The State's Elk at Crystal and the Hired Elk Puncher, 1927–1928
Elk the state planted near Crystal multiplied and raided Arbon Valley haystacks; a Crystal rancher complained in 1927, and in 1928 a cowboy was hired to herd them off the farms.
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Elk the state planted near Crystal multiplied and raided Arbon Valley haystacks; a Crystal rancher complained in 1927, and in 1928 a cowboy was hired to herd them off the farms.
In spring 1927 a contractor hauled poles up muddy Arbon Valley roads for a power line from American Falls to Utah, and the telephone company feared what it would do to its wires.