The Emmett Index.
Official Paper
Official Paper
of
of
Gem County
Gem County
PUBLISHED*IN THE GARDEN VALLEY OF IDAHO
TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR.
EMMETT, GEM COUNTY, IDAHO, THURSDAY. JULY 28, 1921.
NO. 43.
WHEAT YIELD IS HEAVY
ON BENCH
Yields of Some Fields Estimated
at 45 to 50 Bushels to
the Acre.
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The cutting of grain on the bench
is in progress, and heavy yields are
reported. The acreage this year ex
ceeds that of any other year since
the settlement of that tract, being ap
proximately 20 jter cent of all landa in
' cultivation. It is estimated.
. hell per acre. Probably the banner
yield is on the Emmett Cooper ranch
on the lower bench. The crop if ea
timated at 50 bushels per acre. Mr.
Cobper had the same distinction last
year. Another field that will crowd
Mr. Cooper s for honors is mat of W.
T. Fager, west of the Perry Spratt
ranch. It comprises 16 acres and es
Yields will run from 25 to 50 bus
timates arc placed at 50 bushels to
the acre. It is a wonderful field. The
stalks reach to one's shoulders, the
heads average 12 rows and there i»
scarcely a weed or grass in sight. It
is of the Dicklow variety and has
been certified for seed. A large por
tion of the seed planted was certified
Another fine fjeld, of 30 acres, is that
of J. W. Strang, and is a strong corr
petitor of the Cooper and Fager fields
There are many others as good
nearly so.
Other crops are looking fine. There
are corn fields that need not be
ashamed if placed in competition with
the famous corn belt of Kansas, Neb
raska and Iowa. Most of the second
cutting of hay is in the stack. Some
alfalfa fields will make four cuttings
this year. Enormous ^tacks, lots of
them everywhere, are constantly in
evidence. In a trip over a portion of
the bench Saturday The Index man
saw very little of the effects of a scar
ity of water, even on the tracts far-j
thest from the main canal. The lat
orals were running bank full
crops showed a healthy color.
and
A lot of planning and watchfulness
is required of the men who have
charge of the irrigating system. Sup
erintendent MacLean must be on the
job every minute day and night. He
must be, and is, in complete touch
with conditions in every portion of
the district. When alfalfa is nearly
ready for the sickle he must give it
a little extra amount of water. Same
way when the grain is in the milk
stage, when the melons are about to
ripen, when the apples are beginning
to make size and color,
words, he must be like a general in
command of an army. Reinforcements
must be rushed up to repel an attack
or relieve a perilous situation. It is
"some job" when one takes into ac
count the conditions with which he
In other
has to contend, and he has measured
up to the full standard of faithfulness
and efficiency.
The wheat crop will be the salva
tion of many a bench rancher this
season, and it is the opinion of The
Index that a larger acreage should be
planted next year and in years to
come until hay conditions change. Re
duce the alfalfa acreage and increase
the grain area would seem to be a
wise course; at least, to the extent
of replacing those alfalfa fields wjiich
show signs of running out or hare be
come full of weeds.
Quite a number of farmers
growing clover for seed. Those fields
are
are in fine condition and free from
weeds and grass.
In most of the orchards we passed
in Central Mesa the trees are loaded
with apples. Most of them will have
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On Friday, to Mr. and Mrs. Isaac
Boren, a daughter.
On Saturday, to Mr. and Mrs. John
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Fry of Horseshoe Bend, a daughter, i
Mrs. Fry is a daughter of Mr. and |
Mrs. Martin Olsen of that section.
To Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Oarrothers !
on July 22, a daughter
To Mr. and Mrs. Albort Beckman !
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Epworth League Institute.
The annual institute of the Epworth |
League for this district closed its ses- ]
sion at Payette Lakes Inn last Sun-!
Emmett finished the course of 251
on July 16, a son.
To Mr. and Mrs. Willis Webb
July 22, a son.
forty-minute periods and received the
certificate of the central office: Earl
Miller, Mary Keith, Dwight Shaw,
Marie Whitman, Iva VanFleet and
Irene White. The following were vis- j
itors: Frank Berry, C. R. Whitman
and W. W. Hoops. Dr. Keith was one *
of the instructors. For purposes of j
convenience a new district was organ
ised and christened "The Oregon Dis
trict," with boundaries on the east at
Mountain Home and on the west at
Huntington. Next year's institute
will be held somewhere in the Boise
valley. The Rev. Clyde Walker was
elected as president of the new dis
trict. Dr. Elmer Grant Keith of the
local Methodist church was chosen
dean for the next annual institute.
