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The Emmett Index PUBLISHED IN THE GARDEN VALLEY OF IDAHO. EMMETT, GEM COUNTY, IDAHO, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1915. No. 2. TWENTY-THIRD YEAR. BOND COMPROMISE IS POSSIBLE Bondholder of Canyon Canal Suggests Plan of Settling Financial Difficulties With a view of stopping all litiga tion over the Canyon canal bond issue and placing the irrigation district up sound financial footing, John R. on a Morrow, president of the Continental Trust company of Pittsburgh, Pa., e f 1 . . , . and owner of one of the arges ' of bonds of the d ls tnct, spent several days in town this wee an a er m <* ing a thorough investigation of the canal and the condi 10 ns o ' under the canal, submitted h.s owners personal plan of compromise to the board of directors of the district and a number of the large land owners. In presenting the plan, Mr. Mor made it plain that he was speak row ing only for himself; that he had not consulted his associate bondholders and did not know whether the plan would be acceptable to them. The plan he proposes is, in brief, this: Each bondholder and each war rant holder to agree to a straight 20 per cent shave on all bonds and war rants; to issue refunding bonds to run for 20 years, with interest and sink ing fund payments deferred for sev eral years, and to endeavor to raise sufficient funds from the bondholders to enlarge the canal to a capacity to carry an adequate supply of water for every acre of land in the district, and to issue bonds in payment of outstand ing warrants. "In this way," he said, ■"all the indebtedness of the district would be cleaned up and as it could start out anew on a cash basis. The proposed 20 per cent discount on the bonds would equal the so-called bonds," about which there has been so much controversy and which are now in litigation. Mr. Morrow seemed very anxious to settle the difficulties of the district in the interest not only of himself, but also for the benefit of the land owners. He expressed surprise at the splendid physical condition of the canal sys tern, and the fertility and improve ment of the lands in the district. He left for the East Tuesday and will present his plan to the bondholders' committee, of which he is a member, This committee represents $700,000 of the bonds, and is composed of John 'commission Morrow, Dr. Gaebler, John Paul Thompson and Mr. Seymour. It is sincerely hoped that the con ference may result in a solution of the problems that confront both the bondholders and the land owners, as, well as the holders of warrants, in such an equitable manner as will make dt possible for the land owners to meet their obligations and give to the bonds an unquestioned stability. From the present outlook, if the other bond holders hold the same views as Mr. Morrow, a satisfactory settlement is possible. BOISE AND GEM AGREE Adjustment of Finances Between Two Counties Effected. E. K. Hayes returned yesterday from Idaho City, where he had been to settle the account of Gem with He reports that the Boise county, differences that existed were settled by arbitration. Boise county will re ceive approximately $15,000 from Gem in settlement. When the settlement came to be made there was an item of $3800 for timber cruising and bridges, which Boise county claimed to be due as Gem's share of the cost. E. K. Hayes did not consider the claim a just one. J. A. Lippincott, who represented Boise county, and Mr. Hayes asked for a third arbitrator, as provided by law, and W. L. Cuddy of Boise City was selected. Mr. Cuddy decided in favor of Boise county and the matter was closed Tuesday. Bridge for Deadwood Forest Supervisor Mains yesterday awarded a contract to James Burke & Co. of Kansas City for a steel bridge across Deadwood Creek on the govern ment road up the South Fork. This -will open the road to Lowman. The bridge will have a 65 foot span with concrete piers, concrete work under way. L. J. Phelan has the Pitchfork in Thresher While threshing grain on the Boh Howard place on the bench last week, NEW METHODIST PASTOR KP & _ Charles A. Quinn the pitch fork used by one of tne men came off the han(lle