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The Emmett Index.
PUBLISHED IN THE G A RDEN VALLEY OF IDAHO.
EMMETT, GEM COUNTY, IDAHO, THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1917
NO. 39.
TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR.
TO BUILD $10,000 FRUIT
WAREHOUSE
Earl Fruit Co. to Erect Modern
Frost Proof Building 70 by
103 Feet.
Several weeks ago The Index an
nounced the intentions of the Earl
Fruit company to enter the field as an
active competitor for a share of Em
mett's fruit crop and to build a fruit
warehouse and packing plant in this
city.
Frank V. Martin, field manager of)
, XT , , .. F 1 pomnanv
the Northwest for the Earl company,
•was in the city Friday and announced
that his firm would at once begin
the erection of a modern frost proof
-warehouse 70 by 103 feet in dimensions
at a cost of $10, 000. Ground has been
secured from the Boise-Payette Lum
ber company northwest of the Short
Line depot and will have ample track
facilities for the loading of cars.
age
The building will be of cement con
struction and absolutely frost proof.
1 Plans are now being drawn by Tour
tellotte & Hummell of Boise and build
The
will start at once,
structure will be completed in time to
handle the peach and prune crops.
The Earl Fruit Company is one of
the leading fruit concerns of the coun
They maintain offices in all of
try.
the leading cities of the United States,
Canada and Europe, in addition to
their head office in Spokane.
they have handled the
For
many years
■■entire crop of the Westlake orchards
.and have made an excellent reputa
tion for fair treatment and profit
able returns. Their entrance into the
Emmett field on more general opera
tions is significant and means much
to the fruit growers of this section.
FRUIT DRYER
TO BE ADDED
^Evaporating Plant of 100-Ton Ca
pacity to be Built Next Lear.
Since the above was written The
Index has received a letter from Mr.
Martin, stating that the Earl company
Fas definitely decided to build an ad
dition to the warehouse now, and dur
ing next winter install a fruit evapor
ating plant.
The plant will equal in size the
plant now being installed at Meridian,
which will have a daily capacity of 100
tons.
The construction of the plant, how
■ever, will have just one string attach
ed to it, and that is the willingness of
the fruit growers to sign up a portion
of their tonnage. This consideration
is a reasonable one and will undoubt
edly meet the approval of the fruit
growers.
Two Thousand Carloads.
According to Fruit Inspector T. E.
Fiance, Emmett's crop of peaches,
prunes and apples this year will reach
large dimensions. He estimates it at
a total of 1040 carloads, as against
The estimate
420 carloads in 1915.
is as follows :
JPeaches, carloads .
Prunes, carloads .
.200
.240
Prunes, .
Apples, carloads .
.600
.1040
Total
In 1915 there were shipped out 180
of peaches, 220 cars of prunes
and 20 cars of apples. Thus it is seen
that the great increase this year i
in apples. This is accounted for by
the fact that over 3,000 acres of ap
ple orchards will produce their first
These orchards
from 6 to 8 years old.
cars
IS
full crop this year.
are now
Big Prune Crop.
The prune crop will be an enormous
Indications are plenti
Kirk Landers last week sent in
one this year.
ful.
to this office a branch about a foot
long from a tree in his orchard which
contained more than 100 prunes as
large as good-sized marbles.
Record Price for Wool in Oregon.
Keane & Joyce of Beulah in west
«rn Malheur county, sold 1000 fleeces
of wool weighing 8000 pounds for 62%
■cents per pound. The sale was made
last Thursday to an eastern buyer.
This is the highest price ever paid in
Oregon for wool and gives a good idea
•where wool is going.
-wool from cross-bred ewes.
This was coarse
Camp Meeting.
The Seventh-day Adventists are to
have their annual encampment at the
Fair Grounds in Boise June 25 to
The indications are that this
I July 1- .. . .
I is to be the largest campmeeting that
they have ever held in this conference
which includes Southern Idaho and
part of Eastern Oregon,
thousand people will attend the meet
Speakers from all parts of the
Over one
ings.
country are being brought together to
the work. The railroads will
assist >
jHve special rates of one and one third
fare for the round trip, from June 21
hi
to July 3.
Notice
The First National and the Bank of
Emmett from this date will close
promptly at 4 o'clock p. m., except on
pay nights at the mill, when they will
from 6 o'clock to 9 o'clock.
