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* the index THE INDEX THE EMMETT MEL -M OÎÜ.T *2.00 Per Annum. It Im not the oran you afford it. m *> ul CÄ0 ^ ou •^ uf d toUo witb.mi Ut = V ^ ; 222®:' 222SZZ 22? ,ï Z 23 Not reach*! by any other one paper. Can you afloni not to advemos latt?... VOL I. NO. 17. EMMETT, CANYON COUNTY, IDAHO, SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 17. 18»4. F IRST M R- cbarcb of Rnmeit Regular **r V lre„ on Ou-nna Sunday in eacb m.inth at ]l a ni Md " 30 p. m.; alnu nerrlc*-*» on lb»* 3rd Sun'lay» al • :3o p. m. Sunday school every Sun day morning at 10 oVlock et er y We*lne*luy »'venliig. Kir F Prayer meeting . L, TOC so Pa.'or pIK>T BAJ-TIST rhon h of Kmmett. Regn I lar nenrices at II a. m. and 7 JO p ro. on the (ooPh Sunday of each month t:. Si. ri church. R*y. LO. Pass iss, Pa«ior. E MMETTSVM.I.K IjODGE No. 11 I O .. F Meets on 1st and Srd Saturday night* of «v i. inootta. All Odd Fellow. In good .landing cordially Invited to attend. Fism-EY Mosses, Ciias. Oakbh. Secretary. N. O. QK O. U. DAVF.NPOKT DENTIST WMl N» In Kmmett on Friday and Saturday of each week. All work rnictly ttna-cla*». R K. CLYMER. D riiywlclan rf- Surcoon Emmet. Idaho. Day or night calls promptly answered. S. SMITH J. Attorney nt law Notnry Public. Emmcu. luaho. Will practice in all court» Collecting a spe ciality. MEACHKX. A. i\.ttoi*noy «.t low Kmmett. Idaho. Will practice in all court«. All matter» en lpi.ic»l to my care will receive prompt attention. HAKKT C. WYMAN. VMAN k WYMAN FRANK T. WYMAN. w Attorney* avt law Boise. Will practice In. all court* ami before the Ü. S I.»ntl Office. OflUc* 1 Ttft Main *t-. cor. 7th. I • ! .s .. pKED L. BURG AN ATTORXEY-AT-LAW. Will practice ln all rou-t» of Idaho. Addrcs*. Fayette, Idaho. £DVVARD HEDDEN. U. S. DEPUTY MINERAL SURVEYOR Isocate* rmnch**v »tirrcy* ditch's* and u>wd ftUe*: make* man* pian», estimate*. s»p»vffk*a liitn* anil blue print* besides doiru: all kinds of «•niflmcrlnf and surveying. City Engineer. Caldwell. Idaho. E. SNODGRASS, W. Emmrtt. Idaho. Poes all kinds of Snrncss mid Saddle nopnii-lug. work strictly Urst-cla»» and th».* palronahc of every one In this part of the country Is solicited Ail p VBNEY, Hüüsg # Sign pftlNTeR. Idaho. Emmett. Piper hanging a speciality. H. C. RIGGS, Jr. .Keeps s strictly Brst-class ^S3tQQN;=. -IH Emmett, Maho. Where you can pel the choicest and the best WINES. liquors, and cigars. Billiard and Pool Table. No. I All thr leading pap>' r ' • n ' 1 I****J ea »* on tt '* a share of your patronage ,s solicited. DAVE MURRAY'S * £ S 3 ê 0 0 E à . Emmett, Idaho, Is a quiet, respectable place where yon can get W Inc*. Ijlcjiiors», And Clgni a. jsrawe kxää SStSS^w» --SSST- « not U 1» all right B01SE &. EMMETT Stage Line. grant barlf.tt mBÄ-iSSTÄa Bol " e " J Kmu>t '*' round trip 5tlar: «etcher sum Co. Bot«e Pnijirivlor. ! ' For Sale. land T>nr batOnl^ tntm ^o* «tat* of raWSIk» Ad Kmiwli* I «3 «he Vrty h. «U in« a j CvSbrfl « Public Entertainment. ri«i fl" fl I The Ladies Indcpcnd ent Club of Emmett ... . . .* Will 1^1 \ <' a public ' liter ininmnnt in lha W'mi iI !. miment m UK wam Well llîlll Oil Thursday »fv.il lusu »'ll «. uv.» .if.vvj niirllt UoH.ll 90 Tho silt. r)l'0 <r rammc will consist ' ,, ^ . , . - ()t Ull amaturc theatrical . nenormance, recitations t . . > . - . and Slllliin<r. AltOF tllC .O o „ . cillcrlammcnt refresh , incuts consisting Of ICC ^ , and coffee cream and cake and sandwiches v hi id VIIU * will be served. I on 0\ Cl Six and under twelve will be cliar <r ed „ ... J 0 cents admission^ adults 10 cts. will be extra. Every body is cordially invit ed to attend. I There is no "spider and the fly" bust ness about this proposition. Money re /. » » ■» s rr 'aJ I funded it goods are not as represented. * j J ! I But that the Index is hero to stay and should be in every home in the upper Payette valley. It lias done more to bring this section to the favorable at tention of the outside world