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NO. 12.
VOL. L
EMMETT, CANYON COUNTY, IDAHO, SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 20, 18'U.
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■only the field is wanting to cause a dis
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play of talents equal to the rarest the
world has seen, and to this dogma we are !
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inclined to give our heartiest assent. In!
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our heroines name there is naught of
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poetry; no such suggestiveness of high I
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and mighty birth, as is indicated by that
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of the Lady Clara Vere de \cre. no such I
intimation of nobility of soul as the
name of Joan of Arc calls up; still, in
h t true woman's heart, there was the
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A Thrilling Narrative of a Des
perate Struggle.
BLOODTHIRSTY RED-SKINS.
How the Life of an Indian Fighter was
Saved by a Woman.
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grandeur of latent courage, and of un
bounded ay m pa'by. The sketch of her
present exploit has its prelude of savage
warfare, that rings like the blare of a
cavalry trumpet, or the long-roll of Ihe
alarum drum
It ia but fair to say that this exploit, ;
while her chief was by no means her
only one, as she on one occasion captured
Ihe mo«l desperate Indian on the border. 1
Going from her garden to her house one
«I iv. she saw a rifle standing by the door, j
and securing it. she looked in. and saw
a gigantic Indian rummaging through
When he saw that he was j
detected, he drew his tomahawk and
sprang toward the doer, but the while
woman had already cocked the rife, and
now presuted it, telling him if he moved
she would shoot him. So cowed was !
her effets.
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• he savagt by her determined conduct,
that he made no further attempt at es
cape. and was captured by some of the
neighbors, who happenrd to come by.
During the war of 1812, a fort was
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erected within twenty miles of Vandalia.
as a fronleir oulposL Its garrison was j
insignificant in numbers, and was under
the command of a Lieutenant Journay. j
It was on the 39th day of Aufiust. 1814. 1
that skulking Indians wereseon near the ]
post, and early the next morning ,he |
lieutenant made a sally with his entire
force, certainly a bail strejek of Po' ic >'. I
After prov'eedmg but a short distance in
the direction in which the enemy ha«l
been seen, they were ambushe«! by a
considerable Udy of Indians, and the
Oneilare-dcvil borderer, named Thomas
Higgins, determined to have some re '
for his murdered comrades, but
She other six hastened into Ihe fort with
all their «peed Higgins' hors.- had
been shot, and the scout at first thought
-fatally, bul 01 dismounting lie saw t hai
thewoandwa« not at all serious. Once
«m the ground he concluded not to monnl
again until he had at least one of his
enemies, and was darling toward a tree,
freu the Indian started toward him.
He »aw that he could not reach the
turned on ihe xdvancinp
Hastily reUwding hi« rifle* he got on his
horse and started to ride off, when he
fteard the voice of Burgess, the wounded
ten A« he turned around on hU horse.
Burges* said to him;
"Tom. you wont leave me will you'
No," said the hero. Ill not leave
you—come on!
"1 can't get to you. said Burgess,
•■My leg is broken "
Instantly dismounting. H.gg.n, led
his horse to the spot, and attempted to
• put Burge» in the saddle, but the animal
joining frightened. started off toward
•hc fort.
• Now. that's what I call mean." said
"blamed mean—but l 11 save
vou anyway You get off the beat you
can on your hand, and your well foot.
I'll stay behind and cover your retreaL
Burge» followed his friend s advice and
escaped, bul the savages now began to
*r.vwl up ou Higgins, who scorned to
himself at the sacrifice of a friend,
snd in order to keep the Indians from
following up Burgess, he started off in
direction, and «x>n emerged
the thicket which, so far, had pro
Three savges immediately
lieutenant and three nu-n killed and one
man wounded, at th«'first volley.
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tree, 80
ravages, and shot the foremost one ilea«!,
Higgins.
