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KMMETT. CANYON COUNTY. 10AH0, SATURDAY MORNINO, NOVEMBER 18, 188H.
•To the
People of
Eimneff: *1*
You are financially
interested in secur
ing the best goods
from the largest as
sortment for the
least
We
money.
are making surpris
ing reductions in
all of our extensive
lines, Dry Goods,
Clothing, Boots and
Shoes, ( Carpets, and
It will
. Groceries,
pay you to investi
gate.
Shainwald Bros. Co
(limited.)
Bois«* City, Idaho.
SOCIETIES,
F IRST M E. church of Emmett. Regular ser
vices on the first Sunday In each month at
lia m and 7 SO pm: alao mrrteea^^MMB
Sunday, at 7:S0p m. Sunday school every Sun
day morning at 10 o clook. Prayer meeting
ev ery Wednesday evening
Rzv F
L. Yofwg. Parlor
F IRST BAPTIST church of Emmeli.
lar aervlce* at 11 a. m. ami 7.30 p i
fourth Sunday pf each month ln M. E
HIV 1. G. PKHKINN. PaMtor.
Retu
rn. on the
church.
A, E
M METTS VILLE LODGE No II. I. O O. F
Meet* on iHt and 3rd Saturday nlgbu of
I each monih AH Odd Fellows In Rood standi hk
cordially invited to attend.
FlPDLBT MonroB.
Secretary
('has. Oak as
N. O.
QR. O H. DAVENPORT.
DENTIST
Will be in Emmett from the 1st to the fifteenth
each month- All work strictly Unit-clan*.
R K CI.YMKK
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riiyalolmi * Burgeon
Emmet. Idaho
Day or night calls promptly anrwerod.
QR. C. B BRIEBLY.
Plxyalclnn db Burgeoxt
Idaho
Office in Spelvic Building Main st.
Emmett every Thursday
Boise.
Will be
S. SMITH
J.
Attorney eat law
Notary Public.
Idaho.
Emmett.
Collecting a spe
tVill practice in all courts
clallty
MEACHEM
A.
Attorney sat law
Emmett. Idaho
Will practice In all courts. All matters
trusted to my care will receive prompt attention.
FRANK T WYMAN
HAKKT C. WYMAN.
YUAN A WYMAN
VV
At law
Attorneyi
Boise. Idaho.
Will practice In all courts and before the
S. Land Office.
Collection* a speciality
p AiBNTSY,
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PftINTÇR.
Emn^etl.
paper banging a speciality.
Idaho.
BOISE & EMMETT
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Stage Line.
EI) NANTZ.
Proprietor.
reight and carried at the lowest po*
ftlftlB rate» "a vm UoiM and Emmett
rv mornliuf
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Hardware, Stovss & TniwarEjg»^-^.
MAKBI A |N('IAI.TT OR
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Tin W ork of
All Descriptions
MAMrrAcTUBBvi or
Galvanized Iron Flues.
Epverythinjr at
Boise City Prices.
When you are In Kmmett do not fall to call on
• Tinker ' He will treat you while
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—OR—
a 5b68t and Pillow-case
BALL.
Will be given in Wardwell'« hail In
Emmett, Idaho,
Thanksgiving Xight
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Under the Auspices of the
Emmett Cornet Band
Tickets, $1.00; Ladies
Free
Gentleman Spectators,
25 cents.
There will he no supper In connection with
the hail, but parlies desiring lunch can be ac
commodated at hotels and private bouses where
preparations are being made for the entertain
ment of ail such.
—Did you ever stop and think how
many hard rides a telephone from here
to Caldwell would save you?
—Members of the Odd Fellows lodge
in this vicinity are attending to repairs
and Improvements in and around the
cemetry north of town. This humane
disposition accords well with the-princi
ples of the other. Nothing speaks better
for the progress and civilization of a peo
ple than the care and regard with which
they care fur the city uf their dead.
—There is a chubby little beet in E.
K Hayes * Co's, front window which
beats anything the couutry has yet pro
duced, It recieved no special attention
and Just grew up of Us own free
and accord on such succor as the alk
ali soil on Abraham Miller's place near
town can afford, and weighs something
over eleven pounds avordupois. Looks
as though the soil, around Emmett was
good for a little something besides sage
brush. don't it?
