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The Emmett Index.
Official Paper
Official Paper
of
of
Gem County
Gem County
PUBLISHED IN THE GARDEN VALLEY OF IDAHO
EMMETT, GEM COUNTY, IDAHO. THURSDAY, JUL Y 14, 1921.
TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR.
NO. 41.
COLD STORAGE PLANT
TO BE BOUT
Boise Company to Erect Build
ing With Capacity of Eight
Carloads.
Plans are -being prepared for the
erection and equipment of a modern
cold and ice storage plant by the
Boise Ice Company. The plant will
have a storage capacity for eight car
loads and will be located on the for
mer Moses Hess place on the eastern
edge of town, which was purchased
sometime ago.
start about September 1, according to
Local Manager A. P. Peterson.
John Congdon, president, and E. S.
Sensenig, secretary, of Boise were
here yesterday in company with Short
Line officials* to map out switch
tracks. The company will own its
own siding, but they will be built by
the railroad company. The Hess place
contains about a quarter of a mile of
railroad right of way frontage.
It is the ^Mention of the company
to later install ice making machinery,
but natural ice will be used whenever
the winters are cold enough to make it
The ice storage house will be built on
modern^lines so that there will be
need or packing ice in sawdust.
Construction will
MANY FIRES
VanDeusens Lose Buildings on Bane
Ranch—Grain Loss Reported.
A fire that started last week in'
the hills north of the bench and that
is still burning, burned the house,
barn and outbuildings on the John
Bane ranch, now owned by the Van
Deusen Brothers Co. They suffered
no less of grain. Burning of fields
of grain belonging to dry ranchers in
that section is reported.
A prairie fire which swept over the
hills for miles and nearly resulted in
the burning of the buildings on the
Pratt place, east of town, was started
Saturday by Buster Pratt, who was
clearing some ground for next year's
planting. The fire was_started below
the house and quickly spread. The
Obermeyer crew of men was called
and after fighting for over an hour
were able, to changj the course of the
fire away from the buildngs and or
chards. A thousand tomato plants
were burned and about three trees in
the orchard.
Prompt action with a garden hose
saved the woodshed on the J. S. Robin
son place from being consumed by fjre
Tuesday afternoon. The fire was
caused from some weeds, which it is
thought were lighted by a cigarette,
and quickly spread to the woodshed.
By attaching a garden hose to a fau
cet in the kitchen the fire was ex
tinquished by Mrs. Robinson and no
damage was done.
In town, the fire department was
called out Sunday morning bj^ the
burning of a dry mustard patch west
of the Co-op. canal. The residences
of J. L. Kohlstedt and Fred Ams
baugh were threatened, but were
saved by the prompt arrival of neigh
bors after a hot fight. There are a
number of places about town that are
dangerous. A dry mustard patch just
east of the DeMasters livery barn is
a menace and should be removed. And
there are others.
See What You Did, Georges
Floyd Hanson, barber of Nellsville,
Wis., bet on Carpentier to beat Demp
sey and as a result must shave and
trim the hair of August J. Haugen
whenever Haugen desires until July
2, 1926, and must give Haugen a fifty
mile motor car ride every Sunday for
the next three months. Haugen, an
employee of the local postoffice, had
bet a two-acre crop of string beans
on the champion.
Death of Ola Woman
Mrs. J. W. Granger, aged 68, died
àt the family home at Ola Saturday.
She was born in Pennsylvania, and
came to Boise 30 years ago, moving
to Ola about three years ago. She is
survived by her husband, three daugh
ters and one son.
were held Sunday and burial was in
the Ola cemetery.
Funeral services
Improving School Grounds
Wlardwell school grounds are being
improved. A considerable quantity
of dirt is being hauled in to fill up
the low places and the entire block
is being leveled so as to make pos
sible its irrigation.
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Fine job printing • specialty.
BUSINESSMAN
STABBED
J. H. Stoner the Victim—Recovering
from Dangerous Wound.
J. H. Stoner, proprietor of a con
fectionery and news stand, was stab-.
bed in the side Friday evening while
at his home, and sustained a wound
that pierced his intestines. To Mar
shals McAuley and Landers Mrs.
Stoner, the wounded man's wife, ad
mitted she had done the^tabbing ( but
stated it had been done in self de
fense.
