The Emm
ndex
PUBLISHED IN
EMMETT, CANYON COl
TWENTIETH YEAR
ÎT 28, 1913.
No. 47
ED DEWALT TAKES HIS
OWN LIFE
Sends a Bullet Through His
Brain—Cause of Trag
edy a Mystery
E. M. Dewalt, a resident of Idaho
for nearly a quarter of a century
most of which time was spent in Em
mett, committed suicide Friday even
ing between 9 and 10 o'clock by send
ing a bullet through his brain with a
38 caliber revolver. Death was in
stantaneous. His wife was found in
bed suffering from wounds about the
head and W. M. Davidson, a roomer,
also sustained wounds on the head, in
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The causes that led up to the terri
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ble tragedy will probably never be
known . They doubtless lie buried
with him who sleeps in the grave yard
,i uïii ij j l
on the hillside, and perhaps it is bet
ter so. That the cords of reason sud
denly snapped asunder and left him
, I
an irresponsible man there can be
flicted by a large rat-tailed file 18 in
ches long and an inch in diameter at
its thickest point.
doubt.
The first person on the scene was
Mrs. Art Wells, who lives next door to j
the Dewalt home. She had been visit- ;
ing with Mrs. Frank Knox across the
street and upon returning home heard j
Mrs. Dewalt calling her as if in great
She found Mrs. Dewalt in bed j
agony.
suffering intensely from wounds on
the head. The bed clothes were stain
ed with blood. Upon the flooor was
the file, also blood stained. The
wounded woman could give no cause
All she could re
for her condition.
member was her husband returning
home, then all was blank to her. Af
ter bathing the wounds and making
was called by someone, who said Mrs.
Dewalt was sick and asked for assist
3nCe h astl •' res »e an ap
proached the room occupied by Mrs.
Dewalt. The room he passed through
was dark and while there he was
struck on the head, sustaining wounds
on his skull and back of his ear. He
then rar , out of the back door, through
the back yard and up the alley to
town, where he secured r.iedica' a ten-j
tion.
the injured one as comfortable as pos
sible, Mrs. Wells summonded assist
When it arrived Mrs. Dewalt
ance.
was unconscious and remained so until
the next day. The body of Mr. De
walt was found on the lawn north of
the house. A revolver with one cart
ridge exploded lay by his side.
Mr. Davidson, in his account, says
he had retired a short time when he
An inquest was held Saturday morn
ing in Bucknum'a undertnkineparlors,
which was c ndacted by F. K. Robin
son, cororer, n-.il county attorney Hen
ry. The jury was composed of W. W.
Wilton, F il. Vanderhoof, W. M. Zim
merman, George Gardner,
Blackman and Charles Martin. TheirJ
verdict was that Mr. Dewalt had cornel
to his death by his own hands. W. M.l
Davidson was absolved from blame I
or participation in the tragedy or the
events leading up to it.
The funeral was held Monday after- j
H^ n elv°a^tended aPt Rev Ch A rt C Lathron
conducted the services assisted bv
y
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H. A.
Rev. S. A. Parker. All of his children
except Clarence, were present.
Edward M. Dewalt was born in
Pennsylvania March 17, 1849. He,
was married to Angelina Meyers April l
13, 1870, at Homer, Iowa, who died 16 ;
years ago. After their marriage they
moved to Pennsylvania, then to Colo-,
rado, and came to Idaho 23 years ago. |
Six children were the fruits of his first
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Mrs. May i
Jones, Mrs. Leroy Myers. Wayne and
Clarence D,ewalt of Emmett, Mrs. Dell
Keyes and Mrs. John Darland of Boi
se, all of whom are living and with
his widow are his sole survivors.
marriage, as follows:
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Dr. Gaebler Will Build.
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Elias Aston has been engaged to
take charge of the Dr. Gaebler 160
acre fruit farm on the bench, to sue -1
ceed Harry Chadwick,
lection could have been made, Mr. As
ton being a pastmaster in irri?ating
and orchard cultivation and care.
new house will be built for him on the
.
News receiveo from Cort Pyle, who
was ta en to Redonda Beach, CalL.,
three weeks ago, are far from encour
agmg to his many Emmett friends.
He does not improve, and his condi-1
tion is serious. He stood the journey
well, thanks to the kindness of former
No better ?e
tract.
Cort Pyle No Better.