— T. T. Ederklip, Emmett's good na
tured shoe-maker, brands as a canard
of the first water, the report that he
intends getting married before the weath
er is (rigid enough to kill hugs. This
important affair depends entirely upon
the weather and any unexpected capers
in that quarter is liable to cause anyone
of half a dozen widows to die without
Ihe sustaining presence of an adorable
and loving husband.
—The Baptist denomination will be
gin a protracted meeting in the M. E.
church in Emmett on Saturday evening
before the fourth Sunday of the present
month, and continue it indefinitely, ac
cording to the interest manifested. The
services will be conducted by Rev. I. O.
Perkins and Kev. Samuel Applegate, a
well-known divine of eastern Oregon,
who has been engaged in missionary
work in the west since !S83.
—Kev. Perkins was up from Payette
Tuesday on land business. He has sold
the improvements on his homestead two
and a half miles below town, to A. M.
McAdams, of Payette, and was over at
Boise relinquishing his rights to the land
which is said to be a very desirable tract.
Mr McAdams will move up shortly
and make bis home here.
—Tommy Wilkerson has reduced the
price of tonsorial work to the following
figures; Hair-cutting 35 cents; sham
pooing. 25 cents; shaving, 15 cents.
Those prices ought to enable every man
in the valley to be slicked up as fresh
and clean as a new blown rose. The
most successful way to induce a barber
remain in a community is to patron
him. and no town can afford to Hr
;hout a first-class barber shop. stnflt
as Tommy runs.
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CAB. GOSSIP AND PAID LOCALS.
—laical nimrod* are having great suc
cess quail and chicken hunting.
—An Epworth League has been orga
nised by the Methodist people in Em
mett.
—Postmaster Dempsey and Ed. Blan
chard were In Bois« on business last
week,
—The saw mill will start up In a few
days for a short run before closing down
for the winter.
—Sample copies of the Index are left
st the postofttceeaoh week and can be
had by the asking.
—.1. M, Martin shipped four wagon
loads of fruit from his Emmett orchard,
to Omaha, this week.
—Mrs. J. VV. Kelley Is over from Boise
visiting her father and mother, Mr. ami
Mrs. Johnathan Smith.
—Adam Stein bower has executed a very
neat job of carpenter work on the Index
office, putting in real windows. We can
now and be seen. Thanks, awfully.
—Rev. F. L. Young and Doc, Daven
port returned from their Squaw creek
trt|* Tuesday, and report a pleasant
Journey.
—No Irrigation is required on nearly
all of the Payette river bottom ranches,
the river sub irrigating the land suffi
cient fur all purposes.
—Jas. Symons, the affable and cour
teous New York Life Insurance agent,
was rustling business for his company
in this vicinity during the week.
—Since the completion of the new
bridge, Merve. Gill rides over to town in
his phaeton almost every day, and his
was the first vehicle to cross the new
bridge,
—R. A. Cowden returned from the
east Saturday last. He is accompanied
by his brother. Will Cowden, of Illinois,
who came out with a view to locating.
Hu is a pleasant young man.
—Johnathan Smith has returned from
a short business visit to Ontario Oregon.
He says that country is settling up
very rapidly as a result of new irrigation
ditches that are being taken out.
—Harry Shearer from the west end of
the Squaw Butte, wasa congenial visitor
during the week and gave the Index
some substantial encouragement, not
alone in words but flnactally also.
—A change in the schedule of the
mall route between Emmett and Falks
store causes the mail to start from that
place every morning: gets into Emmett
at 11:30 and leaves three quarters of an
hour later.
—T. Krigbaum is erecting a neat little
cottage on the lot adjoining the Catholic
church. But the most diligent inquiry
has failed iu disclose the identity of the
lady who Madam rumor says is going
Mi occupy it with Tom.
—Two hundred hogs belonging to
Mr. Hinder were driven from the Weiser
during the week and were intended for
Mr. Branstatter of Boise. This section
uf Idaho can furnish an abundance of
every thing people eat.
—Frank Watlingtun. Frank Gross and
and Geo. Dean jr.. passed through Em
mett Thursday enroule to Boise in
charge of the Alfred Eolf band of sheep,
recently purchased from E. C. Zuill.
The sheep have been ranging in Wash
ington county.
—Let every fellow attend the sheet
and pillow case ball in Emmett on
Thanksgiving night and lake along his
best girl. There is no mure substantial
way of expressing your appreciation of
the baud than to drop a little cash into
their stong box and besides you are
guaranteed a good time, ,
—During the early part of the week
six hundred head of cattle belonging to
Tom Black, were driven across the new
Payette bridge at this place, on their
way to Boise Valley. The men in charge
of the band marked and branded some
uf the calves at M. Gill's corral. The
cattle were all in splendid order.