The minimum enrollment was set at
200 .
Two AeeMentt.
During the post week two persons
required the services of Dr. Cummings
for wounds on their hande. Last
Thursday, the 18-year-old son of D.
C. Owens slashed one of his hands
with a sickle, and Mrs. John Taylor
yesterday cut her hand quite badly
with an ax while chopping wood.
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j Payette and Boise Valleys Estimated
Yields Reduced,
Reports from the orchards in the
Payette and Boise valley are to the
effect that the drop of prunes this
year js he avv, acc0 rding to W. C.
tonei and tbe estimated yield of
1600 carloads will be considerably cut
down as a consequence. Mr. Stone at
tributes the heavy spring frosts as
the cause. The present drop is far
in excess of the natural f "!l customary
in midsummer.
The drop in Mr. Stone's orchard is
not unusually heavy, he having used
j heaters to protect the trees in the
He estimated his crop at 121
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carloads.
Delicious Watermelons.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Womack
from long experience—the former be-j
ing a practical printer and the latter
j having catered to his appetite for
lr.rny years—knows what touches the!
; spot of the newspaper man, and so
i, IOU g.ht j n a 20-pound watermelon ou
jjimday, one of the first of ihe season,
j t was j us f right—so marvelously
SW eet and delicious as to make on
wonder if there are watermelons in
heaven,
If there are, and they are
equal to those grown in the Emmett
country', we are inclined to chirk more
converts would be made
if the preach
ers would include them in the induce
ments to lead better lives instead of
the terrors of hell. Even then the
chances are the people of Emmett
wruld rather stay hen'. Mr Womack
has eight acres in watermelons. The
first 1000 were picked and marketed
this week. They sell for 6 cents a
pound, and Ahey're worth it.
Great Demand for Wood.
The demand for mill wood for fuel
is so great and has been nl' summer,
that it cannot be supplied. Ranchers
with teams and wagons spend the en
tire night at the mill or else arrive
in the early morning hours in order
to be in lire when the gates of the
enclosure open at 7 o'clock in the
morning. It is not unusual for 50
outfits to he in line, and the tail
enders have to go home empty hand
ed. The experience of Fred Blaser is
often the experienc eof others. He
came in Wednesday morning, remained
all day and last night in order tc se
cure a load. He was seen going out
of town this morning with a load on
his wagon and a smile on his face af
ter an all night's vigil.
Forest Ranger Injured.
Charlie Schuler who is employed
by the forest service on trail construe
tion work down the Middle fork of the
Payette river south of Boiling Springs
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img in moving camp The horses be
icame frightened wjyle traveling the,
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m0 ?" h *1, C U j* ®. lne< se '~!
eral broken ribs and the ligaments
and muscles in one leg were quite bad- !
ly torn. He was brought out of Gar-1
den Valley on a horse and to Emmett !
today to receive medical treatment.
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* O. G. Russell and family are this j
week moving into their new six-room j
bungalow at Fifth and Johns, which |
was built by Mr. Russel and son
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Security Benefit Association. |
Security Benefit Association meets
Moving Into New Home.
E. H. STRANG, Secy. |
EMMETT LOSES CLOSE
GAME
Costly Errors • Give
Champs Sunday's Contest
by 4 to 3 Score."
Weiser
Two rank errors by Penson that
l etted two runs to Weiser gave the
Idaho-Oregon league cham^ ons Sun
day's game. Other errors that had a
semolance of excuse wcie responsible
for Weise it's otoer two scire*
the other hand, errors by Weiser
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gave Emmett h :r scores. There was
not an earned run in the entire game.
Score 4 to 3.
But fet that it was a good game, ex
citing and thrilling at times, with the
spectators on their feet a-yeiling at
times and at other times in the slough
of despondency. Penson pitched mas
terly ball, striking out 12, Webb
toiled for Weiser and struck out 14.
Weiser had the best of the bitting,
too, being credited with 9 to Em
mett's 6. Emmett's first score wa3
made in the first inning.
I Brown struck out, Joe Brown hit safe
ly and stole second, Otkins *as out
Harold
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foul, Eggleston reached first on First
Baseman Grant's juggiing of Cai;
non's throw of the batter's grounder
Joe Brown Nails a Hot One.
and Brown raced home before the ball
could be got into action again. Scran
! struck out.