and went thn.ugh the machine, doing considerable lai.i ^ to the machlnery . -• fQMMjy piTVnO ON INTEREST Banks Will Pay Three Per Cent on Deposits. All banks having deposits of Gem county funds will pay 3 per cent in terest on same. The board of county commissioners at their meeting Satur Jay passed the following resolution: "It is hereby ordered that all banks i n Gem county which shall have ap plied to become and have been made depositaries, or which shall hereafter ; be made depositaries, of county funds ; under the provisions of article 3 chap ter 3, title 11 of the Idafl^ Political Code shall be required to pay to Gem county for the privilege of holding fhg same, interest at the rate of 3 per cent per annum, and that such deposi taries shall hold such funds subject also to the regulations imposed by law and the rules adopted by the county j treasurer." j - was appointed as a county depositary and its bond approved, Gem county's first term of court was held Monday by Judge E. L. Bry an, and only four hours were required ! to dispose of the 12 civil cases on the docket. There were no criminal cases, Fred Mitchell of Caldwell, an experi enced court clerk, was present to teach R. B. Wilson the rope and see I that everything was done according to Hoyle. The cases that came up were as follows: J. W. Cook vs. W. J. Holme et The First National bank of Emmett First Term of Court. al. Judgment for plaintiff. J. N. Dechambeau vs. John C. Jen sen. Dismised. Francis Dresser vs. M. F. Dean et al. Judgment for plaintiff. F. J. Edwards vs. Godfrey Sperling e t al. Judgment for plaintiff. First National Bank of Emmett vs. Anna M. Scott. Judgment for plain tiff. C. F. Harparee et al vs M. C. Moore J. C. Oliver vs. McConnell Brothers. Dismissed. Geo. B. Roger vs. A. M. Schrecon gost et al. Demurrer overruled and defendant given 20 days to answer. Hans Hansen vs. W. A. Carpenter, Dismissed. R. H. Stanley vs. J. R. Field et al. Demurrer overruled and defendants head et al. Judgment for plaintiff. ; given 20 days to answer. Wilson-Smith Realty Co. vs. D. M. John. Continued. J. A. Armstrong vs. E. E. Hampton. Demurrer overruled and defendant given 10 days to answer. A recess was taken to November 19. Failed to Convict. Silas Boston of Ola, who was ar rested Friday charged with bootleg ging, was tried in Judge Vadney's court by a jury and acquitted. Road Business. Fred Fowler has been appointed road overseer of district 8 to succeed L. Peterson, who had previously been appointed, it being found that he was not a resident of the county. Special road tax levies have been made as follows: District 10, 2% mills; district 3, 244 mills; district 1, 244 mills; district 2, 2 mills. BORN On Sunday, to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Vanderdasson, at the home of Mrs. Elmer Hess, a son. On Tuesday, to Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Holverson, a daughter. On Tuesday, to Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Blaisdell, a daughter. On Wednesday, to Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Gibberd, a son. EARTHQUAKE FRIGHT ENED EMMETT Buildings Shook—Clocks Stop ped—Chickens Shook from Roosts—No Damage. An earthquake shock that lasted at least a minute struck Emmett at 11:55 Saturday night and caused general consternation. Brick buildings trem bled, frame buildings swayed, clocks stopped, electric lights suspended by , . ... , . and fro like ums 0 f docks chickens were shaken from their roosts> and people roused from their slumbers by the sway ing of the beds, the rattling of windows and the creaking of doors and joints. In short, Mother Earth acted as if she had been on a spree an< ) w >th unsteady gait was trying to make her way upstairs to bed with out disturbing the old man and had But no were made the usual bungle at it. damage was done, except to the of the timid and of those nerves with guilty consciences. sou * b stopped; those swinging east to west gained monmentum and pounded the sides of their cases. Brooms suspended in a rack in McNish's store swung in the same direction a^ dis tance oi : five: feet each 1 way as did a 1 50 a bundle of v. hips, and electric lights. Sam