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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, GÊM COUNTY, IDAHO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1921.
TWELVE PAGES
NO. 44.
TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR.
DAM OUTLOOK LOOKS
BRIGHTER
Prospects More Hopeful for
Commencing Work on Pro
ject This Year.
Events that have transpired within
the last week give a more hopeful
prospect of starting work on
Black Canyon dam during the present
year. This feeling is not confined to
local enthusiasts and workers, but is
held by reclamation officials, as is
evidenced by a recent article by En
gineer Bond in the Boise Statesman.
A personal visit by prominent offi
cials recently to the Canyon canal and
the present dam has confirmed the
statements made of the serious con
dition of the system and has convinc
ed those officials that relief is nec
essary at any early date to avert a
calamity. This undoubtedly is res
ponsible for the present indications
of activity.
However, The Index does not desire
to hold out any false hopes, and time
But this paper is
the
alone can tell,
feeling hopeful and greatly encourag
ed over present prospects.
A Mysterious Incident.
While passing the Studebaker gar
age, a few days ago a certain party
heard Jess Blurton about something.
It seems that he caught Vem Tappan
a bottle, and Frank Knox it from his
hand. This started an argument.
They called for help. Two Rays of
light appeared on the horizon, but one
of them was a Newcomer, and he took
part. However they all knew Ray
Cress-well, and accepted his assist
Physicians, surgeons, dentists,
no
ance.
bankers and others were called. Dr.
Rose from his chair and stated that
in the Cummings and goings of his
experience, through Barns and Woods,
he considered a certain doctor a Byrd
for this work, for he had chased
Hailey Miles just for one pill, when
George thought it was John Ketchen
Lauren, Dean of all authority,
him.
suggested a man, said to be well
bread, who would help. This was only
a Stahl, so he was not accepted. A
certain real estate man heard about
this and he was so mortified that he
found Wilton in his chair. In
was
spite of all this evidence they had
gotten nowhere, when the editor of
of the papers appeared. He prom
ised not to publish this scandal, but
what can you expect of a Skinner.
Moral: Never start anything you can
not finish.—Contributed.
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To Eject Settlers.
U. S. Marshall LeRoy Jones, accom
panied by forest officials, went to
Bear valley yesterday to serve notice
'squatters" to vacate government
land on which they are living, as per
order of the federal court. C. L.
Burdge of Emmett, M. J. Carrigan,
Edward Martin and W. S. Conyers
are the parties affected.
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City Government Costs $19,443.
The city council Monday night pass
ed the annual appropriation bill,
which is published elsewhere in this
The itemized list of expenses
issue.
of the current fiscal year totals $19,
443.49. The ordinance provides also
that a levy not to exceed 15 mills
will be made to raise that amount. In
addition a special levy of 2.15 mills
is authorized. This makes a total of
17.15 mills. Last year's levy was
19.5 mills. There is an outstanding
warrant indebtedness of approximate
ly $5000. The council estimates that
the taxes collected in the last payment
for 1920 will pay up this debt and
•> leave sufficient funds to conduct the
city's business the balance of the year
on a cash basis. A petition of F .M.
Hath and others for a street light at
Fourth and Hawthoome was granted.
Peculiar Accident.
Dave DeClark was the victim of an
unusual accident Friday while driving
a truck from the M. & M. garage here
to a dealer in Weiser. When near
Falk, Dave struck a match to light his
pipe. A portion of the burning head
of the match flew into his eye and
burned the eyeball quite badly.
Thought suffering excruciating pain,
he drove on to Payette and there re
ceived some relief by a physician.
Further treatment by local medics has
repaired all damage and no injurious
effects are now noticeable.
Former Resident Dies.
Frank Hanley, an early day resident
of Emrnett died Saturday at the
home of a brother at Yakima, Wash.
He was 66 years of age. Mr. Hanley,
when the writer came to Emmett, was
proprietor of the Red Top saloon.
When local option put the saloons out
of business, he moved to his home
stead on the bench. He married a
daughter of Micky Morton, but the
couple separated about 10 years ago,
just prior to his leaving Emmett.
Wins Silver Troptoy.
Carleton Lathrop returned Satur
day from Eugene, Ore., where be has
been taking special work in physical
education at the university during the
summer school session. He brought
home a silver loving cup which he re
ceived as champion player in a ten
nis tournament held there.
Hurt While Diving.