during the tew short months of its existence than all other agencies during the past ten years. The Index seeks to harmonize and blend together any and all neighborhood factions and discords which may have heretofore existed. It has no enemies to persecute or wrongs to avenge and is a clean local paper meriting the support of every body. Speak a kind word for the In dex whenever vou can; subscribe for ! I I 1 1 I 1 I . I I I 1 I I j I I it and send it to your friends in the Stand by the INDEX and it east. will stand by vou. T I I j I | Fifty-two doses of the Index for $2.00. Warranted to cure the very worst case of rT-want-to-leave-the-countrv fever." Try it J *£r, ■j Emmett Meat Market/ JAMES PHILLIPS, Proprietor. Shop opposite Carter Bullet. Inc. Fresh beef, muttew ami pork. Everything neat and clean aad the patronage ot all » «oUclted. We sell cheap and »«rive u> pleaM* D ttT /o>( t~) W ( i nrnwn VV . V>. J—Ji kJ \\ U) T T, J —. — , wT-pt TEiTT) * I j j\J I )KH I AlihR Avi IJ /s M h A LAI A II . ' I Complete Assortment of « t*l*t*s * !*3 \ QT7 T7 lr PQ — i. O ,,, Il o,,,l< . ' - HAKuy FHlLLiPS. 1 \/ /\ all énj order within on* hoar« time Funeral* pronptl; Hardy Phillips BLACKSMITH « ) KMMETT. IDAHO, oral bl it-cii MARRIAGE AT PARMA Calclwell Tribune. On Tuesday, March 8. 1891. a merry j party of both old and young gathered I * t th* residened of A. J. Mitchell, Par m '- ,d *'| 0 ' Witn ^ the üf Mark A. BaUn. 0§ AH»*, A4» Co., Idaho, , M «{ Ptaee, Judge Pease officiating. The j w wH , arrl to*. \ »bl» known in this section. Mr. liâtes . ... " * y '' UnK man ° f p, ''" ln(r mann ' r * and address, well educated, having Uu <? ,lt several schools in this and ad-j Joining counties. It is thought by some Of his friends that he will engage in " v his favorite Bower. Miss Daisy Mitch -IU y«« lady universally loved and Kt- .it win k«* û' •»» will be miwd from soc,a ^ a-s well the famil> cir.'le. Whpn f <* lhpir future home, they take with them the good ....... . wisht-s of a host of friends. It was | . . . w.e •. «... , { tbuu f ' b f -*•* ' h " ? , the bachelor brother of the bride, was the on»* that had forsaken his bachelor I I . Conseqoenlly ab«»ui 10 o clr>ck 1 a party of young bloods gatherd tin cans and other musicale and proceeded to the | lions»* occupied by the said Walter and there gave evidence of their ability to | make a racket, if not musical. They j ton found out their mistake and quietly j •'SkiLD." dhqiersed muttering— Lost—B etween Falk's Store and Pay -1 Finder will be ettc an express package, rewarded at Falk's Store. ; T E LOCAL I) ! I _St. Patrick's dav in the marni'n. -stand by your home [«per M Mlltl .. . I faillir Iff îtli 11 If II ,f « - » .... .. m >Urrh Han thorn and Geo. Pence of Weiserare visit nr Merve GUI of th'« 1 * lac '" —Jim Gray, an ex-sheriff of Washing Ion county, was up from W.-iser during/lup^,. the week. —Eight new subscribers have been added to the Index sub this week. _ M A Bales, the new beMdictol was a visitor in Km melt during lhe WPfkk ; . •« . —.1 M Cook »old one of his b*-Ht dnv . . . . . mar horses during the week to a Mr Elliott of B.,iv valley for *100. ■ „ , Mr». E. K. Hayes ga\c juy rrmncii j n .i > Krtiit tw rsfv- «»f r.i* v-rw u io« . an ' tw»nt\ of h.s plav mates iX pl-asant party Thursday aftermem. —X. K Hrakenridg.. of Ikilae, rep reseniing the St. Ixuis Globe-Is*moorat j was in Emmett during the —E. E. Stanley purchased three kits ,,( Park Wardwell recently and is clear- j ing them up preparatory to erecting a building this fall. I I I The new building just erected by J. M. Cook on main street is a neat struct —Two Idaho newspaper» have kicked ; ure and will be occupied by L\ T. Wilk I erson as a barber-shop and residence. lhebucket during the ^ Brttevup R' vi " w *»1 M.mtpeii«-Repub-, I Be. And still then* is more to follow. j —The Ladies Independent club met J with Mrs. S. A Pattison last Thursday afternoon and will with meet Mrs. IVa c >n Wardwell on Thursday afternoon of! next we»-k. —Washouts along the Short Line have j d'Uyed traffic to such an extent that no mail has been received from the east lor d it may continue thus ! several days, for sometime t. . me. I —Frank Ke* l was bound over to th* I grand jury bv Justice Phillips under» •600 bond, in default of which he was 1 Sent to the countv jail at Caldwell He , —H»*nrv Riggs is in this city from _ • , .. Kmmett. He sa vs that town is sadlv in 1 * • n ° 4 **r an t i ituens I would mske the nght kind of « msn s 1 expected to give bonds in a day or so. splendid offer to locate there.