The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-12-10
NEW SETTLERS
ENTHUSIASTIC
a.. AS BOOSTERS
Nebraska Man Says His For
mer Neighbors Are Coming
Out to Make New Homes in
" this District


Theodore Petersen and family
and his brother, Louis, are clearing
a 45-acre tract they recently pur-
| chased on the Highlands. They
have built a temporary house and
VIII spend the winter getting their
tract ready for spring planting. The
Petersens came TO Kennewick from
Bemedji. MINI. a,unVs
Are your winters all as mild as
this one" Petersen asked. "When
we left Minnesota a month ago &c
was cold, snow was blowing and it
was generally miserable. This coun-
try is going to suit us fine. Irri-
cation is. not entirely new TO us,
either, Tor we lived in an irrigated
section in Idaho. Probably our
first crops will be sugar beets and
tomatoes-perhaps a patch OF spuds,
too" Mr.. Petersen said.
Mr.. Petersen has three children,
one in the local grade school, one in
high school and one who is taking
nurses training course in the ia
nous Mayo Bros. hospital In Ro-
chester, Mimi.
The Petersens have a slightly To-
cation for a farm and with their
previous experience should soon be-
come numbered among the sue
cessful farmers in the district.
Makes Record
No one can convince j. q. Crock
ford that this country can't produce
an abundance Of most any kind OF
crop. Mr.. Crockford spent the past
summer on q rented place on the
Highlands and made q real record.
Last summer from q patch OF
about a fifth Of an acre he delivered
$500 pounds of tomatoes. From his
total he was locked just ii pounds
for cullage. From six hills Of water
melons-one vine to the hill, he
picked q truckload of melon. These
instances, he thinks, indicate what
can be done In this country.
The Crockfords came from the
drouth area in Nebraska, the town
OF Plainview. He says he's seen the
wind blow here, but people In this
section really know but little about
dust storms. Experience in the So
called dust bowl" is required TO
have q complete understanding OF
what dust storm really is.
MIR. Crockford bought eight acres
OF land on the Highlands and has
two other tracts rented for the COM
ing season, a ten and fiye-acre
tract belonging to r. l.. Nelson. He
brought with him some cattle corn
seed which he tried out locally last
summer. He says ne thinks he can
produce a crop Of corn that VIII
surpass anything that has been
/, raised locally todate. One OF the
ears he has saved for seed meas
ured IL inches long.
Mrs. Crockford is nursing broken
arm which she received In an auto
accident down In Oregon q couple
of weeks ago. She mentioned the
fact that five generations OF the
Crockford family were living, the
youngest a girl now eight years old.
Like Winter
In the valley, one of the happiest
of the new families is r. Andres,
who recently purchased ten-acre
tract. With his wife and four big
sons, Mr.. Andres recently moved
into the house which he is fixing
up for his permanent home. New
plaster. painting and other repair
work will make this one Of the finer
farm homes in the district. New
furniture and electrical equipment
are adding to the family's comfort.
The Andres family also came
from Minnesota and they were glad
to leave the bleak winters for the
better climate of this section. They
have had considerable experience
with sugar beet growing and Will
probably have some acreage In that
crop this coming season.
Buys More
j. H. Birdwell, who lives on the
bank of the Columbia river, is go
ing in for cows and asparagus. He
has q twenty-acre tract which he
purchased last spring and has re-
Gently purchased another forty
nearSy. He, too came from the
drought country and thinks this
section should again be profitable
district for the farmer. Mr.. Bird
well has three daughters.
Becomes Booster
"The boys back in the country I
came from, around Chappell, Me-
braska, Clipped in a pot and sent
me out last spring to scout around
for a new location. travelled" b.
L. Slocum told a local reporter,
Through Texas, California, Oregon
and Idaho. After seeing everything
they had to offer, / came back
here and purchased this place" Mr..
Slocum said.
He was just moving his family into
the old Jesse Reed place down in
Section Nine. He has two sons, the
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