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The Emmett Index
Official Paper
Official Paper
of
of
Gem County
Gem County
PUBLISHED IN THE GARDEN VALLEY OF IDAHO
EMMETT, GEM COUNTY, IDAHO, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1922.
TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR.
NO. 50.
BRIDGE BOND ELECTION
SATURDAY
Pressing Need of Proposed Ex
penditure Set Forth in
Facts and Figures
'
The question of issuing bonds in
the amount of $25,000 for the con
struction and repair of bridges and
roads in Gem county will be submitted
to the voters at an election to be
:
:
at night. In Emmett the polling
places will be as follows: North pre
ing article contributed by V. T. Craig
that further explanation or comment
by The Index seems unnecessary:
On Saturday, September 16 the
voters of this county are asked to
vote, yes or no whether Gem county
will issue $25 000 worth of bonds for
the purpose of constructing three new
bnd f es - P lacm ^, the ,river under the
Letha bridge and making certain nec
essary rep&irs upon the bridge north
of the city of Emmett
The necessity for this bridge work
is well known to every one^ The two
bridges across the Seven Mile Slough
held Saturday of this week.
The polls will be open from 1
o'clock in the afternoon, until 8 o'clock
cinct, Co-op. Exchange; South Pre
cinct, City Hall; West precinct, Court
House.
The purpose of the bond issue and
the real necessity for the expenditure
are so clearly set forth in the follow
near Letha are in a dangerous condi
tion The river has cut around the
south s'de of the Letha bridge leav
**.}«*** entw | ly blgrb and dr>.
The bridge across Squaw creek is
necessary for the use of a large num
her of people in that community, as
well as for the convenience of those
who take stock to and from the up-,
per country. The bridge north of Em
mett is known to need considerable re
pair.
Sometime ago the county commis
sioners canvassed the situation and
secured a bridge man who made a
survey of the five bridges and report
ed as follows:
2 bridges across 7-mile Slough $13,000
Squaw Creek bridge .
New bridge at Emmett
Letha bridge .
Approaches to bridges
. 7,200
. 46,000
20,000
. 13,800
$ 100,000
who
Total .
While every one admitted,
knew the facts, that the bridge work
was needed, in fact absolutely neces
sary, there were a large number who
believed that the estimate was exces
sive; that the county would be served
quite as well by building bridges
which would cost much less and a
large saving could be made,
that idea in view the county commis
asked to secure a board
o# competent engineers who would
be disinterested in every way to make
a complete report upon the situation
and the work to be done. In compli
ance with this request two engineers
from the Oregon Short Line railroad,
one a bridge man and the other a
river control man, and Mr. R. J.
Newell of Ola, who is an engineer of
wide experience and who is a taxpay
er of Gem County, were chbsen to
make a report. These engineers have
reported and their report is on file
with the county clerk for anyone to
Their report shows as follows:
With
sioners were
read.
2 bridges across the Seven
Mile Slough .—._.
Turning the river under the
Letha bridge and protect
to make
$2,o45
I
ing river so as
channel permanent .
Squaw Creek bridge .
Repairing Emmett bridge
13,945
3,200 1
3,480
;
$23,170
Total
Basing their action upon this re- !
port the county commissioners have
asked the taxpayers to vote a bond of I
$25,000. I
The county commissioners used
good judgment when they decided to,
secure the report of competent en
gineers rather than to take the report!
would
be interested in building expensive
bridges. These engineers are all com
petent men and have given a disin
terested opinion as to the work that
is necessary and the cost of same.
The impression seems have got
ten about that this is repair work and
not permanent; that the county will
be spending money for work which
will have to be done over in a short
time. This is not true in any way.
The only repair work that is to be
done is that upon the bridge north of
Emmett. A new bridge here at this
time would cost the county between
$45,000 and $50,000. While it is ad
mitted by everyone that a new bridge
ultimately will have to be built, it is
are con
template«! will put this bridge in con
dition for use for several years to
come, at which time it is believed the
county will be in better shape, finan
cially to support the, burden of a ;
large bond issue. 1 he two bridges
across the Seven Mile Slough and the
one across Squaw creek are new
and a credit to the county, the work
of putting the river under the bridge
at Letha is also permanent work. The
banks will be protected so that the
present bridge can be used. This!
bridge was built only a few years
believed the repairs which
PACKING CREW MAKES
RECORD
.L AST
packing crew in
Gaebler orchards established
quite a record when they
packed out 2460 suitcases of
prunes.