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an oblique
from
veered him
darted in pursuit, and Higginsdelermm
,-d if possible, to get them seprated, aud
the three in detail
On toot he was very swift, and did
that he could gwt the
kill
not doubt bul
Indian* strung out. but in eoUnng a »mal
found that in the engagement
struck in the hjbf» but
Affairs
brook he
he had been
let and that it was giving oc
crisis, and he
none at all. un
trere now at a
slight chance of escap
could kill the large* of the ene
had from the first kept ia the
uaeomTorl sblv n'er
less he
my. who
l#ad. and was
n.u.
Every time he turned to fire, the In
dtan sprang from side to side so rapidly
that he could lake no aim, and not wish
throw away a shot, he halted, let (
the Indian aim at him. and just as his
finger pressed the trigcer. the borderer
wheeled, but not in lime to escape the
bullet. He was struck in the hip. and
knocked down, but instantly arose again,
and having no chance to get a sight on
the big Indian, continue») his flight.
The rifle of the Indian reloaded, the
three pressed the pursuit energetically.
They were fast gaining upon Higgins,
when he again fell, and as be arose the
three fired together, each ball striking
him. Again he fell, but with the enor
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mous vitality of a grizzly bear, he again
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aside their guns, endeavored to close in
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As they neared him. he presented his
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gun first at one, then at an other, thus
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causing them to fall back,
however, the large Indian, evidently
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much the bravest of (hem, came to the
At last.
conclusion that the gun of the front
tiersman was empty, and he pressed
toward fearlessly, when Higgins took
quick aim and killed him.
His situation was now truly desper
ale. Upon his person were five serious
wounds, in his hands an empty gun,
around him dozens of the savages, while
advancing upon him were his two in
furiated and unharmed f.ies. Many a
man would have givan up in the face
of such fearful odds. Not so Thomas
Higgins.
,, e to lf , aJ his nn .. as sw ifllv
#s blit the tw<> rush ed in on him
b „ forf . h , collld f nish , and b.. ?all stab -
bjn(f , l(m wllh lheir spear8 . Lucklv
h ^ were , lW th , n lo p« n< ., rat e his
but turned their points on strik
lng * m s|i „ thpv covere«! him with
p a { n f u i wound«, causing great loss of
b , (K>d >n , t lhpn . bv weakening him woe
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One of the Indians now threw his tom
ahawk si Higgins with frightful effect.
Striking him upon Ihe cheek it cut a
furrow through it, severed his ear and
cut a long scar, clear to the bone, term
inating at the back of the head, and the
forr( , oflht . Uow knocked the indomtt
, lb | c scout down upon the earth. Down,
hut ro de>d; he is worth a dozen dead
men vet.
Rustling tqion him, they attempted lo
ust , lheIf ktlives< but be fought them
,,ff fienely
fct ., tha , ,' hcv a „ n j n
their lances.
j nd i nn mggrd so hard lo recover it. that
he raised the torde-cr 10 his feet. To
with unaidi-d hands and
had recourse to
Se»ing how faint his foemen had be
com e from the effects of this last exer
ii on . the remaining Indian rushed upon
w- kD „, jn hand . Higgins' blow up
, h( . , ku „ of (hp othpr i ndian had
hr , jk( . n his riflp< but he «ui retained the
barrt .n Q f and war«Ung off the blows
<)f th „ l r . d i aI1 -, knife with his left hand,
be drHW bilck f or »stroke with his right.
tb j s Jb(1 [ nd j ani who, physically.!
w „ ^ a match for four sttf b m « n as
hp pluckv Higgins, began to retreat
from th „ 'i ari ng eys of his adversary
whilSp nobl( , Cl , ura;rP ,|,. a< h alone conkl
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Hit courte was toward his rifle, and
knew that if he could reach
I, ^ „ lhe battl< . wa , over . and
throwing aside his rifle barrel he drew
hi , knjfe Md rl|shM u , H)n the Indl.n
Meeting each other in a fierce embrace.
lhry fouj?hl Uk e jungle tigers, bul lht
( strrnp , h of , he white man h.d ebbed
away with nis bk«d. and was no longer
j & malch for ^ J n dUn.