—James Vanderdassuu raised about
four thousand |amnds uf cabbage on his
ranch below town this season, on a tract
of land two rods square, without auy irri
gation whatever. They
twelve |xmmis to the head and sell rapid
ly for one cent a jamiid. netting tilg neat
sum of $40. At this rale one acre will
produce nearly $400 worth of cabbage.
Looks as though there might he money
made raising cabbage. This calculation
also demonstrates the advisability of
cutting vuur farms up into small fields
and cultivating it more thoroughly than
it is possible to cultivate it in large
tracts.
ill average
—Dr McOahey, tho lady doctor, hat
arrived
—Mr and Mrs. Russel limit a trip to
Boise Friday,
—John Carter went to Holm on busi
ness Monday
—Mr J. Cave, the merchant of Falk
»lore, was iu lh« city (or a while on Fri
day.
—This Is such beautiful weather we
can not resist the temptation to make a
note of It.
—Mr. A, Meachen ha* the thanks of
the Index three fur several favors dur
ing the week.
—J. 8. Smith. N. A. Mason W, R.
'arlwright and Park Wardwetl visited
Caldwell Monday.
—A man In Emm«u who can r«ad, and
yet refuses to subscribe and pay for the
Index will have very little Interest in
the community, •
—Geo. Stuart has not decided to relin
quish the management uf the Emmett Ho
tel. and he may continue to run this ex
cellent hostelry the remainder of the win
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t«r.
— W. C. Webb and wife of Boise City
were in town this week. Mr. Webb holds
an important position In relation to the
affairs of the State Insurance Go. of
Oregon.
—Mr. Dan Reagan who went to Omaha
some lime ago with a oar load of cattle,
is expected home before very long. Mr.
Reagan is one of the enterprising men
of Emmett.
—Wm. 8, Stuart of Falk store was in
town Thursday. He has be«n to Salt
Lake not long ago under treatment for
his eyes. His eye sight seems quite
improved. During his absence at Salt
Lake his residence was destroyed by fire.
—The bands boy* inform us that
those desiring to attend their Thanks
giving dance will be permitted to dis
guise themselves in any costume which
may suit their fancy, and Mr. Fowler
has agreed to furnish half a dozen photo
graphs of the best disguised character
—Mrs. John Carter is preparing to
give an oyster supper for the benefit of
those attending the sheet and pillow case
ball In Emmett on thanksgiving night.
Supper for one, 50 cents, or $1. OO a
couple. This promises to be one of the
pleasantest features of the occasion.
—Mr. John Bishop, residing near Wil
son's Point, was in town yesterday. Mr.
Bishop has erected during this year one
of the neatest residences that can be
found in the valley on his excellent
ranch.
He is one of the old residents
in this section and an excellent citizen.
—Tom Williams has sold his saw mill
on Soldier creek to his brother H. B.
Williams: consideration. $2800. This
mill is about twenty miles from Emmett
and supplies a great deal of lumber in
Boise Valley. There is another mill in
that vicinity and both of them manufac
ture a large quantity of excellent lumber
during the course of a year.
—Chaa. Clifford in his article on Cy
clops speaks in a very derogatory manner
of local newspaper* as purveyors of min
ing news and says that leading mining
journals have universally condemned them
as pernicious to the mining interests.
Yes, and if you would take out of these
same mining journals all that they clip
from local papers, there would be pre
cious little left in them worth reading.
—Among the promising improvements
noticed by a representative of the Index
while making a brief tour through the
Valley, is the handsome and comfortable
residence of Mrs. Kjesguard about six
miles from Emmett. This house was
built by the best mechanics and the best
material the markets afford. The rooms
are abundantly lighted and the entire
stucture cost in the neighborhood of
$4000.
—Mr. I. Peck, living about two miles
from Emmett, has one of the best young
orchards in this section. Mr. Peck is
cultivating his ground and trees in a very
thorough manner. Men generally reap
as they plain. He believes that it is
not enough to stick the trees in the
ground: and he will reap the reward of
the true orchardisl— a bountiful fruit
crop.
