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The Emmett Index
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CURRENT COMMENT
CkNE of the biggest bores and
hardest to squelch is the fellow
who comes from some other town and
like« to talk about it. In fact, he is
apt to make u* feel sert of uncivi
lized and heathenish for living in
Emmett instead of Boise, or Nampa
or Twin Falla or some other place
that never had any special appeal
for us. But the bore tells us what
wonderful towns they are on every
occasion.
Of course we know our town is
far from perfect. We are inclined
to criticise a good many things
about it ourselves. But we cab hard
ly believe that any town could be
quite so perfect as the town that
some fellow happens to be from. It
has bstter police, a better water sys
tem, lovelier swimming holes and
paved strees, more up-to-date stores,
more beautiful women, more honest
business men, better housing condi
tions, a better school system, and
more efficient moonshine catchers.
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When you listen to one of these fei
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lows once you are rather interested
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and think he must have come from a
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ptetty good town. But by the time
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you have listen«! to him discourse
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about a hundred times on the merits
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<f the town he is from and the de
, .
merits of your own little burg, you
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begin to get suspicious of him. You
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donH believe any town could be that
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good and not be overcrowded. About
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the only place you ever heard of tha»
came snyw.y near answering the des
cription this fellow gives is the place
where everybody i. wearing a pair r I
•_ „»il il- I
win*« and a halo, and plavm* a gol
den harp
w are now being treated to the
opinions of various people as to
who are the twelve greatest Ameri
can women and the world's six great
est men. The opinions as to the wo
men vary vastly, albeit a few like
Jane Addams, Mrs. Catt and Mrs.
Wharton are included in most of the
lista —not all. It is impossible to
reach a verdict-there will always be
a hung jury.
And now H. G. Wall* tells us who
• re the greatest figures in world his
tory and he includes Christ. Aristotle
and Abraham Lincoln. There are
hundreds of millions who will ques
tion even the inclusion of Christ The
Chinese would say Confucius.
Mohammedans would substitute the
leader of their religiou. The Germans
would strike out Lincoln and add
Frederick the Great or Bismark; the
French, Napoleon or Louis XI; the
English would find several to whom
they would give the preference over
Lincoln.
The
And so the guessing contest con
tinues and nothing ia decided nothing
at all. The
nly interesting thing
• bout It is that the guesses give
an insight into the mental processes
and attitude of the
even that is not important—only in
us
nd I
guessers
teresting.
^HILE you are inquiring for the
things that used to be but are
now no more, do you remember when
there were no wire screens at the
windows and door»?
when flies swarmed over the dining
table at mealtime like a cloud, and
the hired girl stood waving a leaf
covered branch broken from a tree,
to shoo the flies off the victuals
while the family ate their meals;
when they put the butter dish in a
crock of water on the table to keep
tue nies out ol it; when at the board
ing house frames hung over the din
ing tables covered with gauzy paper
cut in great fringes, and the frame
was kept swinging during the meal
times to scare the flies away while
the boarders consumed their meals.
Occasionally a family would
"mosquito bar" over their windows
•nd doors, but that family was voted
as "stuck up" and proud-feeling.
I can recollect
nail
"fHE Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers are investing $200,
000,000 in West Virginia and Ken
tucky coal mines which have
city of 6,000 tons a day. The Coal
River Collieries is the new
and it is owned by hundreds of loco
motive engineers throughout the
country. The locomotive
also own a bank in Cleveland* and its
deposits are enormous. Workmen
■ ployed by the locomotive engineers re
a capa
company,
engineers
em
ceive only current wages. Coal from
their mines is sold at current prices!
anyone borrowing money at the en
gineers' bank in Cleveland, pays the
usual interest. Co-operation, saving,
is the solution of the problems of
other groups of workers.
'J'HE history of American
one of gallant deeds on the part
of our officers and men, but it is
also one of hasty and extemporized
organization. This has always led
to undue loss of life and heavy fin
ancial burdens.
