Lincoln County times., August 10, 1911, Image 1

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A Weekly Newepape
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to the Interests of the Settlors of the North Side Tract.
No. 23.
Vol. I
JEROME. IDAHO, AUGUST 10. 1911
$2.00 Per Year
H. J. LINKE
PLAMNU MILL
Store Fixture*
Store Fronts
Window Frames
Sickles (»round on Sliorl Notice
Mower
ALL Kisns OK MILL WolIK
\t Ostrunder Limitier Co. Yard
H. T. PUGH
MASON
S T O N e
Stone House« a Specially
\H Work Guaranteed Halisfuctory
Box 405.
Jerome, Idaho
LAND OWNERS!
Gehrmann Bros.
converting uiulevel
make a Misvittlly of
,1 ) u ii,l into Alfalfa Meadows or ( h
"Lids at moderate contract prices.
Jarome. Idaho.
Box 324
M. L. PARSONS
The House Builder
Jerome, Idaho
Ucsidcnce work a »[«« iahy. ( 'oiitract
i uif , maligning, Cabinet Work.
c. F. ANNETT
,|| STICK OK TIM I'K.Ai K.
Office at C. F. Annett A Son's
ItlM'A M 11 % I i
*,.OI H IUH« 1 At
BARCLAY 4. HALL
all Slate and F'ederal ( <>nrt»
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J. S. HARTSHORN
I.U'KNSKI* Al 'CI IO.M KII
. • Idaho
Jerome
J. F. GRINDER
VKTEKISAKIAN
Office at Foster's Barn,
IDAHO
JEROME
DR. E. D. PIPER
Physician and Surgi* m
Office at Jerome 1 >rllg Store
Boss b H unas g
Jf.komk, Idaho
Jkki: ('. M UtTiv
MARTIN A. HADDOCK
attoknky** at i.aw
1 1 » \n«»
.Ik Kl'MK
DR. J. r. SCHMERSHALL
(»ver Jerome Drug Store
Main Street
Inutoj
Jeromk
Dr. LEON G. PHILLIPS
KKNTIsT
Hours, 9 to l'J—'J to .1
(IoHMAX Bl.lxt.
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I'llOXK H()
W. R. FORBES
Baggage, Express and 1 ransfer
PACKAGE DELIVERY
(Vmrtei'U* Treatment
I .cave order» ut Tacha'« »tore
Plume 45
Prompt Service.
A. W. ARPS,
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The Old Reliable I in bhop
Jiml Float of the North Side Livery,
Make» a Speeialty of
Metal Irrigating Tubes,
METAL PLUMING
and all kinds "f
SHEET METAL. WORK
All Order» Given Prompt Attention.
TREES!
A full line of Nursery Slock.
Everything guaranteed free from
disease and true to name,
or, m
other words, it bears the Stale In
spector's Certificate when delivered
to you. We refer you to any
vvho has bought goods of
past.
one
the
us in
The Twin Falls Nursery
J. A. WATERS, Prop.
F. C. PIERCE, North Side Agent.
Jinx 407, Jerome, Idaho.
MNCOl.N COUNTY'S WEALTH
1 he Recapitulation ol the Assessed
V aluatlon of Lincoln County
Shows a Large (lain
Over Last Year
We are indebted to Clerk il W.
Anderson for statistical information
as compiled from the assessors hooks
upon the assessed values of Lincoln
county for the year 1911.
The total assessed valuation of all
pro|HTty, outside of railroads,
(•graph, telephone, etc. for the year
191 1. amounts to 87,1 45,40ti The
j same properly in 1910 was assessed
at 83,1 Hi 1,4 ,r,, showing an increase
of something over 100 i>cr
The value of railroads and other
public cor|sirations «ill undottht
tel
cent.
ll.v more than double the total for
j» ( jj a .
given above.
In the year 191(1, 101,89(1 acre*
id land was as*e«*i*l ;it *905,(11:',,
oil an average of §8.(114 per
The totals for 1911 show a fraction
over 210,071 acres assessed at 83,,.
1 11(1,09(1, or an average of *111.22
tlius almost doubling
as compared
or
acre.
acre,
tile 1910 value.
The following gives a detailed list
of tin' items assessed
l M- r
1.9'o I
I
11,am I
I with the 191(1 assessment roll:
1911
19)0
*3,41(1,59« * m 1 , 1,1 via
112,785
{ Patented lands,
Patented land Imp.
371.585
3,910
! ITipT'd land imp.
I City A tow n lots,
Imp. thereon,
1 l!(|T's inHcliisil Id's.
Irrigating ditche»,
! Waterworks
1,8
1,201,078
729,171
20,215
75,000
49,250
1,010,324
432,812
70.000
\ Tramway A power
lines,
( aille common
42,(« «I
28,
l«s, 48 o
ms n( |c>
il'Mii 11: ui #io •
Cows, milk
no ait.* :
■ Islu- Sill ul Pill
Sheep, gradisi
1 "i al pU-'ai
, common,
! .KM». a( ft* 7a
dual -n..(w..'aip.' joi
I Horses, work
i •„•snaipi.T is
J Horse*, gradi'l
UK al plù .XI
( laid—MAX al PC..TI I
Horses, stiK*k
11*1 al P-'l «'■
( min c« at pl '• (ad
28,512
9,21o
1 ,( 1 «!
isiasp
107,228
151,433
52,3(15
.1,975
I
3,840
Stallions. 12 at 8287..1o
opt a t fjo.m
3,150
4,2(lo
8,H7o
2,090
M ukw.
n: hi r.