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FIRST NATIONAL BANK
BANK OF EMMETT
Building Bungalow.
1 Excavation for Eli Lanktree s new
residence Qn Second street was started
T d phe building will be a pretty
^der/bungalow
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AUTOMOBILE SHOW HERE
THREE DAYS
Opening of New Garage to Fea
ture Showing of Many Cars
of National Prominence.
Along with the other metropolitan
airs which Emmett is assuming, this
city is to have a three days automo
bile show, beginning Saturday and
continuing through Monday.
The show will celebrate the opening
of the splendid new garage of the
Wilson Garage Company and wi.l be
held in that roomy building. Many
motor cars of national prominence,
such as the Packard, Cole 8, King 8,.
Monroe, Scripps-Booth and others,
besides trucks, will be on exhibition,
A musical program will be given each
day, and everybody will be welcome,
There will be no admission fee.
The Red Cross Chapter will serve
refreshments and apply the proceeds
to the Red Cross fund.
DRY KILNS
NEARLY READY
Steam Will Be Turned on Soon—Is
a Modern Lumber Drying Plant
The big dry kilns of the B-P Lum
ber company are nearly completed!
and will be put in operation within
the next week or two. !
j The building is constructed of hoi
tile, contains 12 apartments each
The heat
; ow
w ith a capacity of six cars.
is generated by steam from the boilers
in t he nla i n engine room and conduct
ed through iron pipes. Inside the
building inch pipes are used and these
cover t i le floor three tiers deep. In
the ent i re building there are 19 miles
About five days
inch and a
! of one-inch pipes.
jare required, to
half thick lumber.
Machinery for the planing mill has
installed f or sometime, but opera
tjon of thig depar tment has been de- j
, gd . tbe difficulty in procuring j
'. . . for the pipes to carry off the j
sawdust and the shavings. The ma- j
i terial is on the ground now, is being
e up and the plant will soon be in !
operation Acres and acres of piles j
season
operation Acres and acres of piles
of lumber are awaiting both the kilns,
and the planing mill before
ready for shipment. As soon as the«
departments are m fu " ° pe ^ 1 ° n
several tramloads of lumber will be
shipped out of Emmett daily.
Youthful Red Cross Workers.
The special significance of the Red
Cross work appeals to even the little
Yesterday the two small daugh
ters of Mrs. Wm. C. Hunter, Mary
Elizabeth and Nancy Lou, turned into
the Red Cross treasury $2.10 as their
These -
gathered a quantity of maple seeds,
did them up in neat little packages
and sold them for the amount named
above. They have set an example of
may have a part xn the
ones
ittle misses
contribution.
how everyone
support of the Red Cross work.
-
On Thursday of last week to Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Boren, a daughter.
On Saturday, to Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Howard, a daughter.
This morning, to Mr. and Mrs. B. S.
BORN
Hammack, a son.
Rev. E. E. Coulter, pastor of the
Christian church, has tendered his
to leave
or three
Resigns Pastorate.
resinnation, and expects
Emmett in the next two
^ months.
TWO GARAGES ARE CON
SOLIDATED
M. & M. and Gem Garages Join
Forces—Clare Shane Mem
ber of New Firm.
A deal was closed Tuesday in which
tbe iyi & M. Garage became the owner
D f tbe Gem Garage & Auto company
and Clare Shane, the owner of the lat
ter CO mpany became a member of the
M. & M. firm.
The M. & M. company will operate
both garages. The Gem's building
w jjj be use( j exc i us j V ely in handling
^ of Ford cars . The Wo _
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mack building, now being constructed.
will be occupied by the company as
soon as completed and the agencies
of the Buick, Dodge and Paige and
Form-a-Truck cars will be consoli
dated there. Mr. Shane will devote
his attention to the sales department.
The new firm is a strong one and with
the agencies for such a strong line of
automobiles and trucks will possess a
commanding position in the automo
bile trade of this territory.
MARRIED
] Barton-Selby
j p b e marriage of Miss Loraine Juan
;ta gelby Everett Henry Barton
wag so ] emn j zed ] as t Thursday morn
j jng at 9 , 0 - cloek at t h e home of the
I bride's parents in Boise by the Rev.