The new law provides for a real
national army consisting of the re
gular army, the national xuard and
the organized reserves. It provides
for the maintenance of our forces on
an economical pence basis, readily
convertible to a war status. The ma
chinery of mobilization is thoughtful
ly foreseen and not left to decision in
wars is
the midst of a crisis. Arrangement
is made for the continuous flow of
trained officer personnel from the
youth of the country into the nation
al guard and the organized reserves.
In direct contrast to the haphazard
practices of the past, the new organi
zation is built on the practical frame
work of the organisation actually
created in the World war. Thus the
traditions esprit and prestige of our
great war unita are to be perpetuated
They will beeome permanent institu
tions in the great citizen army that
must always fight our battles. The
prestige of the divisions that fought
at St. Mihie! and in the Meuse-Argon
ne will remain • potent influence, n
to be dissipated and lost like that oT
the organizations that fought at Vera
Cruz and Chapultepec, or at Gettys
burg
Pershing in Scientific American.
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'HE growth of American industry
JL ,
is reflected in a striking manner
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in the number of securities listed on
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the New 1 ork stock exchange,
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"When the first building on the
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present site of the stock exchange,
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says a writer in r orbes Magazine,
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was built in 1866, members looked
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upon it as sufficient to house their
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needs for years to come. A day s
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transactions on the exchange in 1806
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show that the trading was almost
....
who,ly ln . government bonds and
»«naporUtlon securities. With the
^ C * pt " n " few m nln ? " to cks ' n ,°
and
Chickamautfa.—General
,
industrials to speak of had made
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1 t '" e,r a PP earance on the noard. Sales
! on February 2, 1866, were as follows:
Government bonds, $187,000; railroad
bonds, $2-«, 000; bank stocks, 40; and
j
otht,r stock8 ' most! y railroad *. 36 - 92:!
I "At the present time the total of
! listed bonds is in the neighborhood of
I
apP r oxim«t.«-Iy $18,000,000,000.
K°vernment bonds bring the total to
" bout *«<>.W«.000,000. And there are
upwards of a hundred companies
which are seeking to have their se
$21,000,000,000, par value, and the
! listing of stocks, also at par value, is
U. S.
curities admitted to the list at the
earliest possible date."
I See That—
John G. Woolley, twice prohibition
presidential candidate, is suffering
from dizzy spells in Spain. Better
ct me home Woolley. Can't get dizzy
over here any more.
Some rich New Yorkers are buying
small islands in the Bahama group
from England, so they ran have their
liquor. What puzzles us is this: Why
does a man who has sense enough to
make enough money to buy an island
want to drink liquor anyway?
A woman 103 years of age cast l.er
tlrst vote in the primary in Arkansas.
Yes, she wanted to know who was
running against Andy Jackson.
Help make Chicago the greatest
city in the world, is the slogan which
the windy city has just put out. We
are willing to compromise and help
make Chicago the greatest city east
of Idaho.
An Atlantic City federal commis
sioner resigned because the Volstead
act made so much work for him to do.
Evidently he was looking for a public
office where the pay was big and no
woik to do.
A New York lady is suing a news
paper man for $100,000 damages in
a breach of promise action. She is
evidently a woman with very little
experience and knows very little
about newspaper meii.
The public debt was reduced by
$6,000,000. That's 6 cents apiece,
boys. Hooray!
What Price Ink?
Circus Msnager—I've found a way to
save money Everybody rides over the
railroad except the tattooed mun. We
send him by second class mall. "How
do voii make It?" "He's printed mat
ter ami goes any distance for 2 cents
an ounce."—American Legion Weekly.
Telephone a» a Necessity.
The telephone becomes a universal
household necessity as soon as the
boys and girls become old enough
make dates.—Rome (N. Y.) Sentinel.
to
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TALES OF TOWN
MY DAD
Say, boys you ought to meet my dad!