Motz was just reaching T° r the door knob of his back door u P on his return from the dance, when the quake occured, and he missed the knob a foot as the house swayed to the east, and missed it again as it swung back. He thought some one had "spiked" the city water and it had The direction of the quake was from west to east or vice versa. Clocks whose pendulums swung north and ' against each other, cigars got up on their hind legs and walked, the queen of spades winked at him and the jack of clubs made a pass. That was too much for Archie; he rusned for the door, leaving his hinkeys on the table, Tom Hance was toasting himself before the fire. He had a severe cold and had been taking cough medicine, When everything began to swim be fore his eyes he thought he had taken too much of the stuff and it had gone affected his head. Arch McKellar, the Squaw creek rancher, was engaged in a social game of solo at the Brunswick. The lights swayed, the pop bottles crashed to his head. B ob Knizer, who was asleep, thought the dog had gotten under the bed and was bouncing the bed springs up and down. D. M. Stokes bery's wife thought her husband was trying to bounce her out of bed, and 0ra Bever scolded his wife for kick . ing so hard . The effect upon Alien Gatfield was to make him sick at his stoma ch, and others were affected the same way. Herb Blackman rushed down town, expecting to see every brick building in ruins. The city water tower swayed, and the iron braces scraped against each other and symphony . ... ... made an awful noise, something like a orchestra playing the Dance of the Valkyries. At the Russell hotel the guests were badly frightened and rushed panic stricken from their rooms and down stairs, clad in sundry and divers gar ments. So far as the news agencies have been able to learn little damage has resulted from the earthquake, al though it was general all over the western country. It was felt from Victorio B. C. to Fresno, Cal.; and as far east as the Rocky mountains. It was the heaviest in Nevada and Utah, but no casualties or material damage is reported from either state. In Utah there was a slip in the Wasatch mountains for 150 miles, and this caused a third shock which many people thought was another earth quake. In Boise the tremor was felt for nearly two minutes while at On tario it is reported that it cracked the plaster in the Moore Hotel. Prac- j tially all southern Idaho and eastern Oregon towns felt the shock. At Baker City a panic was narrowly averted, and at Vale the shock was quite severe. Another Car of Pears The Denney & Co. packing house is this week loading the second car of pears. The shipment consists of d'Anjous and is made up of fruit from the Field, Trowbridge, Parker, Hankins, Coulson and Graves or-1 chards. DEDICATE THE BAPTIST CHURCH Debt of $1200 Lifted Amid Great Enthusiasm and Re joicing at Union Meeting After a campaign of only a few days, the climax of which was reached Sunday evening, the debt of the Em mett Baptist church, amounting to $4200 was lifted, and the church was dedicated amid great enthusiasm and „minnv The dedicatory service was one in joined. Dr. Myron W. Haynes of McMinnville, Ore., preached a most interesting and able sermon. Rev. W. H.Bowler of Bo.se brought the "Greet * n £s from the Baptists of Idaho," and Rev. S. M. Kur.ter of the Presbyterian church brought the greetings of the Emmett churches. The pastor and congregation, standings then joined in which all the churches of Emmett i Che responsive dedicatory service, which concluded with the prayer of dedication by the Baptists, and it was dedication by the pastoc .