MARY AND HER LITTLE
LAMB
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Mary had a little lamb,
Its fleece was white as snow
And everywhere that Mary went *
The lamb was sure to go. •§>
Every school boy and girl re- <s'
members that piece of poetry ir.
his school reader. Doubtless few
# have given it a thought as to
<$> whether there was ever a real "
<$> Mary and whether she had a
❖ lamb. But John V. Wheeler not <?
® only says the story is true, but he <?
I is authority for the statement Q'
<é> that Mary is a distant relative r
of our J. W. Tyler, principal of '•>
$ the Lincoln school. Here is his ^1
story :
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♦ . Mary Saw ^ r "V" ,ttla
♦ * lrl who owned tbe }'*& lamb *
f that want *> «chool with her one ♦
; ^ wben tbe teaehe /. tu T d * ?
♦ ° ut ' Accord.ng to history the ♦
• lamb was an orphan and Mary •
out of the kindness of her heart
3> adopted it. She was bom in •
^ Sterling, Mass., in 1806. Oolnm- $■
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bus Tyler, an ancestor of J. W. •
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* ^ler who was a schoolmate of •
' ^ ar >' s " composed the poem and
£ afterwards married the heroine. ^
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" Bo ' h , thelr bodles be " the beau - ♦
1:1 11 . cer " ete T? r 0 oua " U '
v bum, in Sterling:, Mass.
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Emmett people. At Salt Lake he was
me * ; a ^ *he depot by Cliff Patton and
b * s wife. They took a wheel chair to
tbe depot and he was made as com
Portable as possible In a letter to
Mr - and Mrs. Patten of this city, Mrs.
Cliff Patten writes: "There is a little
hospital and a first class nurse right
n the depot, so Mr Pyle had r. nice
bed to lie on and a nurse to wait on
hlm whl,e he was waiting, which was
about seven hours. All of this was
:
me nt is pretty nice when a person
comes off the train sick.'
: VanDeusens and Andy Little Mark
eting Fat Lambs.
The first train carrying traffic for
the Short Line out of Smiths Ferry
was made up of 24 cars of fat lambs
for the Chicago markets. Nineteen
cars were from the Van Deusen flocks
and five cars from the Fay Malone-Co.
^ Nampa . The shipment was sold on
^ Ja ^ k skiUern q{ Weiser>
went through Emmett Monday
Ljttle wjU nçxt week ship out
^ the Ferry> and a
consignment this week from
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SHEEP SHIPMENTS HEAVY
Quarterly Stake.
;rence.
yield of Corn.
Fred B , aser hag a field of corn on
h ' S beneh farm tHat h ® believes wiU
y ' Cld 6 ° t0 75 bushels per aCr *' ', n Splte j
of the shortness of water supply at a,
critical time. He is confident corn
growing can be made as profitable
here as in the Middle states and he
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vited to be present.
wi „ , j increa se his äcreago ne Xt
ar Corn and ho?s and catt , e and
a]fa , fa wi „ make a comb l nat ion that
wiU u p r0 s P eritv for the Emmett
farmer.
Buy Tickets of Boy Scout 8 .
-phe Boy Scouts have entered the
CQntest conduote d by the Canvon
County fair officials and will ?0 a f ter
the p ; ize offered to the organisation
gem the most fair tickets .
Save
your orders for the boys and assist
them to win the prizes.
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Buys Millinery Stock.
0 f Vogue millinery stores, has just re
w here she purchased a most complete
jj ne D f t h e latest patterns in hats and
Mrs. Harris proprietor of the chain
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this city, in the Stanley building south
of the denot about September 1
a splendid stock of new fall hats
Mrs. H. D. Buys vvill have charge of
the h us j ness this year, as last.
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Born
On Tuesday, to Mr. and Mrs. Leslie
Lyon, an 11-pound daughter,
Howard, a son.
turned from the Eastern markets,
On Sundav, to Mr and Mrs. Robert
An Acre of Pea
Yields
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The net proceeds fron
trees, owned by H. A. Can
The above reads like a
dream of an enthusiast, but
Mr. Campbell has the recol
to substantiate his claims. I
The orchard is located I
fruit farm on the south sloj
one acre. A total of 607 ri
es were sold at 90 cents a I
sold at 60 cents per crate. I
of culls for the table. This!
607 crates at 90c.
12 crates at 60c.
Total .