—States man. I — Photographes Fowler has been quite . busy recently taking photographs. He • xpects to leave about the first if April T . ... ...... ... and those desiring work in his line will I do well to call early. He is a first-class I —E. A. Allen, of Stanley A Allen, the I Kmmett contractors who have ih* con tract for buililing th* Boise county s*c wagon road, is in the He is preparing to commence t about the first of next month. 1 —Geo, Portlock returned fr* m Owy-1 I hee county yesterday where he was call ••d to the bedside of his mother who died I a few days ago. On his return he was j accompanied by his brother Alf. who I has purchased the Stro-arac- farm just si.nlh of Emmett and will take posession I artist. tion of the st citv. :at*smau. shortly. Balsam, the best on the market, and a I —Idaho Pulmonic Cough Mixture sure cure for all kinds of Coughs. Colds. and all affections of the Throat and h Mix ture. ask for the L P. B.. ami lake no ■ When in need of a C Lungs. other. Sold under a Guarantee. For sale at the post office I —Thomas Lancaster, residing a few miles above Emm. I „»riment of nursery stock of his own j raising which he desires to dispose of I cheap for cash or will trade for fiourAj wheat, oats, corn, or potatoes. If yon ) need anything in the nursery line you I will do well to consult Mr. Lancaster. has a nice as —The case of the state vs. Frank Sutton, charged with burglarizing Park | WardwolPs barn some liuv in F braary. bas bee n ,>n trial in Judge Fulton's court I this week. Ho was arrested at Nampa by Hepttly Sheriff Adams. The rxpen-p* : ses «f these examination are going to be . . ... hut the na;i, " t would certainly justify it if expenses of ! t»>« Character ever are jusùfynble. _T,. : , ty m having a peck ot tri-uble with e rruj-t I officials and are determined to turn the j rascals ont. The Omsev Nears wants , to know what good this will do as all of the present incumbents were farm „ aL recom- « oB ! cers be printers. Now there is some business about that. The News man w;II be content with treasurer Mor* A w«w«,n er 'twro.it — 'Every town hat- a liar or two ! smart-.Mex. j loaJhrs than Sr me preiiy girls t ...» iras * An old fogy that the town Men who 1 i — would be better off without. stand on the street corners and make re U "f , with th* cab<*>i* of their trousers wore j * glass. Men who can tell tou .all about finance, the weather, and how *u. run other people-, busin-m. but have n^,. a d ,, m al failure of their own ." V —Articles of incorporation of the Be- j public Publishing company have been Glfed with Secretary of State Curtis r,;,rp<«e of the company ia to pub Tish a newspaper at Salmon City The 11 ** ™ n " n J * " capital «Pick is »I.iOO.of which *800 is j subscribed, ami the directors are aa fol-: Hows K - Sndui, . retient; fia» ' marks about women. A young man [ . woman who laugh every j rV ores of men , „ . „ oth> O - Y .1 ö. MAlhews»jn t &1 Mingle j aD d W. D. WooiWey —Statesman. Icnek to investigate the co.1 prospectai h y t r W 1 l "al secl^loQ in wnicll Lev I Allenof'% Mubria. 