The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-08-03

about two and q half miles north
west of Rockford. There are 100
acres in 1t and about fifty-five acres
of 1t In crops. He has thirty-fve
acres of grain, five acres of corn,
twelve acres of hay. They are biuld-
ing up little dairy herd on the
farm. They have well and wind
mill and have a water right in the
Highline Ditch company, but 1t did
not suit the management to extend
the West Side Irrigation district far
enough down to include their farm
and they have difficulty about their
irrigation system. They may aban-
don or sell their water rights and
drill wells and use pumps for irriga-
ton, or they may conduct water
down to the farm in a canal and
pump it for the high ground.
w. j. Spencer located northwest
of Rockford few years ago and has
had difficulties about his water
right, first acquiring a water right
in the Highline and then being left
out of the West Side Irrigation dis
trict and he is puzzled to know what
to do for water for irrigation. His
brother, Jack Spencer, has land
there and is in the same predica-
ment.
Thomas Hull made an investment
in some land there in 1917, spent
considerable money for improve
ments, sold out and moved to Bur-
ley. The people who bought his
land have not been successful in
getting water nor doing anything
profitable in farming.
Charles Moon bought part Of the
Hull land on the installment plan
and is now working for wages to
make living for his family, who
are staying on the place. He has
been at Weiser most of last summer
and this year and is undecided what
he will do about the installments on
his land.
G. M. Jensen lives west of Rock
ford and has ten acres of potatoes,
ten acres Of grain, twenty acres of
hay.
Mr.. Parker lives west of Rockford
on an irrigated farm that formerly
belonged to Mr.. McCarty. He has
fifteen acres of potatoes, fifteen
acres of grain, eight or ten acres of
HAY. They have strawberries, rasp-
berries, currants, rhubarb, tomatoes,
sweet corn, cababge, celery, peas,
lettuce and other things in the
garden. they have raspberries and
rhubarb to spare for neighbors who
want to get a start. They had new
potatoes on July 5 and report con-
siderable success in raising chickens.
Mrs. Parker has knitting machine
and knits good wooden socks which
she sells at 81 pair.
]. T. Jensen has about twenty
acres of potatoes, ten acres of beets,
twelve acres of hay and twenty acres
of grain.
s.. J. Faulconer has $50 acres of
land, 1875 acres under irrigation
from the American Falls canal and
the Peoples canal. There is good
stone house on the place with full
basement and other good improve
ments. When Mr.. Faulconer bought
the place he paid about what the i'm
provements were worth and got the
land thrown in. Now he is having
some difficulties over water rights
and finds it quite difficult situation
to adjust. He has twelve acres Of
potatoes, seventy-five acres Of hay,
forty-five acres of grain and has
Fordson tractor that he has used for
his blowing. He considers it a great
advantage to have the tractor be-
cause he can do it SO much more
rapidly and get the crops put in
while the ground is moist and in
suitable condition for starting the
seed.
Roy Dance has 100 acres of land,
but there is eighty acres Of waste
and only forty acres of farming
land, unless he installs a pumping