The crew consists of the fol
lowing packers: Mrs. A. Bird,
Mrs. Elmer Aston, Mrs. C. E.
Roberts and Mrs. A. Frederick
son Frank Luhr did the nailing
Tuesday the Aston
the Dr.
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a go a nd } g a fj rst c i agg structure. The
approaches have all been made with
the exception of the small amount
which is washed out on the south
side. It is entirely unnecessary to
build a new bridge at a cost of from
$20,000 to $30,000 and to tear out this
bridge. A new bridge would necess
itate the same work on the river to
keep the channel in its place and to
do so would be to throw away the
jthe present good structure.
To sum up: All the work which is
contemplated in this bond issue is
permanent; there will be no repair
work with the exception of the $3,400
which is used on the bridge north oi
Emmett. If this bond issue is voted
down it will work a very great hard
of their ain an P d fruit . It w jn
necessitate ha * ling all their produce
f 10 15 mil f to a ralIroa P d point
and would mean a cost to them F of
thousands of do i lars in haulage
eh xhe brjd across Sev " n
Mlle * slough are on | he main highway
Payette and are a disgrace to the
> jn their presen r condition,
Th £ rid across Squaw cree k is
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nece use a argc
b f * le in that neighborhood,
Taki P g \ hese facts into considera
^ we \ e ' lieve w hen the matter is
j jj understood that the voters will
yo{ .^ « „
y
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SOLDIERS HERE
AS GUESTS
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Disabled Men from.. Government
Hospital Entertained by
Emmett Red Cross
numbering 28, from the government
hospital at Boise were guests Tues
day of the Red Cross at Dewey
Grove. A chicken dinner, with near
A bus load of disabled service men
ly everything good on the side, was
served beneath the shade of the trees
and was a hungry bunch that sat
down £ 0 £ be hounteous spread and
most satisfied bunch that retired,
was a g0 od thing, for not a bit was
gaged in sports until 2 o clock, when
a program was given in the pavilion,
w ; tb ^jj ss Martha Lathrop as chair
and Janet Hawkins,
Address of welcome Ed Skinner
Vocal Solos- Miss^ Vida Hughes
Readings— Kiplings'
and an English Folk Song, by Mrs
E. H. Barton.
Songs—Alfalfa quartet.
After the exercises the company fnl
the bus and visited the fruit
Donations of 10 chickens were re
quested, but 16 were supplied, and it
left except the bones.
Following the feed, the men en
man. The program follows:
Instrumental duet—Misses
Ruth
Mandalay"
up
packing houses, where the packing of
fruit was watched with interest. They
left for Boise about 5 o'clock, loud in
their praise of the hospitality of the
G ross ladies and with their con
veyance loaded with melons and fruit
for those of their comrades unable to
come.
The affair was given under the
direction of Miss Katherine Mann,
... ... _
with two committees assisting-Mrs.
V. T. Craig, Mrs. Burt Mays and Mrs.
J. A. Creswell on refreshments, and
i Mrs w g Keith, Miss Martha Lath
and Mrg Maxfield on the
; F
! progra m committee. _
j Progress of Oil Well
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The . tar \ alley Independent, a
newspaper published near where the
Wallace-Wyoming Oil company are
dnllin their first oil well- had a
c°l amn "rite-up last
gress being made,
that the drill is now down more than
300 feet _
want to unduly excite any one
make any assertions that are not con
servative, I do feel that we can all
with gre at interest the develop
6
ments of the next 500 feet as the fir.t
series of possible oil bearing sands
w j}] be encountered within that depth
and tbev mav be produc tive of oil."
ß uy jo ooo Sheep
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I. Guthrie returned yesterday from
Bend, Ore., where they bought 10,000
bea d of sheep a few days ago. The
m be brought to Emmett for
s
winter feeding.
week of the pro
From it we learn
In a statement, Manager
Ben Jackson says: "While I do not
or
GEM COUNTY TAX LEVY
24 MILLS
Levy is an Increase of 15 Mills
Over That of Last
Year.