1 » interested. . n —James M Harbert. an artesian well j ontraefor of Boise, passed through W .lnesrlay on his way V. Crane J If the indications are favorable and Mr. Hurbert can make j the necessary arrangements he will take j d it is believed a fine quality of coal j II be found at a short depth. his well boring outfit over and prospect the property. The croppings are good -Mis« Rebecca Cordner haa been I . . _ v bompelM to give up both the subsertp-1 hoo! and short-haml class in Em- i mett. owing to the limited attendance Leme did so very reluctantly, however. t j on M j and desires th. Lxd*x to say that she ] would have been triad to have Fone a s P « !" nineteen j cient to justify her in doin has secured a school about so. She mil's : y »nd If the w»sther I will ferm it will visit Emmett every Sal- | l IKj». v * n< l t»?ach a c.ass of sbort-hand in | I* 1 * 1 sch***.! ho:«.. Th- class will meet at three o clock in the afternoon. Those | interested will make r note. —The Central Lumber Co. started J >&«ir big mill Thursday morning with a] ctew of thirteen men and will run all I the season until it freezes up next wiot- : Even with the small force employ--) ed it gives Emmett a steady pay-roll <A * r ' n ,*rly « 10W a month and Mr Cowden , infurm » « ,h *' if »»«in«» F*»« »P ** j pr***nt fore* will b* Increased and th»* ( mill run to ita fall caijacily. Th* first . .. . _ # r. , __ season is „ ... . .. r -» T ^ _ i The Company will make th* De Lamar | gi| v * r ctlv tratie * specialty. Ait frwB to the Owyhee camp* by the way of Caldwell is greatly ! Deed'd and would do a thriving business, j ^ ^ incubaWir and .np'.ied for a pat- ! StV . . .. . . ent for the same, that is sure to super I — W J. Gard of this place has inveat cede all others now in use. from the fact that it dispenses almost entirely I with the lime consumed in turning the ; e2SS thal is b y the present | proc**»*ps. a letter from his attorney in j Washington. D. CL, J. B. Lawyer. Esq.. i(a wh | cb he is highly complimented for I b j g ingenuity and assuring him that the patent would be issued with out delay. So soon as a patent is secured Mr. Gard will commence the manufacture of his j machines and put them upon the mar A few days ago Mr. Gard 1 k bators or anything else ani we venture! the assertion that his incubator will do | ail (ie claims for it. and that chickens! Mr Gard is not a crank on incu et. will be retailing for less than 50 cents a ; ! piece in Mountain Home inside of six months.—Bulletin. | , For Sale Household gvsK farming utensils and j I live stock, consisting of; 1 heating stove; 2 bedsteads; l half dos. chatrs; l book case and table; 1 center Üble; 1 dish j ) barrow » ' ld «»Uectively or separately and at : v *" r - v h-w figures. If you want any or cupboard; several dozen-glass and stone iars. and othef articles of common use. ! 1 roller; 1 scraper: I hav rack; l fanning Bill; I mower and rak'e: 1 cow: I wheel „ The above articles will be all of these call early or addresa. John Wittel ! Emmett, Idaho. | MIDDLETON ITEMS. Special Ctwrespoodence. i A. S. Rollo is still in the shade and u »* business. ' -' n entertainment for the benefit of (the mn*ie teacher is arranged and a pleMMt tim* is antic,p»tedÇy the lov ers of sweet music. > Ploughing, gardening and kindred spring cocu: -nad* an active nd^roduc tE'TbvT * #H|üa McUve meet»« of twputdt-^ cane to organize some kind of a citS is being organized with an attachment umleflned character, but that >* v >»» W "" ! bj Th* resolutions of your Emmett re publicans were read w : ih interest 1 th* adherents of the good oid party, but the word miscegenation" which was found in thetfa. caused urne of them to . hunt for thetr Webster, and they f.-nnd at! right. TV ft *P*K>-1^ar*a porter attempted to give an entertam meut, bat an the merit« of the Prof, were not sufficiently advertised or the amount of free circulating medium vu not abun to meet the admission There is r >r iderahle sickness between „There I* Cor i 1 ' vn r**tw y-n JJSïÏÏ^Sl fatal disease taUe*! thena. and how and whence it came in to Ihm otherwi* healthful and beaut, «Jant enough charges, a slim house was the natural result has had the hardihood to attribute the «IW« loo to the democratic pant *,r hi, adipoise corpulency, GrOver Cleveland. A scheme is on foot to connect M d <BetoB and Star by means of a new stag' T'.U would he a valuab!