( l«4lO al Ut $' • » >
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•joo
(train. Wheal,
1 1 rain. OttU
Furniture A Fixture* 71,'*48
31,820
llarncHH mix's
ami «addles,
5,:t44
H.MtHi
Merchandise,
Utmlier,
Machinery,
Muaical inalrillii'ls,
Water crafts,
•*9(1,8.18
123,235
24,4(10
«,835
4(«i
14 :
28,790
«405
. 1,220
♦15
11,99«
'7o
1 Vehicle«.
M'-!.
j proi«Tty not ctlier
wi«e cluMHilied.
Alltiminhiles.
:t.io
14,343
4,170
145
l.to
Hi* - *,
t'llHecnred credit»,
Share« in Rank» in
cluding imp'nt»,
2 ,noo
84,4«7
248,288
87,145,50« $3, (»15,47«
have made their
Total,
j Four counties
I returns to the
Umri , w , li( .|, s i,„ w9 an average
state equalization
val
f land as follows:
lie o
d
the value <
! farm lands at 81, l90,f.Sl, an
Cassia county gives
aver
age of «l'J.4'2 per acre.
Elmore county report* farm land
at 89TH,7(U1, an nveragi
• id' 81T.h)
per acre.
Tlie value of farm lands in L>")
conn tv is rcixirtcd at * I,*»
,,f *22.73 I »T
101
making an average
acre.
assessed
Adams county has an
value of *3,015,140 in farm lands,
hut the average is not given.
Front the alxivc it will lx* seen
t | iat Lincoln compares very favor
ably with these much older counties
Roth as regards the total amount
and the average, and it would seem
jl.at «. • would have little to fear at
the hands of the State Equalization
hoard. _
that
learn
Erom the Leader we
the Gooding Creamery Co. has sits
existence of only a
The Leader charges
butter under
pended after an
short time.
with selling
them , .
,|ght and otherwise not complying
with the food laws of the state.
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THE DAIRY PROBLEM
si bountiful supply of alfalfa
and other feed mi tlie North Side
With
tract this season the dairy question
becomes more prominent, and in
fact the procuring of stock for the
purpose of feeding this product is
heeoining a problem that must lie
It is (irmly
is more ready
money in a dairy cow than in any
other class of stock that might lie
selected, as a good cow will com
«olvixl sooner or later,
believed that there i
mence to yield cash returns at once
from the sale of hut ter, cream or
milk, whereas with hogs or sheep
one has to await the annual round
realize results.
It is the
up t<
ready money that the settlers most
desire at the present time, and with
a ready market for all kinds of
dairy products, a steady monthly
revenue would he realized.
A fanner statist to us the otlier
day, that he intended to stock Ills
farm with dairy cows ju-t as soon
a* a creamery was established here.
Creameries arc not being estab
lisiied except where liiere is a de
mand for them, and at the present
time it would he useless to agitate
the establishment of one in this sec
tion, for the reason that there is
not enough milk to warrant it. It
is safe to say however, that as soon
as the supply would warrant, the
building of a creamery would lie
assured. In the meantime, how*
ever, creameries on each side of us
are soliciting these products, and
until we arrive at a point where we
Hut
could support one of our own, pro
dueers will experience no difficulty
in finding a ready market.
So do not wait for the creamery
hut get busy and produce the goods
and the creamery will follow.
terfat at some of the creameries on
the South Side has been decreasing
in price, for the reason that the
supply has not liecn sufficient to
meet the full capacity of the cream
as it is stated that the cost of
manufacturing 1U tons of butter is
proportionally less than the cost of
producing ö tons, and for this rea
offered if
rv,
price
i certain amount of hutterfat is
For these and other rea
tlic establishment of a cream
ery should not he agitated until xve
arc pnslueing the material with
which to operate one to the best ad
f all, and the sooner the
son an
supplied,
sons
vantage
farmer gets his dairy cows the soon
er he will have a home market for
his product.
GET AN EXHIBIT READY
The harvest time is now at hand
and we believe the showing made
the North Side tract this season
warrants more than a passing notice
by the local press, and to this end
arrangements should be made for a
on
products
exhibit of our
proper
throughout other sections of the
To this end, Maj. Fred
country.
R. Reed, of the Twin Falls North
Side Investment Co. is arranging
for tin 1 proper exhibit of our pro
ducts at the various fairs through
out the east, and in this endeavor
asks for the co-operation of tin- set
tlers on the tract, who have
they may deem worthy of note, in
of any kind,
■gctahles, etc., and
what
tin* shape of grains
corn, i>otatoes, vi
lie will see that they arc given pro
minent place* in the Idaho exhibits.
