Lincoln County times., April 06, 1911, Image 1

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No. 5.
Vol. I.
JEROME, IDAHO, APRIL 6, 1911
$2.00 Per Year
THE FARMERS' INSTITUTE.
Three Sessions held Which Proved
Very Entertaining and Instructive
to Those Present.
Notwithstanding the rush of
Hspring work and other matters that
demanded the attention of our far- j
mers, a large number took advaut
age of the opportunity offered them
to listen to discussions
matters of vital importaneeto them,
on various
by gentlemen, who have had prac
tical experience in the various
branches of farm industry in this
section. As we predicted last week,
we believe that every farmer who
attended these sessions, feels amply
repaid for the time spent, as an ad
heretic«* to some of the advice given
them may be the means of saving
them many dollars the coming sea
Soll .
Not only was tin- male portion of!
the community represented, but a I
large number of ladies also attended
each session, and it is a pleasure to
see the ladies take an inter
est in this matter, as we feel the
wife should be given an equal
amount of credit for the successful
carrying out of any undertaking
her husband may assume.
The tirst session was held Thurs
day evening. Don II. Hark, irri
gation engineer of the E. S. depart -
ment of agriculture, spoke on the
"Duty of Water'' and la* was lis
tened to with profound interest
throughout.
Mr. Hark prefaced his address
with a few preliminary remarks
relative to his early experiences in
southern Idaho. Though his duties
take him over various irrigated
projects, lie considers the North
Side tract one of the liest proposi
tions he is familiar with. On the
question of water he lielieves this
section will have all the water their
rights call for, which is one second
foot for each SO acres, or to la
plain, one cubic foot of water llow
oi) your SO every second, which
gives you water enough to cover
your entire SO three feet deep dur
ing the irrigated season. He also
explained a simple method of meas
uring the water, but as Mr. Hark
has promised us an article on this
water question, we will not attempt
to illustrate it at the present time.
The speaker, though a young man,
is thoroughly enthused over his
work, and a short conversation with
him is sufficient to drive away any
semblenee of discouragement, if one
felt so inclined.
On Friday morning K. V. Filing
ton, of the dairy department of the
Idaho State College of Agriculture,
talked on dairying. He emphasized
the importance of dairying in this
country, where there is likely to lie
an abundance of cheap fe**«l. There
is no better method, he said, to con
vert this feed into a high-priced
product, than hy means of good
dairy cattle. In choosing a dairy
cow, one should look for a large
heart girth, big roomy barrel, well
hung pliable udder, and a promi
nent bright eye, which denotes good
The llol
nervous trinperament.
stein breeil was pronounotMl the
liest, where one has a large amount
of roughage to feed; the Jersey or
Guernsey where more concentrated
foods are fed. Mr. Ellington after
wards gave a demonstration in
judging cows and also one in
testing milk for butter fat with the
H.theoek machine, which test proved
very interesting to thosa present
who hail never witnessed a test of
this kind.
In the afternoon Prof. Farrell
lecture«! on "Grasses for Pasture."
He strongly urged the sowing of a
mixture of several different kinds
of grasses, and fully explained the
advantages to he derived from dif
forent eomhinations of seeds, lie
also pointed out the .advantage of
having the ground well prepared in
order to obtain a good stand, and
advocated the division of the pas
ture into two or more parts, to avoid
allowing the stock to trample upon
recently irrigated ground.
At the close of each of the lec
turcs questions touching upon the
subject were invited, which also
proved instructive, and much valu
jinformation was elicit«*«!.
It is these heart to heart talks
among the farmers that leads to the
untangling of many little difficul
ties that confront them, as they re
solve themselves into a sort of an
exiM-rienee meeting, where one far
mer profits by the experience of his
neighbor.
Prof. Farrell has promised faith
fully that a two weeks school of in
struction will be held in Jerome
next winter.
NORTH SIDE MELONS.
A i.urge Acreage Contracted And
Successful Results Anticipated.
It will evidently I«* fully demoii
strated this season as
to whether
watermelons and «*anti lopes can la*
grown successfully on tin* North!
side or not. However the cnnfi
deuce our people have in the pr
jeet is evidenced by the fact that
about SO acres has lieen pledged,
and the s«*etls are on the way.
The few melons that were grown
on the tract last season proves! of a
very excellent quality, and were
considered superior to those grown
in the famous Rocky FonJ district,
and from «'orresismdenee which we
have lieen at liberty to examine, we
feel that the melon growers here
will lind a ready market, not only
in this section, hut aiming the lovers
of delicious melons in the east.
