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JEFFERSON COUNTY. 



Whitehall News — D. F. Riggs, the land man and auctioneer, brought a potato to 

 the News office last Friday which tipped the scales at four pounds and measured 

 twelA'e an one-half inches in length. The only fault that we could find with the 

 Murphy was that it was so large that many could not find space to grow on an acre 

 of land. The spud in question was grown on Mr. Rigg's ranch, soutli of Whitehall, and 

 was surely a beauty, clean and smooth as a billiard ball. 



LEWIS AND CLARK COUNTY. 



Augusta Times — Jack Williams was in from Hogan Monday after a load of lumber 

 for his new barn. Jack informs us that he had a pretty good crop on his homestead 

 this year. He threshed 1,023 bushels of winter wheat from 27 acres. He has planted 

 72 acres in winter wheat tliis year. 



Augusta Times — C. D. Wheeler and Mrs. Henry were in from the Wheeler ranch 

 last Monday. Mr. Wheeler says he raised tons of purple top turnips this year for 

 cow feed. Many of them are as large as tlie 17% pound sample which lie left at the 

 Times office last week, and they were all raised without irrigation. 



LINCOLN COUNTY. 



Eureka Journal — Eureka has been quite a shipping center for wheat the past week, 

 Geo. W. Gilpin, the grain buyer having already purchased ten carloads of wheat in 

 the valley, and threshing will continue for perhaps three weeks. 



MADISON COUNTY. 



Madisonian Times — Charles S. Baker and Mrs. Baker of Ruby came to town Sun- 

 day to make arrangements for Mrs. Baker and the children to remain here this 

 winter so that the children may attend school. Mr. Baker is living on a dry land 