In an effort to avoid publicity, Mr.
Stoner did not consult a doctor to
determine the nature of the wound
and dress it until the next morning,
when his sufferings became so severe
as to alarm him. In Dr. Clark's of
fice, an examination of the wound
was made and disclosed an alarming
condition. The blade of the knife
entered just back of the left side im
mediately below the last rib and had
cut inti) the intestines. Mr. Stoner
was hurried to the Hewittson hospital
and Dr. Stewart of Boise was called
An operation was
in consultation.
at once performed and everything!
done to overcome the poison that had
accumulated from the punctured in-!
testine. His recovery was considered
precarious. His strong constitution,!^
however, turned the tide in his favor
and he is recovering so rapidl
he expects to be out in a few days.
l COURT HOUSE NEWS
A marriage license was issued July:
8 to August Hoopes of Montour and
Florence Atkins of Salt Lake. They
were joined in wedlock by Judge Haag
immediately after procuring, the 1>
cense '
The board of equalization closed its
labors Saturday after a strenuous.
session, during which a very large pro
portion of the property of this end
of the county had its valuation in- ;
creased. Beginning Monday, the'
18th, those objecting to the increase !
will be given an opportunitv to ap
pear and protest against the changes.
The regular session of rhe board cf
Monda/
commissioners . opened
Among other matters of public inter
est transacted the board reduced the
wages of manual labor on road work
from 40 cents to 35 cents per hour, i
and team work from 30 cents to 2E -
cents; and decided to erect a temro
rary span at the Letha bridge until
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fall when permanent repairs will bej
made. The bridge work will be com
about two weeks.
Frank Cole, charged with having
liquor in his possession, had his pre
liminary hearing before Probate
Judge Haay on Monday. The case
was dismissed for insufficient evi
dence.
Fire District to be Sliced
The city council last evening tacit
ly agreed to take out of the fire dis
trict that portion of the block betweeri
Hayes and Ward well avenues, on Park
street, owned by the Farmers Co-op.
The new fire district ordinance now
being considered, will eliminate that
property when adopted. This action
was taken at the request of A. Short
en and W. H. Shorten, shareholders
in the Co-op, and Manager F. M. Min
gus, who were present and who stat
ed that their company desired to erect
a wooden building to be used as a
grain elevator. Those gentlemen al
so stated that owing to present finan
cial conditions it is impossible to se
cure sufficient funds to -erect a ce
ment or brick structure and that un
less an elevator is built, farmers will
have no storage for grain and will be
compelled to sell this year's crops as
soon as threshed, thereby suffering
losses.
struction of the elevator will begin
without delay.
Under the agreement con
New Hook Gets 'Em
No more empty baskets for fisher
men. That's what the invention of
J. F. Anderson of Oswego, N. Y..-—a
hook w-ith bait attached—promises. ;
For some months he has been experi -1
menting with a small looking glass
that goes into the water just behind
the baited hook. The fish attracted :
by the reflected light from the mir- j
tot investigates. Then he spes a big
angle worm squirming in the water
an dthe reflection of another fish in
the water about to snatch it away.
It becomes a question as to who gets
it first, and the result is that the suck
er is hooked.
Wages Reduced
The city council last evening re
duced the scale for manual labor on
city work from 50 cents an hour to
40 cents. !
MMETT MAN HEIR TO
LARGE ESTATE *
A1 Leggitt to Share in the Divi
sion of a Million Dollar
Legacy.
A1 Leggitt, well known man about
town, is one of six heirs to an estate
valued at 1 million dollars. His share
will be $166,666.
The estate consists of cash, securi
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i tle ® «*alty m Kansas City, Mo.,
| and was left by Mr. Leggett s mother,
who died sometime ago. The six heirs
I have spent considerable time in ne
gotiating a settlement, and an agree
I ment was reached last week as to the
....
0re " Ne " Years day for a ,am
ily reunion and at that time eien will
receive his shar
division. The six will meet in Baker
| ear s P r ® se " t -
1 „ Awa y back ln P loneer da y s - when
^ nsas C,t y was but a sma!1 t,>wn -
Mr. Leggitt s father and mother set
a mighty fire New
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^ d tbere ' ^chasing 20 acres of lend
^ hat trac '. ,s now " heart uf , .
bus _T ss district of Liât city and is
0 mi . at
'««n^ton of the Leggitt fortune. One
the thln ^i A1 e *P ects to do witb
tbe m0 "7 ls to Uke a trl P around
the world.
was the
SCHOOL OPENS SEPT. 6
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Contract Given Local Firms for 150
Tons of Coal.