H j Rf , yn0 ] ds 0 f the Christian church
Following . t he ceremony a wedding
j break f as t W as served, and the bride
and groom ] e ft immediately afterward
! by a(jto ^ or p or tland upon their wed
d j ng trip. Upon their return they will
; make tbeir bome in Emmett. The
j bridei an unusua U y charming young
j lady , was a teacher in the Emmett
j scboo j s | ast ye ar. Mr. Barton has
been a resident of this city since the
; com j ng 0 f t he Boise-Payette mill and
, g assistant ma nager of the plant,
Their many Emmett friends extend
congratulations.
Jackson-Thompson.
Melvin T. Jackson and Nettie May
Thompson were united in marriage
Friday evening at the Christian par
sonage. Rev. E. E. Coulter perform
ing the ceremony. The young people
both live at Ola and will make their
home there in the future.
Shane-Kel ey
The marriage of Miss Pearl Ke y
to Clare W. Shane took place at high
noon Sunday at the home ot
bride's sister, Mrs. Roy Keithley. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. C.
service
the
.
A. Quinn, the beautiful ring ^
being used. As th< L br ', par y ,
t'neir places, Mrs. • °" P a> f
the "Bridal Chorus, and alter tne
ceremony Mrs. Roy Keithly sang
Love You Truly." The bride wore a
charming gown
carried a bouquet of roses.
Mrs. Shane at once went to housekeep
The bride, a
of white voile and
Mr. and
ing on Johns avenue.
daughter of Mrs. Emma Kelley, has
for many years been a teacher and
last year taught in the E c
schools. The groom, oldest son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. H. Shane, is a successfu
young business man and engaged l
the automobile trade. The best wishes
of many friends will follow them.
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residence of OD. Bucknum
"" st 3 o'cbck, °sc W
M ^ ^ Hanna M Sund .
be were united in marr iage by Rev.
K ^ The groom holds
respons f b i e position in the new saw
mill and both bride and groom
highly spoken of. They will set up
housekeeping in a few days in one of
the new houses being erected by the
lumber company.
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by Emmett people of the marriage of
j Louis W. Horne to Miss Elma Reedei
at the bride's home in Omaha, Neb.,
Sunday, June 3. Both the bride and
groom taught in the city schools the
past year and a host of friends join
in congratulations.
Horne-Reeder.
Announcements have been received
A marriage license was issued yes
terday j n Boise to Robert B. Duncan
Centerville and Minnie E. Malm-j
s t rom 0 f Emmett.
Sells Farm.
j W. L. Nicol today sold his 20-acre
i farm south of town to Geo. V. Johnson
of Salt Lake City. Mr. Johnson is ac
comp anie d by his family and will make
tbeir home here. Mr. Nicol will move
to town,
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Tents, all sizes, at Reilly's.
Large Audiences Attend Each
CHAUTAUQUA SCORES
BIG SUCCESS
Attraction—Tonight Will
Close the Season.
The first annual Chautauqua ever
held in Emmett will close tonight af
ter a most successful week. All thru
the week the audiences have been large
and the attractions have been of such
a high order as to call forth praise
and compliments from all who have
listened to them.
Tnree nhmbers, however, stand odt
in bold relief. One was Captain Hind
ley. An eloquent speaker with a won
derful command of language and a
magnetic personality, he held his au
dience spell bound. His message deal
ing with the great war, its meaning
win or lose, the work of the Red Cross,
and the patriotism and devotion to
country of the people of Canada,
whence he came, stirred the hearts of
his hearers in a wonderful mannerl
and brought home to them as had
never been done before, the duty of
every American citizen.
At the luncheon given by the Com
mercial Club in the Baptist church
Monday noon, Captain Hindley de
voted himself to the work of the Red
Cross. He told of what Canada had
done—how the city of Toronto had
already furnished 40,000 soldiers and
2 million dollars in funds. The same
proportion of men and funds were
provided by every city, town and ham
let in the Dominion.
He told in el
oquent words what this war means to
humanity and the great responsibility
resting upon every friend of democ
Plates were laid for 70 and
racy. t
there were no vacant chairs.
The second number that had a
special appealing force was the "Story
of the Trenches" by Ada Ward. The
third was the Chautauqua Orchestra.
The committee that fathered the
Chautauqua enterprise will about
out even in a financial way. No
come
decision has yet been reached as to
whether another will be held next
year or not.
Schoolhouse for District 29.