He's got the world beat 'bout a mile
For knowing how to make you glad.
It surely would be worth your while
To know a dad that ain't forgot
That he wan' always just so old.
I've seen some dads 't growl a lot.
An' think a boy was made to scold.
But, my dad, he just seems to know
A boy ain't sprouting angel wings
At least not where the wing 'd show.
You'd almost think he's done some
things
himself, the way he understands
And talks about mistakes you make
I ain't afraid to show my hands
To him when I have made some
break.
An' he ran play, I tell you what!
And ain't afraid of getting hurt.
He's
Nor doesn't mind a little dirt.
The boys all like him in the game,
Because he always plays it fair;
An' win or lose, it's just the same.
There's no regret, if you
square.
You know, I'd hate to have dad feel
He couldn't trust me every day.
My dad's a good scout, true and real;
And I'm agoing to find his way,
And follow it. A dad like that
Is worth a youngster's tying to.
No boy's life's ever stale and flat,
With such a dad to see him through
play
A tree toad loved, a she toad
That lived in a tree;
She was a 3-toed tree toad.
But a 2-toed tree toad was he.
The 2-toed tree toad tried to win
The she toad's friendly nod;
For the 2-tocd tree toad loved the
ground
That the 3-toe<l tree toad trod;
But vainly the 2-toed tree toad tried—
He couldn't please her whim;
In her tree toad bower, with the V-toe
power,
The she toad vetoed him.
AAA
Sing a song of scratching when the
season rolls around,
Of grumbling and groaning, and eke
a growling sound,
Now the grass with dew's a-glitter,
and mosquito time is here,
There's scarce a leg in Idaho that
isn't scratched this year.
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The cost of living is the same—all
you make.
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People who really think kisses have
germs usually look the part.
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"A skin you love to touch" is one
that doesn't get slippery in this kind
of weather.
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"Every girl can be beautiful," says
an advertisement. Yes, but suppose
she is broke?
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Marriages may be made in heaven
but a comfortable porch swing of
| delivers the goods.
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This weather is a vast relief
to those who cannot afford to go to
the mountains to get an imitiation of
it.
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Another sad thing about motoring
is that when a man has tire trouble
he sometimes has a religious break
down.
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Cantaloupes are jest like women
we kin thump 'em, an' lift 'em, an'
squeeze 'em, but we can't tell a blam
ed thing about 'em till it's too late.
S * *
If any housewife was to receive
time and one-half for overtime she
could build the Butte block with her
back pay 'nd then have 'nough left
for a new flivver!
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"What do you think of tariff re
vision," one farmer asked another.
"Well," answered the other far
"8* —- *bnt th
.-Iff >■
a good deal like the weather. No
matter what kind you get, it's sure
to be bad for somebody's business."
* * *
A soldier was being buried with
full military rites,
the body had been lowered into the
ground, the officer in charge gave
the usual command and the custom
ary volley of shots rang out. A lit
tle girl, standing with her brother
and father was very much interested
She turned to her father and said:
"Daddy, why did they do that?"
"Oh. gee. Sis, don't you know?"
answered the brother, without a mo
ment's hesitation, "they did that to
wake God so He'd let that poor fel
low in."
Just after
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An artless young woman stepped
bank the other day and
into
handed a check to the cashier with
the request that he should cash it.
"This check, madam," said the cash
ier, "isn't filled in."
"Isn't what?" said the young wo
man.
'It has your husband's name sign
ed to it", explained the cashier, "but
does not state how much money you
want."
"Oh, is that all?" was the reply.
"Well, I'll take all there is, please."
AAA
One afternoon last week an Em
mett woman took a couple of pack
ages into her husband's office and
asked him to take them home that
evening. One of the packages eon
'Be sure
tained some tomatoes,
that you put the tomatoes on ice,"
said the lady. Being a well trained
husband, he did as he was told. The
next morning the tomatbes were
found on the library table. "What
did you do with the other package?"!
she asked. "Put it on the ice as you j
told me to do," replied the husband, j
She went to the ice box and got it.