/ifth, Per.son scoring on a fumble by
Two more camo in tl e
Cannon, and Harold
r or by Cannon and a slashing ground
Brown on an er
er between first and second.
Weiser counted two in the third, one
in the fifth and one in the sixth.
The score
Emmett_
Weiser _
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.3 6 8
.4 9 4
Moves Into New Bungalow
The new modern bungalow of Roy
Sanders on First street is receiving
its covering of stucco and probably
will he completed this week. It is
claimed this is the first real stucco
residence in Emmett. Its appearance
is so pleasing that undoubtedly many
future home builders will adopt this
style. The plain stucco walls are
splotched with dark colored lava gra
vel about the size of peas, while the
trimmings around the edges and at
each corner are similarly treated by
glistening white oyster shells chop
ped into small pieces. The effect is
beautiful and novel. The house is
completed except the stucco werk and
the family have moved in.
Another Near Drowning.
Miss Kate Russell, a well known
young lady who moved to this city
from Gooding last year, was rescued
^ rom almost certain death from
drowning on Sunday by Paul Jones,
Miss Russell was swimming at river
Sultü* *"E 'IT
rent> however>
was swifter than she
had expectod and she carrled on
past the bridge, unknown to her com
panions who were too intent on hav
ing a good time to notice her. Fright
ened and
oemg exhausted from swim
ming she wans under. A? she came
I up the second time, Paul Jones went
to her rescue and brought her to
shore. Mr. Jones's prompt
doubtedly saved the young lady's life
and ** highly commended,
Break in Canal.
About forty feet of earth work was
washed out Tuesday in a break
Canyon canal between the Squaw
creek flume and the cement tunnel
ReDair of the hreak win Ke
this, evening, it is expected.
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turned in!
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CLOTHING FOR NEEDY
OF NEAR EAST
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County Red Cross Takes Up
Work to Relieve Armenian
Suffering.
Gem County people are called upon
to join the nation-wide movement in
augurated by the Red Cross for the
relief of suffering in the Near East,
With winter approaching, the sorely
afflicted pfeople of Armenia, without
sufficient clothing and bedding to
protect them from the cold, are facing
terrible suffering. The Gem county
Red Cross organization has taken
charge of the drive in this county.
'•At a meeting of the executive com
mittee Tuesday evening plans for the
campaign were formulated, with Mrs.
E. H. Lahltree as director, Mrs. G. W.
iMaxfield as chairman of the collec
tion committee and Mrs. Robert Bur
lingame as chairman of the packing
and shipping committee. The cam
paign is to be completed by Aug. 15.
Garments that have been worn and
which are not being used, can be made
to do great service in saving the lives
of the people in Armenia. The com
mittee expects to retain from the gifts
of clothing such as may be needed for
local use this winter. Every home is
requested to search for all spare cloth
ing, put it into bundles and have it
ready for gathering on bundle days
These days are
Or it can be
at the Crouch
from 1 to 4 p. m.
July 30, Aug. 6 and 13.
delivered in person
Building, opposite The Index building
on said Saturday afternoons. A box
for the clothing bundles will also be
found at the postoffice every day dur
j s
It
ing the entire campaign,
expected to have free transportation
for these gifts of clothing.
The things needed are as follows:
Coats, dresses, sweaters, skirts, blan
kets, petticoats, overcoats, wool shirts,
wool scarfs, heavy hose, heavy under
vear, heavy wrappers, woolen gloves
j and mittens, boots and shoes, felt
slippers, children's clothes of every
sort, buttons, needles, thread, and
gunnysacks in which to pack. Mend
ing need not be done, as that can be
done by the people to whom the cloth
ing goes. For the sake of the color
starved little ones tuck in something
bright. If one wishes to donate new
cloth and new garments they will be
gladly accepted. But the appeal in the
main is for second hand clothing. Let
manity and to save the suffering and
dying. All bundles can be left at the
Crouch building.
every- family help for the sake of hu
Lightning Kiils Calf.
Lightning is so uncommon in this
section cf Idaho that damage from
that source is a rarity. During the
shower Sunday morning one sharp
thunder clap and lightning occurred,
end several people on the streets were
almost stunned and telephone and
electric power wires popped like pis
tols. A calf was struck and killed on
the James Kesgard ranch down the
vallgy. The calf was about 75 yards
from the house and was-grazing. The
bolt struck it on one side of the body
and separated, one portion going
down one of its hind legs and the
other down the other leg. The mether
of Mr. Kesgard, who was looking out
of the window and saw the calf fall
to the ground, was shçcked by the
bolt and had to take hold of a chair
to keep from falling.