I Dashing his foe upon the ground, the
j Ull „ went in ^ arc h of hi, rifle, but.
with thf c .Mirage of a demi-god, the
. wb iro man again arose and sought for
j lhe olh „ rifle loUer i„g »Jong with
frame unstrung, bul with a heroic soul,
from which not all of hi, wounds and
sufferings could banish his inexhaustible
bravery. No hero beneath the walls
Troy, no trained gladiator within Rome's
(a tal arena ever fought against greater
iidds. or with more unflarffinr courage,
As he pants along in search of Ihe rifle
the main body-of the savages appear
sight and pres* eagerly toward the scene
of the combat. Higgins sees them,
although it is certain death to remain,
Je t iTis no less surely fatal lo fly with
hi* armed foe upon his trail, and
former fleeluess now no m«»re.
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The whole combat had been seen
to go to Higgins' relief, and reminded
them that his present condition was
to his noble effort inbeha-f of a wounded
comrade, and showetl them how any
them might have been woundeil as
as Barrels
no Logan», nor Kent«>ns. Finding
.«»«t til raBI'ry futile.
Latching one of these, the
stoop, snatch his rille and beat out the
brains of the savug • was the work but
of # mom ,, nt
the garrison, yet
1 to aid their com rad«".
no one ventured forth
Wuh womrnly
I sympathy and generosity. Mrs, Pursley
1 attempted by prayers first, and taunts
aflerwarels, to induce some of the men
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Mrs. Pursley declared that "never, while i
she coaid ride a horse or aim a gun J
should so floe a feliow as Tom Higgins >
die for want of a little help," and sell-1
ing a rille, she mounted a hotse. and
dashed out of the gate to where Higgins ;
had fallen insensible, bleeding from ]
dozens of wounds,
Shamed bv her noble example, the
men mounted rapi dly, and at a fall gal
lop followed the heroic woman. Reach- I
ing the galiant borderer, he was thrown
across a horse, and all of them made
their escape into the fort. After Is ing
as if dead for days, Higgins began to
mend, and eventually recovered,
gratitude to Mrs, Pursley was ever pro
found.
Where, in the records of heroic deeds,
is one whose lustre out-shines that of
this grand woman? Where is the human
heart that does not heat with fuller
throbs of joy and pride to know that,
with all of its ills and its imperfections,
with all of its vanity and its folly, hu
manity still links such god-like virtue
to Us viler dross? Who now shall say
that woman's courage is mere passive
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endurance of pain, the unflinching for
titude under suffering? To all such, the
exploit of this uoole woman is sufficient
refutation; for one such deeds absolves
ihe entire s-x from all derogation, aud
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in the coming tears, should but one
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such legend live. It wjll suffice to show
to the world .hat the pioneer heroines of
the West joined to the t'end.-r sym r «tlhy
and true femininity of Iheir sex the
hardier courage and unflinching deter-!
ruination of the sterner one.
Note—T he alxive article 1 - tahe from a book
entitled ■Cocquertag the WUdernei»..' by an un
it own author and is published bj rrq
Mrs. K.lcy Reed, of Emmett, who Is a rtangMer
of the hero. Thomas Higgins, and Ihe mother of
Joe and Charter Hoed, well-known citizens of
The scene described look
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this ccmmonlty.
place near Vandal ia. XUfnots. at present a city
of several thousand inhabitants, and Is true in
The heroine. Mrs. Pursley.
every particular,
was IdUod by Indians the to liosring year after
this incident took plane.
AROUND THE STATE
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Items of Interest From Many
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ABOUT OUR NEIGHBORS.
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The telephone line betwren Salubri.
anil \\ eis«-r is compleled all but putting
jn lh( . bo ne*.
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ha * Com t *° ^f«»«d.