These products should hi* care
fully gathered and sent to Mr. Heed,
he left with us and we
or they can
The
will sec that they reach him.
exhibitors name should he attached
to the display in order that the pro
As this
credit may ho given.
P ,i r
matter we trust our
is an important
■a.lcrs will give it the attention it
deserve*. _
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Valley Light * Power
The Beaver
Co. have entered Lincoln county as
iront
a competitor to the«
A- Twin Falls Power Co., and have
franchise at Gooding,
requests to
The
a»ked for a
and will extend their
other [»lints in tlx' county,
outcome will he carefully watched
by consumers of electricity, both
f,',r heating, lighting and po"<*
purpof 4 **' 4 -
TRAIN SCHEDULE
the Oregon Short Line Installs A Tri
Weekly Service Over
The Cut-Off
The hopes of the citizens of the
North Side tract have at last been
realized, and it is now possible to
reaeh the eastern half of the count}'
without traveling a hundred miles
out of one's road. With the com
pletion of the new line through here
last week, a train schedule was at
once inaugurated which will iie #
maintained while the line is still
under the construction department
and until it is turned over to the
operating department, which we
understand will he prior to Sept.
1st, on which date mail service will
also he inaugurated. Until further
notice trains will run as follows;
Tuesday Thursday and Saturday.
Is-ave Bliss at 8:00 a. ra.
isnve Wendell 8:4.1 a. in.
licavo Jerome 11:1.1 a. ra.
Leave Coppdale 9:35 a. m.
I>eavo Eden 10:15 a. in.
I .cave Hazel ton 10:30 a, in.
lx>ave Haul 11:15 a. in.
Arrive Uu|iert 11:30 a, in.
Monday Wednesday and Friday
I.eave Rupert 1 ;.'50 p. m.
1/nve Faul 1:45 p. in.
Leave Hazelton 2:35 p. in.
l>eave Eden 2:50 p. m.
Leave Coppdale 3:2.1 p. m.
Leave Jerome 3:45 p. m.
Leave Wendell 4:15 p. in.
Arrive Bliss 5:00 p. in.
It is stated that a regular freight
service will also at once be inaugur
ated with a train running on a reg
ular schedule, so that freight may
he brought to the various sidings at
an appointed time.
The company will lose no time in
erecting their depots and arranging
for otiier conviences for the benefit
of their patrons.
However with the present arrange
nt« nt, passengers from the east can
make connections at Rupert for
Jerome and other North Side points,
and passengers from here enroule
make connections with the
pie up this xvay are x'ery
f„ r small fax-ors.
east can
night train cast, with a short lay
over at Rupert. Good things come
slow, and in the meantime our peo
thankful
What We Can Expect
The fruit trees of the Twin Falls
South Side project are only four
old, yet they are loaded with
years
such choice fruit as only an irrigated
Just think
country can produce,
of many carloads of orchard pro
ducts going out of a region only a
few years removed from a sage
Besides this, there
brush desert.
thousands of acres of orchards
arc
planted on the South Side since
those bearing trees first took root
in Twin Falls soil. And just across
the Snake river to the north in
Lincoln county are to lie found still
larger orchards that will come into
hearing in the next year or two, on
the North Side project. While still
farther north in the same county
the thousands of acres planted
are
to fruit trees on tin* Idaho Irrigation
And up the Big Wood
project.
river in Blaine county are other
orchards recently planted. It will
make some business when all these
orchards come into bearing and land
Not
will he worth something loo.
a had country to live in where
steady development is going
along many lines of which fruit is
only one.—Shoshone Journal
on
The proposition of the Kuhns
interests to irrigate tin* 14,000 acres
of high land laying adjacent to
Jerome, which was before the land
hoard on Monday, has been post
poned until Saturday of this week,
to give the State Engineer more
time to investigate the matter,
this petition the Kilims ask to in
the xvatcr rights on the land
In
crease
to *t>0 per acre, and the engineer
asks for more data on the cost ol
installation and operating the pump
ing system before making his final
report.
P. R. KARTZKE. VICE PRES
C. F. MASSEY Asst Cashier
R, S. FRAZER, PRES.
W L. HUYETTE. CASHIER
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Established January 2, 1909.
Notice! —Safety Deposit Boxes to rent at a very nominal charge.
1 have a full line of
AND FANCY
STAPLE
GROCERIES
Give me a trial and get a square deal.
NO MORE, NO LESS
F. THOMAS, Propr.
H.
Nibley-Channel L'br Co.
DEALERS IN
Lumber, Lath, Shingles,
And all kinds of Building Material.
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If you are contemplating building a House, Barn, Shed or are in
need of Building Material of any kind, we will be
pleased to furnish you estimates.
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V. K. SKADDEN, M'gr, Jerome, Idaho
Jerome Blacksmith Shop
JAMES KERSEY, Proprietor
General BlacksmitKing and Horseshoeing
A Specialty of Diseased or Crippled Feet
ALSO CARRY A IT'LL LINK OF
Farm Implements,
BUGGIES, WAGONS, ETC.
IDAHO
JEROME,
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Neatly and Quickly
Always Pleased to Show Samples and Quote Prices.