The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-07-06
What the Farmers
Are Doing
Continued from page three

sister were left behind in Poland
near the Russian border when they
came to America in 1914 before the
war broke out and for several years
they did not hear from them. 1t
was their intention to have the
mother and sister follow as soon as
the others got located in America,
but due to the war they never did.
"A few months ago Mrs. Bartausky
got letter from her sister, who was
ten years old at the time she came
to America. The letter informs her
that their mother died last year and
her sister Domesica wants to come
to America. Arrangements have
been made for her to be admitted
to the United States and she will
come direct to Blackfoot and live
with her father and sister.
Joseph Ilerain is Spainiard liv-
ing on a place west of Presto that
was formerly owned by Mrs. Carson.
They do not like farming very well
and are planning to move back to
Park City, probably next fall.
e. Stoddard is living on place
west of Presto that formerly be-
longed to w. A. Beakley, but now
belongs to F.. A. Bell. They are
farming thirty or forty acres on the
George Bithel farm and have twenty
acres of potatoes and some hay.
They formerly lived at Shelley.
Jacob Stutsnegger has 100 acres
of land and is raising about twenty
acres of hay and some grain. His
land is in the sand hills.
D. B. Cody has 100 acres west of
Presto with about seventy acres of
farming land. He has eight acres of
potatoes, nine acres of grain, about
fifty acres of hay, some bantam corn,
horse radish, rhubarb, multiplier
onions and many other things. He
has recently fenced tract with
woven wire netting for the garden
Mr.. Cody says he has been annoyed
for long time with chickens in the
garden and this is the first time he
ever really got even with the fowls
He says that when the fence was
completed and they had to stay on
the outside looking in there was
much weeping and wailing and
MASKING of teeth among the poultry
John Stutsnegger bought seventy
acres of Mr.. Savage east of WapellC
in 1919 for $4,000, this being
$112.50 per acre. 1t had a new
house on and a very good stable
but not much other improvements
There are about fifty acres of good
farming land in the seventy, the rest
being sand hills. He is raising
twelve acres Of potatoes, four acres
of grain, twenty-five of hay ant
some apples.
William p. Hyde Jr. is on thu
Mayes place near Wapello, a place
that was purchased by Axel Carlson
couple of years ago and given up
did not get his acreage.
Walter Bithel has 100 acres cas-
of Wapello and has ten or twelve
acres of potatoes, eighteen acres o.
beets, twenty acres of grain, forty
or fifty acres of hay and has apples
rhubarb, raspberries, plums, lilacs
etc. He has some of these things tt
spart for people who want to get 9
start.
On the Reservation
The Blackfoot river is the bound
airy line between the reservation ani
the white mans land on the north
erly side of the reserve. The river
passes within about mile Of Black
foot. On the south side of thu
river opposite Blackfoot are some
Indian farms.
Eugene Diggie (Indian) has 14(
acres and has leased 100 acres tt
Ray Pepper. Ray has thirty acre
of potatoes, ten acres of grain
twelve acres of hay and some othe
crops. Ray is in partnership will
Roy Hone and Edd Pepper and the.
have thirty acres of potatoes, fiv'
of hay and nine acres of grain
Eugene Diggie has fourteen acres O
hay.
Peter Jim Qndian) has 100 acre
of land and has six acres of pota
toes, seventeen acres of grain
thirty-five acres of beets and SOM
apples.
John Nobla (Indian) has fort,
acres of hay and ten acres of grain
Willard Jones is a white man VIII
rents eighty acres for period o
three years and is raising Thirteen
acres of potatoes, fifty acres o
grain and some hay.
Jacob Flyg is white man VIII
bought forty acres last wear at $11
on acre. 1t is about two miles fror
town and had no buildings on an
he pays an annual water rental O
of $1.25 an acre.. Mr.. Flyg cam
from Shelley, having engaged in tn
blacksmith business there. He ha
built house and stable on tn
place, has fourteen acres of pots
toes, sixteen acres of wheat, 81
acres of hay and some pasture an
garden. They set 800 everbearin
strawberries, some rhubarb, hors
radish, raspberries and are raisin
$50 pigs.
Henry Fuch has 'for three year
been farming 100 acres of Ian
which he leased about three mile
from town. He has ten or eleve
acres of potatoes, twenty-six acre
of grain, sixty of hay, three acre
of beans. They are not intending
remain on the lease any longer an
do not know where they will locat
Mr.. and Mrs. Fuch have a lare
family of sons and daughters prett
we'll grown and have handled col
siderable land.