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VOL. I.
NO. 16.
EMMETT, CANYON COUNTY, IDAHO, SATURDAY MORNING, FEBUARY 17, 1894.
Arrangements Being Made for
a road from
PAYETTE TO EMMETT.
The Surveying Party Will Locate the
Line as soon as the Weather
will Permit.
Last Saturday about forty of the en
terprising citizens of Emmett took pass
age in carriages snd buggies for our sis
ter town of Payette to attend a meeting
which had been called to be held in that
city to make defflnite arrangements for
the construction of a railroad from Pay
ette to Emmett
The day was a little raw but fired by
new hopes and some of Riggs' and Mur
ray's best, nobody minded the weather
and all went well as a marriage bell, ex
cepting some of the boys who discovered
a few early snakes along the road. At
Falk's Store the procession haulted and
thawed out around the cheery fires of
John Neilson and J. Cave, after which
the Emmett Cornet Rand, which went
along to blow things up. discoursed
some fine music for the benefit of the
delicate ear of the Falk's Store crowd.
The lusty cheers which rent the frosty
morning sir showed that the crowd knew
good music when they heard it.
The journey from Falk's Store on was
an uneventful one interspersed now and
then with an inspiring view of the broad
and beautiful valley through which the
road runs the entire distance and is as
level as a parlor floor.
The valley from a few miles this side
of Falk's Store to within two or three
miles of Payette does not seem to have
developed as rapidly as the remainder
of the valley, yet it is fully as fertile
And prepossessing in every other resja-ct.
There are two ranches in this vicinity
that are said to contain over two thous
and acres each, which fully explains
the backwardness of developments in
that section. When the owners of those
vast tracts of land can dispose of them
in 80 and a 100 acre tracts to industrious
farmers who will displace those repul
sive sage bushes with fields of waving
grain, fragrant flowers and delicious
fruits, then will this greatly favored
spot be able to stand against all comers
the most delightful and inviting
h ime on earth, whii h is also applicable
at
to the enllre valley.
The larcp areas that have recently
I he vicinity of Payette
been cleared in
make » striking comparison and shows
what can be done and what will be done
throughout this entire valley in a few
more years.
A view from the hill above Washoe
The
is a signt long to be remembered,
valley broadens out and dotted thickly
here and there with attractive and com
modious residences, barns and other
substantial improvements, it presents a
beautiful panorama of contentment and
prosperity.
The distance from tills point to Pay
covered and one finds him
elte is soon
self in one of the most ambitious little
Cities in the state wilh a thrifty popula
tion of »00 or 1000 industrious people,
with all sorts of enterprises in their
minds or already established.
initiate very long to discov
rhat ails Papotle—they have just
It don't
take even an
er «
three factions too many and all pulling
in opposite directions,
But here is dem
onslrated that a house divided against
itself need not necessarily fall, for not
withstanding all the pulling and hauling
which it is admitted has taken place be- j
the different factions, Payette has
tween
steadily forward and has attained
gone
much in the way of substantial and per
manent improvements.
They have
big brick buildings, handsome
residences, miles of side-walk, gra e
streets, big saw mills, beautiful nurse
ries, and bolter improvements all round
than many towns with twice their pop
more
ulation. Yes, Payette is a mighty good
town possessing great possibilities.
The Emmell Band was entertained in
i:mml s!vl** and during lh* aft« nO0B |
serenaded the town.
The Payette people spared no pains in
that the Emmett delegation were
1 he Index will 1
seeing
pnqierly entertained.
remember with pleasure the cor-1
ever
dial and hospitable entertainment re
ce ived at the residence of Mr. and Mrs.
\\ H. Taylor; also Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Richards. .
As this article is being put in type
half of the band boys are in the
lalking about that visit to W hit
. i} ro g'. wine cellar and by a unani
vole have just declared that It ]
the best wine ever made and is j
by the best of men.
hotel accommodations of Payette |
about
office
ney
mous
contains
..»nipt*
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-class.
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EIIT MEETING.
The meeting was presided over by
Mayor Rider, Bert Venable as secre
tary.
