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T1IE ALLIANCE HERALD, FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1921
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TL L. Evans is a Kantian who has
keen here only a few yearn, but likei
this county better than anything he
"has en bo far . He in farming one
hundred and forty-five acres to corn,
oats and epelts, with thirty acres of
fpudu, and Kays that potatoes are a
uure crop and bring the largest profit,
but that he believes in planting some
of alt.
B. H. Hibbert is one of the large
fanners we have met. At the present
time he has three hundred acres of
winter wheat and is planting one hun
dred and fifty acres of corn. He raises
about fifty hogs per year. Mr. Hibbert
came from Gage county five years ago
and likes it much better here. Al
though he was hailed out la?t year he
is not discouraged and is going ahead
, as though nothing had happened.
it is shallow to water only about ten
feet.
We overtook J. A. Dillon on the road
driving four horxes and a gang plow
but xtopped him long enough to a?k a
few question. Mr. Dillon came here
from Merrick county five years ago.
He is farming three hundred and
twenty acres, of land and believes in
mixed farming. He has twenty-five
acre of alfalfa and is planting fifteen
to spuds and fifty-five acres to corn,
lie thinks one can make more here
than in the east. He has thirty head
of cattle and a number of hogs.
Wednesday morning we drove out of
town bright and early before the rest
of the gang were out of bed, and the
first stop was at the beautiful new
home of M. B. Price, who came to this
rnnntv two vnr turn from Oklahoma
Starting out on Tuesday morning on I an,i bouo-ht a hundred and sixtv acre
ur daily travels, our first f.top was at farm jgst west of town. He has built
the home of Charley Wolk, a boy from up a flne a place as one will see in
ur old home county of Hamilton. We a day's travel, having spent about
were glad to see him, and from the; twelve thousand dollars on Improve-
and oats, with forty acres of spuds
thrown in for good measure. Mr.
Spath is a believer in the future of the
cattle market and is going to go large
ly to cattle in the future. He thinks
it the best place for a young man to
get start of any place he ever saw
and would not go back east to farm.
He says that the potato is the surest
crop one can raise. Mr. Spath also
has thirty-five acres of good alfalfa.
Charles I Darnall, who joins the
farm of Mr. Spath and is al.-o a brother-in-law,
came to this county one
year later, is farming three hundred
and twenty acres to wheat, corn and
oats. He was hailed out laxt year, but
is not discouraged and thinks this the
best country to farm in that he knows.
Two miles north and one mile west
is the dairy farm of I. I Peters, who
pwns two hundred and thirty three
acres of fine land and has one of the
best herds of Holsteins we have seen
n many moons. He knows how to keep
things in shape. rA-erything was as
clean as a Dutok kitchen, the cows
were fat and slick. He is keeping his
herd tested and is complying with the
equirements of the state law, which Is
hard to do in some cases. Mr. Peters
has just installed a power milking
machine and thinks it will save consid
erable labor in milking. He has a silo
fourteen by thirty-six that he fills for
feed and has several stacks of alfalfa
yet to feed. He is planting fifty acres
of potatoes and says that they are a
sure crop and make money, but take
lots of work.
ray we killed time we think Charley
was not sorry to see us. When he left
Hamilton he moved to Bayard and
farmed irrigated land, but he says no
Wiore of it for him. Then he moved to
the hills and went into the cattle busi
ness and still has the ranch and cuttle
ut there but moved close to town to
fend his children to school. He has
About two hundred cattle out in the
Julia and is farming one hundred and
sixty acres one mile west and one
half mile north of town and is well
pleased with this country and would
not go back east to live.
G. G. Nelson is a newcomer to this
bounty, having come from Ellsworth
this sprnig. lie is farming two hun
dred and forty acres to corn, wheat
and oats. They like this county much
better than farther east. We also met
Mr. Nelson's father while there and
had a very nice visit with him. He
also ordered the Herald, having it sent
to Lakeside, as there is where he lives.
ments. The house is modern through
out and he has his own light plant.
He also owns and operates a quarter
section four miles east. Mr. Price tells
us that last year he raised more crops
for the labor expended than he ever
did any place he ever farmed. His
potatoes made about one hundred and
forty bushels per acre and corn from
thirty to fifty bushels. He thinks this
the nicest country to farm in he has
even seen. We had a very pleasant
visit with him and we are thinking
that we will renew the call.
Thursday morning we drove out to
the L. E. Bliss farm and looked over
the many things of interest. Among
them was the slaughter house, where
the most of cattle that are used in
town are slaughtered, and from what
we saw there we know Alliance is
getting the best of beef to eat We
saw fine cornfed beeves that are as
good as you see anywhere and every
thing was in fine shape. Mr. Bliss
came here from Madison county three
years ago and likes the country fine.
He believes in mixed farming and is ,
planting one hundred acres of corn ,
and thirty acres of potatoes. He is
also a hog raiser and says there is
money in them.
After leaving Mr. Nelson's we won
dered where do we go from here, but
we soon came to Art Roach's residence
and commenced our line of questions.
We found that Mr. Roach was an old
timer as he had been here about thirty
years and seen all the changes from a
t.heep range to the present time. Mr.
Roach farms quite extensively to
truly, cd crops but depends mostly on
tnelowly spud for a money crop. In
1919 he raised 10,800 bushels of po
tatoes from one hundred acres, lie
""VSys tnat potatoes will t-tand moie
irrief than any o'.her crop, for they
can be hailed oft" and still make a
good crop.
