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The Emmett Index.
Official Paper
Official Paper
of
of
Gem County
Gem County
PUBLISHED IN THE GARDEN VALLEY OF IDAHO
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TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR.
EMMETT. GEM COUNTY, IDAHO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1922.
NO. 45.
DAM TO COST $160,000
MORE
Fault in Bed of River Causes
Change in Type of Dam
and Higher Expenditure
"The estimate of the cost of the
Black Canyon dam, made by Engineer
Wylie, and which the reclamation ser
vice adopted, will have to be increased
15 to 20 per cent,'
director of the United States reclama
tion service, informed an audience of
business men and farmers at a meet
ing held Wednesday afternoon in
Commercial club rooms.
The increased cost is due to sev
eral causes, Mr. Davis said. One is
that the bed of the river at the dam
site is not solid rock formation as
expected, and it will be necessary to
excavate for the foundation of the
dam at least 50 feet in some places.
This necessitates a change in the
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A. P. Davis,
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of dam, substituting what is known
as a "gravity" dam for the "arch"
type. Another reason is that the gra
vel bed below the damsite, from which
it was expected to secure an abund
ant supply of gravel, does not meas
ure up to the government specifica
tions, being of a disintegrated char
acter and containing too much dirt
A. new source of supply must be found
ar.d the added expense depends upon
whether or not it can be found near
the railroad. If a fairly accessible
bed cannot be found, it will be neces
sary to use crushed rock. These and
ether unforeseen disclosures made by
government officials have added
large additional expense to the origi
nal estimate of $800,000 made by En
gineer Wylie.
The gravity type of dam, as now
planned at Black Canyon, is so called
because it depends upon weight suf
ficient to resist the pressure of water,
and is similar to the Arrow Rock
dam. The Emmett dam will differ
from the Arrow Rock dam in that in
stead of being of continuous circular
form, the arch will be made up of
a series of flat sided sections. This
construction is deemed necessary in
order to permit of disappearing gates
being used on the upper side.
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Complete in 1924
being used on the upper side. There
will be a passageway thru the wall
of the dam from one side to the
other where the machinery for open
ing and closing the water gates will
be located.
Mr. Davis stated that it is fully ex
pected and planned to have the dam
completed by the opening of the irri
gation season of 1924. Owing to
lateness of the season, no attempt
be made to build the dam proper
Instead, the abutments on each
year.
bank of the river will be constructed,
and also the spillway. Next summer,
when the water is at low stage,
dam itself will be built by closing
gap.
Appreciate Co-operation.
Accompanying Mr. Davis on this
trip of inspection is F. E. Weymouth,
chief engineer of the U. S. R.
whose headquarters are in Denver.
They were joined in Boise by Project
Manager Bond, and at Emmett
Walter Ward, engineer in charge
the work here and Mr. Savage, de
All of them made
signing engineer,
short talks. Mr. Ward spoke appre
ciatingly of the co-operation shown
by Emmett business men, especially
in the securing of right of ways for
roads and transmission lines. Super
intendent MacLean of the Emmett Ir
„ rigation District expressed the ap
preciation of the district in the gov
ernment's favorable action on the dam
project and the energetic action now
being manifested in the undertaking.
Things Shaping Up.
Good progress is being made in
road building and 50 head of stock
are on the job. Holes for the poles
of the transmission line are being dug
and the work of setting the poles will
be in progress within a few days. The
office building will be completed by
Saturday night. The mess hall, bunk
house and other buildings are well
under way- and within the next five
or six days quite an additional force
of men will be employed,
housing quarters are completed, few
laborers outside of local residents who
can live at home are being hired.
Diamond Drill Coming.
A complete diamond drilling out
fit has been ordered from Island Park,
near Yellowstone Park, and is expect
ed here in a few days. When that ar
Until
rives definite data as to the formation
of the bed of the river will be secur
ed.
About the middle of next week,
the employment of men will begin ill
earnest and will continue until a full
crew has been secured. Laborers are
being paid 40 cents per hour, and car
penters $5.50 per day.
Pioneer Farm Home Burns.
The destruction by fire last week
of the Jay Freeman farm residence on
the river between Emmett and the
Black Canyon, removes one of the
landmarks of this section. The orig
inal house was built nearly half a
century ago. Additions have been
built from time to time, but the ori
ginal structure still remained. It
has been the property of Mr. Freeman
until a couple of years ago, when it
was purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Free
man's son-in-law, Ed Botkin,
cause of the fire is not known. Only
a few pieces of furniture and cloth
ing were saved. The loss is estimated
at $4000, with insurance of $800. Mr.
and Mrs. Botkin were camping out at
Lowman at the time and Mr. and Mrs.