Cost of crates, picking, i
Net profit of one acr<
SELLING TICKETS TO
FERRY
Emmett Office Also Accept
ing Freight for Up
per Country.
Station agent Ed Shaw has rezu-ed
orders to accept ali passengers and
freight business over the Idaho North
ern as far as Smiths Ferry.
No schedule of trains has yet been
receivedj but a new tjme oard fo; . cht .
extension is expect ed the first of next
month Until that time the work train
will meet all trains at Montour daily
il
and take care of thtf traffic from that
point to the Ferry. The distance
from Montour to the terminus is 41
miles.
panied by E. H. Dewey, former presi-1
dent of the Idaho Northern, made
trip inspection over the recently
com P lete d extension to Smiths Ferry
Saturday, with a view of turning the
road ovcr to tbe °parating depart
ment - Members of the inspecting
P art Y were W. H. Bancroft, vice presi
dent and general manager of the O.S.
L.; Carl Stradley, assistant genera!
mana & er l E. A. Manson, assistant
general manager; Assistant General
Manager Knickerbocker; A. B. Steph
onson, superintendent of the Idaho di
vision . ard F - J- Barnes, assistant su
perintendent.
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Prominent O. S. L. official.--, accom
ONTARIO SENDS INVITATION
'ill Welcome Emmett People to Her
Big Fair.
and afternoons for sports, and some
thing doing every minute.
The Ontario people have always
ma de good in giving its visitors a roy
a j t ; me at t heir fairs.
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Our friends at Ontario are inviting
to the Big Malheur County Fair,
which comes off September 16 to 20.
They guarantee a big time. All kinds
of good substantial exhibits in every
line that interests the tiller of the soil,
us
as well as a good program of sports.
The forenoons will be dedicated to
the dissemination of valuable infor
mation in stock judging, agricultural
and horticultural lines, and the after
noon to having a -good time,
motto is: Forenoons for business,
Their
Selling Tomatoes.
with-•
Moves .Shoe Shop.
Bert Sherard has moved his shoe
shop to the Whelchel building next'
door to the photograph gallery. He
has fine quarters now and is better
ab , e than eyer tQ d<} yQur shoe ir .
ing. First clas work guaranteed.
Schramm jars and covers at Reilly's
are in tne game will nave to ue smnvn.
The barbaric splendor of the Orienta*
King3 could not rival its giddy riot of
color. For pure joyousness, the har
vest is in a class with the much adver
tised revels of the great god Bacchus,
a who, of course, had only graoes to cel
t ebrate with and knew not of the Em
, me tt peach, so ripe and juicy that it
really ought to be eaten in i bathing
su jt.
i The peach growers have marshalled
their forces and this morning the at
tack on the Elbertas began. R. B.
Shaw, who estimates his crop at 4000
crates, and B. C. Bowers, who will
have about 2000 crates, have employ
e d Lester Downing to take charge of
the packing force. Clint Martin vill
supervise the Geo. W. Hall packing,
C. W. Cook, J. I. Hitt and N. B. -fames
| have their arrangements wall in Hand.
The other growers are equally alert
and there will be no wavering in the
battle line.
max, however, for about ten days or
two weeks. The present hot weather
is just what the peaches need to put
the color in their cheeks and the deli
cious flavor characteristic of the Em
mett product. But from now on cool
er weather would be desirable; other
wise the fruit will ripen too rapidly.
A small army of pickers and packers
will be needed, but many from neigh
boring towns are coming in daily to
assist with the work.
Harry Carmichael, deputy sheriff
of Canyon county, came from Cald
well today to spend a two weeks' va
cation harvesting his peach crop. He
predicts that Emmett's peaches will
bring returns of $900,000 to the
The Field orchard product v il he
canned, and the estimate is sjm* wnere
in the neighborhood of a hundred
thousand cans.
peaches have averaged 90 cents per
| crate, but the Elbertas will probably
go below that figure, possibly 15 cents
In Kansas and Nebraska, Mis- i
The market looks good. The early
lower.
souri and Arkansas peaches are retail
ing at from $2.50 to $3 per bushel,
1 which is at the rate of from 80 cents
I to $1 per crate.
The harvest will not reach its cli
Emmett Peaches $900,000.
growers.
Prune Harvest Next Week.
The prunes wil be ripe next week.