• m „ m h er e SU PP rt of the entlre member „ ^ dedicated th „ r first church build _ . It was was an especially happy one for their ; loyal pastor, Rev. A. C. Lathrop, to whose energy and untiring zeal much credit is due for the great accom _ . _ , ing m this city. It was the frame , .... , - building now used as the Gem county court house At that time it wa« the ' best church building in town. Per , ,i . , haps the account of those services, printed in The Index of November 17, 1904, will be interesting at this time: "Sunday was Baptist day in Em ship. ■ extracts mett, the occasion being the dedication of their church edifice, and the exer cises were fully in keeping with the importance of the event to Emmett Baptists. A number of Baptist min isters from other points were present and assisted in the ceremonies. The church was crowded to overflowing The dedicatory sermon was preached by Rev. L. G. Clark, the dedicatory service was conducted by Rev. Rogers, and the dedicatory prayer given by Rev. W. H. Bowler. R. H. Clopton of Emmett read a short historical sketch of the organization and growth of the church, which was very interesting, and from which we make the follow I ; ; .- 0n the .j gtb dav of March 1893 the prese nt Baptist church was organ' ized ^th a membership of seven members. The first business meeting was he id April 23 of the same year. an( j three names were added to the i ist of new member« and the name „ The Ba tist Church of Em mett" adüpted Rev I G Perkins was thé Tr J pastor ' Then followed in order Rev i S Hick« Rev E H Head Rev Pe^ms again Rev^^ Gowen, Rev. T ft! Lydston, Rev. D. McReynolds, Rev. j j 0 hn Heyn, and on May 1, 1904, the present pastor, Rev. E. S. Rogers, W as called, ' i "November 10, 1895, the first record 0 f baptism was recorded, and Febru ary 26, 1896 a Sunday school was organized, "In June, 1896, a subscription was started to build a "meeting house," and on August 26 of that year enought money had been raised to pur chase a lot. October 4, 1896, the church decided to erect an edifice 26 by 40 feet. "At just what date work on the church edifice began the records do not show," Mr. Clopton's sketch says, "but that the church did corn mence the erection of the building in which we have met today, within a few weeks thereafter and that there was only $74.84 in the treasury when the first money was paid for material is a matter of record, and that the building was erected during the sum mer and fall is a fact that tells a story of heroic endeavor and actual sacrifice that is not often surpassed." day a st°ol of alfalfa that was seven feet tall. The heads had gone to seed an d were as full as the hair on a dog s Alfalfa Grows Big J. A. Hiatt brought to town Satur back—almost. The alfalfa was grown on dry land on Mr. Hiatt's place on the east slope. retary of the Idaho-Oregon Honey Producing association, was in town ; Monday en route to Middleton to ; superintendent the shipment of two j Good Prices for Honey 0. S. Farrell of New Plymouth, sec cars of honey. He informed The In-1 dex that the association had sold 20 cars of honey to the A. I. Root com pany of Medina, Iowa, for $4,850 per car. This comprises the entire output of the association this year. He es ■ timates that New Plymouth will fum ish two carloads, or over $0000 worth. Clover is Profitable That growing clover for seed is profitable is proved by the experience of I. O. Hankins this year. He had i a 15-acre orchard in clover between the tree rows. He has threshed 125 bushels of clover seed from the crop. j The seed is worth 1544 cents a pound, or $ 9.30 a bushel, which would amount Juso for the 15 this, Mr. Hankins has the hay for feed, -*- - ' j j j acres. Besides j 1 Grade to be Lowered and Roadway TO IMPROVE FREEZE0UT : ; At a meeting of the Commercial club Tuesday evening, plans for ex Widened tensive improvements of the Freeze out Hill grade were formulated and preliminary steps taken to carry them into execution. The plans provide for reducing the present grade to 9.42 per cent at its steepest point. To do this something like 60,000 yards of dirt will need to be moved. It is expected that no difficulty will be ex perienced in getting all the work do nated by farmers and town people. To ascertain how much work can be depended upon, a comm^tee consist ing of W. M. Findley, A. P. Peterson, Charles Dresser and Dr. R. E. Rose __• . , —, , - , was appointed. The need for such . , . . . lm P rovement has been apparent f or many years, although Mr. Findley, the „ , ' ,. . . road overseer of that district has „ i. i tï bette ™ ent ° f * be ? t f 1 h qi g \ T ° f T e a !. S T • ^ produce and fruit in Boise the advan tage will be great. The following resolutions