Prosecuting Attorney Reed and
Sheriff Nichols attended the school
meeting at Jack Knife, near Ola,
Monday. This is a Joint district, in
cluding portions of Gem and Boise
county.
decide on the best plan for bettering
the school facilities of that district. A
large number of the patrons
present and after a full discussion it
decided to make no change in the
district, to change the location of the
schoolhouse to a more central point
to be decided later, to bond the district
and build a new schoolhouse.
ney Reed was present to give legal
advice.
on
The meeting was called to
were
was
Attor
Finger Cut Off.
Dean Nusbaum lost a portion of the
third finger of his right hand while
working in the Michigan-Idaho plan
ing mill Tuesday night. The circular
saw cut it off at the first joint.
IDEAL THEATER
Wednesday, June 27th, Norma Tal
madge in a picturization of the in
madge in a picturization of the in
tense Drama "Panthea," in eight reels
Vi
7A
k Norma Talmadge æ
"panthea"
SELZNICK'ülH'ICTUHES ®
A great star in her greatest produc
tion, in a story of love that was
stronger than life.
Admission 15c and 25c.
A. M. Schrecongost has a pugilistic
rabbit on his farm near Letha that
has whipped every cat and dog hat
has come onto the premises. It prob
ably- has some bull dog blood in its
While working in his prune orchard
a few days ago, Ed Hayes frightened
meadow lark from her nest in aj
bunch of grass. She flew across the
Two Nature Stories.
veins.
a
! field with her mouth open, as the day
I was hot. When the barbed wire fence
was reached she hit the top wire
squarely between her beaks and her
tongue catching on one of the barbs
she hung suspended until Ed Hayes's
big heart took pity on her and releas
ed her. The bird flew away, but
! every morning comes to his sleeping
porch and expresses her gratitude by
singing "Tipperary," the "Star Spang
led Banner" and the "Marseillaise."
Rebekahs Elect Officers.
The semi-annual election of officers
of Rebekah lodge, held Tuesday even
ing, resulted as follows: Stella Chapin,
N. G.; Mrs. Landers, V. G.; Bertha
Canaday, secretary; Mrs. Bullock, fi
nancial secretary; Theodocia Phillips,
treasurer. These officers will be in
stalled the first meeting in July.
The Odd Fellows have elected Frank
Chapin, N. G.; Roy Keithly, V. G. The
other elective officers hold over till
the end of the year.
DR. CLARK GETS
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All Ul-t 1 MLit 1
g ece j ve6 Commission as Major of
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Field Hospital Corps
j Dr. B. O. Clark yesterday received
j his major of the field
hospital that will be one of three units
composing a brigade to be assigned
to the 16th division composed of
military units organized in the
states of Idaho, Oregon, Washington,
Montana and Wyoming, with head
quarters at San Francisco.
The position is one of honor and
responsibility. During the past two
weeks, Major Clark has been receiv
ing applications and the corps is re
cruited to nearly its full strength.
Several young men from Emmett
have been accepted in the ranks of the
corps and it is expected they will be
ordered to report for duty at an early
date and will then go to one of the
training camps for instruction.
This unit will be composed of a
major, five lieutenants, six sergeants
and 58 enlisted men. The officers
have already been selected and 40 of
the 58 enlisted men have been enroll
ed. Those wishing to join must have
their applications in by Monday, June
25.
EMMETT BOYS ON DUTY.
Crabtree Boys Enlist—Don
Sanders on High Seas.
A letter received a few days ago
Two
by W. R. Crabtree from his two sons,
Lawrence and Ralph, state that both
of them are now serving Uncle Sam.
Lawrence, who joined the aviation
corps and is stationed at Texas, has
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passed his first examina ion "■ ®
grade of 92, and is "eligible to fly.
He will be promoted from corpora!
to sergeant.
Ralph, county and city engin
of Edwards county and city of
eer
Kinsley, Kan., has enlisted in the en
gineering corps, but has not yet been
examined.
Don Sanders is in the naval service,
being attached to the battleship Vir
ginia, and sailing from Bremerton
sometime ago is now "somewhere on
the sea."
GIVEN S1400
AS DAMAGES
Idaho Power Co. Pays Chas. Chapin
Because of Injuries from Live Wire
Charles Chapin, Jr., the 10-year-old
of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Chapin of
son
this community, was paid $1400 in
cash by the Idaho Power company in
settlement of injuries the boy receiv
ed from coming in contact with a
live wire last fall. The settlement
by mutual agreement, although
was
the matter went through the formality
of a friendly suit in the Ada county
district court, conducted by Finley
Monroe.
