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The Emmett Index
PUBLISHED IN THE GARDEN VALLEY OF IDAHO
EMMETT, CANYON COUNTY, IDAHO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1913.
TWENTIETH YEAR
No. 46.
INCIDENTS OF A WEEK'S
VACATION
Little Stories of a Trip to the
Lakes and Meadows
Country.
The worst part of a vacation—es
pecially when it is taken among the
big pines and along the mountain
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streams where the trout are hungry^
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—is the getting back to work^ You
probably have heard' what General
Sherman said about war, and also!
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what some fellow with an apt ex
once said about being poor.
pression
We never did care about being as rich
Rockefeller, but we would like to
have enough to stay in the moun
tains a month every summer instead
But we're not rich, and
as
of a week,
that's the reason we are back on the
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When the good Lord created the
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Meadows valley he must have e.<
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pected to make it his summer home.
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It is fit for the camping pla"e of the
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Almighty and if it were put up to us
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would rather go there to spend
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our summers °.t least, than to go to
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the c ty so graphically described by
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the inspired writer. Then are no
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more beautiful places anywhere tnan
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this Mea ows va ey. e VUl ' -
job.
we
self is a picture of pastoral beauty
unsurpassed. It is the stockmans
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parad se. Broad fields of gra.n a.:d
p b
meadow and pretty farm homes are i
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the centra gures o is en larul /'®
ncirc mg 1 aie pine c ;
hil s, w ic , or t e rnos par , ave j
pot yet been touched by the lumber-1
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man s ax or been marred by the ra
and cruel hands of industry.
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scene.
pacious
The hillsides are covered with a
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thick carpet of luxuriant bunch grass.
Here and there mountain s reams
tumble headlong into t e va ey as
if seeking quiet repose and rest be
tween the grass covered valley lands
before starting on their turbulent
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journey through t e airupt an pie
cipitous canyons of the Salmon.
The mountains on either side of
the Salmon are covered with a dense
growth of timber. Most of it is yel
low pine, and a large .portion of it is
The settlers are expecting a
ripe.
railroad to tap that great timber
belt before very long, and when it
does sawmills will be established and
the big old trees will fall.
When the railroad comes many of
the ranchers will move on. In fact,
it is getting too crowded for some of
them now. One old man, who has been
there for 35 years, is prosperous and
has a lovely home in the midst of a
2000-acre ranch, having its own
■electric power plant, told us that the
country is being ruined,
he, "it's getting too crowded. Here
a fellow has come and settled right
■down next to me, only five miles to
the north, and there's another man
building a place only six miles up this
road. I tell you it's getting so blam
ed crowded that you can hardly turn
around. I'll have to move soon, I
:guess," he said with a sigh.
Why," said
and he proudly displayed them to
the farmer with whom we "-ere c
stopping. He is a kind hearted old
The Little Salmon is an ideal trout
stream, and it is not so deep but that
the fisherman can walk down the
stream and lure the speckled beauties
-with his fly. The trout that rise for
the fly are not larg
inches is the average. But in the deep
pools the big bull trout lie, and these
■may be caught by using bait and sink
ing; and when you get one on your
hook you've got a fight on your hands
that wall set your blood a-tingling and
require all the skill you possess to
land him. Some grayling are caught
in this stream. But it must require
certain skill only possessed by the
^Aall boy to catch them. Two farm
boys who live nearby brought in
six one afternoon, but our party did
not so much as get a strike from those
gamey fellows.
from six to 12
er
Editor Burroughs of the Caldwell
News was along. The first day he
sneaked off by himself to fish the
slow-moving river in the valley. He
came in to supper highly elated with
his catch. His creel was well filled
soul and really hated to be cruel,
but he couldn't tell a lie and said:
"Them are not trout; them are suck
ers.
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Those farmers up there are pros- [
I perous. One of them was in Weiser
and stopped at the same hotel as the
writer. The editor ordered a simple
meal, but the farmer recklessly called
for everything on the menu. When
the waiter brought the cheeks, one
called for 35 cents and the farmer's
for $2.40.