I
:
Gem county's tax levy for 1922
was fixed at $2.40 on $100 by the
county commissioners at their meet
ing Monday, an increase of 15 cents
over that of last year, which was ;
$2.25. The principal cause for the in
crease is the deficit caused by delin
quent taxpayers, amounting to ap
proximately $25,000, and county !
!
The division of the levy to the sev
eral funds and the amount to be rais- ^
ed for county and school purposes is i
given below: j
Levy on
$100.
.62 ;
.60
schools.
Amt. to be
raised.
$29,820.88
28,858.91
12,024.55
7,214.73
... 33.668.73
... 3.847.86
State ...
Current expense
County roads ..
County bridges .
County schools ..
Int. and Sink. ..
.25
.15
.70
.08
Totals
$115,435.66 $2.40
School Districts
Bond Genl. Total
____ $1.00 $1.00
.. 20 1.00 1.20
.70 70
.05 .90 .95
1-00
1.00 1.00
1
2
J-3
4
5
1.00
6
7
...25 .1.00
1.25
1
1.90
1.30
1.00
30
1.00
9
.20 1.70
.30 1.00
10
1.00
11
1.00
1.20
1-10
1.20
1.00
1.10
1.20
1.00
.65
J-Jj®
12
1.00
J-13
.40
.20 1.00
.10 1.00
14
15
.. 20
1.00
16
1j00
17
.10 1.00
19
1.00
.20
20 .
1.00
21
.25
.40
J-29
1.00
J-47
.90 1.00
.1.00
J-58
1.00
J-59 .
Drainare District Tax
A levy of 14% per cent for the
general and bond interest funds, and
14 of 1 per cent for the sinking fund
was levied upon the lands in Drainage
District No. 1 of Canyon county.
Vacate Road
The old Picket Corral road from the
foot of the hill to where it intersects
the new road was ordered to be aban
doned.
Mrs. Lem Wilson, living on the
edge of town, was brought before
Judge Haag on Saturday to answer,23%
a charge of brutally beating her 9-1
year-old son. When examined in the
court room, the boy was black and
blue from head to foot on his back.
The castigation was given with
board about 4 inches wide, 3 feet long
and an inch thick,
first time complaints of a similar
character have been made against the
parents. Sentence has been deferred
until this return home of the husband
Harry M. Clark and Maude A. Els
COURT HOUSE NEWS
a
This is not the
who is in the upper country.
berry, both of Emmett, were united
in marriage Tuesday by Judge Haag,
Annual Inspection of Women's Relief
Corps
Fremont Relief Corps No. 9, will
meet in regular session Sept. 15, at
7:30 p. m. sharp, at G. A. R. hall. Our
state inspector will be with us that
evening and the work must be put on.
,
We would appreciate it if all members
would make an extra effort to be
present. Quite a number should at
tend to payment of dues 3o as not to
be in arrears.
C redentials will be is
sued that evening to those wishing to
attend the national encampment at
Des Moines, Iowa, Sept 23 to 30. By
order of President, Mrs. Ancy Sulli
van.
Moose Enjoy Picnic.
Though the attendance was small at
the picnic given Sunday on the island
in the river below town by the local
Moose lodge, those present enjoyed
themselves immensely. About fifty j
were present from neighboring towns,
An appetizing picnic dinner and
sports were features of the day's pro
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j
gram.
Position on Oregonian.
Uncle Cy Wolfe has accepted a posi
tion as traveling representative for.
the Portland Oregonian. His territory
will include the towns on the O. W. !
R. & N. and the Short Line between j
Portland and Boise.
CAR SHORTAGE DELAYS
! FRUIT SHIPMENTS
I
Packing Crews Were Laid Off
Wednesday—93 Cars Shipped
Out So Far.
The car shortage is worrying both
orchardists and fruit dealers and
packers. Owing to a lack of cars,
prune pickers and packers of the
Emmett Fruit Association were laid
off Tuesday and Wednesday, and the
Gem Fruit Union laid off their crews
Wednesday afternoon. The Earl
company are maintaining their forces.
A number of cars came in today and
the railroad officials promise more
from day to day.
