The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1922-08-17

ed to gather them up and give up
the job. While he was engaged In
gathering up the traps a stranger
rode across the country and said 1t
was great sport to chase the coyotes
witiIs,a horse. He said man could
riHnsthemsdown and pick them up or
kill them any way he wanted to.
He took his horse and went out and
put in a full day chasing coyotes
but did not get any, but he found
it very interesting sport. He could
not keep within sight of the coyotes
because there were SO many places
for them to dodge out of sight, so
he had to resort to following the
tracks on a trot or gallop, accord
ing to how fast he could trail them.
The first day, about the time he got
coyote nearly run down, they
played a trick on him and substi-
tuted a fresh coyote and let the tired
one rest. He did not discover just
when or how the trick was turned,
but he did not get any coyotes that
day. The next day he went at 1t
again and his horse helped him some
in the trailing. When the trail
turned the horse could see it before
he could and would turn according
to the way the trail did. That day
he ran down and killed four coy
otes. The pelts and bounties brought
in about $40. Encouraged by that
days catch, he kept on until he and
the other fellows in the neighbor-
hood who Joined in the work had
cleaned up about 200 coyotes. When
the snow was soft they could run a
coyote down in one or two hours,
but when it was not soft, but crusted
enough that the coyote could run on
top and the horse would break thru,
the coyotes got their. freedom and
the hunter had to give 1t up. The
favorite means adopted for killing
coyote when they overlook him
was for the rider to jump off and
run up and catch him by the tail,
throw him down, place his foot on
the coyotes neck, then take hold of
his nose, kink his neck and strangle
him. This killed him rather quickly
and did not injure the pelt. When
q coyote was run down by long
chase, he would run until he was
entirely exhausted and would some
times lie down and sulk, but II the
chase was short and sharp he might
be overtaken and be out of breath
and temporarily exhausted, but II
given q few moments time to get
his breath and his strength he would
put up q vigorous fight.
The w. H. Scott farm northeast
Of Pingree is now being operated by
a Japanese named T. Tachihaski.
He is raising thirty-nine acres of
potatoes, fhirty-eight acres of grain,
twenty acres of hay, fifteen acres Of
beets and has storage for part of his
| potatoes. si
D. M Paeker has two acres of
potatoes and storage tor all Of them.
He has sixty acres of grain, fifty
acres of hay. He is on the ]. R.
Stocking place.
Luther H. Day has 100 acres and
is raising fifteen acres OF potatoes
and some hay and grain. He IL
operating his fathers place of 160
acres and his own place of 100 acres
We did not get the rest of the facts
about his acreage.
H. G. Springstum lives on the
west side Of the Aberdeen-Spring-
field canal northeast of Pingree and
is raising twenty acres of grain, fiji
teen acres of hay, twenty acres OF
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ruined it.
r. Johanson lives north of Pin
| gree and is raising some potatoes,
hay and grain. He has been there
three years.
Edward Dockery has three acres
of potatoes and a little hay and
grain.
Thomas Hall lives west of Rock
ford and has thirteen acres of pota-
toes, some wheat and hay, but we
did not learn the exact amount.
G.. s. Anderson traded a place at
Groveland for one southwest OF
Rockford and has eight acres of po-
tatoes, twenty acres Of grain, twenty
acres of hay, eight acres Of rbeets
He has some storage facilities.
Everett Hines has two acres OF
potatoes, forty-five acres of hay. He
has been on his place eight years
and operated it first as a dry farm
and then extended the Rockford ca
nal to his place and now irrigates 1t.
He has quite herd Of cattle on the
place but is thinking seriously OF
selling part of the farm and farm
ing more intensively on the smaller
acreage.