The Hotel Heigho at New Meadows
is one of the best appointed and most
homelike hotels we have ever stop
ped at. The furnishings are elegant
and the service is all that could be
desired. The depot is a handsome
two-story brick. Here our E. G. Dunn
j is in charge of the ticket department
and is a favorite with the traveling
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i public because of his courtesy and
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jovial manners. His son Clem (a
breeches when
llWle Iellow ln knee ^eecnes
and holds a position as brakeman on
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the passenger run. He is a manly
and handsome young man and in his
uniform of blue he Makes a fine ap
pearance. He attends strictly to bus
iness while on duty and will make his
mark in the railroad world.
he lived here) is taller than his dad
"Old" Cy Morrow—he of the High
valley roadhouse—is there, and he's
the same jolly Cy. He doesn't ap
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pear to be a day older than he was
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when we first met him nine years
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ago, but he says he begins to feel
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the years weighing a little heavier
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every year. He has a big blacksmith
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and wagon shop, and is doing well,
People come to him with work from
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50 to 100 miles. His two boys are
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with him and assist him in the snop
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when not in school. They are mighty
^ They have
two smart
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little ponies that are beauties. Manv
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tourists every year trv to persuade
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the boys to hire them out, but with
out guccesg jbe two girls, however,
use£ j a n their blandishments which
tke ] ac j s could no t resist and the re
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suit was an unexpected pleasure,
agreed to build a large hotel. It is
not probable that the road will be
pnmniotoH tv,;.
completed to this point before next
spring. During the tourist season
through daily trains will be inaugu
rated. The Payette Lake Club has a
sightly location on the western side
of the lake. The Emmett group of
lots are well located, but do not com
mand a view of the lake, which is
somewhat of a disappointment. Dur
A day was spent at Payette lakes.
The shores of that body of water
were ^ ^ campers It is a
beautiful place and is certain to be
come t jj e f avor n e summer resort of
Idaho
The railroad grade enters
the town of McCall and stops at the
southeastern corner of the lake. Here
^ Dewey and his associates have
ing our stay there the Knights Tern
plar had a committee there to in
vestigate the desirability of making
that the summer meeting place of
the grand commandery. Options on
a large blocks of lots just w T est of
the club grounds were taken and the
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committee will recommend buying
them.
Finley Monroe, his wife and Lou
ise and Fred are enjoying themselves
in camp in Shellworth Park and Mr.
apd Mrs. Lee Miles are occupying a
tent on the east side of the lake. We
ran across Dan Woody, who is locat
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One can hear all sorts of railroad
ed there as a forest ranger.
rumors there and speculation is rife
as to how the Idaho Northern will
get out on its journey north. Sur
veyors are in the field and are work
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ing to find a pass to the north so
to avoid the Salmon
reaching Orangeville. claimed
by old timers that this can be
the people
confident that the only possible
down Goose creek to
thence down the Little and Big
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mon
fierce," and it will cost a mint
had prominent Short Line officials
to "look over" the
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with a view of buying it. But there
js no thing doing. As one of the offl
c j a i s sa j d; "What do we want with the !
money to build through them.
Right here we want to put thej
kibosh to the story that has been!
current for a number of years thatl
Hill owns the "Pin" road. There isl
absolutely no foundation for such al
story. The road is owned by the U.l
S. Rubber Co. and by no one else.
But the Rubber company wants to
sell( and , ast week Colonel Heigho
there
road? We have our own line into the I
lakes and dcn , t need the
'Pin.'
And
there is good logic in his reasoning,
That the Idaho Northern will be
extended north next year and give to
the state the long desired "north and
PRUNE PACKING OEGINS
NEXT WEEK
Westlake Fruit Farm Will Start
Operations—Fruit
Ripening Rapidly
picking and packing prunes next week
Only the ripe fruit will be picked at
this time, but it is planned to get a
few carloads on the market early.
The Westlake Fruit Farm will start
The prune trees are now a mass of
purple and the fruit is rapidly devel
oping. Very little of it, however, will
be ready for harvest in less than two
weeks. E. K. Hayes has sold his crop
to the Max Mayfield company, and
they will pack in the old packing
house next to the electric light plant
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building. The Fruit Association will
handle all prunes offered and will pack
in the warehouse.
Peaches Ripening
The big vellow and red Crawfords
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are ripening and are in the market.
Elbertas will be ready in a week or
two. The season wil probably be at
its height from September 1 to 15,
and those out of town who wish can
ning peaches should got them curing
that time.
Early Grapes.
Delos Knox was showing some fine
bunches of early grapes, both purple
ar.d white, this week A bunch of
Niagaras were especially fine.
week from his dry land farm on Wil
low creek south of town fine specimens
of turnips, which were as large as
largest
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about the finest sweet corn we have
ever seen. The ears are perfect and
the kernels are sweet and full of
milir it ic tho Fuprtrrpbn vnriptv
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KEITHS TO MO\E
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ront t0 e ut n '
*-'• Feith & Sons yesterday leas
*d the Steward building, formerly oc
'upied by the Mason drug store, a- d
vvl ll move their btock of clothing and i
urn i s hings the first of next month.
Big Turnips.
Gordon Twillegar brought in this
The
squashes,
weigh 314 pounds.
summer
Evergreen Sweet Corn.
