Alfalfa Seed Yields Hit $100 Per Acre In Hagerman Valley
Hagerman Valley ranchers report alfalfa seed crops averaging near or at $100 per acre with seed and hay combined. Durfee and Caldwell note heavy stands and potential 20 bushels per acre seed, plus about three tons of hay per acre, under suggested drill-and-irrigate cultivation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerman Valley
George L. Durfee
John F. Caldwell
Journal
Charles Owens
Owens
Durfee
Caldwell
Irrigaon
Wood River
Canadian Field Peas Transform Colorado’s San Luis Valley
A Denver News excerpt credits James Kelley with starting field peas in the San Luis valley, showing how peas enrich soil and support livestock. The feature notes peas expanded cultivable land, spurred rotations with wheat and potatoes, and boosted valley prosperity despite local skepticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
George L. Knapp
Denver News
Farming notes on early crop cultivation and irrigation
The passage discusses timelines for a June 10 crop, suggesting cutting an early first crop to clear weeds, then cultivating between rows, irrigating through cave ragations, and later applying dust mulch. It claims that excessive irrigation at this stage harms the crop and that no further irrigation may be needed.
Interesting Notes From the Minidoka Project
Journal representative tours Uncle Sam’s labors scene and reports strong outlook for development in the county area. Impressed by progress and potential in Minidoka Project sites.
Sub irrigations aid farming at Minidoka project
A Journal reporter visits the Minidoka irrigation project and details a prosperous season. The sandy, level land eases field leveling and drainage, enabling strong yields in wheat, oats, barley, potatoes, and dent corn. Alfalfa and dairying emerge as key crops, with a potential 9 tons per acre for hay. Infrastructure improvements including drainage, milling, brick works, and electric power bolster growth around Heyburn and Minidoka.
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Minidoka
Idaho
Heyburn
Nelson
E. 5
Bebb
Big Bend
Mr. Bebb
Farmer prospers in valley as San Luis brings growth
A farmer who arrived nineteen years ago with a wife and baby and ten dollars now owns 320 acres, with a well-equipped homestead, horses, farm buildings, and three children, including one in college. Another farmer builds brick house with two baths, artesian well, and brick yard improvements, signaling prosperity in the valley.
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San Luis Valley
Monte Vista
James Kelley
Kelley
Kelly
Canada
Tolstoy
The Mysterious Builder Seeks Power And Profit
A rugged figure pursues wealth through electrical ventures, claiming a decade of stable crops. His hidden lake and reinforced concrete barn hint at ambitious, speculative plans as the poem glimpses a man whose money comes from unseen forces.
Wood River Water Suit Up Again In Shoshone Court
In Shoshone on Wednesday the 6th, Judge pro tem Alfred Budge presided over final hearing in the Big Wood river water suit with noted lawyers present. Parties include Idaho Irrigation Co represented by N M Buick and Col Wedgewood. plaintiff by Paul Haddock and Hawley Puckett & Hawley. A late motion was argued as the court reserved decision. Also heard was Johnson vs Johnson regarding Gridley island ownership in the Snake River with O P Johnson and Walter Gridley among witnesses and W E Sullivan and Judge E M Wolf appearing. case remanded from the Supreme Court to District Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Todge Alfred Budge
E. A. Walters
Shoshone
Big Wood River
Dan Hamer
Plantiff
Paul
Haddock
Hawley
Puckett & Hawley
Boise
Idaho Irrigaton Co
Boige
N. M. Buick
Col. Wedgewood
Salt Lake City
Utah
Broadhead
Eet
Ensign
Angel and Bueker
Hailey
Will Sullivan
Idaho Irrigation Co
Johnson VS Jon
W. E. Sullivan
E. M. Wolf
Mountain Home
O. P. Johnson
C. N. Dilatush
Geo. Durfee
Walter Gridley
Chas. Gridley
Supreme Court
District Court
Kansas Bankers Meet State Guaranty Law
Kansas bankers announce a nationwide bond arrangement to meet deposit guaranty requirements for state banks. Over 400 institutions will be covered by fidelity bonds issued by Consolidated Casualty Company of Chicago, led by Robert Armstrong. The move aims to strengthen western insurance funds and curb eastern and European funds flow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
W. FE. Wilson
Kansas State Bankers
Fidelity Bonding Company
Consolidated Casualty Company of Chicago
Robert Armstrong
Treasury
West
East
Europe
Wilson
Consolidated Casualty Company
Chicago
United States
All
Kansas Bank Guarantee
Armstrong
Consolidated Casulty Company
American Bankers’ Association
Oklahoma
Liquor and Gun Trouble: Two Men in Shoshone Jail
Two young men Bert Bliss and Chan Bray drank in a saloon after driving cattle into Bliss, drew revolvers and fired holes through the floor. Deputy Padgett restrained Bray. a shot later hit Padgett’s thigh, shattering bone. Bliss and Bray were arrested, jailed, and the wounded Padgett was hospitalized. Authorities and bankers respond to broader issues of law and bank guarantees in Kansas. The Stockgrowers Mercantile Company adds a new grocery counter with bins for clerks.
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Bert Bliss
Chan
Bray
Bliss
Marion Padgett
Chas. Bray
Mr. Gridley
Youne Beay
Ymee
Padget
Young Bray
Padgett
Atty. Disney
Sheriff Wheeler
Zug
Gooding Hospital
Conroy
Hagerman
Gooding
Messrs
Wheeler
Zag
Corral
Shishone
Mercantile Company
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James Kelly
Heyburm
Jolly
Henry Schodde
Government Reclamation Service
Minidoka Dam
Cassia County
Mt. Harrison
San Luis
Bligo
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