, He has the plans of a fin, hotel with him
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„fn,*.*»tTnow materialize
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The mail carrier coming into Ketchum
on T"«« 1 » lMl h^ 1 '* ,h » ■*« of
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I F Shaw. The body was L.und sitting
on a stump of a tree on the of
the Sawtooth range near a mine he had
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j working upon, and
horrible appearance, being partially de
■ v »«r«l by wild animals. The .1-ceased
u, ' er * 41,11 w ' 5 W !1 known win upnout
. ' his whole regioo.-bh.shone Journal.
Our typos put on overall, Sunday and
cleaned out the office. After four hour,
; hard work they^^discovered a »ward 5w,
a pair of bellows, three roller moulds,
set of chazeA fifty feet of lumber, half
d.isen towels, an assortment of cast-off
oiothing, an old musket, a few files,
hand-saw. a carpenter's square, a sledge
-ammer and a kit of burglar's tnojA
They expect to find an «'>1 and Mp
to morrow. Pete Jackson, the office ca..
.lout know "When- lie is at, th- place
j* » ^'"L'l we
«he office has b.-en cleanrel out that we
know of. KctonAtr.
, A call'd meeting of the trustee* of the
in Alturas Water Company was held last
Saturday , at which Ihe water rat-s were
j "eqnallml." This equalization consists
j in making the rales for domestic pur
poses *2 per month, aud those for busi
ness houses C per month As »»me
business men have been paying S3.50.
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and «5 per month, the rates will
slightly reduced to them , so has the
meslic rate been reduce«! from 82.50
S3 to 82 Bui with lh*-se ;wvi exceptions
stock earned a dividend of « p. r cent
during the past year. But with
"equalisation" of rates, the re-duction
the mana^r's salary from to 825
«if month, aud dropping off of expenses, it
hoped to make it earn 10 per cent
1894. About three-fifths of the stock
all consular it a vary desirable investment.
—Hailey Tim«-s.
; What They are Doing—General News!
From all Parts of Idaho.
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the rales are practically unchanged.
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NOTH!NG BUT THE TRUTH. '
Latest Happenings in Canyon
County.
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A Little of Everything.
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-There i. anew veterinary surgeon
in town.
_Altornev Mearh.-n vu on a
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fessional visit to Middleton Tuesday. [
—Attorney Smith visited the Falk's;
Store neighborhood during the week on ;
legal business.
—The Ixm takes pleasure in ad
vancing the interest of every place in ■
Canyon county.
-Kev WMC'rowther. of Caldwell.
came over an< j »Misted in the Methodist
revival during the week.
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f ' K M ^ and alreadt has
a commodious cottage erected thereon.
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—Geo. Stuart and family have moved
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' n, ° Mr * W,U * ^"^»ce.nd MaVi.lt ,
h " moved Wk to ,he r ' nch j
,own *
—Duke Jewell was up f^m Payette'T]*"
during the week looking after stock for
Irwin, the big stock man of the lower '
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—The ditch survey will be completed
in a few days and as soon as the engi
—C. A. sioper has been wrestling
Payette,
neer completes his estimates we wiil
know "where we are at."
with an attack of erysipelas the past
few days and looks as though he had
had a head end collision with a fast ex
press.
—The talk of a railroad between Pay
jette and Emmett has been revived. It
is said Richard Haptonstall, a New
Jersey capitalist. Is behind the proposed
enterprise.—Statesman
—Recent rains prevented considerable
real- estate from changing hands dur
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whipping the daylights «nit of everthing
j moveable in these parts the past three
ing the wie!; —a Kansas zephyr has been
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days.
—A rubber stamp with your name wit!
j mark your linen, books, tools and many
other articles thereby sax ing you many
11 imr* its cost. ^ on phi jjpI ?uch a
I stamp of S. J. Griffen, Ogden. Ulali. for
L- 10 -tt
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I — W here will you find another little
town with a brighter future than Em
mett? It does not exist and cannot be
The future of this place is not
, a handped years removed, like some
bul l% * lmo8t hw; ri * hl *■ •*»»«•
ias it were.