Forest Service Has Jinx.
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Old Man Jinx is camping on the
trail of the forest service people and
dealing out all sorts of trouble. The
storm Sunday, with its lighning,
started about fifteen forest fires, all
of which are now under control butj
two, and two men in the service were]
seriously injured by falling down
cliffs.
\a.Iey ranger station, suffered a
sprained back and bad bruises Monday j
when going to a fire. He was cross-;
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saddle and two pack horses when the
bank slid and the horses and man went
over the cliff. One horse was killed j
and the other was seriously injured.
one eye being put out. Mr. Harting.
is improving and is able to be around)
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Fred Harting, a "smoke chas
er", who is stationed at the Garden
ing over a hill of slide rock with
again.
Threshers and Growers Confer.
A conference of threshing machine j
owners and grain growers, conducted
under the auspices of the County i
Farm Bureau, was held yesterday af-j
ternoon in Commercial Club rooms to I
consider prices for threshing. A ten-'
tative compromise was agreed upon, !
and James Kesgard, president of the
Farm Bureau, has called a meeting of'
grain growers, to be held in Commer
eial Club rooms Saturday evening at
8 o'clock to take action on the pro
position. All grain growers are urg
ed to be present.
Installs Pumping Plant.
E. F. Reed has just completed the
installation of a pumping plant cr. his
South Slope fruit ranch to irrigate 13
acres of apple orchard. Water is now
being taken from the Last Chance
ditch extension, but Mr. Reed plans
to use water from the Co-operative
canal next year. The pump is being
driven by a 10-horsepower gasoline
Both pump and engine were
j en 8 ln *
i moved Mr. Reeds mining
property m Oregon.
Oregon Short Line here, has request
e d to be relieved of his duties here,
a t Middleton. His successor has not
y eb been appointed,
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BUYS FRUIT IN
Deoot Agent to Leave.
R. E. Wing, station agent for the
and will be * rarsferred to the station
OREGON
Peaches and Pears at Brogan Bought
hy Manager Dayton.
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! chase of peaches and pears in East
em Oregon to supply customers of
the Gem Fruit Union of Emmett,
Ten carloads of peaches and six car
loads of pears comprise Mr. Dayton's
purchase at Brogan, Ore., and the en
lire lot will be shipped to Eastern
customers. The spring frosts played
Like carrying coals to Newcastle
smash with Emmett's peach and pear
crops and only enough escaped the
wintry blast to supply the local trade,
: Mr. Dayton, accompanied by his son
and Morris Haylor left for Brogan
yesterday morning to inspect the or
chards from which he is to secure the
fruit.
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Weevil Enemies Multiply.
Steps were taken last week to con
trol the alfalfa weevil, when a box of
parasitea were releascd in the Fruit
land district. The parasites are small
Ichneumon flies which attack the lar-j
vae of the weevil and prevent its fur
ther development. This parasite was
brought from Europe and introduced
in the vicinity of Salt Lake in 1912.
At the present time it is found in
Utah and Eastern Idaho, and it is de
sired t() haye jt introduced int0 aH
weev j| j n f e sted sections. The parasite
passes the winter in the pupal stage,
emerging in the spring to lay eggs in
side the body of the weevil larvae,
The e?gg , ater hatchj formin? another
larvae, which kills the weevil larvae
at the time it spins the pupal web,
j thus preventing it from transforming
to an "dulL There is no danger of
t * le new insect becoming a pest, as it
cttn only live on the weevil,
Gy multiplies fast, as is evidenced by
| ts ra P id s P read in Eastern Idaho. So
il should only be a short time before
* he y wiU become an important factor
' n weevil control,
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New Building Completed.
W. W. Wfilton's new building just
west of the Corner Grocery on Main
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• Mr. Wilton has moved his real estate
j office into the east room and Attor
ney Byrd has moved into the other.
The building has a handsome plate
glass front and presents a fine ap
pearance.
New Schoolhoüse at Jack Knife.
A new schoolhouse is to be built in
the Jack Knife district, a few miles
south of Ola, this year. Bids were
opened the first of the week and the
contract awarded to Tyler & Walters
of Emmett. Work will start at once
and the building is to be completed in
time for school the coming fall.
County Agent Leaves.