M a meeti q{ thfi schoo , board
Monday evening, the date for the
opening of the city schools was set
for Tuesday, Sept. 6. In the interest
of economy the board decided to dis
continue the services of the school
nurse and the instructor in music dur
.
ln( L n , cxl . yea J*'
B ' ds for the y ear s SU PP'>' ° f coal -
tot " lln * 150 tons ' were «^idered. A
" nlform P" ce being submitted by the
Farmers c o-°p„ City Transfer and
Mutual Coal Company, the contract
was equally divided and each firm
furnish 50 tons.
Changes in the irrigating system of
the High school grounds were order
ed in order facilitate watering the
lawn.
MARRIED
At the residence of the bride's par
> Mr and ^ w E stuart of
Fj y^
Ellen Alta Stuart on Tuesday
at n o'clock was united in marrige
to Brtdy y. Faris, Rev. A. C. Lathrop
officiating. The beautiful ring cere
mony was used. There were present
only Hie immediate relatives of the
bride and groom, the Stuart and Faris
families.
Following a sumptuous
wedding dinner Mr. and Mrs. Faris
left for a few weeks' wedding trip in
the Weser and Payette national for
ests. Mr. and Mrs. Fanis will reside
on the South Slope, where the groom
owns a ranch. The groom came here
mbout two or three years ago and was
in charge of the work of the drainage
district. The bride is well known to
a large circle of friends.
Another Auto Accident at Bend
Mrs. Guy Wallace of Boise was se
riously injured and her husband se
verely cut and bruised when their au
tomobile went over the grade about
two miles above Horseshoe Bend on
Monday morning. Mrs. Wallace sus
tained a badly wrenched back and
probably internal injuries. Both will
recover, it is believed.
SOLE OWNER CASH
BAZAR
F. D. Bowen Purchases Interests of
Partners in Corporation.
ager of the Cash Bazar Store in Em
mett since its establishment here three
years ago, is now the sole owner, hav
ing closed a deal yesterday for the
purchase of the interests of his part
ners, Eugene Reilly and T. N. Nelson
of Boise.
tire stock and business,
Frank D. Bowen, who has been man
The deal includes the en
The Cash Bazar was established
here March 17, 1918, as a branch of
the Cash Bazar of Boise, with Mr.
Bowen as part owner and manager.
By reason of his able management and
enterprise the business has grown
steadily and the store has gained an
enviable reputation for completeness
its stocks, quality of its merchan
dise and progressive business p'rinci
pies. The name "Cash Bazar" will be
retained.
SWEET GIVES EMMETT
A SCARE
Charge of Bill Talley's Aggrega
tion in Seventh Inning a
Near Disaster.
Bill Talley's Indians from the
Squaw Creek reservation swooped
down upon George Knowles' pale
faces Sunday and but for the arrival
in the nick of time of Heap Big Chief
Penson, they would undoubtedly have
returned to their haunts with nine
gory scalps—and maybe more.
It was a game full of thrills and
excitement and furnished fun galore
for the large crowd present. Excite
ment reached the pitch in the seventh,
when the husky Sweet batters fell
upon Elmer Aston's offerings and
pounded him all over the lot. Five
scores resulted, and but for the lack
of proper coaching for the runners
two more might have come across and j
made another story. Penson was then
substituted and though the bases were
filled in the eighth, he settled down
to his usual form and retired the side
in quick order. In the ninth he never
was in danger. Elmer Aston, though
not in condition, pitched a splendid
game up to the almost fatal seventh, ;
His breaks were fast and puzzling
and up to that time errors Were most- '
ly responsible for one of the two runs. |
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H. Goodwin's home run in the fifth,
though ordinarily a two bagger, roll
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Goodwin Making a Homer
ed clear to the east end of the park.