The accident occurred November 28
of last year, while the boy was on his
home from school. An electric
way
power wire had broken off near the
(former Tom Alley farm and dropped
! to the ground. Young Chapin picked
In places on his first and
it up.
second fingers the flesh was cooked
! to the bone, and other portions of his
hand and fingers severely burned,
The second finger was burned so se
verely that amputation was necessary,
While the first finger was saved, it
; s stiff and out of shape.
! The settlement is satisfactory to
both parties, it is understood,
office, 25c per 100.
Old papers for sale at The Index
RALLYING TO HUMAN
ITY'S RELIEF
Sweet Responds With Subscrip
tions Totaling $600 and Prom
ises More—Other Towns Lag
ONLY FOUR MORE DAYS
Red Cross Funds Rolling In, But
Gem County's Share Not
Yet Assured.
With only four more days left of
the Red Cross campaign week, there
still lacks $1000 of reaching the
$3000 apportioned to Gem county. Up
to today the subscriptions totalled
approximately $2400. The campaign
closes Monday noon. Have you made
your contribution to the urgent cry
of humanity—to minister to the
wounded on the battle fields and to
feed the starving women and children
in Belgium ? The Liberty Bonds were
an investment; the Red Cross contri
bution signifies extending a helping
hand across the sea to a people suf
fering in the cause of liberty and love
for humanity. Give not to "do your
bit," but give, as the Canadian women
do, to "do your best." Give willingly
and be glad of the opportunity. Give
liberally that the brave Red Cross
army may not lack for means to ac
complish their mission. Perhaps your
boy and my boy and the neighbor's
boy may one of these days need the
gentle ministrations of these angels
of mercy. No one can tell. Give,
then, even if you have to deny your
self to do it and let not the cry of
humanity go unanswered.
As announced last week, headquar
ters have been established in the Odd
Fellows building, and there subscrip
tions may be left. J. W. Tyler is in
charge of the campaign, and he is
being assisted by willing and unself
ish workers. On the South Slope, Mrs.
Henry Obermeyer has made a canvas
and turned in $85 so far. Today she
is being assisted by Mrs. Tyler, and
Ellis Harris. James Kesgard and R.
L. Battam will canvas the Bramwell
and Letha sections this week, several
solicitors will cover the bench and the
Durham sisters wil take care of the
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country east of tow-n. E. K. Hayes
event to Pearl today.
Sweet has responded nobly. At a
, meeting held Tuesday evening $600
was subscribed inside of half an hour
and it is confidently expected that
the fund will be increased to $1000. In
proportion to her population, Sweet
has given more than 10 times as
much as Emmett and should bring
the blush of shame to this community
if it does not respond more liberally.
Willing workers are laboring at Mon
tour and the response promises to be
liberal from there.
Residents of Ola and Pearl are
urged to get busy and take up the
work.
should reach $5000. Let's make it
that. Never was there a more glor
ious cause, never was there greater
need.
The meeting at Sweet was attended
Gem county's contribution
The meeting at was
by Finley Monroe, Rev. C. A. Quinn
and a quartet composed of the Misses
Rundstrom, C. L. Gamage and W. W.
Nusbaum, with Mrs. S. O. Zachman,
accompanist. Mr. Monroe and Mr.
Quinn and a number from Sweet spoke
earnestly and patriotically. The re
sponse was prompt and generous.
Subscriptions reached $521 and the
boxes of provisions were auctioned off
for a total of $79. It was a great
meeting. To illustrate the spirit that
prevailed, this incident is reported:
When subscriptions were called for,
man rose and named $25. Imme
as
one
Jiately his wife jumped to her feet
and with the remark that it wasn't
enough and raised the ante $15.
Final Rally Sunday Night.
The final rally in the campaign will
be held Sunday night in the Methodist
church, in which all the churches will
It is expected that R. E. Ran
unite.
lall of Boise will give the principal
He is an earnest, eloquent
»ddress.
speaker and well worth hearing. The
Red Cross quartet, who went to Sweet
Tuesday- evening, with Mrs. Zachman
accompanist, will furnish special
Mrs. Ruth Hunt will ren
is
nusic, ana
1er a violin solo. Be there and bring
your pocketbook or cheek book.
The Majestic, the range with a
reputation, at Reilly's.