The husband had gotten mixed in
his packages. He had put the one
containing his wife's new corset on j
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A company of a division of color-.
ed troops were in heavy marching
order awaiting the word to start for |
the front. It was to be their first
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actual contact with the enemy. One
of the privates had somewhere pick- i
ed up a copy of the Paris edition of ;
the New York Herald. '
1
ice.
paper say anything
about us boys?" inquired a sergeant. I
"It sho' do," answered the private
"Does dat
improvising. "It sc-z yere dat 25,000
I troo P» > 8 goin' over de top to
night suppo'ted by 50,000 Frenchmen.
From down the line came" a third
voice, saying:
"Well, I knows whut tomorro's ed
ition of dat peper's gwine say. It's
gwinc to say, in big black letters,
'Fifty thousand Frenchmen tromped
to death by 25,000 niggers.'
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"Speaking ,of luck," remarked Old
Bill Misgivens, "somehow or other I
never had much that I could call good.
I have run onto what I considered
good openings, but somehow or other
they didn't pan out. For instance,
I went to Alaska when the gold ex
citement was on—located at Nome. I
found that eggs were selling for $2 a
dozen and concluded that here was a
chance to make money in the egg
business. I sent back home for four
dozen hens. I figured that they ought
to lay at least two dozen eggs per
day, but there was one thing I hadn't |
figured on, and that was the fact that
t*ie year there is divided into six
months day and six months night.
The hens came just as the night was
setting in, and as soon as they got
their feed they went to roost. They
would once in a while get off the
roost to eat, but that was all. They
insisted on roosting all the time and
didn't lay an egg. I got disgusted
and sold them. And what do you think
and sold them. And what do you think
the fellow that bought them did? He
rigged up an electric light plant with
a lot of globes, in the henhouse, and
every six hours he would turn'on the
lights. The fool hens thought it was
morning, and each one of 'em got up
and laid an egg. This worked so well
that the man turned the lights on
every four hours, and finally got to
turning them on every two hours.
Those poor hens were plum worn out.
They got so they were hardly able to
cackle after they laid the eggs. The
man overdid the business, however.
He was too greedy, the hens died
from overwork and lack of sleep. Lay
ing twelve eggs a day will wear out
any hen. When he opened the dead
hens he found that they were entirely
empty inside. They had laid eggs
until there was nothing left but the
outside skin and feathers.
"Gringo."
The word "gringo," Mexican nlck
name for an American, Is In Spanish
dictionaries of ninny years ago. The
word was first brought into the Span
ish language from grlego and the use
of the French phrase "to speak ln
Greek," which was generally applied
to persons who spoke In a tongue un
intelligible to them, it Is not, as ha»
been stated, of Mexican wur origiD.—
Vcnrhorn Independent.
I
Squaring the Circle».
It Is not bad fun to usk an Irritable
person to construct a perfect square
with four pennies. Probably he will
muke whai he calls a "square" .with
them by plucing them flat on the table
with their edges touching, when you
point out at once that this Is Dot a
true square, liming made the Irritable
person very peevish, explain to him
how the square Is made by placing the
coins so' that the lines about the date
on each penny Join. You may conclude
by offering to let him eat the "date»"
on the pennies.—Tit-Bits.
Testing Child's Musical Ability.
Musical ability In a child can be
well Judged by testing five faculties:
The sense of pltdi, which Is the abil
ity to discriminate between higher
and lower tones ; the sense of time or
rhythm; the sense of consonance,
which Is the ability to tell wlmr I*
more pleasing and what is less pleas
Ing; the sense of Intensity; and mu
sical memory, or the ability to remem
ber a number of tones front hearing
them once. Those qualifications are
probably In large measure inherited,
for very young children sometimes
have them.—Youth"* <'omnnn'on.
set Your Own Goal.
