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Show IDAHO PKiS ELECT OFFSGERS . j Minidoka Irrigation Organization Organ-ization Formed at Rupert Picnic. Land Values High Twelve Years After First Delivery De-livery of Water. RlI'l-JIlT. Tdabo. Oft. 1 iL Miiii-iok a WojL-.'i pioneers lieM lln'ir first annual iiiL-nir hi hi Saturday, and the l"ol!nvi-.:. officers wore elected for a permanent organization: or-ganization: C. I-)onaldaon, president; A.' McKenzie, vice president; R. K. Kene-dict. Kene-dict. -ecrelary, and Mrs. K. .). Duncan. ! treasurer. McnilK-rship limited to those who were on the project in lOnt-3. This was the pioiwcr projeet of the VniW:d States rfclanui lion ervice. At 1 iie outlet ndstaUns wove, made both by l he s"l i irs ar.d the ;rmf r nmcnt. U i f;iid leal the expert farmer seel here by ti e Erovernni'Mit went behind ?1,M0 in two ,c;:v;:. Liiii. toda', only twelve years from ihc first delivery of v;iter to the north sidi- can:il, i! is no oneonnnnu thinn for an old settler to sell his eii;l.l -r.e: tract at pries ranyinir from $!S.UjO to ?:M.uim. In tin; ea rly ilays terrific winds tortus mi:vv tried tiie dispositions of the house - i.-s. M rs. Charles Hurirher told of hau hi : t from tlie rtver for an ac-cuinulated ac-cuinulated wat-'hiriK- of three or four weeks. When the washiue, was on the line a sudden sud-den traie carried away the clean clothes landed tlieni in the charred remains of a pi!e nf burned sa n i-brush. .Mrs. Duncan also told of the travels of her pure-bred Plymouth Rock rooster, who was missing the nmrnintf aft.r one of the periodical duststorms. Three clays laiei- a i-rale from the opposite direction brought h'uM Vac-k. crowing lustily, but considerably frazzled. It was no: unusual in those days to see wind-blown chickens wandering about far from human habitations. Mr. Benedict Bene-dict said, however, that nature came to the rescue a ncl evolved a breed of fowls that remained as "sot" as the pioneers. If the gale caught one of the new breed so far from a sagebrush that he could not take shelter, he squatted flat on the ground, with tail outspread. According to Mr. Benedict, this plan worked satisfactorily, giving the most surface on the ground, with legs in front for a brace and an inclined back over which the wind miht whistle as it willed. "Bill" Herman said that' the Indians had a poor opinion of the whites' plan of clearing; out the sagebrush, and expressed ex-pressed it as follows: "( ;reat Spirit plant grass : no come, wind blow him out. Great Spirit plant sagebrush. Great Spirit plant grass in sagebrush. ' Jrass he come heap good. "White man come along, grub sagebrush. White man pUut grass; no come; wind blow him out one. two, three, four time. White man heap fooL" |