The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-07-06

| opens and the water 1OWS, the air
pressure keeps up the supply. He
bought the outfit of Fairbank Morse
& Co., Salt Lake City. ,A
There is a very interesting dog at
the Mackie place known as Skid. He
is very intelligent and seems to
understand just about all the con-
versation of the family. Skid has
great sport catching the ground
squirrels and he uses unusual
tactics in doing this. Skid knows
the geographical location of most of
the squirrel holes in the locality and
his method of catching the squirrels
is to go out and slip up to the squir-
rel's hole so that the squirrel will
think he has a fighting chance to
get to it and then Skid picks him up
as he makes a dive for the place.
The squirrels in the locality know
Skid pretty we'll and when they see
him coming they try to beat him to
their respective homes. Skid has
studied up very interesting tactics
for getting to the holes without the
squirrels seeing him. There are OBJ
structions that he sneaks up under
cover Of, pounces at the home of the
squirrel and when the squirrel dis
covers him, tries to see if he can get
to the hole, Skid gives him fighting
chance and then picks him up.
Larson and sons live on what was
first known as the Shoemaker ranch
and later the York ranch. 1t has
313 acres according to the deed, but
339 according to the survey. They
have seventy-nine acres of potatoes
planted, nine acres of beets were
put in, but tn ground crusted and
they did not get good stand, fifty
acres of wheat, thirteen acres of
oats and the rest in hay and pasture,
Some of their hay land consists of
timothy, blue grass and alfalfa.
They were raising Duroc Jersey hogs
but Poland China male came along
and crossed the breeds and now they
have lot of grades. From three
sows the saved twenty-eight pigs.
They feed about fifty cattle in the
winter time and some sheep. They
ar raising bantam corn in the gar
den and have plenty Of horse radish
to give other people start.
J. P. Jensen has 100 acres and is
raising ten or twelve acres Of pota-
toes, and some hay and grain. They
have horse radish, sweet corn and
multiplier onions. ~.
j. w. Detton lives west of Presto
on a farm belonging to Chris
Peterson. Mr.. Detton lived at River
side and came from Chesterfield be-
fore coming there. He has twnty-
five or thirty acres of potatoes,
about twenty-five of grain and thirty
of hay In his garden and orchard
he has plenty of apples, plums, horse
radish, rhubarb, sweet corn, goose
berries and currants.
w. D. Higley has about thirty
acres of potatoes, twenty-five OF
grain, thirty-five of hay. He has
gooseberries, everbearing strawber-
ries, rhubarb, horse radish and
multiplier onions.
Fyold Womack is leasing part
of Mr.. Higley's farm and has thirty
acres of potatoes, this plot being the
same mentioned in Mr.. Higley's re-
port above.
V. G. Wadsworth is leasing 100
acres of the Frank Just place and is
raising forty-fve acres of potatoes.
four of beets, fifteen of hay
and fifteen of peas for Rogers
Brothers of Idaho Falls, he has
strawberries, raspberries, rhubarb,
asparagus and tomatoes.
The Presto Valley
The valley of the Blackfoot river
south of Presto has number of
ranches belonging to early settlers.
The Shoemakers, the Burrels, the
Justs and others.
John Jorgensen has sixty-six acres
that he is leasing Of Mrs. Patterson
who lives in Shelley. He has thirty
acres Of potatoes, one and half of
mangels, thirty of wheat, ten of
oats. He is leasing sixteen acres of
Mrs. Emma Just and has one acre of
field peas for fattening hogs. He is
raising quarter Of an acre of
onions, has strawberries, raspberries
and planted considerable early
garden truck, but it has not done
we'll because there was not water in
the canal early enough for it.
Mrs. Emma Just, widow Of Nels
Just, has about 400 acres of land
and is raising thirty acres of grain
and some hay. One of her renters
has fifteen acres of potatoes. They
have some strawberries and sweet
corn, but are not raising much
garden truck this year. They say
that the dry farms around them
have fed up and multiplied the
ground squirrels and the squirrels
have closed in on them and made it
harder for them to raise garden
truck.
H. X. Williams has 480 acres of
land and has a lease Of 100 acres on
the reservation on the south side Of
the Blackfoot river. He has 100
acres Of grazing land on the reser-
walton. He is raising seventy-fve