It's better to attempt and fall than
have no failures to your credit,
you're afraid of the public estimate
yon <-Rn play the little game with your
Ideals. Set a goal and rate yourself
on the percentage of success attained.
It will spur you to prenter effort and
the public will never know how far
»hört yon often fall of attaining your
own Ideal.—Grit.
If
OPPORTUNITY FOR EMPLOYMENT
Oregon Short Une Railroad
The Oregon Short Line Railroad Company announces its
intention to give preference to young men residing on its
lines in employing men, as far as possible, to fill places in all
classes of the railroad service and advances the following
reasons therefor.
FIRST—It will eliminate the "Floater" among our employes and
substitute local citizens and taxpayers.
SECOND—It will create a mutual interest and a common under
standing between the railroads and the people they serve whereby
h will be able to understand and appreciate the problems and dif
ficulties of the other, and work to a common end, viz: the welfare of
the country generally as the interests of the railroad and the comn-u
. Bj * eg ' ^ J e Mentica i. To this end they extend a special
invitation to young men who live in the country and towns along their
lisas to enter the railroad service.
At the present time their greatest need is for rough carpenters and
experienced «hop men and mechanics, and while they prefer men who
^ h , d Mechanical experience that would enable them to fin"
j g j, ,Vj,, ;r training at an early date, they are willing to employ, to a
certain extent, young men who are ambitious and willing to learn, and
teach them the various trades or professions which enter into railroad
work.
1
There are also a number of advantages which railroad employes
ijoy which do not obtain in other lines of work, and employment
ficei-t will be glad to explain these matters by personal interview
prospective employes.
Following is a list of positions and rates of pay now in effect
for shop employes:
with
Rat« Payroll
Pr. Hr. Cleseificetien
Car In* pee to
_ .7« Frehrht ....
RaW
____ Pr. Hr.
Mecfciniet—Lead ..„I .76
Maefciafct and PM.
Bax. In« pee tor
MaehlnbW Joer
PajTall
Rate
(latäflcation
Pr. Hr.
Blackaaaith--Heavy
Fire
. 6 «
.7«
Blnekani 1th--Jour
P
.70
n**r .. .«5
Air Brake Inspector* «3
Air Brake Repairer« .61
Car Repair«
FrêChtT.
Furnace Operator ._
Forcing Machine
Operator _
Hammer Operator...
H«mWr ....
Blacksmith Helper .
Coppersmith -
Tiasmith« _
.29H Pi pc fit tara -
Jacket men _
Babbitt men ..
Sheet Metal Worker« .70
Sheet Metal Worker
Helper* . ..
Boilrr Lanrera .
Armature Winder» „
lJlectricians ..
Headliichtmer ..
Cranesmen (Over 40
Ton )
Cranesmen (Under 40
Ton
.70
Mae la tots
.TO
Boilaraakm
BlafkwaMw
Shaataatal Work«
.a
M .
.»7
PaMTifir ..
Light R«patrm«n
Wr.ek lag DerrW
Snginavra *>, g .13
TO
.37
«
.70
.70
l«t « month«..
2nd « month» .
.70
Lomo. Cran« Kn
.70
Irt $ momtha _
St
rirwffro* .66 A .63
Carmen H*?per* ..
Cnr Ollen .
Material Carrier«.
Coach Cleaner« ....
Moulders
Bra«« »MrIter_
Cupola Tender ...
Moulder Helper« _ .47
Coal Passer* __
Ashpit Men ...
Coal Chute Men _
Engine Watchmen .. .38
Fire Knockers
Fire Liarhters ..
Floe Borer
Front End Painters .38
.70
4th 6 months....^
6th 6 month«_
6th 6 month«.
7th 6 months.
8th 6 month# .62
Helper Apprentice* to
Machinists
Boilermaker»
Blacksmiths
1st 6 months .47
2nd 6 month«
Srd 6 months.