For Sweet, Frang Goodwin pitched.
in his usual consistently effective
manner. He had plenty of speed and
mixed up his offerings in a way to
puzzle Emmet's best batters,
control was excellent. His support
was at times ragged,
team is composed of a fine lot of clean
cut, gentlemanly young fellows, good
sports, never resorting to dirty tac
tics, and all unusually fast bunch of
ball players for a small town.
Most of them are farmer boys. The
team is made up of members of the
Modern Woodmen Camp of that town
and that lodge as well as Sweet are
justly proud of their record this sea
His
The Sweet
son.
The Score
Sweet. 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 0 0—7
Emmett . 0 1 0 2 2 ^ 0 0 0—8
Struck out by Goodwin 7; by Aston
4; by Penson 2. Home run, H. Good
win; three base hits, Peterson and
Soran; two base hits, Bean, Badley,
Bybee; singles by Badley, H. Good
win, Peterson, Bennett, Bean, Clark,
H. Brown.
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League Season Ends
The league season is probably at
an end. Nampa has dropped out and
Caldwell has asked for a postpone
ment of all game for two weeks. So
Manager Knowles has decided to quit
for good. The team will be kept to
gether as nearly us possible and there
will be games when opportunity pre
sents in order to keep the players in
practice for the annual Labor Day
game the first of September. The
league team has furnished Emmett
with good, clean sport and entertain
ment. They have made a good rec
ord, even though they were unable to.
cop the pennant and that their efforts
were appreciated is evidenced by the
splendid support accorded, the attend
ance at all games here being the lar
gest of any other town in the circuit, j
The town is proud of the boys.
Card of Thanks
We wish to thank the neighbors and
friends, especially Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Amsbaugh, for their prompt assist
ance in saving our house from catch
ing fire Sunday while we were at
church.—Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Kolstedt.
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LAB0R DAY
Four Es Planning Larger Observance
Than Ever Before.
Labor Day (September 5) will be
celebrated on a larger scale than ever
before in Emmet this year. This was
decided Monday evening at a largely
attended meeting of the Loyal Legion
of Loggers and Lumbermen. The
Commercial Club will be requested to
lend their support and assistance in
formulating and carrying out the
program.
While no definite plans for the day's
events have been prepared, two fea
tures that have been decided upon are
a parade showing the industrial acti
vities and resources of Emmett, and
a ball game.
It will be Emmett's big celebration
of the year, and will be on a larger
and better scale than the splendid
celebration of last year. So The Index
has been assured by Four L members,
An executive committee to handle
the celebration was appointed and con
sists of Charles O'Connor, chairman,
Fred Amsbaugh and Joe Rynearson.
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DfED
Mrs. Louis Larson died Saturday
afternoon at her home in D. Æ C. ad
djtion, after a lingering illness from
cancer . Mary Ann Larson was born :
j n Denmark December 15, 1856, and
wag therefore 64 years of age. She ■
came Ame rica 39 years ago, sett- I
jj n g j n Wisconsin for two years, then \
coming west to Utah, where she lived i
until her removal to Emmett 13 years
She was a woman of kindly
ago.
qualities and was greatly esteemed
by neighbors and friends.
at her home near Gross, aged 6#.
years. Mrs. Granger was bom at >
Rush, Pa., December 6, 1852. With
her husband and children they moved -
Death of Ola Woman
Mrs. Louisa B. Granger, a resident
of Idaho for 30 years, died Saturday
to Idaho in 1891, locating near Boise, j
Three years ago 'they moved to a
ranch at Gross. She was a faithful
member of the Congregational church ;
of Boise* also a member of Purity i
Rebekah lodge of that city. This fall
she would have been entitled to the
lodge's highest honftr, the Degree of
Chivalry. She leaves to mourn a hus- !
band and* five children. They are
D. P. Morrison of Caldwell, Mrs. A. L.
Hurd of Tacoma - w « 8h -. Mrs. Fred
Kupersmith of Portland, Ore.. Harry
L. Granger of Gross, and Mrs. R. C.
Barber of Boise. Funeral services
were held at Ola Sunday afternoon.
Rev. Joyce Kendall had charge of the
services.