.
That the reputation of these mel
ons may lieeome known through
out the country, great «-are will lie
exeereised in grading them for mar
ket, and no culls or inferior fruit
will lie allowed to go out. This
fact might as well he known to tin
grower lieforc even the planting is
done, as the melons will he
inspeet«-d when gathered and great
care exercised in packing the same,
so that when a ease is marked "No.
1." the purchaser can rely on the
contents being up to tin- standard.
An experience«! melon inspector
will be employed, and bis word re
garding grade will be law from
which there w ill he no appeal. It
is only in this manner that our pro
duct w ill become known, and be
sought after in future years, as the
brand on the ease will lie evidence
closely
of exactly what it contains.
Some of our farmers are fully
conversant with the raising of ean
tilop«*s, having followed the same
in Colorado, and the wise fellow is
he who will seek after and follow
the advice of those who know .
following farmers have contracted
for seed to plant the numlier of
acres opposite their names, and the
seeds are expected at any time, and
planting will begin about April lö ;
a a It. !.. Unir«.
■Ja T. !.. «iiilT,
M. A li»*lm«***.
rhftn. Mutai h*.
N T. Ad*ms.
Juki*
\v K. lvi«*r*on.
F. T. lllN*|NN
2 a s. Shociiimir.
;t a \\. I». Hlw,
K. A. <»Hkus.
W. T.
2a W t'. Kt>nu«>«ly, l
la li. A. JajrneH.
Frank N»*wi*ll,
Frank «iranslairy
John UIsImtk. 1 a
2 a J. W. Mrlmyiv. 2 a
1 a F. I.. Ih'stow.
la thM». HawNtkur. 2 a
2 a Jom. S» , hiu , «*lH*nc« , r. :i a
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J. A.WIm*.
F. A. Ilurt»linni.
Frank Martin.
W, S. Iz4*w ljt.
A. K. ()nul<1.
Thos Ja y cox.
N.J, HrUlmnan.
r. U Uny.
A. !.. H|H*Hkmaii,
Him», llogahliv.
Fnnl otto.
J. T. Graham.
Hurry llofTinan.
I. H. Fry.
Juiiicj* Krit'üoii,
I A. Miller
J. W <»Vonn»*U.
A. s. Herman.
K. N. Gn*mr.
F. J. limit.
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The sturdiness and «*ou(id«*uee
enjoyed by the settlers in this sec
tion was fully demonstratol last
week, when an offer was made for
a piece of land held by a settler,
who like some others had seen noth
ing hut expense piling up, at a
price which would net him a good
protit on his investment, hut who
promptly turned down the offer, as
he pris I lets in another year his land
will double in value,
many others on
same opinion.
There are
the tract of the
Carter II. Harrison was elected
of Chicago Tuestlay by a
mayor
majority of alwiut I'tJXH) over bis
opponent Chas. K. Merrimun.
a sure: north side: booster
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The alM.ve illustration protrays a scene at the Chi -ago b n. f I! >1 >t. K. Mnellii
il|»ni the eve <•! his departure fur "MlewiM" a description of « hieh was given in
these columns a couple of weeks ago, anil w here he is now snugly quartered,
little wagon with its lettering has lieen a familiar
eago home for some time past..
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sight in the vicinity of hi« Chi
Looks Like a Settlement.
The settlers ami all others interested !
rressoi the North Side tract
in tin- prog
will lie pleased to learn that negotiations I
now (lending will proliuhly result in an!
amicable settlement of the
differences
ls*iw l'eu the Company and the settlers.
Attorney .less Hawley, alter a lew
wenks of laissions work among the set
lU-rs, has linally sui-ee<shsl in adjusting
the claims on what lie considers
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the board of direetnrs of the Tw in Falls
North .Side Canal I sers Ass'n and repre
sentatives of ilu- Twin Falls I gm- 1 ami
equitable basis. A eonfereinv Ik-uv
at lilierty to give
gone oxer hy
Water Co. was held at lloise last week,
and while we are not
the full details of the meeting,
ground was thoroughly
I lot h sidi-s and it is felt that niueli good
was aeeonqilislitsl.
■xeculive lioard held
here
the
The
another
Tuesday alternoon. at
which time questions (K-rtaining to this
settlement xxere fm-ly discussed, and
from a iiumiiIkt of the hoard vve
meeting
learn
laVnrahle tor a
that matters look very
sjieisly adjustment of the differences,
and we trust to U- able next week to an
lioiniee the liHal result ot these negotia
thuis.