Dr. Ia Wood has been going about
town his week with his head tied up
like he had the old fashioned tooth
ache.
swimming and in trying some sort of
an acrobatic dive in the canal he
struck bottom and cut his head quite
badly on a rock. Five stitches were
required to sew the wound up.
Sunday morning he went
Twin Cucumbers.
A curiosity of the garden was
brought to The Index office by Mrs.
Ed Heath on Friday. It consists of
twin cucumbers of large size, which
are completely joined together.
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1921
Val A Tot Val
1,750,571
122,257;
483,8271
18 414
No. VaJ. Unit Tot. Val.
1782 192 74 183 085
l/az l ȣ. 1 * 6^787
312,300
Acres Val. A. Tot. Val.i Acres
29,180.50 52.97 1,545,726 I 29,266.74 59.82
111,725 ! 10,361.58 11.79
3.93 . 378,620 ; 91,229.44 5.41
6,949 |. 1,390.52 5.00
3,232 I 2,460.91 1.00
17,860 !
Irrigated Land
Dry Land, .
Grazig Land .
Mineral Land
.10,249.56 11.44
.96,284.07
. 1,335.09 5.20
Waste Land .. 3,224.60 1.00
Equities in State lands
No. Val. Unit Trft. Val.
698.50
89.94
99,885
173,590
640,173
302,020
Business Lots
Residence Lots
Improvements
Saw and Planing Mills
Cattle
Beef and Reg.
Common ...
Yearlings
Milch cows
Horses
Work _
Stock .
Stallions and Jacks .. 5
Common sheep _2203
Hogs .
Bees (stands)
Lumber, per M.43,980
Saw logs, per M.
Merchandise stocks ....
Threshers, Tractors, Etc.
Furniture and fixtures
Mechanics tools and farm machinery 10,915
Not otherwise classified
Male Dogs
Female dogs . 10
143
1930
<30.00 12d|345
16.66
41.13
47.22
24.78
11.89
39.50
6,185
81,303
21,874
35,585
179
131
3281
4111
846
.1840
13,252
59,950
... 901
1433
. 345 .
50.50
21.32
57.00
17,430
36,985
I
352
27,130
74,425
1,180
22.032
12^805
582
16.00 550,112
7 50 14L246
19'0S5
5,930
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4,711,353
77.07
34.53
118.00
2155
1733
285
10
3.84
8,468
3,971
3628
6.07
633
6.27
1650
8.26
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128
2.99
194
3.00
12.00
527,760
11,250
110,947
13,730
20,429
34,382
1
1,500
7.50
587
470
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137
379
27
4,187,750
CASH GROCERY IN:
NEW HANDS
W. C. Langroiae Disposes of Busi
ness to W. L. Nicol.
A deal for the purchase of the Cash
Grocery by W. L. Nicol from W. C.
Langroise, which had been pending for
a week or two, was closed late last
Thursday. Mr. Nicol took charge
Friday morning.
Mr. Langroise retires from busi
ness after an honorable career of up
wards of 12 years. He has built up
a splendid business and his retire
ment is a matter of regret to hund
reds of customers and friends as well
The
his business colleagues,
new owner, W. L. Nicol, is not a
stranger. He has been a resident of
Emmett for many years, is a solid,
substantial citizen, progressive and
energetic. Before coming to this city
he was engaged in the clothing busi
ness in Salt Lake City, and is a thor
ough business man. One change in
management of the business is an
nounced—from a credit system to a
cash system. He maintains that it is
manifestly unfair to compel the cash
customer to pay for the losses inci
dent to a credit system, and in order
to make prices lower he has decided
to sell for cash only.
Mr. Langroise's future plans have
not yet been decided upon. He will
be here for sometime in order to close
up matters in connection with his bus
of
iness career.
Notice of Meeting of Water Users.
A meeting of the water users of
the Emmett Irrigation District
called for Saturday evening, August
13, in the Commercial Club rooms.
This meeting presents the annual levy
for the coming season. The report of
expenditures for the past season will
be given and it is important that ail
water users be present.
D. H. VANDEUSEN, President.
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Horses Recovered.
Two saddle horses, belonging to
Omar St. John, which were taken
from a hitching rack in town a week
ago Saturday night, were found by
Sheriff Noland on the lower bench.
The horses, it is believed, were ridden
off by boys and abandoned when the
boys reached their destination.
VALUATION OF COUNTY
SHOWS DECREASE
Nearly All Forms of Real Prop
erty Takes Drop from
Last Year.