4th 6 months...53
6th € months_
6th 6 month* _ .67
Machinist Helpers .47
Tool Room Attendant .47
Drill Pre«« 47
Rod Cup Fillers_ .4"
Cellar Packers .47
Bolt Cutter*
Boilermaker»- Lead .76
Boilermaker A Fed.
Bax. Inspector _ .76
BoOermaker Jour
.*4*
_ .17
4 7
4
.47
.47
.87
47
.70
~ .70
.70
.70
.70
.42
66
•<
.49
.60
. .47
.61
Help
Painters—Locomo
tive .
Painters—Coach «
Pai nters—Freight
Car ..
Carpenters—Locomo
FJ
.. .88
28
. .70
M
.70
Hoetler Helpers—
Inside .
Lubricator Fillers ... .38
Sand Dryers .. . .33
Supply men—Loco
motive
Supplyme
. .62
._ .3*
. .70
Carpenters—Coach .70
Carpenters— F reicht
Car ..
Carpenters—Foundry .65
Patternmakers .70
Upholsterer _
Mill
Triple Valve Re
pairer
Carmen—Tender
Trucks ..
Coach Truckmen _ .70
Electro Plater .70
.47
.63
Caboose .38
.89
Wipers
.70
—TO
neymen
Flanxer
Flue WekWr
Layer Out .
Flanxe Fire Helper . .62
Boiler maker Helpers .47
Boll s I -washer*
.70
Pr. Day
~s
Stationary Engineers
A Firemen 24.28 to 96.16
Hostler Helper*.
Outside .
Pumpers
Pumper* ...
.70
_ .70
.. .75
.65
24.40
.23.6120
.. 2.2120
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Any additional information desired may be obtained by writing to,
•r personally calling on the undersigned.
L. E. HALBERT,
Supervisor of Employment,
Room No. 209, Lnion Depot,
Salt Lake City, Utah.
Ap proved :
H. V. I
PLATT,
General Manager.
Fertilize Your Trees
Now is a good time to give your Prune
and Pear trees a good tonic so that they
will mature the crop they now have and
also set lots of good healthy fruit spurs
for next season's crop.
Use Old Reliable Orchard Fertilizer
We handle All Kinds of Orchard Sup
plies. Prices Right. Call on üs when in
need.
Emmett Fruit Growers Assn.
E. E. DEAN, Manager.
Phone 46.
DR. I. A. WOOD
DENTIST
FINLEY MONROE
Attorney at Law
Practice in AH Courts
Emmett, Idaho
* Oil ice ioi.
ives. ial-iu
Bank of Emmett Building
Emmett, Idaho
GEO. C. HUEBENER
Lawyer
Practice in All State and
Federal Courts
Room 16, Bank of Emmett Bldg.
Phone 156, Emmett, Ida.
DR. c. B. TITUS
Dentist
and EX-RAY EXAMINATION
Rooms 18 & 19, Bank of Em
mett Bldg. Hours, 9 to 12 a. m.
1 to 5 p. m. Evenings by ap
pointment. Phone 230.
i
R. B. AYERS
Attorney and Counselor
PRACTICE IN ALL COURTS
Room 7, Bank of Emmett Bldg.
Emmett, Maho
DR. B. O. CLARK
Physician and Surgeon
117 N. Washington Avenue
Phone 6 Bank of Emmett Bldg.
i
J. P. REED
Attorney and Counselor
at Law
Practice in All Courts
Emmett, Idaho
C c. D. BUCKNUM*
Funeral Director
r
and
Licensed Embalmer
Finest Equipped Funeral
Chapel in the state.
Calls to city or country
responded to promptly.
CEM COUNTY
ABSTRACT COMPANY
KATHERINE MANN, Mgr.
Bonded Abstracters
Auditor's Office, Court House
Emmett, Idaha
Agency for
MONUMENTS
of «11 kind«.
Day and nicht phone 4-J
Stationery at The Index office.
We print batter wrappers.