Neighborhood Notes.
The National Wi
-I t irower, a monthly
appearam-e at
ma^a/im* to (ht* mlnvsls « .t du*
sluvp ntfii, \\j> ma*K* itr*
t io«»«linu.
Work lias Ih*oii «•« •iiiiiiciuhnI «»ii a now
dt*jH»i at Ih ilrirli. which promis«^ to In*
one of the U*st on the 1 1. s !.. w»*sl ot
Pocatello.
•evident
lie derivi-d
dairy
xxeek many ol
Farmers on the South Side an
ly cognizant of the profits to
from the dairy, as at a sale of
cows held at Filer last
them sold at upwards of shut.
Anon! si\ tlnmsaml amv «»i what--is
roueeiled to Is- the liest land now held hy
,(
will Ik- sold at
the stale of Idaho, in the m-igldM>rln
of Hurley and Rupert,
public auction at Hurley, on April '.'1st.
The Shoshone Bottling Works is a new
enterprise for the County Seat andopcmsl
last wis'k with many orders ahead.
Well, as we all have to drink something
la-sides Snake river water, the success of
the enterprise is assured.
The Huld I lerald reports an inerease-l
demand lor Alfalfa, and the price lias
advance si to ÿti.iii (ht ton.
maud lias been brought about through
the efforts of ihc Farmers' fnioii Trail
ing Co., which is evidence again of the
advantage of farmer's organizations.
This
de
Dow ii <>ll the Salmon Rivi-r tract (he
Prolix-live Association have sent a pro
lest to t iov Haw ley against the issuing
company
* their protest
of notices hy the irrigation
that the water would Ik- turned
on this spring. They hast
ll|Hin several grounds, and especially the|
clause regarding the rotation of water.
The fanners of Southern Idaho are
turning their attention to tin- dairy bus
iness. Then- is no snn-r road to hide
(M-ndenee and wealth on the farm than
hy the dairy route. Two en-ameri.-s are
aln-ady starting in I.im-olu county, one
at tiiHHling and oncat Rupert. Coiieert
ihI efforts should Ik- put forth hy thei
farmers and business men of each pmjeet
to introduce dairy stiH-k into each com
immity. The pms(K-rity of tlie fanners
means tlie sueei-ss of every line of hnsi
ness. -Shoshone .loiirn.il.
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The (Jreat Shoshone and Twin Calls
MEANS MUCH.
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Water Power Co. Likely to
Have Opposition.
j Columns could is
; „„liarnessed water power in close pmx
imily to the towns on the North Sch
| tract, and it i« no idle dream to atlMei
! ,(„. ,(„„. in the
written about the
nn distant future
j when nineh -if this now wasted |
will Is- driv mg the wheels nt industry,
( ull ,| il,*.,, railroads will Ik
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j s-rut-s1
( by electricity, generalist from thissotiree.
{ .Inst How active work is Is-ing pushed
-in theerection of a lo.noo horse (Miner
p( a m on the Malad river, in the vicinity
of Ifliss, tlie terminus of the Rii|iert-Hliss
eut-otT ot the I tregoii Short Line, ami the
liazette of that place states that a "large
force has lieen at Work for some lime on
- t |„.
limne from the head works of the 1
j King Hill system to the site of the gen- j
erallon plant.
Everything is in readi
ness to push the work to the utmost
, «hen the weather breaks.
ami it is e.\
(„-eted that the plant xxill In- in readiness
to generate (stiver hy .lime 1st.
company's main transmission line to the
the I'.nmean
The
ill run
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(' ivw has !*•» -ii ai work i«»r smuiu* tinu*
I« H*atiii^r thi> lint* and material is imw
arriving for the line."
Mr. I, !.. Lund, who is constructing
associated w it 1 1 the
(leaver River Power Co, and the Tellur
d»is )h»\\«t plant is
j itJi* win* aiv the lai>ri*si |H»w»*r pr«»
| thitvrs in tin* west, and it i> their intoii
lion to run their transmission lines t«•
the various towns atljoininv: and Mr.
I.uiiti intonns us that it will in* the de
i s ' n 'hie Company to xvk Irain hises
holh ia -ItTnnu* and Wendell, lor the
I formatting <>f eleelrieity lor light, heal
1 ""<1 P'*wer pur|«ises.