* con renience to the people of the two towns , n d settl'menU around them, things »re now a letter cannot be sent »*• .«* •»* -*•»"» h*»ween the two towns, without bavin* to b** v»nt to X.mp« «nd Boise. _ certainly a round about way of doing This is Ihiaca Th ** »«"v D«u««vd sy ttm w.rtr. tnm the Re*«ryo.f. FLOOD AT NAMPA. {Special u> The Stau-anan.; Nampa. Mar. 14.—Thiaafternoon about 3 o'clock the people of this city were excited as they never were before when they saw what proved to be a Bood of water coming down Indian creek which spread over the entire portion of town lying north of the Oregon Short Line railroad *" Vmoments after the water n*ach*U h**re a courier arrived from B,, uka that , he bUf daœ . which is «5 feet high, had broken. Everybody at once turned out and it was with much difficulty that many of the people were gotten out of their homes. But few ttTld anr of their'household effec a. Fifty-two bouses are vacated on ac count of the water running through them In many it r> se to a depth of f oar or ffve Bridges, sidewalk. feet. I haistick» tod outbuildings were | »wept aw-ay and cellars, wells and irrga | ditches are filled with mud. The damage to this city by the kiss of | bridges is estimated at about *3000; to property owners. *15.000; to the canal J companies. *18.000, audio the railway company *20.000. some even putting it I as high as *50.000 to the railroad com : pany alone. Every bridge between Caldwell and Bisuka is either gone or seriously dam Both th* Idaho Central bridir*F ar* badlv damaged and probably cannot b* . , . . .. . # . repaired in less than Ihr** or four davs. . _ . . .. , Th* water reached the highest point 5 p. m. and at 6:30 had fallen about 19 inches and chickens floated away by l he dosez». It is thought it will be fully a week Several cows and hoes are raising »*fore trains are running on the main one. Mayor Steams has just sworn in ten extra policemen to guard the property that ha, been vacated and everything possible a being done for the welfare of citiien». min Home last night and three tramp» were reported killed and the the unfortunate people by oar generous No. 2 was wrecked just east of Moun leer. fireman and mail clerk ba Jly injur*»!. A freight train wa* also wrecked la*t night n**ar Huntington, but no serious damage reported. Refu»« to STATE LAND BOASO. grant Um petition of Eazsett pejyle Everybody in Emmett wiU be disap pointed to know that the state board of land selectors have refused to grant the petition for the relinquishment of con test notices on a large portion of the land which will be covered by the pro The In C ' n - TO ° P" ch t , D " the bon * esty of the officials in this matter or charge them with anything but pure. I " d ,J " S 'indicate their postUo.. gentleman prominently connected with a ditch corporation which, at least. * protends to be getting ready to construct I a ditch to cover th* bench, where this j land is situated, is credited with having ! said that the state t»ard made th A locations at his instigation and if th» lis true the (act will probably develop I itself too late to do any good and iflt is I nol tme it is very unkind misleading father such a re~ and mischievous to . . . armed with a big petition, reprenentnd the Emmett people at a meeting of the state board Thursday last and no doubt a creditable fight for the rights of Emmett but the member« of th- b.**ri ">» ^ 'Î gmotin. petition. The state will ^-ure the » n d it is only a question of time until it «})) be in the hands of a corixjralion and what » the mate's gain n. port. E. K. Hayes and E. A. Alien. A countrj- lhai is oora tU aad control «d by a few corporation» lime be its less. who run the whole roost, is not a w fy m „ U0|{ f^j* the average cfli» u , , v 40 »<*»« lod Id4bo 5 *«"« * t }lank's race po her >n 'ha» direvUco |i^hf aow