1 ~ ll ** P' rh *r« not out of order for the
i In jex to remark again that it is a per
j manenl fixture and is here to Slav, and
, th>t irp 4 ffw |hu hbor .
I hoo«l who have not made the acquaint
ance of our subscription books. Come
up n B Uem«a and do not read a borrow
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—('or^tt and Mitehel «»'em to h** »*n
counternc considerable trouble in And
* ro ,«uml the
e 4 »»ti'!*clory plac poun.l the
the broU from fmher trouble this
h . has been anthorixe«» ro
(lff „ thrBS 4 , h4r „ Mll 4 halfln our
ditfh u , haw th , ^nte* .1 thU point.
w ^ureatee alarolute protection from
! , he Uw ^ «vemhlng else
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"Tom ' ^
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j ™ 1 " few" ehre of w.ur b!!
p " to s rt aff Th . <lop
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«»le ... walk when reload from
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—An exchange «y»; "It is said thaï
a certain school ma'am in this city, who
j ha, an inordinate fe a r of contagious
; diseases, sent a little girl home because
j her mother was sick and showed sy mp
, toms of something that might be serious
The next day the little girl present«-«!
iteiwelf at school with her finger in her
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m.-uth and her little bonnet swinging
snd timidly «Aid: "We got a new b<j>>
, at our house, bul mams tok) me to tell
you that it .»n't catching "
(tovermw v.Onnei! __ , h
—Governor McConnell *ddr«^ed the
people of Emmett in the Wardwell hall
last Saturday night. The hall was
of crowded, notwithstanding the inclemen
cy of the weather, am« the Governor
is held the large audience in wrapped at
in tenlion throughout the meeting. His
is talk was solely on state matters and the
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| litical signtllcaace. n«< one bnt an expert
! could «lefect it. The Governor » We* on
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irrigation met wuh Ihr approval of ail. !
and is «Im.« identically Ihr same as !
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the Vi right law of < aliform» wh.r
'vides the state into irrigation districts
and (fives to the settlers in each district
the privilege. if they so desire. to bond
that district and thus secure the means
obtain all needed 'rriga'ion facilities,
This was the first official viatt Emmett
ever received from a Governor of Idaho
and to sav that the dialinctioo was ap- j
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predated but feebly expresses it.
"** P™ded over by Hon. S.
Ifcempsey and upon the speaker's stand
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»at Hon. t. P. Bilderback. Hon. R. A
Cowden and a representative of the Is
-. The hand discoursed some nice
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"ml matchless artist. W K
Cartwright. Tfc* Governor was enter
ujned by y r and Mrs. E. K. Hayes. !
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Following is the report of the recent
sch'iot examination held in the Emmett
—The band is talking of having a con
cert in the near future.
SCHOOL EXAMINATION.
Public School.showing the averse at-1
tendance and the general average of the
different studies examined in:
Atiendsm Average
Anna Fulton.05 9k
Woody.95 »
r> na Moulton 85 »7 1
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Will; ■ Robertson.IOO 97
Maud IW-wall 95 97
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Orlando Price.
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Hattie House!.
Lizzie Shipp.
Floyd Robertson....
M»nd Phillips...
Charles Martin.
Effie Fulton .
Artie Ireton.
Frank Knox.
Charlie Price.
97
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93 1
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94 j
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.88
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78
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Oil
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100
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88
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en Phillipe ...
Aria Anderson..
Bertha Smith...
Phillip bhephenl
Doilie Moulton..
Pum Brookshire.78
Mattie Dewalt
Minnie Dempsey .,JI
Tillie Peterson.
Ettie Moulton.
Gertie House!.
Bertha Shipp.
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95
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Ada Glass ........