Mrs. W. R. Davis is marketing
building will be fitted up in fine
sha P e - Among the improvement
be.a modern plate glass front.
Thelocation is first class and the
building a desirable one from a nusi
ness standpoint.
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n pa i FstatSales
Keal E ' state sales -
W. E. Bell, Elva Bell and Harry
Chadwick have traded t)heh< bench
jl r
Fritz Schadt, Sr., has traded his 20
land for Spokane property,
Chadwick receives a business Jbuild
ing valued at $8000.
acre bench farm to John Naher of
Boise for a 240-acre ranch-near Me
Cook, Neb., and will move there.
A. M. Harris this week bought a
40-acre improved farm on Deer Fist.
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A Large Amount of Fruit and Peas
CANNING FACTORY'S WORK
property^ _
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south" connections there is no ques-',
tion. Whether it will run directly to
north from the lakes or drop -a—
in
DRAINAGE PETITION IS
FILED
District Embraces 10,400 Acres
—Hearing to be Held
September 15.
A petition praying for the creation
of Drainage District No. 1, located in
the Payette valley, in the Falk neigh
borhood, was filed Friday with Geo.
W. Stovel, clerk of the district court,
The district embraces 10,400
The hearing is set for September 15
before Judge Bryan in the district
court at Caldwell. The petition is
signed by 41 land owners representing
approximately 3000
The petition follows:
acres.
acres.
The undersigned petitioners respect-1
fully re p re ,ent unto your Honor as
follows:
1. That they are each of lawful
age and are together the owners of
more than one-fifth of the acreage in
he «Strict hereinafter proposed and
descriooc.
2. That they propose to form or
to have formed a drainage district
under and ir. accordance with the pro
visions of Chapter 16 of the Laws of
the Twelfth Session of the Legislature
of the State of Idaho (1913 Session
Laws nage 58) out of a portion of
Canyon County, Idaho, and that said
District shall be known and designat
ed as Drainage District Number One
j dak ~ Y
.
3. That the land situated and lying
within the boundaries of and compris
ing said proposed district are situated
in Section 13, T. 7 N., R. 4 W., B. M.;
Sections 7, 8, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22,
26. 27, 28, 29, 3C, 32, 33, 34, 35, of
T. 7 N., R. 3 W., B. M.; Sections 1, 2,
3 . 4 , 5 ( io, n, 12, 13, 14, of T. 6 N.,
R. 3 W., B. M.; Sections 6, 7, 8, 17, 18,
T. 6 N., R. 2 W., B. M.
That said lands are low, wet and
flat and contain an excess of alkali
and are unproductive and require a
combined system of drainage and your
petitioners desire that a special drain
age district may be organized, em
bracing and comprising the lands
hereinafter described for the purpos
es of constructing and maintaining
a ditch or dftches, a diain or drains,
grade or grades, or any, or either
of them, or all, within said proposed
drainage district for the purpose of
rendering said lands oroductive and
habitable and for sanitary purposes.
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5 That the special object for the
organization of such drainage district
to thoroughly and permanently
drain «jjontjr of thei lands p With
^eln^Ätive hablmble,^fondue
V e to tho public health and to increase
the public revenue.
6. That your petitioners designate t
the boundaries of ;aid proposed dis- ),
as ro 0 '
soutf f'^['^ g o a an PayetW
with the township line between
Section 12, Township 7 North, Range
t * ec ** on f 7 L T ° wn :t ip 7
North, Range 3 West, B. M.; thence
south alone the township line to the
corner of Sections 12 and 13, Town- h
ship 7 North, Range 4 West, and 7
anu 18, Township 7 North, Range 3
West; thence west a quarter of a mile,
thence south in Section 13, Township
7 North of Range 4 West to an inter- i
section with the south boundary of
the right-of-way of the Noble Canal;
tunCl - a one: ■ e ou t u| r ar> o
the right-of-way of said canal in a
southeasterly direction through Sec -1
tion 13, Township 7 North of Range 4
West, Section 18 19, 30 and 29 of
Township 7 North of Range 3, to the
intersection of the said'south boun
dary of said right-of-way with the
north and south "enter line ol section
29, Township i North of Range 3
West. Thence south to the south
of the right-of-way cf the
the
through q
32. Township . North ot Range
Wosc.
