an Indian who
has about sixty acres of land and is
raising forty acres of hay and ten
acres of grain.
Maggie Smart is an Indian, who
has a good sized farm lying west of
the Yellowstone highway and south
of the old Stevens ranch. We did
not learn the acreage, but consider
able of it is under cultivation.
A. Holden is white man leasing
some Indian and government land
ad has forteen acres Of potatoes, one
acre of sugar mangels, thirty acres
of hay, fifteen or twenty acres Of
grain. Mr.. Holden is very emphatic
in saying that one of the great
sources of loss and annoyance to the
farmer is the failure of the canal
companies to get water delivered
early enough in the spring to protect
their fruit, vegetables and garden
and to get the alfalfa watered early
enough to get a good crop the first
cutting. He places his loss at a
quarter of q ton an acre for lack OF
early irrigation.
]. B. Bradley has twenty acres
leased on the east side of the yell
lowstone highway about three miles
from Blackfoot and has three acres
of potatoes, four acres Of beets and
some hay and pasture. Mr.. Bradley
has half dozen good milk cows.
Mike Barclay has sixty-five acres
10 olfo1fo nm tho oocf o3do NJ the
Yellowstone highway.
Alex Watson is an Indian stock
man living a couple of miles east OF
the Yellowstone highway and has
$50 acres of land. He has twenty
five or thirty acres of hay, twenty
acres of wheat, sixty acres of oats
and some pasture.
Joseph Williams lives on the old
Hobbs place between Blackfoot and
Moreland and is raising fifteen acres
of potatoes, 100 acres of grain, If
teen acres of hay. Mr.. Williams
chopped up a lot tot trees into fire
wood last winter for summer use.
Thomas Clark has 100 acres north
of the Starkweather place and
eighty acres north of Moreland in
the lava beds. He has been in the
habit, of putting on about $1,000
worth of improvements year until
the last two or three years when he
found he could not keep 1t up.
About three years ago he built a
barn 62x96 feet in size that shelters
1875 tons of hay, 100 head of stock
and all his machinerys He has most
of his place fenced with woven wire
netting and he keeps some cattle,
horses, hogs and pultrty on the
place. Besides his own land he is
farming some belonging to Mrs.
Boone in the lava beds that lie north
of Moreland. His crops altogether
are about twenty-eight or thirty
acres of potatoes, ninety-five acres
of hay, fifty acres of grain and he
has about fifteen acres of pasture.
He has set some everbearing straw
berries and raises rhubarb, multi
plier onons, horse radish and var
ious other things. He has large
amount of horse radish on the place
and has roots to spare for people
who want to get start.
A. R. Woodward has what used to
be the Conklin place consisting OF
forty-four acres, which was the
original George Worden homestead.
Mr.. Woodward has eight or nine
acres of grain and about ten acres
of hay. He has some everbearing
strawberries, raspberries, rhubarb,
horse radish, tomatoes, sweet corn
and other things in the garden. He
bought the place n 1919 for $500
which is $23S per acre. 1t had fine
modern house with full basement,
Delco light and power system and
electric lights for both house, barn,
barnyard and potato cellar.
Orson Guest is leasing forty acres
belonging to Farley Williams and
has six acres of potatoes, twelve
acres of grain and the rest in hay.
He has some apples on the place, but
no other fruit. Mr.. Guest has been
leasing the place since the year
1904.