A. L. Berry, county Farm Bureau
agent, returned lzs : Thursday from
a trip to Kansas, where his family
h ad been several weeks, and left again
today> this time to remain at least
, nt il next spring Ht w '■! locate at
Manhattan. Kan., and will engage in
stock feeding, principally sheep. In
dications are that corn in that state
will sell around 25 cents a bushel.
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American Legion Delegate
At a meeting of the American Le
gion last Thursday night John Gam
jage was elected as delegate to repre-;
isent Lawrence Dresser Post at the j
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gtate convention which is to be held at
Kellogg August 4, 5 and 6.
Rowing In Top Mala.
Oxford-Cambridge boat races wore top I
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Oarsmen In the early days of the j
BIG RABBIT DRIVE IS
PLANNED
Crops on Lower Slope Being
Damaged by Unusual Num
bers of Jackrabbits.
Crops on the lower end of the South
Slope are being severely damaged
by thousands of jackrabbits which
are migrating out of the sagebrush
into the ranchers' fields. At the sug
gestion of farmers that a concerted
drive be made upon the rabbits by the
people in the valley from Emmett
to Payette, County Agent Berry has
taken the matter up with the Em
mett Gun Club, the Emmett Com
mercial Club and the Payette CoSnty
Farm Bureau and has secured in each
case the promise of the heartbeat co
operation. Farmers' losses have al
ready run close to 916,000.
Corralls will be built at the Ed Al
len Ranch. Mr. Allen's ranch is well
equipped with sheep corralls and it
is hoped to fill them up with jackrab
bits. A government expert of the
Government Bureau Biological Sur
vey who has had more experience in
this work than any other man in the
United States, will be here to direct
the drive. A dozen men on horseback
! will act as field marshals to keep the
lines straight and everybody in place.
In deciding oh a date for the driv8 it
is very important that it be given im
mediate attention due to the heavy
losses, especially of melons. It was
thought best by some of the co-oper
ating parties to hold the drive on
Sunday afternoon, starting about 4
o'clock. There should be no objection
to holding such a drive on Sunday, as
we would think nothing of driving
the cattle or sheep out of the crops
on Sunday, and it is no worse to drive
a pest of this kind which is doing,
so much damage on such a day.
Automobile excursions will be run
from New Plymouth and Emmett,
giving everybody who wishes to an
opportun'ty to get out to the drive.
i B „ ys are specially Lru .-j.ted. All guns
and d(1J , s w!T! ;, ff
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one is requested to bring a club and
a basket lunch and the Farm Bureau
will furnish the coffee. The wa!e"
melon 'growers in this territory have
offered to treat the crowd later in the
season when the supply of melons is
sufficient.
It is hoped that 500 men and bov=,
with no objections to women, attend
the drive. This will probably be the
last large drive in this part of the
state and the committee is expecting
a great turnout with lots of helpers
as well as spectators. It has been es
timated by ranchers in this district
that with the location of the corrals
which are being constructed on the
Allen ranch they can corrall from be
tween 2000 to 10,000 rabbits, any one
of which in a single night might do
$50 worth of damage in a melon
patch. Committees are in charge of
various work connected with the drive
and everyone is invited.
The New Plymouth crowd will he
assembled at the Allen ranch and the
crowd from Emmett will start their
part of the drive above the Warren
Nelson ranch.
Destroying Melons.
One of the heaviest losers from the
depredations of the rabbits in the
melon patches is Will Obermeyer, who
has a 40-acre patch on the Slope. The
rabbits swarm from the sagebrush
into the melon field at night. The
only way they have of testing a melon
as to whether or not it is ripe is by
biting through the rind If the melon
is ripe they eat the insider; if not
ripe, the hole they bite s«. on starts
decay and ruins the melon. Coyotes
also are lovers of melons ard : n years
past have caused great losses.
j an church has won the highest honor
by having a perfect record of all be
j nf r there on time never missing a Sun
day, all having their Bibles—they
don't let them, lie around neither, for
they study both at home and Sunday
school—all having their lesson. This
has happened every Sundav for the
kst two months. "Now. if there is
Makes Fine Record.
The True Blue class of the Christ
a iy other Sunday school class of girls
from 14 to 17 years that can show
their record and beat this one I would
^ J#ad to know it> „ 3 their
denti Miss Kate Russell This class
certainly has the pep.
tie for market. They
Banks.
Cattle to Market.
John D. Little went to Portland
Saturday with a carload of beef cat
were loaded at
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