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Show FIRST MALE CHILD HORN IN IDAHD VISITS OGDEN ! -: ! 1 After a long absence, Hrum Frew of Idaho Falls visited Ogden relatives and friends yesterday. He renewed many old acquaintances and stated that it was the most enjoyable visit. Mr Frew left Ogden nbout 27 years ago when it was a mere village, and he marks with much pleasure and surprise sur-prise the progress made since that time. He and "Billy" Wilson worked together in the canyon, getting oa, timber, and he says that as ho rode over the canyon boulevard yeateiday In an automobile he vividly recalled the conditions of the road when he 'logged ' oer it The Hermitage and surroundings were revelations to him. and hp had nothing but words of congratulation con-gratulation for his old friend "Scott" as he called Mr Wilson Mr. Frew says that he was the first white male child born in the state of Idaho That was !n 1S60 at Frank tin and the domicile in which he was born was a wagon box. He has lived in the Gem state since that time, except ex-cept when he was a resident of Ogden. Farming has made more rapid progress, prog-ress, the visitor contended, than most any other Industry In Idaho, and to day there are many large farms. He. In companj with others who have formed a company, farm about 10.U00 acres of dry land. Hie share jf tho crop in 1913, was 9000 bushels of wheat. The plowing, planting and harvesting has been done with lavge steam traction engines, but Mr. Vrew says that mules arc now taking the place of steam. Mr Frew says that fifty good mules will do much more on a dry farm than a sixty-horse power engine, as they can be worked in 8 and 10 mule teams and if one section Is out of cornmlv slon the others continue the work of planting or harvesting. On the other hand, when the machinery at tached to a steam engine gets out of commission, the entire working i'orce is at a standstill and he says that the engines and other machinery on the dray farms frequently break down after af-ter the first year of use. He is of the opinion that it will be only a few years when mules will do all the farm work. |