The chairman briefly stated the object
of the meeting and extended a cordial
welcome to the people of Emmett and
others from a distance who were pre
sent.
The report of the committee appoint
ed at the Emmett meeting was read and
adopted. The main feature of this re
port was to send out a surveying party
to run the different proposed lines to
Emmett. It also provided that a com
mittee of three, one from Emmett and
two from Payette, be appointed to ar
range for the survey,
was appointed from Emmett. We have
forgotten who were selected from Pay
ette. Mr. Rosa, the popular Payette
engineer, will have charge of the sur
vey which is to begin as soon as the
weather will permit.
After the arrangements for the sur
vey had been completed a recess was
taken snd when the meeting re-assembl
ed some of the Emmett delegation want
ed to know what the people of Payette
K. A. f'owden
proposed giving towards the construc
tion of the road at the same time stat
ing that Emmett could only muster
about *10,000. Through a misunder
standing no efforts had been made by
the committeemen at that place but
Wm. Coughnour J. H. Richards, and
Fred Burgsn assured them that Payette
would do her part when the proper time
arrived. The same branch of the Em
mett delegation, including ourself, ex
pressed some disappointment over the
apparent inaction and disinterest of
the Payettcrs; but these conclusions
were perhaps without just grounds and
will be dispelled at the proper stage of
the proceedings.
The Emmett Band played some nice
music at intervals during the meeting.
The meecing was adjourned subject
to the call of the survey - committee.
The surveyor's report will probably be
ready within a month when the cost
of the road will be known and the proper
steps taken to consummate the undertak
ing immediately.
After the meeting it was learned that
two or three men in the Falk's Store
neighborhood would build six miles of
grade and secure the right of way for
that distance and that four men in Pay
ette would alone give more than all the
upper end of the valley. Now if every
body will do as they say there is n < y
question but that trains will be mi
ning into Emmett over the Payette like
before 1800.
MIDDLETON ITEMS.
Regular Correspondence.
Middleton« February, 9. 1894. —Our
cold 8(>eU of weather is broken again
and it geenr.8 as though we arc not to
have any ice this winter.
Mr. A. 8. Blxby has cone to Omaha
with a train load of cattle.
Mr. Boh Hamilton of Lower Boise is
among us again making things lively
with his machinery, he is hulling clover
seed for Mr. Joe Wilson.
There is quite a considerable sickness
prevailing at present but nothing serious.
P. J. Fahy, Middleton's rustling mer
chant. is having quite a considerable
sage brush land cleared this winter.
The Middleton singing class under the
leadership of E. E. Shearer, will give
an entertainment in the near future of
which we will notify you in due lime.
The little folks of Middleton were
highly entertained last Saturday at the
home of Miss Georgie Foote, the occasion
being the seventh anniversary of Mi»-»
Georgiens birth.
ab | p gp,. ak er Mrs. Mitchell, who is Icct
urinR in ^half of the W. C. T. U.; great
credit is due her in the masterly way
she handies subjects.
Last Tuesday and Wednesday eve.
the people of Middleton were honored
by lectures from that honored and most
You will please allow us through your
valuable columns to correct a mistake
wbicb W(1 bad sa j d our wor thy black
smith had rented his shop to Henry
Hahn the fact is he rented to Mr. Henry
G. Reinemer who comes among us high
ly recommended as a first class mechanic
and solicits your patronage which in
return he gruarotees flrsi class work and
p r j ces u low as the lowest,
RATES TO MID-WINTER FAIR.
Caldwell to San Francisco and return
v j tt Portland and
wp „ tu SauKranctsco and return via Port
Tltese
| an ,j an( j Shasta route *32.60.
tickets are I i m i ted to continuous passage
j n each direction and have a final limit
of 30 days from date of sale. Rates via
steamer include meals and berths on
steamer, rail rates include five admis
sions to the fair. For any further in
formation call on or write,
G. L. Alley,
Agent, Caldwell Idaho.
—What must you do 10 be saved?—
»Subscribe for the Emmett Index.
THE LOCAL ROUNDUP.