Freeman were living on the place
during the Botkins' absence.
The
MELONS BEGIN TO
MOVE
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First Carload Shipment Goes Out Sat
urday for Southern Idaho.
The first carload shipment of wa
termelons this season left Emmett
Saturday and were from the Ober
meyer farms. This is the advance
guard of an estimated yield of 100
carloads by this firm. Cantaloupes
also are being shipped in car lots'
by the Obermeyers. Large ship
ments to neighboring towns by trucks
are being made by smaller growers.
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G. K. McProud, who specializes in
"Strawberry" muskmelons, made his
usual annual contribution to The In- i
dex's larder by bringing in a sample
weighing 13 pounds. This variety is
of especially delicious flavor and the
meat is of fine texture. It is a de
iicacv that is mighty pleasing to the
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Index folks this week with a big wa
termelon from his patch that sure hit
J. S. Holman added to The Index's
palate.
Charlie Hanson remembered The
the spot. John Hickman of the
Bramwell section did likewise.
exhibit of garden products by bring
ing in a big beet—big enough to make
a couple of jars of pickles. j
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ties will be held Tuesday of next
County Conventions.
The county conventions of all par
A deal was closed the latter part
of last week, whereby Charles L.
Martin becomes the owner of the
Cash Grocery, and took charge Mon
day. W. L. Nicol, former owner,
tires to devote his time to his ranch
a
resident „f Emmett sine, . bo,. H
an announcement printed elsewhere
in thil issue he invites the patronage
of the public and says. Every day of,
every week will be "special day" at
the Cash Grocery. Charlie's host of
friends wish him the fullest measure
week, convening at noon, according
to law, to elect delegates to the state
conventions which will meet August
22 .
Buys Cash Grocery.
interests. Mr. Martin has been
Effective Advertising.
Walter Stone has had printed fold
ers advertising ' 'Squaw Butte Or-j
chards" prunes, and it is "good stufF'
and should get results. The folders,'
which are to be distributed in the ter
ritory where Squaw Butte Orchards'
prunes are sold, emphasize the de
sirability of prunes for canning. "Are
you canning 100 jars of fruit this
year?" the folders ask, and then
of success.
suggests "If so, you should have at
least 25 jars of Idaho fresh prunes,"
and tells the reasons. A number of
recipes for canning, jam, conserve and
jelly are given. Illustrations of a
to*, nf _ At -i
jar of canned prunes and a fac-simile
crate of the fresh fruit from the !
Squaw- Butte Orchards embellish the ;
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that particular time there was only a
sprinkle. This information comes :
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reliable j
pages.
Unusual Rain.
Last week's rain was unusual in
that a rainfall in August has happen
from Jonathan Moulton,
weather oracle of this section, who
has kept an accurate record during
his long residence in Idaho.
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OFFICIAL COUNT MAKES
NO CHANGES
County Board Canvass Returns
and Nominations Reported
Last Week Stand.
The board of county commissioners
on Monday completed the canvass of
the votes cast in the primary election
held last w-eek and their report co
incides with the results published by
The Index.
The two missing pre
cincts, Ola and Gross, did not change
the list of successful candidates, only
the totals.
Ola gave Brown 1 vote,
Mathieson 3 and Noland 12 for sher
Gross seems to have ignored
the election entirely, as not a single
The total number of votes cast in
all precincts was 833. The vote two
years ago in the general election
totaled 2297, for governor.
iff.
vote is reported.
The
Republicans cast 446, the Democrats
323 and the Progressives 64.
total vote for each party by precincts
follows:
The
Rep. Dem. Pro.
Gross
Oia
Sweet
Montour .
Pearl .
N. Emmett.
S. Emmett
West Emmett
12 5 ...
20 23 ...
32 20 ...
5 ....
.24
.61 45 16
...153 91 6
.. ..91 87 10
. 7 11 17
—.28 17 5
.18 19 10
Bench
Hanna
Bramwell
Total
The total vote received by each can
didate on each ticket follows:
Republican Party.
.446 323 64
Senator—
John E. VanDeusen
Representativ
J. R. Field
354
District Judges_
Bertram S. Varian .
John J. Plowhead .