We had heard about the McCorkle
ranch so we coaxed Lizzie to take ua
out to see for ourselves just what was
there and we found the genial fore
man, Mr. Wilson, willing to idiow us
what there wus and tell what had been
done. It was a surprise to us to see
the fine cattle and hogs that are in
the feed lots and the hundreds of bush
els of corn and the cattle. We have
fed many in our time and think we
know what a good steer is and it lias
been years since we have seen as rood
a bunch as we saw there. They Lave
six load in the yard at the present
time and have shipped one hundred
and fifty head out in the last ?'ew
weeks. They .have two cars of hogs
in the yard and have shipped three
out How did they raise the coin to
feed that amount of stock, one might
ask. Here is how it was done: Mr.
McCorkle believes in this country and
in the spring of 1920 broke out on his
ranch eight hundred acres of virgin
soil and planted it all in corn, and we
are told that the whole eight hundred
acres made an average of twenty
bushfils per acre. Now the e!ght hun
Yued acres is mostly in wheat and he
is having more of the virgin od
plowed up and is planting it to corn
s ftt.t as three tractors can plow it
If one wishes to fee big things done
to out to McCorkle'a ranch.
Our next stop was at the home of
J. N. Johnston who lives one mile
north and one and one-half miles west
of town. We found Mr. Johnston
planting corn but he kindly stopped
long enough to tell us about the early
davs of this countv. He me-ernDted
the quarter section that lays north of
lenth street in this city and has seen
the antelope roaming over these prai
ries in droves. .That was thirty-five
years ago. He came here with a wife
and three small children, one team, a
cow and no money.
The next place we stopped was that
of L. G. Ogden, who is operating three
hundred and twenty acres, of which
two hundred and twenty are farmed.
He came here from Merrick county
seven years ago. Mr. Ogdcn believes
in mixed farmins: and is farming corn
and oats and raising around one hun
dred hogs per yer. He is also planting
fifteen acres 01 spuds,
At the farm of R. A. Wyland we
found II. A. Busy plowing for potatoes
with six horses, but we had a very
ice visit with him. He is running a
section of land and doing the most of
the work alone. He has one hundred
acres of spring wheat, fifty of oats,
two hundred of corn and sixty of
puds some work for one man. Mr.
Wyland is a general auctioneer in ad
dition to his farming activities.
(Continued on Page 5.)
Just over the hill from the Osrdcn
place is the home of Julius Rehder,
who came to this county in 1000, rail
roaded for a few years ami then
bought the place where he lives and
built it up. He has a very nice farm.
He is farming one hundred and twen
ty acres to corn, wheat and oats and
fifteen acres to potatoes.
When the sun was drawing nigh
unto the zenith and we were wonder
inir what was coming next, we stopped
at a large brown house that looked
irood to us and when we saw the folks
they also looked good. We told Lizzie
to Ftop and we got out and asked the
portly good-looking gentleman who
lived there and wat informed that it
was N. G. Irishman. We do not
know what they meant by naming him
"N G", for it is not approprite. We
think both Mr. and Mrs. Lei.hman are
hard to beat. We had dinner with
them and are invited to call again and
we think we will. Both Mr. and Mrs.
Leishman were raised here and have
seen the city grow from a few board
shanties to the present time. Mr,
Leishman owns all of section twenty
one and farms two hundred ami fifty
acres and has plenty of alfalfa and
the balance in pasture,
Across the field from "the McCorkle
ranch is the Hashman, ranch, owned
by our county commissioner. Mr.
Hashman owns two thousand and
eighty acres which is operated jointly
by himself and son, I-eo, who lives on
the ranch. Leo was born on the pluce
and still lives there. They have two
hundred acres of alfalfa on the ranch
and run from one hundred and fifty to
two hundred cattle and have plenty of
alfalfa. It is one of the best crops
bav about two hundred tons left over,
as they get three crops per year from
alfalfa.' It i none of the best crops
that they can raise. One reason they
can do so well on, alfalfa is that the
. ground is low ami does not dry out, as
Our first ston after dinner was at
the potato farm of R. E. Bassey, who
is planting one numireu ar.u sixty
acres of Dotatoes. He is nearly done
plowing and is about hull reaay 10
plant When we were there iney were
workincr with one three-bottom true
tor, a four-horse disc and one harrow
and thev were cloinjr a fine loo. mis
is the largest field we have rouna so
far in our travels. To give one an
idea what it takes to plant so many
spuds they have one car of Ohios fiom
Minnesota and about the same of Red
Triumphs that was raised here. Ju?
imagine the work of cutting an
iilantinir two carloads of rotators. W
are going to keep our good eye on thi
field this summer.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Spath came to
this county three years ago from Lan
caster county and own and operate
eight hundred acres, mostly to wheat
The Philadelphia North American
prints a two-column editorial on
"What the Sunday School lcks." Any
boy could have told the editor that it
lacks a place where a fellow can go
fishing in the summer or skating in
the winter.
A mild winter is a solution of coal
problems, none the less helpful be
cause it is accidental.
The perfect girl is already married
or about to be married. And a new
crop is growing up fast.
According to recent dispatches there
is not enough room in Geneva both
for tourists and the leagtie of na
tions, and the league is planning to
move on. Tourists will regret losing
the opportunity "to do the league" in
an afternoon.
WHO
Indeed would want to wear a
last year's garment before
having it thoroughly cleaned
and pressed ?
Remember thoe disease germs that
ive in clothes they live right through
the winter. ...
KRKP-UNKAT
CLEANERS
D. C. BRADBURY, Prop,
hone 133 207 Box Butte
REAL DAYLIGHT SAVING
"Is your boy in favor of daylight
saving?"
"1 reckon he Is, replied rarmer
Comtossel. "If he goes on stayin out
nichts. pretty soon he won't be us-
ng any daylight at all." Washington
Star.
"Nothinsr." says a traveler, "grows
higher than a table in the Falkland
islands." And then he omits tne in
teresting information of how high a
table grows there.
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you can roll
cigarettes for
lOcis from
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