Junior Chautauqua Organized
As a result of the interest taken in
Junior Chautauqua work during Chau
tauqua week, a local organization was
effected by Miss Dell Knapp, Junior
supervisor for the Ellison-White Bu
reau, at the close of the week's pro
gram, with Miss Rowena Stokesbery
as supervisor and Miss Emma Louise
Durham and Florence Stewart as as
sistants. The officers elected are
Elizabeth Nicol, president; Ralph Bnl
baker, captain; Charles Davenport
and Oscar Smoke, first lieutenants,
and Elvin Jacobson, second lieuten
ant .
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son are reported by Willis Wlebb, and
the heart and stomach of The Index
were made glad by a generous sam
pie. If there is anything more deli
cious than mastin' earl! smothered in
First Roastin' Ears.
The first roastin' ears of the sea
butter—well, there ain't no such
thing, that's all.
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The fining of Mrs. Frank Foster of
Emmett for failing to have a license
to fish, brings attention to the fact
that under the new game law, both the
male and the female hunter or fisher
must have a license. The arrest of
Mrs. Foster was unjust and unwar
ranted. She had not fished and had j
no intention of doing so.
Women Must Have Licenses.
Shipping Lambs.
The first trainload of lambs for the
Chicago market left Emmett Satur
day and consisted of 17 carloads. D.
H. VqnDeusen accompanied them. A
train of 28 cars will go out next Sat
urdav in charge of Jack Murray. The
VanDeusens wiii ship 120 carloads :
within the next 30 days.
Notice
The next regular teachers' examina
tion for all grade of certificates, in
cluding both state and county cer
tificates, will be held at the courthouse
in Emmett, July 28, 29 and 30, 1921.
ELLA E. REED,
County Superintendent.
BUYS 80-ACRE ORCHARD
FOR $22,500
R. B. Shaw and E. G. Dunn Ac
quire the Henry Cook Fruit
Ranch on Slope.
The largest deal in real estate ne
gotiated in many a day was made last
week when R. B. Shaw
nager of
Asaoci
• tna
the Emmett Fruit Groweft
ation, and E. G. Dunn of Payette paid
$22,500 for the 80-acre fruit ranch on
the East Slope commonly known as
the Henry Cooke ranch.
The property lies directly south of
the J. R. Field orchards and is one of
the choice fruit farms of the famous
Slope section. The orchard consista
of 30 acres in bearing peach trees
and 40 acres of bearing apple trees.
The roadway that separates this
place from the Field ranch is lined on
each side by sweet cherry trees ar.d
because of that is known as "Sweet
Cherry Boulevard." A rçodero bun
galow, a private canning factory, and
up-to-date outbuildings comprise the
other improvements.
The land was reclaimed from sage
brush about 14 years ago by Henry
Cooke and the orchard set cut by
him. Later it was acquired by Geo.
P. Hall. Mr. Dunn will hav* active
management of the property and on
Monday moved his family here fron»
Payette.
Will Install Heaters
Messrs. Shaw and Dunn are plan
ning to install heaters in the peach
orchard to protect the trees from
spring frosts in case of necessity.
The heaters will also be used to pro
tect the apple trees if need be. In
a ^ year the fn]it from thlS Qr _
chard will pay for the place.
Bridge Engineers Here.
Messrs. Kale and Kunz, bridge en
gineers from the State Highway de
partment, were in Emmett Tuesday
to take soundings of the river where
the new bridge is to be built on North
Washingon street. Construction work.
will be started as soon as low water
stage in the flow is reached.
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Jonathan Moulton, son of Frank
Moulton of Brownlee, came to town
Saturday to receive treatment for
injured knee, caused by being thrown
from a motorcycle.
MI,
Weekly Program
At IDEAL THEATRE
FRIDAY, JULY 15
"The Inner Aioice
Featuring Elmo Lincoln
Clyde Cook Comedy
**
SATURDAY, JULY 16
"In the Heart of a Fool"
Special 1st National Production
2-Reel Comedy
SUNDAY-MONDAY
JULY 17-18
'The Devil's Passkey
A Big Special
Larry Semon Comedy
TUESDAY, JULY 19
"Ghost in the Garret"
Featuring Dorothy Gish
7th Episode
'The Diamond Queen"
WEDNESDAY, JULY 20
"Society Secrets"
Featuring Gladys Walton
Palhe News
Rolin Comedy
THURSDAY, JULY 21
"Twin Beds"
Featuring Carter De Haven
2-Reel Comedy