Commissioner (First District)—
Edwin L. Newell .
308
......
3 J 6
328
255
151
Commissioner (Second District j
Howard Harper ..
Commissioner (Third District)—
Edwin Allen . .
William L. Norwood .
Clerk District Court—
Eli Lanktree ....
Prosecuting Attorney—
Geo. C. Huebener —.
Sheriff—
Walter M. Brown .
George Matheson .
Lynn M. Noland ..
Treasurer_
H. Haylor ._.
_.217
jgy
.— 334
_56
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174
112
373
348
149
Probate Judg
CountyVupeHntendent^
Sarah G. Blackler .
County Assessor—
J. S. Burdell .
Coroner—
348
.371
Senator—
Guy B. Dayton .—.235
^Wal 152,
District Judges- _
! £d Bryan . 2351
1 --El:. 6
re-T j" t!° j'oTn'es .129
' Commissioner (Second District)—
! William Womack ...
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clerk District Court_
: Geo. F. Church .
Bartlet McCool .
Pr ° S p CU pJ^ Attorney
sheriff_
C. C. Atkins .
Surveyor—
Geo. W. Knowles .
.45
Democratic Party
248
173
_260
148
-..184
718
Boise G. Riggs, Jr.
i Treasurer—
S. O. Zachman .
i Pr £ b U? Judge—
! (j^J* Superintendent—
Martha K. Mains .
: Assessor—
Tyler
^'j^L^Reynolds
j Survey
R. J. Newell _
Senator—
.279
111
—1011
-64
gg
_62
—48
55 j
23
.144
_240
or
Progressive Party.
J. Loe Reed .
Re ,^ re || nt ^ tiv ) f]~~
j District Judg
A. L. Anderson .
Commissioner (First District)
. v ietor Sheldrew .... ..
Commissioner (Second District)—
Charles Cantrall
Commissioner (Third District)
James Strang __
Clerk District Court—
R. J. Kraus ....
Prosecuting Attorney—
R. B. Ayers ....
Sheriff—
James Barnard .....
Treasurer—
Mrs. Ancy Sullivan .
County Superintendent—
Martha Lathrop ..
Assessor—
Leslie Mills .
6
.53
.37
.18
_48
53
Buy your water bags at Golden
Rule Store, priced 98c and $1.19.
PREDICT DIG DAIRY
DEVELOPMENT
Eastern Dairy Experts Look to
Idaho to Supply Dairy Pro
ducts for Nation.
farmers and business men. headcci by
County Agent W'illiams, journeyed
to Nampa Monday to meet the party
of dairy experts, manufacturers and
Two automobile loads of Emmett
capitalists from the East who are
making a survey of the possibilities
of Idaho as a dairy section, with a
view of assisting in the development
of the dairy industry of this state.
The leader of the party is J. L.
Kraft, wealthy cheese manufacturer
and distributor of cheese of Chicago.
The visit of the eastern experts is ex
pected to have a two-fold object, one
being the showing to Idaho of the
possibilities of is own territory and
the opportunity of intelligently stim
business, population, and importance
ulating a tremendous development in
In fact, it is hinted that, as a direct
result of this trip the establishment
, soon of a chain of some 30 cheese
! factories in Idaho is a possibility.
I The second object of the trip is the
I gaining of direct information by the
dairy experts and agricultural jour
nals for use in eastern dairy districts.
By using this information for the
guidance of dairymen, they will ex
pand their activities into the Idaho
region, which, it is pointed out, can
I support 30 times as many cows on a
given acreage as the richest Wisoon
j sin land.
I Idaho is to be the center of supply
I for dairy products in the United
I States and its present possibilities
are greater than any section of the
i country, declared J. L. Kraft.
ready to purchase 200,000,000 pounds
! of cheese from Idaho annually, be
sides willing to estabish 30 cheese
factories in the dairy section of the
state," Mr. Kraft said, "as soon as
' producers come to the realization of
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their many opportunities.
Both Mr. Kraft and his associates,
j besides those who are with him at
this time, are urging bankers, farm
ers and business men to take advan
tage of the opportunity to make this
state the center of the American
; dairy industry.
"The country is demanding a great
er amount of just the thing that Ida
ho can give in quantities," he de
dared, "and every possible resource
is available in the state for unlimit
ed production.