—Mr. Levi Rued one of the old settlers
who has" lived for the last 17 years on
his claim about seven miles below town,
has been quite sick (or some lime. He
has reached the ripe old age of seventy
eight years, but by reason of old age
assisted by the affiictiuo of illness, his
natural (acuities are gradually sinking.
His wife Mrs Heed has several interesting
accounts uf deeds of valor performed by
some uf her near relations during some uf
the Indian wars that the hardy pioneers
suffered from a half century ago and
which we may be able to print for the
We believe that
perusal of our readers,
ail old timers and their descendant* will
be intersled in perpetuating the remin
iscences of the early days of pioneer
life. Sketches from any reliable source
will receive prompt attention at the
Imukx office.
DaaUi't Viola.
On November 13. IMS, the spirit of
Mrs. R. J. Myers winged Its way to the
great beyond after a life rich In deeds of
kindness This beloved old lady was B2
year«, w month* and four days old at the
time of her demise and for turty-oeven
years had been a devout and consistant
church member. Sh« leaves u family
of grown children and a decrepld. yet
highly esteemed and loving husband, to
mourn her departure. The Myers fami
ly have lived many years In this vicinity
and bear a roost excellent reputation.
The funeral services were conducted in
th» M. E. church and the procession of
sorrowing friends which followed the re
mains to their last resting place was the
largest ever seen In Emmett. One of
the sons residing In Colorado arrived In
time to b« preeenl at the Interment and
lack of telegraphic facilities prevented
other member* of the family from being
notified In time to bo present also. As
a mark of respect and esteem all busi
ness suspended until after the funeral
and the school children attended In a
body,
Literary Racist y
Them will be a public meeting In the
Wardwell ball in Emmett at 7:80 p. m.,
Monday, November 20. 181*8, for the pur
poae of organising a literary society,
special invitation is extended to every one
in the entire community to attend and as
sist in making the affair a success.
E. C. Blanchard.
Dr. E. Clymrk.
W, R. Cartwriuht.
Committee.
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Kmmett Nursery
Among the Improvements and laudable
undertakings in this section of the coun
try none deserve more praise or should
be more vigorously encouraged than the
Emmett Nursery. This enterprise is
being pushed by John Carter and Grant
Barlet, two of our best rustlers and
must go ahead citizens. At present they
only have about 25000 trees of all varitles
but by next fall will have at least
300,000 trees of the hardiest varieties
ready (or the market. The land which
is being devoted to this industry Joins
town on the south and will be made one
of the most delightful spots in the state
as well as a source of geat revenue to the
owners. May their most sanguine hopes
be fully realized.
A Boar4 of Traëa.
Dear people of Kmmett. please do not
understand the Index as presuming to
know more about what would be bénéfi
ciai fur this community than any one else.
But we are thoroughly imbued with an
honest desire to further the interests of
Emmett in every conceivable manner and
to assist any movement having this ob
ject in view. Our modest opinion is that
the most successful method uf prosecut
ing this work is through the medium of
a well organized Board of Trade. All in
terested seem to concur In this opinion.
Yet no move Is made in that direction.
A local paper can do much towards ad
vancing the interests uf the community
in which it is published, but in order to
accomplish the greatest good the organiz
ed assistance of the whole community is a
necessary prerequisite.
■agar BmU.
While there has been little or no exper
imenting in the beet culture iu this sec
tion, it is generally conceeded the soil and
climate are well adapted for that purpose.
The Index would like to see some uf our
enterprising farmers take hold uf this
proposition and see if sufficient interest
dan not bd worked up to at least cause a
little experimenting. ff the soil and cli
mate are suitable, and there certainly can
not be much doubt on that score, sugar
beet and sugar caar culture will prove to
be one of the must remunerative occupa
tions in the agricultural line. There are
some sections of Kansas where the sugar
industry constitutes almost the only
source of revenue the farmers «an rely
upon, and if they were blessed with irri
gation facilities, as we are in this valley,
making crap failures an impossibility,
they would be out of debt and have mon
ey in the bank. This mutter is merely
brought up (or consideration and with
out any desire to display our superior
foresight in agricultural lines.
dkx believes if the industrious farmers of
thia valley would do a little more think
ing and acting along these lines that they
would have more money at the end of
each year and not have to work them
selves and their families half so hard as
they do now.
The l»
Taiaphon« Ltna N«cdcd.