Emmsrov Barrett
Walter Smith ....
George Russell....
Mary Shepherd...
[Nora Peck.
iLThi Phillips.
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Lizzie House! .
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Wavne Dewalt
Nellie Price.
Lick
Carrie Fuioo]!..!..
tMcar Reed..! .!!! .
Minnie Martin
Ifeye Murray.
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Emm. Peck'
j Gertie Brookshire...
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' Emma Langroise ...
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PAYETTE ITEMS
«« „«mre re aa
u. were Û-; .«a A.: c 3 ii aiw«. XS5
be la aoi i*ter Trtt iad we bot^
hrr ^ fter M
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Jlld ** l^sroll was confined lo his
r °° m V '' rr *' d * i ' l "' Wtrk fnjm * n
aUack of quinsy.
Mrs C9Êt ' who Uv " 4b<u ' '
»bove town, has had quite a severe at
tack of erys.pla* but her many friend,
wil > «* to know ^ ' he
twptd road to recovery.
W. A. Coughnour is laving off a model
cemetarv on his fortv acres of ground
, w „ t ,,f rown 00 the hanks of the Snake.
which, when completed will be a credit
I to our little eitv. More anon.
Hon. Fred Burgen of Occur d' Alene
h " ,oc ' ,ed h?re ' nJ ' 1 «*
«.fflee two doors above the hotel Idaho.
«here he can be found at all reasonable
hours. He come* amongst us well rec
ommended socially and professional.,
We have another mWilion to our pro
* nai fra.ernilv in the person of Dr.
W R. Hamilton, of I-at a* tVs>h;ngtoo.
wrll> hs* coocluded to east his fortune
*UgKt w da^ jd hV^bT j^iiTthe
1 „«e, two aJw% -« the howl Idaho.
j H<neo Lambert, cur handsome
; butcher had a narrow escape from being
drowned last evening while trying to
erew* Snake river, near the mouth of the
Payette. Ht* boat became entangled ia a
^ e .», from which hTwuld mH
: extricate himself ami wa* carried romr
1 two mil«« «town the river, bul fortunate
1 •> succeeded in fre, ing h-mseif and
- °° Be again, at tBt
bead of Pool* Island
j Payette has been the scene of a num
ber cf quiet »«rial gatherings this year
! t-tn New Tear's day the K. of P. Ic'd« «>f
ST TuÜZïl
ball; followed by a grand ball in the
evening which was largely attended
1 ,h * eurtoondiwg countrv. tin
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tired I« Ihr banque; hall where the
Harmony lodge l>. of K. had
prepared an elegant oyster supper, after
which all listen«») to remarks from
several members of the order amongst
whom
re Rev. R. P-arcr. A. B. and
F. C. M.«s. W A. Cougbanoar and as
the clock chimed out the hoar of one
the happy gathering took their departure
their respective homes feeling they
had added one more link to the fartemal
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OLA ITEMS.
Benlar Orrevpopdenca.
Ola. Boise Co.. January 9, 18Ô4 —The
snow ,; t about eighteen inches in depth
Ola and from three to five ft. on the
dividing ridge between Ola and High
valley; about four or five f~t ioH.gh
valley; six feet deep on the Tripod sum
mj| belwee „ Hi ^ h rall<y and £ j
Smith's ferry and in Long valley the
snow varies from three to five feet.
Mail carriers are commencing to have
some difficulty in getting through. The
Ola carrier. B. Perkins, had to leave
his sleigh in the middle of High valley
about nine miles from Ola. going lowaros
[Smiths ferry and had on four horses
Mr. Jones and wife have been »or.wed
^Vr.^^ia^of fo^'^f
h<> p av , lt ,. Mr j j, 0 f Caldwell and
is breaking roads now to try and get cut
of there as he is anxious to get back
ho ®' *° attend to bia business affairs.
The thermometer was down to 10 de
grees below zero in our cold soap at Ota.