A comparative statement of the
real property roll of Gem County for
the years 1920 and 1921, as tabulated
by the county clerk's office, shows a
total decrease of $623,603. Practical
ly every class of property enumerated
shows reductions. The only excep
saw and
tions are town property,
planing mills, saw logs and lumber,
Milk cows, for instance, decreased
from 1433 in 1920 to 901 in 1^21
Yearling cattle, however, increased,;
there being only 846 in 1920, while in
1921, 1840 are listed. Even the mim-J
ber of dogs took a decided tumble,
there being 406 in 1920 and only 147
this year.
The following table gives the de
tails:
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The program of boxmg and wrest!
mg given by N.ck Colin* of Boise
under the auspices of the Amener
Legion post, was enjoyed. In one
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the boxmg matches, and in the wrest
lmg event, two young men from Sweet
(Henry Badley and Shorty Orr) made
an excellent and creditable showing
against antagonists of training and
experience.
In the wrestling match, Chet Camp
threw Shorty Orr twice in succession,
the first fall in 6% minutes and the
second in 3% minutes.
Henry Badley was unable to stand
the pace and becoming exhausted at
the end of the fourth round, his sec
onds threw in the sponge and gave
the decision to Harvey Sandy of Boise
In the Gerdau-Rockson six-round go,
the judges awarded the decision to
Gerdau.
A GOOD BOXING
PROGRAM
Boys from Sweet Make Good Showing
Against Experts.
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ine mam event, an eight-round bout
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7n n Î7 , McClure of Eagle
and Dell Adams of Weiser, went to
he referee was SaTm McMillan and
J. W. Kelley and Ralph Hayes were
the judges.
BORN
To Mr. and Mrs. Newton Ellis on
August 3, a son.
To Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Tappan on
August 4, a daughter.
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authorities of not only Gem county.
but also of many counties in southern
Idaho, all sorts of trouble for a year
two, is under arrest at Burley and
will be brought to Emmett to answer
to charges of bootlegging.
Godsey in Toils.
James Godsey, who has given the.
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Kills Porcupine.
Killing a porcupine with a hoe was
the feat of Mrs. L. D. Goodwin Satur- j
cay night. Mrs. Goodwin is s daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ira L. Burton
and kille dthe animal on the Burton
ranch down the valley.
Band Bovs.
I will be with you Monday night, j
Come and practice sure. J. H. Stoner
LABOR DAY COMMITTEE
NAMED
Commercial Club to Assist Four
Ls in Arrangments for
Celebration.
The holding of a Labor Day cele
bration this year depends upon the
financial support which the soliciting
committee receives from the business
men. At a meeting of the Commer
cial Club Tuesday evening, it was de
cided to give the Four Ls every as
sistance possible in putting on the
celebration.
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Executiv
j Gamage, Bert Mays, of the Commer
cial Club, and Joe Rynearson, W. M.
1 Sickert and Walter Emard of the
; Four Ls.
The following committees have been
C. L
Frank Knox.
j Boxing—Sam McMillan.
Publicity—Bert Mays.
Grand Stand— O. J. Jones.
Finance— C. V. Wolfe, C. B. Polly
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I W. H. Cammerer, Joe Rynearson.
Athletics— E. H. Barton, Ralph
Hayes, J. D. Brown.
Decorations—Gus Baetkey, Wm
Thornack, Roy Code.
Ed Mays, Mrs. Robt. Holbrook, Mrs.
I Wm. Cox.
' Speaker— R. E. Rose.
D*" 00 — R - Jokn80n - Robert Peter
son, Robert Burlingame and Joe Ry
nearson.
Parade—Mannie Staff, Fred Charet
Police—Sheriff Noland, Wm. Sic
hert, Homer Inman, Joel Brown, R. E.
Crill, Clark Catlin.
MARRIED
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Jones of the lower Emmett bench at
'i o'clock Tuesday, August 2nd, when
^ rS ' J° nes ' s daughter, Miss Vera La
Vami Mounsey, became the bride of
Harry E. Peery, son of Mr. and Mrs.
j. \V. Peery of Falk.