Gne of the crying needs of Emmett is
a telephone line to Boise or Caldwell A
line to the latter point would be prefera
ble and would oost infinitely less money,
providing the 'poles along the irrigation
ditch froqi here to the Wilson ranch
could be used ' for that purpose, which
we understand was the intention at the
lime the place were put in. but for soon*
cause the plan fell through with and has
never been resuscitated. None of the va
rious estimates of the oost of construes ing
this line exceed *700 a very insignificant
mm compared with the ineatimable bene
flu which all conoecd would accrue from
iU ex latence. Everybody admlu the ne
cessity for the line and ex prêt* their will
ingness to assist in iu construction. All
that seem» to be lacking I» acme one to
Uke the lead and do a little judioiou*
mailing. This line would, if operated In
connection with the Bell Telephone Co'»,
line*, give Emmett direct communication
with Boise. Nampa. Silver City and De
Lamar as Well a* Caldwell, and aid very
materially in securing other enterprises
which require the latest improved and
very best communication facilities. Em
mett would not be the only place beneflt
ted by this enterprise. Caldwell, in par
ticular, would come in tor a lion's share
of the benefits and the enterprising peo
ple over there stand ready to assist in iU
construction, so we are Informed. In
fact It was there the idea first originated.
The Indes hopes to see the .project re
vived in the near future.
Timetny V« Alltlh
Some of the farmers who have gone too
extensively into the cultivation of al
falfa, begin to think that quantity doea
not equal quality in food for stock when
used either for draft animals or dairy
It is true a farmer gets three
cows.
crops of alfalfa to one of timothy .-yet It
costs him three times as much time and
labor and does not furnish him three
times as much provender (or his stock.
Horses and cattle are not subject to-as
much sickness when fed on timothy,
dairy cows give better milk and the
cream makes better looking and a more
wholesome article of butter. This Is
the experience of some observant farmers
who have raised alfalfa to the exclusion
of timothy. It Is agreed that hogs thrive
well on alfalfa and for this class of stock,
there has as yet been no unfaorable con
consequences observred.
The production of alfalfa has only been
an experiment of comparatively short
time as compared with the more vigor
ous and nourishing grasses of timothy,
clover and redtop. the last two of, which
have always proved the most remuner
ative for dairy stock purposes.
It is worth the special attention uf the
farmers of this new and growing farming
community to direct their intelligent
attention to the quality of the feed they
are providing for their stock.
The Road to Msr.b
Work has commenced on the Marsh
road and a few days more will wit
ness an immense change for the better
in this direction. Since our last issue,
Mr. Mitchel has been doing some tall
rustling with the subscription paper and
his efforts have been rewarded with
much success. Sufficient has been sub
scried to Justify him in beginning work
and his teams and men are preparing
today to make the dirt fly. Messers.
Mitchel and Cartwright went up and
surveyed the route Thursday. They
found a much easier grade than was
anticipated. The road will be complet
ed before work stops and a suprising
improvement will be witnessed within
the next two weeks. The following is
the list obtained since our last issue:
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Total from last week....
Jas. Phillips.
J. F. Crawford.
Kobt. A. Bradly.
Tho«. R. Williams.
C Linch.
Williams & Arlington ....
E. H. Miller.
D. Crowley.
Sam Iretun.
Wm. Dixon.
8. J. Pierce.*..
Marsh & Iretun.
C. Neilaon.
J. H. Smith.
Park Wardwell.
D. W. C. Brown.
W. F. Wardwell.
Thos. and A, P. Peterson
Daniel Reagan, sr.,.
Joseph Degen .
F. C. Klingback.
Stephen Dempsey .
8 Patterson also assisted in surveying
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the road.
Emmett could do a thing when she made
up her mind.
—The patrons of the Central school
district a few miles below Emmett have
made some needed repairs on the school
house to make It comfortable (or winter.
Some stable room has boqn built near
the school house to shelter the horses
which may be used by the children in
going to school. This arrangement is a
practical and silent lesson, that kindness
to animals is one of the active thoughts
among Central school patrons. Those
who are kind to their horses will be
kind to their neighbors and friends.
—A visitor to the school taught by
Prof. Baker on the north side iff the
Payette, noticed that the school seemed
to be conducted in a pleasant manner.
The scholars numbered about eighteen
and seemed naturally inclined to improve
their opportunities. The excercises in
Physiology in coanection with the chart
illustrations were very creditable to
teacheraad pupils,
a neat and comfortable building and
quite a credit to the district,
furnished with a (air quality of furni*
turc. j
The school house is
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