"Leading dairy states of the union
: have reached their limit of supply and
others are decreasing in volume. Wis
| consin can feed only about 10 cows
per hundred acres of land, while in
; Idaho it is possible to feed three cows
per acre ' The deveI °P ment of dair >"
,n * 18 the most vltal thlnfi - y° u have
If you do this intelligently, Idaho
I cltles ' wiU to man y times their
I ^ e * , and ,f bankers do P art -
: Idaho s banks will grow with tuem.
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"Financing dairying is tne biggest
j opportunity the bankers in Idaho have
to f.eveiop business,
adopt a broad policy and extend it
If a bank
I in any community will put up money
I to r .jy 300 cows, in
! cheese will pay for them and each
! farmer who milks will have a bank
i balance.
They
must
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(tjond sheep and cattle.
year the
one
"The result of our advertising cam-
paigns and salesmanship have
] brought a much higher market to the
! farmers. Co-operative companies are
the best producing companies in the
igglworM but they are not salesmen and
cannot develop a market. Better sales
manship has made the farmers' co-
operative producing societies money,
j "The natural development of nat-
( -ral resources can make Idaho the
: biggest dairy state in the Union. It
j cannot fail if it lives up to its oppor
tunity. In fact, I predict that Idaho
dairy- products will soon be feeding
; the Orient, producing another great
1 market.
: "Dairy products are the only thing
j I know of that have never been below
the cost of production since the arm
1 istice. This in itself is significant.
"The thing for Idaho to do at this
time is, first, to provide financing of
farmers; second, to give widespread
publicity to high-grade cattle, with
the idea of building herds, and, third
build cheese factories. They should
be spread all over the intermountain
district.
composed I
The Emmett party was
of County Agent Williams. J. W. Ty
ler, D. H. VanDeusen, Vern Miller,
Howard Harper, C. L. Carnage, Guy
Dayton, W. T. Crouch and J. P. Dion.
At Nampa they were shown through
the milk condensary and learned that
2 millions dollars is paid annually to
farmers in the Nampa territory for
dairy products.
Marlins to California.
Clint Martin, former newspaper
man and fruit grower of Emmett,
has moved to Modesto, Calif. After
leaving Emmett, Mr. Martin bought
several papers in Washington
North Idaho, the last one at Craig
mont. Selling out there, he became
the district representative of circula
tion and correspondence for
Spokane Spokesman-Review at Lewis
ton, Idaho.
and
the
Houses Getting Scarce.
The hunt for houses is on now and
practically every vacant house in
town or near by is either taken or
spoken for. J. L. Steward, who could
not find a suitable place to live in is
building* a small house on the rear
of his lots on First street and he and
Mrs. Steward w'ill occupy it until he
The building* will then be
can build,
used as a garage.
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TENETS
Given
Wife of Afflicted Member
Timely Aid in Threshing.
Exemplifying the fraternal princi
ples of the order in a practical man
ner, the members of the Moose lodge
to the number of more than twenty
appeared at the ranch home of Mrs.
G. D. Amen Sunday and assisted A1
White and son, who donated the use
of their threshing machine, in thresh
ing the crop of grain raised this sea
son on the Amen ranch. The wives of
members also assisted by taking well
filled baskets of eatables and serving
them to the hungry workers.
Mrs. Amen's husband a few months
ago became afflicted by a mental
trouble, caused by a long illness, and
is now being treated at a state hospi
Mrs. Amen has bravely kept
'ith
tal.
the little family together and,
the kind assistance of neighbors and
members of the Moose lodge, has
raised a good crop of jyoduce and
grain on the farm.
Such kindly acts make this troubled
old worlçl seem brighter and cheerier
and exemplify the true principles
of fraternalism.
Increase Capital Stock.
Zeke Sweet and W. H. Day, princi
pal owners of the Old Liberty mine
above Sweet, were in town Monday on
their way home from Boise, where
they had been to secure assays of ore
from the Liberty, and to file notice
of the increase of the capital stock
from $250,000 at $1 per share to $250,
000 shafes of common stock at $1 and
300 shares of preferred stock at $100.
The samples of ore assayed show
of $712 per ton and both
enthusiastic,
h stock
values
gentlemen are quite
Thev nrnnnse
pnnnv
to construct a tunnel at the lower
level and develop the property so as
to make it a producing mine.
Former Emmett Boy Honored.
The ( apital News of recent date
contains the following reference to a
former Emmett boy, the son of Mr.
and Mrs. H. L. Knox who moved to
Boise valley a year or two ago:
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the recommendation of Principal C. F.