W« a_— — Tf
ns look for deep snow here this winter
and an early spring is hopes! for.
FALK 3 STORE ITEMS.
Miss Arpie Ynustler made a visit of
several days to Emmett during the week
Boise Riggs has been down with the
grippe but is gelling along nicely under
the treatment of Dr. Clymer.
Mr. Nichols and family, who removed
to Payette for better school advantages,
have returned and their many friends
are much pleased.
Imst Wednesday evening the yonn
folks .if this neighborhood met at Mr,
Anderwin's and spent the time quite
pleasantly singing and playing games.
The literary continues to fleuris«« with
Eugene Parrott, president; Geo. Jack
son, vice-president; Bismark Yoosrler.
marshal : Mi
V» Ettie Anderson. Secreta
The Weekly Trumpeter, a paper
ry.
especially for the literary, is edited by
Miss M Ttie Y oust 1er, - -aisled by Miss
Anna Jackson,
CALS WELL ITEMS.
Regular CorrewpoBdeaec.
Calowklu Idaho. Jar.uarv 17. 1SOI—
The G A R.
evening, at which all the veterans of
Hugh Wilson Post with their families
were presenL
The week of prayer is being observed
at the Presbyterian church.
Mrs. Charles Sebree and W. R, Sebrve
are visiting friends in Salt Lake.
Th- Cnllus dub will meet Monday
evening. Jan. 22. Everytwdy is invited
lo attend.
gave a supper Monday
kno * " « «*• •* ^he lead.ng ÜUie
tosrns of Idah- that m the coarse of *
few ynn, will assume the iznpervaace
»nd size of considerable proport.Lo. both
m wealth and peculation. The twmk
:i nf ÿ^ r of to dav consists o i the Me
Dowel! store, the Fouch store. H^let«m
hotel, anew saloon, a blacksmith sod
w^ere the -ayfa^7 "^'sre
honestly and abundantly fed
thetsstyrear Freff MsDowsll hm «regarni
rô ."Z Zh.cTfs rtSuTfebÄ
building about 30x40 and which 1 » well
Ailed with such merchandise as the
Pl*ce demands Reno Hazleton is the
tîai^r ^d
him with «xc«:ient accommodation* at
living rales The new saloon is a re
sp^Uhle structure 9dxt° foetsnd fur
^ed io^fh pî«es
Star nas recent; , been made a tnnoqj -
.;rder pc*t office, and under the pieasïïl
management of Mr McDowell, is a
Not fmr (rv j u tht towa of Httnt .
e r wh? r ' recenti> ha# been bn ill a new
Odd Fellows hall which within a brief
.psce of lime has grows from eight to
^SVstuw Ti?i?h^'m loZ SVd
th«'popularity of this excédent Order
among the people. On inquiry the
pl'asant discovery was made that no
dekn -sa effects any member of this new
'■** »• pr-^en»
Mrs Hannah Branch ef feolubria. is
visiting wuh Mrs Fred McIVweR. a»..
will pn>bably remain for ton «lay* before
relu ruing to her home
James Br-shear s little girl me* with
a painful accident last week; her cloths
caught Ore from the sto-.e and before
the Harnes could be extinguished bee
«idevivd arm were severely injuml. The
little -uffer - is only four years oW and
her woolen clothing became qnmed.
Her scream's soon brought her father
to her rescue and in carrying her to the
S\^S
Her feature«, however, are. in so
iojuttd.
The ladies of the Christian chnreh
gave the firs* of a series of benefit soci
als, Tuesday evening.
Preparations are being made at Ihe
College of Idaho for the Declamation
Prize Contest to be given February 22.
Considerable inquiry is being made
concerning placer m;ning in Caldwell
ami viciFily s.m» sale* of tnimag
property have takrn place and others
j are pending.
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STAR ITEMS.
: Sre-u* CorwTonizMc.
It is unnecessary to tell the reatb rs of
the Isonx where Star is located. They
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