Latest Happenings in Canyon
County.
NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH.
News that Everybody Ought to Know.
A Little of Everything.
—Never send a comic valentine.
—Drugs in exchange lor country pro
duce at Dr. McGahey's.
—Valentines were in vogue at the post
office during the week.
—Rev. Young is holding a protracted
meeting at Ola, Boise county.
-Fish is the order of the day among
all good Catholic's and Episcopals for
160 acres of public land under an
intended ditch, with a good house, with
in one mile of Emmett. Cheap. Apply
to A. Meachen.
—Messrs. Welch and Ross are out from
Boise papering and decorating the Cath
olic church at this place, preparatory
for religious service.
the next several weeks.
—Mrs. Snodgrass, who has been ill
for some time, is not much better. She
was confined to her room for some
time.
—Forty-eight converts were made dur
ing the recent religious revivals in Em
mett, twenty-nine to the Methodist
church and nineteen to the Baptist
church.
-The ice harvest has been pretty
light so far this winter, six Inches being
the thickest of any ice that has been
harvested and the indications are that
will be the best of the season.
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—Mr. Murray, whom every bodv In the
country knows has not vet sufficiently
country knows, has not jet sufficiently
recovered toget around much. His many
friends would be glad to hear of his early
and permanent recovery to good health.
.. , „ ,
-Mr. and Mra Sam Paltison have
taken up their residence in Henry Riggs
nnv cottage in the south part of Em
m i. The band gave them a pleasant
s. nade Tuesday night and were treated
in "rand stvle
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s ' , Wa j > . S ' °P pn an ran n a
your dealings. Once you practice de
ception and no matter how honest you
may be thereafter it is always hard to
make those who know you believe that
you are .n earnest.
-As long as people cling to the nur
row minded idea that a railroad will not
iwneflt the country unless a depot is
located on "My land, just that much
longer will they have to wail for this
greatly needed enterprise.
—Sheriff Branstetter on Thursday
sold the New York and Phyllis irrigal
ing ditches to satisfy a judgment for
8170,000 in favor W. C. Bradbury. He
was the only bidder and his bid was
$184,000.—Boise Democrat.
—A replevin suit is on the Emmett*'
court calendar for next Monday. Deputy -
sherilf Lick is the defendant and Leon
I). Owen plaitilf. It seems that Owen
claims the stock levied on for another's
debt, to be his personal property.
—It is rumored that a movement is on
fool to have the western half of the
United States annexed to the Hawaiian
Islands. This would at least give us
an honest, patriotic, consciencious Presi
dent—fresh from the people, namely
President Doles.
—The Boise Badger has crawled into
his hole, and while he may have pulled
the hole in after him. he didn't pull in
his certificate of admission as a member
of the bar of the Supreme Court. The
certificate he claims had been lost.—
Idaho World.
—The Index paid *17,000.25 for ihe
honor of christening the "Ladies Philan
tropic Society" of Emmett, which low
ered our cash reserve from subscription
considerably. Another break like that
ami we will be compelled to issue bonds
to maintain our credit abroad.
—Attorney Smith is engaged in the
interesting experi ment of breaking a new
driving horse. J. S. knows how to man
age a horse as well as a law suit. There
is no one in town in whose driving rig.
some of the attaches of the Index office,
take more interest than our obliging
attornev.
—That infamous ground hog was and
saw his shadow the other day and im
mediately returned to his underground
home for six weeks more winter. AI
most at the same time the infallible
Robin began his plaintive song in the (
apple tree and the melodious frog
his evening lay beneath his own vine
and fig tree, and the man who said we
would have six weeks more of snow,
sleet and cold, at once declared that the
Now what Uo !
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hack of winter broken,
yon know about It?
—A storm swept over the middle and
eastern slates the first of this week block
ading railroads and travel of every
description, besides freezing many people
and live stock. It is some gratification
to know that we live In Idaho where
such storms never occur, only in the
fertile minds of some down easterner.
—At a meeting recently at Payette the
exercises were closed wilh the announce
ment that a big rabbit drive from Falk's
Store down, would take place this week.