Tin* |H»wvr piioraUtl irmii tin* Niagara
lalls has Ikvii iicraMt*«! hiMa«lt a ant. hut.
llu ' >*'tal is insignificant compared with
j the electric power tliat is available iti
'his section, and now that capital is be
coming interestisi in this rapidly grow -
ing(sirtion of southern Idaho, it «ill not
!«■ lofig Ih-|oiv nmnnfaetuivrs will s-h' the
ailvantap* «»I tin* i lu*ap pt»wt*r and U
siH*kiiii 2 l«H'ati«»ns ainoii^ ns.
xml ot' tin* new
The ad
*•« 'ii t pan \
roni)M*tition in a lirld that has I'
w
•|H*n up
i*n UM
i'xriiisivriy hy 1 1 u* yreat Shoslmni 1 and
Twin Falls I'o., an«l any pvi*rtnn*s they
may inaki* should U*si'rionsly consi«lt*ns|.
It Surprised Him.
Mr. las- Hlodget, of Nyssa Ore., was
in town last Salnrday. and was U-iug!
' "'eftained hy \\ . A. Heiss, the two
having Ikx-ii warm friends hack in
Mr. Hlodget, in company with
[ several other influential citizens of Nyssa |
have lieen on a tour* of ins|nvtion of
1 several Carey art projects, and his opin
Illi
'" ll thislract was glowingly expressed,
" hen advistsl as to the average priei- ot
j land here, he was much surprised, as. |
he staled, that nothing could Ik- had in
his section for less than «loo to s-.-oii (h-i
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>l "" " 1 1,1 hm .
\ Slate ins|NVtor has Imk-ii hen- the I
| past vvix-k closely scrutinizing tin- nursery
stock that is iK-iug shipped in. Idaho |
[ has very stringent laws n-ganling fruit !
| tn-es shi|<|Ksl into it« borders from other
As has Ikk-ii n-|K-alisl many times
states.
Nibley-Channel L'br Co.
One of the old land marks on the tract, still
continue to handle all kinds of
BUILDING MATERIAL
Lumber, Sash, Doors, Cement, Roofing, Etc.
SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO MILL.WORK
Would be pleased to give you estimates on
courteous treatment at all limes.
your materials and assure you
A Car Load of Fence Posts Just Received
And
none better on the Tract.- Come in and see them
V. K. SKADDEN, M'gr,
Jerome, Idaho
Farmers and Merchants State Bank
JEROME, IDAHO
Established January 2nd, 1909
R. S. FRAZER, President.
P. R. KARTZKE, Vice-Prest.
W. L. HUYETTE, Cashier.
C. F. MASSEY, Ass't Cashier.
DIRECTORS
1!. S. Fltv/n:. I'rest. Frazcr-Moore Hardware Co.
W. A. Ilias«, 1'rest. Hurkhead-Heiss Realty Cn.
K. C. Mim.kxh.wk, Adjuster Farmers Mutual Fire Ins. Cn.
P. I!. K vktzki;. Brest. .lernine Cnm-rete and Hriek C-p.
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l i n S iixiiaiiaa.iai. Farmer.
Rvu-n Mo.no:, S«s n-tary Frawr-Mo.ire Hardware Co.
A. T. Kki x»a:. Ihm tor Twin Falls North Side Canal fsers Ass'n.
notice:
Tie above named Bank should be loyally supported by (he residents of the
North Side tract, because of the fact that the money invested in the Capital
Stock of this concern is owned by the residents of the tract. They are always
ready and willing to deal fairly with the fanner, the business man, the mer
chant and the individual, so long as you present them any business proposition
that is consistent with safety.
Shoes! Shoes! Shoes!
\\ e have just received a new stock of the celebrated Brown line
Buster Brown for Boys and Girls
The Best School Shoe on the Market
Tlie Newest Cut Oxfords.
Best $3.50 Mens' Shoe in Town
See it. Buy now before sizes are broken.
Richmond Merchantile Co.
Dry Goods, Shoes and Groceries
Satisfaction or money hack
rSjames Summers
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Repairing a Specialty
Jkiiomk, Idaho.
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C. A. Favzwt. Viiv Pivs.
St. Joseph. Mo.
R vn-ii Mooifi:, Ss y A Tn-as.
R. S. Fltvzrif. Pres.
Frazer-Moore Comp'y
DFAI.F.RS IN
Hardware, Barbed and Smooth W ire,
Hog Fencing, Poultry Netting, Guns, Ammunition, Harness, Bug
gies, Wagons, Stoves,
Shelf and Heavy Hardware of all Kinds
WE MAKE THE PRICE
IDAHO
JEROME