Arthur Richards will start packing on
his Westlake farm Monday or Tues
E. K. Hayes, who has sold his
Boise, will have charge of the pack
0 f his fruit. He is cleaning up
his 0 ] d packing house and may start
operations the latter part of next
week. This warm weather is devel
oping the fruit rapidly, but it has not
reached it; full growth. Another
%yeek wi „ brjnp jt to maturitv .
The Gotzain line of men's shoes at
John & McGowan's
WAS BOISE'S FIRST BORN <*
4. <s> <?>.
ELECTRIFY SHORT LINE
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Does the Oregon -s-.ort Line intend
o electrify its lin.s with power de- j
allmadge and Short Line Said to be
Linked in Great Power Project.
Leloped from the Black Canyon of
Ihe Payette? If recent rumors from
Emmett are to be relied on, the an
swer to the question is "yes."
The present rumor is to the ef
fect that Mrs. Whitney has sold her
nterest in the property to C. L. Tail
îadge, who is the dominant figure in !
he Idaho Consolidated Power and
Jtilities company.
number of year; been the contractor
for building * Oregon Short Line
branches So close together are the
two companies that to say Utah Con
struction is to say Shor Line.
The Black canyon power site is
located five miles above Emmett on
the main Payette river. It is under
stood thit the present power plan is
to construct a dam in the canyon
which would yield a sheer fall of be
tween 40 and 50 feet and would de
velop untold horsepower.
Should the power plant be con
—til Irr-o I' is declared that
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a
errofanrtîu?^l
pose of to list it for this sale The
merchants will ,as usual, offer special
bargains for that day.
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A 10 PER CENT RAISE
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State Board Boosts Canyon's As 8 ses
ment a Notch.
Canyon courty's assessed valuation
received its regular annual raise at
the hands of the state tax commission,
but got off luckier than usual, the in
yrea'se being: only 10 per cent.
For several years the usual raise
has been 15 per cent.
■v wish to dis
Butter wrappers at Index office.
C. J. BULLARD, Vice President
LAUREN DEAN, Asst. Cashier
W. R. CARTWRIGHT, President
V. T. CRAIG, Cashier.
BANK OF EMMETT
EMMETT, IDAHO.
Surplus $10,000
Capital $40,000
SOLICITED
BUSINESS
YOUR
MELONS YIELD $250
PER ACRE
Are a Profitable Crop—Four
Carloads Shipped Out
the Past Week
îpment
of melons has been made, and three
carloads of cantaloupes. Thi3 does
not include the local shipments, which
have been heavy. The carload of mcl
irTol
ons were sent to St. Anthony. One
car of cantaloupes was shipped to
Shoshone, one to Pocatello and the
other to Boise. Another carload of
'cants will be shipped Saturday
The carload shipments net the grower
$240 per car.
MASONS AID BROTHER
Payette Lodge Members Supply Skin
for Grafting.
Payette—C. O. Grimes, who was se
verely burned in a gasoline stove ex
plosion, having all the skin from nis
arm and chest burned off, has reached
a s tage in his recovery where the
H ■
Since Saturday even
been going to his home and each
| one giving a portion of his live
j healthy skin to be transplanted to the
; wounds of the burned man. The
burned portions of the patient are so
large in area that it is not possible tc
follow the usual custom of grafting
skin from healthy portions of the in
jured man's body to the wounds, the
patient being too weak from the shock
of the injuries to withstand f irther
pain. The grafting process will con
tinue for several weeks until the en
■ recovery,
t at which time it became necessary
I begin the grafting of skin on dif
[rent burned portions of his body,
rother Masons of the afflicted man
tire burned portions are supplied
with sufficient skin to unite and cover
The attending
the areas burned.
BBysic'.an estimates that it will take
■ least 100 men to supply the requir
WnmPIl filais RflVS
TT UIUCU, VJII to "UU UUjo
PppI PcâcllCS
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W :]} gtart cann i nff
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p6SCxl6S abOUt o6pteiH
bd* D, and W ill nPGd a
larg6 number of W0m6n,
girls and boys to peel
them and for other work.
AddIy to J. J. Wouters foreman
rr J • '
amount of healthy skin to cover
wounds.
Boy Scouts on Hike.
■ The Boy Scouts to the number of 25,
|ith Kenneth L. Houlder commanding,
larted on Tuesday for a hike down
lie river. They camped on Seven
Kile slough, fished and went swim
ping and returned home tired but
lappy today. They had a jolly time.
elp Wanted
CANNING FACTORY