It Is to be hoped the rabbit committee
will give sttendensnee to that matter.
—A dance to invoice the sinners in
this vicinity was given at Carpenter
Bros.' bachelor quarters last night. It
has been asserted that the church revi
cals did not leave enough sinners to get
up a dance and this party was given as
a tester of that assertion. We have not
learned the result and being one of the
cold weather converts could not consist
ently attend.
* —John Carter sold a five acre tract of
_i near Emmett this week to Henry
When one does not want to do anything
else, suggest a rabbit drive or snipe
hunt.
Hill, of Dry Buck: consideration 8200,
Mr. Hill is an enterprising citizen and
w ||l put good improvements on his
Kmmett property and set the land to
fruit trees. Other sales of small
tracts and some large ones are pending.
Now is the time to get In on the ground
floor, and get property while it is cheap,
_ „ ; s estimated that if the people
who are in debt to newspapers through
out the United States would pay said
indebtedness it would place an additional
*35.287,748.73 in circulation, os the
editors would immediately use the
monqy to pay their more pressing obli
K*»"««' This, "'en. is th <' w »5' to do
awa y wilh harU times—pay the printer
what - vou owe him.—Nampa Progress.
4 —Webb and J. D. Woody, brothers of
W. M. Woody, arrived from Lincoln
conn tv Kansas the first of this week
coun 'J' Kansas, me nrsi oi mia week,
looking for locations and have about de
, h land in thig vic i nitv
c,aea 10 P urcnaSL iana in mis vicmuj.
Kepealed crop failures and the severe
w,nter * of Kansa * are the potent influ
ences that have induced them to seek
homM |(| (hi , Rmbrosiac va i Iey of the
p aveU( .
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Me Ij0rd l . he P " ' '
can Rl *gister of the Boise Land Office,
has sent an imperial message to Eugene
Lorton, editor of the Emmett Index,
re q U iri n g his subject to apologize to his
hi(;hnPgs f(ir Ian)fua)re used unbecoming
tt slave U)Ward hi5 maat „. Mr. Ix.rlon
forthwUh proceeded to "apologize,"
th h hif as , olluWS . . . .
-Bulletin
_ Articles of „.corporation of the Set
t , erg . , )jtch compunv havfi
wjlh ^„„tarv of Stale Ciirtis. The
hca a,garters of the company is at Sweet,
^ connlv and its object „ to build a
ditch ^ , hp , and on crwU
fl at , The directors are: John Tally,
president; William Carpenter, secretary;
m. A. Harman, Jime keeper; John
Brown treasurer: George Williams. The
capital stock is $10.000, all of which is
subscribed.—Statesman.
—The "Ladies Philanthropic Society"
of Emmett was organized at u meeting
in the M. E. church Tuesday afternoon
and the following officers elected: Mrs.
0. P. Bilderback. President; Mrs. E.
K. Hayes. Secretary; Mrs. W. R. Cart
wright. Treasurer. There was about
fifteen ladies present. We are glad to
see the ladies of Emmett organizing a
society of this character and hope and
believe they will accomplish much
good for the community in general
Miss Rebecca Cordner is getting up
a subscription school and a short hand
class in Emmett. She is a refined and
cultured young lady recently from
South Dakota and the Index would be
pleased to see her receive a liberal sup
port from both the subscription school
and short hand class. She purposes
beginning her school In about two weeks
s'* that lire children can beging in their
»'udi-s »'»ere they were at the adjourn
rru nt °f O'* 1 public schools,
—Two sweet ethereal looking girls
with a boston inflection and pronun
elation were talking together in the
* lr cet C1 ' r . ' Are you going to the Mid
"'inter Fair ?" drawled one. "I want
*°." was the measured answer in a voice
like »<l uW hon *'- v ' " but l m afraid I ll
have a chance to let my whiskers grow
before I get there. Every mouth
opened wide, and every eye stared stupid
at her pretty face. She sat serenely un
conscious of the sensation she had pro
duced.—Philadelphia Press.