0 f Township 6 North of Range
and sections
,vr >ship 6 North of Range to the
ter ion of said South boundary
, aid north
south forty line, a quarter of a
mile east of the west boundary of
Bsection 17, township 6 North of Range | I
W'est. Thence North through set- iJ
Btions 17 and 8 to the North boundary _1
section 8. Thence west along the I
■section line to the corner of section? I
6, 7 and 8, Township 6 North, Range J
West; thence North to an intersec- |
with the south bank of Seven .J
■Mile Slough, an arm of the Payette ll
iRiver, thence along the south bank II
said Seven Mile Slough through II
Isections 6, Township 6 North of Range II
Section 1, Township 6 North, Range II
West, Sections 35, 26, 27, 22 and 21, H
an intersection, with the meander II
0, \[. hg sout . h ban ^ of th f Pa - Ve , tte H
River, thence along the said meander H
inc throuirh sec tions 16, 17, 8 and 7, H
a point about in the center of the II
Inui tn nf section 7. where H
within the boundaries set forth in par
agraph six herein.
8. That the namës of all freehold
ers residing within said proposed dis
trict with their postoffice addresses
are as follows:
C. E. Groves, New Plyrtiouth, Ida
ho.
Amanda Groves, New Plymouth,
Idaho.
W. E. Stuart, Falk, Idaho.
Bertha M. E. Patton, Falk, Idaho.
' Andrew Rasmussen, Falk, Idaho.
Joshua C. Oliver, New Plymouth,
Idaho.
Charles A. Patton, Falk, Idaho.
John Babcock, Falk, Idaho.
Edward T. Hoagland. Falk, Idaho
Clark Pickett, Falk, Idaho.
Walter W, Nichols, Falk, Idaho.
John H. Nichols, Falk, Idaho.
Ellen Nichols, Falk, Idaho.
Joseph B. Scholl, Emmett, Idaho.
Charles Carroll Randall, Falk, Ida
Ed L. Miller,, New Plymouth, Ida
Cora Miller, Falk, Idaho.
James W. Patton. Falk, Idaho.
ho.
ho.
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Daniel J. Wampler, New Plymouth,
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Idaho^^^^^
• Cassious M.
Idaho.
iichols, New Plymouth,
Idaho.
Leroy W. Caldwell, New Plymouth,
Guy E. Caldwell, New Plvmouth I
Idaho. " i
William G. Upson, New Plymouth,
Idaho.
B. C. Bertleson, New Plymouth,
Idaho.
Frank Kreizenbeck, Letha, Idaho, j C
Norman H. Frint, Letha, Idaho.
William S. Reed, Emmett, Idaho.
ho.
Idaho,
ho.
Anna Burns, Emmett, Idaho,
Frank Burns, Emmett, Idaho,
Chauncey W. Lake, New Plymouth,
Idaho,
Louis Pare, Falk. Idaho,
Eddy F. V\ ells, Emmett, Idaho. j
Sadie Mathews, Emmett, Idaho. |
William H. Bums, Emmett, Idaho,
Mary F. Burns, Emmett, Idah.o
S av j s D Hun , ter ,'. Emmett, Idaho.
Fred Baust, Emmett, Idaho.
Trustees School District No. 54,
Emmett, Idaho.
Bramwdl Corporation of Church
Tesus Christ of Latter Day taints,
\\ hjnnlp Fmmptt Idaho
HolCr^k
Schoo ' Distri ' ' ' ' ' " ■ '
David W. Simmons, Emmett, Idaho.
John F. Caldwell, Emmett, Idaho.
William C. Harrison, Emmett, Ida
Martin D. Morehouse, Emmett,
William F. Davidson, Emmett, Ida
DITCH ASSESSMENT IS
$2.50 PER ACRE
Board Will Meet to Equalize As
sessments September 15
—Bond Money Coming
The board of directors of the Em
mett Irrigation District met Tuesday
and fixed the annual assessment for
maintenance and improvement for
$2.50 per acre. This will raise $56,
385. This is generally satisfactory
to the water users and is lower than
expected in view of the immense
amount of improvement that has been
Blade and is contemplated the coming
Bear.
The board will meet September 15
■nd continue in session for five days
consider claims for corrections of
Hssessment.
A telegram was received Monday
[from J. J. Corkill & Co., of Chicago,
stating that the first payment on the
block of bonds which were sold at par,
will be made September 1.
The funds derived from this year's
assessment will, it is believed, put the
canal in good shape. The improve
ments made the past year have been
a permanent character and have
made a marked change in the efficien
T t* 1 ® system.
TRANSFER AUGUST 24
"rain Service to Smiths Ferry First
Of Next Week._
Smiths Ferry on Tuesday to arrest a
0un g man w ho is charged by Ernest
Callender with attempting to make
F^k^ho^l^^M^M^^^^M
YOUNG MAN ARRESTED
Charged With Stealing Horse From
Callender Bam.
Sheriff Frank Breshears went to