Shaw of Emmett officiated, the beau
tiful ring ceremony being used. The
ceremony took place on the lawn,
which was beautifully decorated, the
Perry-Mounsey
A very pretty wedding took place at
Rev. H. C.
which was beautifully decorated, the
predominating colors being red and
green. The contracting couple stood
. under a wedding bell of red, decorated
! with green. The bride's gown was of
j white satin covered with georgette
crepe trimmed in beads, and carried a
bride's bouquet of roses, sweet peas
and ferns. After the ceremony the
guests, to the number of 25, sat down
i to an elegant repast. Miss Mounsey
; , g Qne of thig vicinity ' a most popular
ladieg and attended the Em .
mett H| ^, gchool . M r. Peery, the for
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tunate and highly respected young
and one of our passive
f>r hag reaided thig vicinity
for a number of H e was a
member of ^ 346th Field ArtilIery
j and served overseas during the recent
I World War. Among those who wit
nessed the ceremony were: Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Jones, Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Peery, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. McLaugh
lin of Emmett, Mr. and Mrs. J. R.
Peery and family and Mr. Johnson
of Weiser, Mrs. Sarah Ingalls of Em
met, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Thornton of
Payette, Mr. and Mrs. Pomeroy of
Falk, Ralph Parrot of Falk, Mr. and
Mrs. C. A. and Mr. and Mrs. G. L.
Mills of Letha. The bridal couple re
I ceived many beautiful gifts. After
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vVeiser to visit the groom's brother,
j thence g0 ^ g fo starkey Hot Springs
and other points. They will be at
home on the groom's farm after Aug.
j 15th and will be pleased to meet their
many friends. We extend heartiest
! congratulations and wish them a long
and happy life.
Old Landmark Destroyed.
The old W>n. Fuller house, about
two miles northeast of town, now
owned by O. P. Sumpter, was com
pletely destroyed by fire early Mon
dav morning. Mr. Sumpter started
a f ire in the kitchen gtov<1 about 5
o'clock in the morning and while com
pleting his dressing in another part
of the house, the roof caught fire,
and in a few moments the whole house
was in flames. A few pieces of fur
niture were saved, but outside of these
^ "as a total loss,
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R0,ornR from Osteopathic Convention
Dr. N. B. Barnes returned yestor
dayfrom a two days' session of the
state Osteopathic convention held at
Nampa, which association he has
served as president for the past year.
The principal features of the conven
tion this year were clinical lectures
The principal
and demonstrations,
speaker from a distance was Dr. For
bes of Los Angeles, who for 15 years
has held the chair of Diagnosis in the
Ix>s Angeles College of Physicians and
Surgeons. Dr. Forbes gave a most
valuable scientific discussion on ner
vouse diseases arising from impaired
circulation of the cerebro spinal fluid.
He proved that the heretofore unac
countable symptoms arising from such
diseases as the flu and sleeping sick
ness was due to increased pressure of
this fluid on the brain. He gave the
results of his experiments to prove
that convulsions were nature's effort
to raise the general blood pressure of
the body to counterbalance the pres
sure of the cerebro spinal fluid, and
how proper manipulation will restore
the equilibrium between these two cir
culatory systems and how improper
treatment, whether manipulative or
drug medication, might increase this
pressure of the cerebro spinal fluid.
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Medal for Services
Raymond Cresswell this week re
ceived from the war department a
bronze medal given to hose m the
naval serv.ee for special qualities of
"Obedience Industry Courage and
Proficiency. The medal is suspend-1
ed from a bar by a tri-color ribbon.
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He is justly proud of th.s honor.
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UPPER GEM GRAIN
BIG YIELD
Brownlee Has Large Acreage—Eight
Cars in Sweet Country.
F. M. Mingus, managei*:Of the Co
op. Exchange, made a trip through
the Brownlee country Sunday to size
up the wheat situation. He reports
a big crop and the grain of excellent
variety. Most of it has been harvest
Floyd Cockrill went to Boise Sun
day after his wife, who spent the week
ed.
On Squaw creek, in the neighbor
hood of Sweet, Will Talley estimates j
there will be eight carloads.
EMMETT NEWS
Leonard Ross and family left Mon
day for an outing in the mountains.
The Max Gunther and E. H. Strang
party returned Friday from an out
ing in the upper country.
visiting her parents in that city.
Miss Mary Gamage spent the week
end in Boise visiting at the home of
Miss Karen Kieldsen.
Miss Lottie Canaday and Miss Mar-1
vel Fowler went to Gross Tues
day and will spend two weeks at the
Canaday ranch.
John Shaw and family and Lee Lark
and sister returned Saturday from a
week's vacation in the Wood river
country.