T be public school will clos»* next
Friday on account of a lack of funds,
Thia '* an Independent school district
and a H p r Us establishment, » few years
•*»■ that magnificent school house, of
which we are all so proud, was con
structed necessitating an issue of bonds
I° r that purpose. Tu keep up the inter
a » d redeem these bonds as they came
has b#*en no small undertaking and
has prevented th« district from holding
as long terms of school each year as they
otherwise would: but now only one small
bond remains to be paid and that will
be taken up next year. After that the
school taxes in this district will be cut
down nearly half snd we will be able to
have a nine or ten months' term of
school each year with a full corps of
teachers.
—The Haily Times ssys that the mate
of the big male mountain lion killed at a
ranch near that place two weeks' ago,
has met the same fate but in a different
manner. It was believed that she would
appear in search of her lord, and two
days after his death her tracks were
seen In the outskirts of the town. She
had traced the male's hide. On Satur
day. the 4th inst., while a nephew of
Thomas Miser, who lives two miles north
of Halley, was going along the road with
his dog the lioness appeared and sprang
upon the latter and began to rend him.
The young man. a nipeteen year old ten
derfoot recently from Kansas, pulled a
rail off the fence and beat the lioness
to death. Her skin measured seven
eight inches from tip to tip.
—An item which appeared in the last
issue of the Caldwell Tribune, staling
that Hon. A. J. Crook, of this place,
would build a ditch to irrigate his land
on the bench south of Payette, led to an
interview with that gentleman, and the
Independent is gratified to know that
such is the case. Mr. Crook proposes to
construct a ditch the coming season,
eleven miles long taking water from the
Payette river in the vicinity of Falk's
Store. He will probably be Joined in
the enterprise by other parties owning
land on the bench. In which event the
ditch will be made large enough to
water a considerable body of land. The
I ' ower Pa >' ette dllch ' whlch WRS co "
structed by the pioneers of this end of
the valley and is now furnishing the
»tockholder* water at an expense of
only a few cents per acre for the land
actually irrigated, is furnishing an ob
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jeet lesson to the farmers of the entire
valley. After all. the water problem is
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not a hard one to solve when there
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a,e together. As an illustration, we find
the farmers of the Emmett vicinity in
corporating to build canals that will cost
more than *100,000. Let the good work
go on,—Independent,
For Sale.
Forty acres of land one half mil« from Em
melt; all in a good state of cultivation.
ilrusN J. C. Shepherd. Kmmett. Idaho.
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EOTRAYS.
that the following de
my premise* 7 miles be
ll owner doe» not come
Notice I» hereby gi
scribed stock came into
low Emmett. Idaho, and
forward, pay charges und lake »aid stock away,
it will be sold according I«) law as «stray», to
One boy mare about 14^ hands high ;
branded on
has a colt.
Wit :
white foe« and three white leg»:
left shoulder but can t tell what It 1»;
December 15. IMtt. H. C. Riggs, sr.
Kcal Estate For Sale.
Three tracts of land, in 40, 50 or 00
acre lots, at *15 per acre. Land under
ditch. Also a good building lot in Boise
city, *.125. Address, A. Meachen, Em
mett, Idaho.
Take Notice.
The public will please take notice
that anyone riding or driving over the
new bridge across the Payette nver at
Emmett, faster than a walk, will be
prosecuted to the fullest extent of the
law.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
BOISE & EMMETT
Stage Line.
ORANT BARLETT
Proprietor.
Freight and expren» carried at the lowo»t po»
»Ible rale». Stage leave» Boi*e and Kuuneil
every morning except
Pa»»«'Qjrer rate»; One
Stage Office»: Postmaster. Kmmett: Poat
mas 1 er. Star. Fletcher Mein Co.. Boise.
Sunday
If; round trip $3.50.
was
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GO TO
HOSTETTER
Caldwell, Idaho,
(Post Office Building)
For Erne Wateb. Block
and Jswslsrg Repairing.
JW-A1I work In truurunteed for one year. A.
Mcucbeo Is authorized to receive work In Em
mett who will see that all articles ure delivered
la .ood shape.