Dienst of the Boise high school, Har
ry Knox of this city has been award
ed the Gooding college cash scholar
ship of $50, only one of which is grant
ed to each high school in the state.
Mr. Knox is a brother of Nellie Knox,
who has spent the past four years at
Gooding college, and who finished her
liberal arts course with the class of
1922. In recommending Mr. Knox for
this honor, Principal Dienst says:
'Harry Knox is a young man of high
character and fine abilify. He made
good in his studies in Boise high
school and also in outside activities,
He was on our track team and in the
senior play. In brief, he carries with
him the recommendation of our inti
tution.' "
To Mr. and Mrs. George Barigar,
August 5, a daughter. 1
Births
To Mr. and Mrs. Jack Norwood,
August 9, a daughter.
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The current issue of the Hardware j
Review, published in Chicago, con-1
tains a half tone cut of a window 1
display of sporting goods in Mays
Bros' store, made last fall, and high
>y compliments the artistic effect.
CITY MAY ENLARGE THE
JAIL
Addition to City Hall Will Be
Necessary for Contem
plated Improvements.
The city council at their Monday
night's meeting hail under considera
tion the building of an addition to
City Hall in order to increase the
capaciy of the jail, to enlarge the
council chamber and clerk's office
and to make room for a vault to safe
guard the city's records.
Mayor Peterson presented the need
of better and larger jail facilities.
He stated that the building of the
Black Canyon dam, with the attend
an " demand for laborers, undoubtedly
attract many hoboes and some
undesirable characters. As the pres
facilities consist of only one cell,
he ur * ed that the cit y should prepare
double cells. Then, too, he pointed
ou * * be need °f a vau R for the pro
tection of the records, and a larger
council chamber and office room for
the clerk would not be amiss.
Perhaps the mayor is unduly alarm
ed as to the future need of additional
we don't know.
The
jail facilities
council chamber and clerk's office is
big enough for quite a while, but a
fire proof vault for the records is cer
tainly a necessity,
Perhaps it would be a good idea to
wait a few years until financial con
ditions become easier and then build
a real building. The present building
is a poor affair and offers no oppor
tunity for convenient arrangement or
expansion to take care of steady
growth. It seems a waste of money
to add to a building that never will
be suitable for the city's needs. The
fire department needs larger quarters
especially when a modern fire truck is
added, which is a pressing need right
now—more pressing than the enlarge
ment of the jail faciliies, in fact.
These things should be taken into con
sidération.
men Barbour and Polly was appointed
to investigate and report at an early
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A committee composed of Council
date.
E .1. D. PROCEEDINGS
The attorney for the district advis
ed that Tom Martin be allowed to
clear the title to the land owned by
the John Little "Estate", known as
the J. M. Burlingham ranch, by pay
ing the claims of the district
against the land in question since
1915.
It was ordered that upon the ad
v,ce of the district's attorney the dis
trict take a tax deed on all the lands
within the Emmett Irrigation District
on which there are tax sale certifi
cates which are eligible to deed, and
bring suit to quit title to the same
when the attorney for the district
deems it advisable.
J. I. Guthrie and Karl L. Mann
were named as a committee to see the
Bank of Emmett in regard to the
bond required by law to secure the
treasurer's deposits, and to report at
meeting to be held on August 15.
Upon the a( jvice of the district's
1 attorney, that
bave paid the 35 cents per acre spec
where any persons
ial toll levy or advanced money to
pay any of the employes of the dis
trict , that they shall be given credit
on ^e secretary's ledger for a war
rant which will apply on the 1922
23 maintenance
pa (d out of money received by the
treasurer on the delinquent assess
m ents of 1921-22.
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assessments or be
Kicked by Mule.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Nicholas,
ranchers near Box Springs on W ; IIow
creek, brought their 6-year-old son
Harry to town Tuesday to be treat
ed for injuries received that mom
ing when a mule colt kicked the boy
in the forehead. A gash that requir
ed four stitches and exposed
skull bone was cut. The imprint of
the mule's foot was marked on the
the
forehead. Harry is a brave little
fellow and never even whimpered
while the doctor was sewing up the
wound.
Tri-State Picnic Tomorrow.
Everything is set for the Kansas
Missouri-Iowa picnic to be held at
Dewey grove tomorrow (Friday),
Bring lunch baskets and knives, forks,
plates, cups. etc. The big feed begins
at noon and the program follows.
It promises to be a joyful event.