I. J. Dickson of the Citizens Lum
ber Company and family left Sunday!
for New Meadows and Round Valley,
where they will spend a week or two.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Holbrook and
family and Mrs. Holbrook's father,
E. S. Wells, left Friday for the Boise
Basin to look over Mr. Wells' mining
property there.
Lee Wheeler and family loaded up
their trusty auto and left Sunday for
a two weeks' vacation in the moun
tains. They expect to spend most of
their time at the Lakes. Fred Shane
is carrying the mail on Route 2.
George Burkhard went to Hot
Springs, Ore., Sunday and returned
Monday with Mrs. Burkhard, who had
been taking treatment for rheumatism
at that resort for several weeks.
>fr. and Mrs. John Leichty have re-j
turned to Emmett from Letha, where
Mr. Leichty has been operating a
garage. He has taken a position with
the Midway Motor Co.
Rev. and Mrs. A. C. Lathrop, Miss
Martha, and Carleton, Geo. Ewing of
Letha and Mrs. Goodwin of Sweet left
Monday in two cars for a two weeks'!
tour of Yellowstone Park.
W. R. Williams, former senator of
Boise county, was in town Monday on
his way to his ranch above Montour
to look after the threshing of his
wheat crop. Senator Williams is now
lmng in Boise and has had charge of
an army store there for sometime.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sigmond and
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Holly and family ar
rived the first of the week from Chi-j
cago, making the trip by autos. The I
Holleys are former residents, Mr. Hoi- !
ley having been employed at the !
Boise Payette mill as a lumber piler. I
They are back to stay. Mrs. Holley j
and Mrs. Sigmond are sisters. They'
are guests of Frank Funda on the
bench.
Corn Flakes. 3 for 25c, at Golden
Rule Store Saturday.
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TOP PRICES FOR GRIMES
GOLDEN APPLES
Emmett Orchards Co. Sells En
tire Crop of 5 Cars to
Indiana Dealer.
Five carloads of Grimes Golden ap
ples, the entire product of the or
chards of that variety, were sold last
week by the Emmett Orchards Com
pany to N. Rosasco & Co., prominent
wholesale fruit dealers of Indianapolis
While no information could be obtain
ed as to the price paid, it is under
stood the apples sold at top prices.
E. E. Dean, manager of the com
pany's orchards here, says these or
chards are thp on , ones jn Southern
^ that g Grimeg Golde „ jn
^ nUties The Rosagco com .
wi „ ghi ejght cflr , oads of thig
y out of , daht)i ickin(ç here
and ^ from g er tQ ha]f
car]oad to make up the three othe r
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carloads.
| The fiye carloadg w| „ be shippcd
in bushel baskets, packed "ring and
i face."
Melons Moving.
The first of the 100 or more car
; loads of watermelons to be shipped
from Emmett began to move last week
The Obermeyers are shipping daily.
On Monday two carloads were loaded
out. The Gem Fruit Union started
loading today for the Melon Growers
Association. Shipments will be con
fined for the most part to Idaho and
eastern Oregon,
Fruit Growers, Attention!
The Gem Fruit Union can now sup
ply you with the Non-Block-Spread
er, for use iÿ arsenate of lead spray.
No more apples blotched or spotted
from arsenate spray to be put in low
er grades. The arsenate is spread
uniformily all over the apples instead
of in spots and the fruit only parti
ally protected allowing the worms ta
enter the unprotected area. Costa
less than one-fourth cent per gallon
to use. Body prepared to put into
spray tank. All agricultural experi
ment stations urge its use.
GUY B. DAYTON, Mgr.
Building New House.
Joe Hansen is building a new farm
residence on his ranch on the butte.
It is of the bungalow type, with
! roomy porches,
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Weekly Program
At IDEAL THEATRE
FRIDAY, AUG. 5
"Rio Grande"
from the famous Play.
2-Red Comedy
SATURDAY, AUG. 6
u
Always Audacious"
featuring Wallace Reid
2-Reel Comedy
SUNDAY-MONDAY
AUG. 7-8
"Deception"
One of the biggest pictures of
the year.
2-Reel Comedy
TUESDAY, AUG. 9
'Away Goes Prudence'
featuring Billy Burke
10th Episode
'The Diamond Queen'
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 10
"The Man Tamer"
featuring Harry Carey
Pafhe News
Rolin Comedy
THURSDAY, AUG. 11
"Such A Little Queen"
featuring Constance Binney
2-Reel Comedy