;
U« Won't IU EilM.
Mouldy Mike—By all th' saints, ha*
yer lent yer mind? Wot you carryin'
that saw fer?
Ragged Robert—It'» all right. I »top
at houses and offer to saw some wood
1er me dinner.
"You'll be expelled from the Travel
in' Gentlemen's union."
"No, I won't. After dinner I tell'em
I can't work till I flic me »aw. They
lend me a file and tell me to go way
off where they won't hear me filin'.
Most any saloon will give a drink tef
a good tile."— N. Y. Weekly.
Th. Ml..In* Link.
The hand organ has often been voted
a nuisance, but never befere, probably,
for the reason that it set up too high
a standard.
Edith had hfeen to church for the
first time.
"And what did you think of it?"
asked her mother.
"I didn't like the organ very well."
"Why not?"
"'Tause there wasn't any monkey
with it."—Harvard Lampoon.
Simple.
President Life Insurance Company
Make a note to fire the young man who
has charge of sending floral pillows to
the funerals of deceased policyholders.
Secretary—What has he done?
I'resident—Sent one Inscribed: "Hi»
gain is our loss."—Truth.
Wlllln» to Obit*«.
Guard — Fräulein, get in quick,
please! The train is just going to
■tart!
Young Lady—But I want to give my
sister a kiss.
Guard—Get in. get in; I'll sec to that.
— Frauenzeitung.
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Liberated.
Although the cmn nhe's wed In poor«
Her heart Is tilled with cheer;
For her plebeian name of Smith
Is changed to Vere de Ven».
—Brooklyn Life.
A COPPERHEAD.
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—Chicago Mail.
No Use for Matrimony.
Uncle Geoffrey—What's this, I hear,
Bertie, about the engagement between
you and Ethel being broken off? I
thought that was a settled thing.
Bertie (aged seven) — Yes. Uncle
Geoffrey. I have decided to become a
bachelor like you. See what a good
time you have, with your horses and
your club, while papa has to buy me
three pairs of shoes a month and has
a wife who nags him besides.—Judge,
Inter*«t.
Wool—I have been living for a month
at a cost of eight cents a day.
Van Pelt—That all It cost you?
Wool—Oh no; I paid twenty dollars
a week; eight cents a day was what it
cost my landlady.—Truth.
Tho One Thing Needful.
Though we are poor, we shall be
very happy together. "Love in a cot
tage," you know.
Yes; but we haven't got the cot
tage.—Brooklyn Life.
Caution.
Mrs. Younglove—Shall you expect
me to bake my own bread?
Mr. Younglove—Just as you prefer,
dearest; but you needn't bother about
baking mine!—Puck.
Ht
Mi
He Couldn't Hay.
n<
A fellow kissed a girl on tho
street to-day.
She—Was the man crazy?
"I don't know. I didn't seethe girl."
—Brooklyn Life.
A Sore Sl^n.
Have you heard the news?
Minnie is to be married.
Millie—Are you quite sure?
Till«
TUlie—Well, she has stopped chew
ing gum.—Truth.
'Twin Not for Love Alone.
"And why, Jennie, did you tell Wil
lie you wouldn't be his little wife?"
" 'Tause he didn't ast 'till he knowed
I had a new sixpence."—Tidbita.
and Con.
Hungry Higgins—These here gravel
roads is mighty tough on shoes.
Weary Watkins—Y'es, that's so: but
where there is good roads the people
has money and where people has
money they ain't so many dogs.—In
dianapolis Journal.
1*1
Différant Now.
I Charlotte (to the caller)—Y'cs, Mol
I ly's just threo years older than me.
Molly (who is getting along in years)
—Ah— er —ohe means that I was three
J ears »Wer than she was when she was
three years younger than she is.—Chi
cago Record.
Sadden Death.
Bunker—Your fiancee tells me her
; pet dog is dead.
Hill—Yea. He took dinner with aw
last night.—Judge.
Mot th- Same Thing
Gamboge—Di«l you do any etching
when you were in New Jersey"
Van Dyke—No: but 1 did lots of itch-