upon the death of D. A. Hawkins were adopted by a rising vote: "Whereas, The death of our co worker, D. A. Hawkins, has removed from our midst a faithful, conscien tious and devoted member—one whose counsel was wise and whose efforts were always for the upbuilding of the community; therefore, be it. "Resolved, That we shall miss him from the councils of the Commercial Club; that we deeply mourn his pass ing, and extend to his family our sincere sympathy. T - ' Jmkted 3 T renort '"whicî Showed h th f ■ h > ' s - 00 d « g00 a ll the exnen-e hills had ? Ti ? expense bills had n ' ,C * Lt n P r ^ en e > a c< ^ m P e e re ' P °* C ° UW J ^ ^ * C ° m ' m W3S cont,nued ' Those havln > r aceounts a£ra ' nst f the fair ""«aüon T Pr6Sent them . , to Ge ° rge McGowan as soon as P osslble - - : The club decided to enter five boxes of Delicious apples in the competition for the world's championship at the Panama exposition. and L. M. Downing were appointed as comrn jttee to select and pack the C. L. Gamage Water bags at Reilly's. GEO. DURHAM, President R. B. SHAW, Cashier. JOHN McNISH. Vice President C. B. POLLY, Asst. Cashier. First National Bank EMMETT, IDAHO Capital $50,000. Surplus $7,000 General Banking Business Transacted. Correspondence Invited E. M. REILLY, Vice President. LAUREN DEAN, Asst. Cashier C. J. BULLARD, President. V. T. CRAIG, Cashier. BANK OF EMMETT EMMETT, IDAHO. Surplus $10,000 Capita) $40,000 SOLICITED BUSINESS - YOUR Mjchigan-Idaho Lumber Co. the Lesses —To Install Band Saws McNISH LEASES HIS SAWMILL T , . • T . . T _ _ , , , . . . P " y yesterday condu<leiJ negotiations for the lease of the John McNish saw mill, storage ponds, etc., for a term extending from date until December 31, 1916. Mr. McNish reserves the planing mill and motors, By the terms of the lease the leas ing company agrees not to engage in the retail lumber business and not to " U ^^ ^ C ° Unty ' dr- " IcNlsh wl11 continue to con duct a retail business. The company has stored in the mill ponds approxi mately 6 million feet and a possible 2 million feet along the river which the low water stage left high and dry last spring. These logs will be sawed and the output shipped to the company's sas h and door mill at Kalamazoo, Mich., or sold at wholesale to lumber yards outside of Gem county. A band saw will be installed at once, The Michigan-Idaho Lumber Com pany two years ago bought the old Prestel mill at Payette, and cut a i m iHi on feet of logs on the South Fork o{ the Payette river. The log sever drive was tardy in reaching Emmett and j ow water compelled the storage of the logs in the McNish pond. In destroved bv fire The comnanv has aesrrojea oy nre. i ne company nas been reor ganized within the last few davs Ed Allen and Ed Stanlev of aa > s ' Ailen ana td Stanley or this citv buvini? an interest Charles Lms CIt> DU > in £ an interest. Lnaries A - Dewing of Kalamazoo, Mich., is the President, and Ed Allen, vice presi dent - These three have a controlling interest in the company, -- the meantime the Payette mill was COFNCIL PROCEEDINGS - Contract Given to Mike Gilbride to Lay Cement Pipes The job of laying the big cement pi pe s which will replace the ditch un der the sidewalk avenue between Second and Third streets was given to Mike Gilbride. His wages will be $3.50 per day and Washington on the work will be done under the sup He will ervision of the city engineer, also lay pipes across tiie street at Bird's barn, The assessment roll of Improvment District No. 1 is now in the hands of the city eler k. and the council will h ?" ^ assessment at ' 0 clock p ' Noveraber L * k i ^ i, , automobiles and horses wero careless about keeping on the right side of streets and in turnin * square corners at street intersections. The marshal was instructed to see that the "rules cf the road " were observed ' The city waterworks plant pumped 971,000 gallona of water during Sep Complaint was made that drivers of tember. b i b >f ftrapes made by the Ober me y er brothers at the Boise fair as "wonderful." There are three varie Grape Exhibit at Boise The Capital News describes the ex ties—Tokays, Malagas and Concords —and they are beautifully packed.