The total carload shipments of the
three associations up to last evening
were 93. 48 of peaches and 45 of
prunes, divided as follows:
Earl Fruit Company—20 cars of
prunes, 5 cars peaches.
Fruit Association—10 cars prunes,
20 cars peaches.
Gem Fruit Union—-15 cars prunes,
23 cars of peaches.
conveyances either going for or re
turning with fruit for canning. Mrs.
G. Warden
The local demand for peaches is
enormous. Roads to neighboring
towns are thronged with all sorts of
came over the Freezeout Hill road
3o Sunday. George Huebener, who came
on the stage from Boise Sunday
ternoon. counted 70 cars
between
Boise and where the road leaves the
4Q pavement, and 90 cars between that
point and Emmett—all carrying Em
mett fruit.
i
peaches and 30 suit cases of prunes,
a total weight of 8850 pçunds, were
handled by the E.nmett postoffice.
The packages repuired $100 worth
Shipments by parcel post is also
heavy. On Monday 150 baskets
stamps.
After reading in a Boise paper the
c i a j m Q f a Twin Falls professor
j be world's record for the largest cu
CU mber (13% inches in length, 11
i inches in circumference and weighing
2 pounds 12 ounces), Dr. J. L. Rey
nolds went out in his garden and
knocked that man's claims to smith
ereens by plucking one measuring
13% inches in length, 11% inches in
circumference and
pounds and 1 ounce. But the doctor
will have to try again, for Rancher
Nuzman of Payette comes to the
front with a cucumber measuring
inches long, but only 8% inches
around and only weighing 3 pounds
6 ounces.
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\ C. S. Miller brought in a couple of
ago, tallest of which measured exact
1 thinks that he, perhaps, has corn tall
er than this sample. The Boise Capi
tal News some time ago had a high
corn contest in which a stalk measur
ing 14 feet and 11 inches was on ex
i hibition. That paper in calling for
the other extra inch to make it even
weighing
stalks of Yellow Dent corn a few days
: ly 14 feet in length.
Air. Miller
15 feet caused an Emmett farmer, it
is said, to stroll leisurely out into his
com field and capture a couple of
i stalks that measured 16 feet and 4
inches and since that time it is said
that in that section of the valley a 18
foot m^rk is being crowded. If this
i section wants to try for the high alti
: tude record in the corn division it is
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certainly time to get busy.—New Ply
moutb Sentinel
And talking about long things, J.
q Thomas is bragging about a bean
podj brought to this office Tuesday,
-which measures two feet,
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Mrs. Dan Woody conributed this week
to The Index's exhibit of out of the
ordinary garden products.
Then there is a twin egg plant that
I The annual state conference of the
Methodist church, held in Caldwell
last week, announced appointments
j of pastors Sunday. Rev. E. G. Keith
was returned to the Emmett church
for his third year. Henry Martin
was assigned the Sweet-Montour
churches. Clyde E. Walker remains
at Payette and C. A. Quinn is
i moved from Méridian to Wallowa in
j Oregon.
Methodist Pastor Returned
! The annual meeting of the Elks
j Social Club was held Friday evening,
/and William C. Tucker was re-elected
Elks to Give Dances
hale Peach rivals the
ELBERTA
NEW peach that bids fair
to be a strong rival of the
famous Elberta, both as a ship
per and a canner, has entered
the markets for popular appro
val. It is called the "Hale", and
is being featured by R. B. Wil
son of the Gem Nursery com
pany.
PQints of superiority claimed
for the Hale are: More highly
colored, firmer meat, uniform
size and therefore a better and
more attractive shipper. In
flavor it is delicious.
Further than that, there are
practically no culls and the
peach ripens evenly. The Gem
Nursery Company is featuring
this peach in their nursery this
year because of the qualities
mentioned above.,
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president, and Dave Murray, secretary
and treasurer. It was decided to re
sume the club's monthly dances dur
ing this winter. The first one will be
given on the last Friday of this month,
but after this month they will be held
on the third Friday. Admission will
be by invitation. Every member is
requested to be present at the meeting
to be held Friday evening of this week
in Commercial Club rooms to make
final arrangements.
Attending Grand Lodge.
Frank Knox, E. L. Holverson and
Frank S. Moore are in Idaho Falls
this week attending the annual con
vocation of the Idaho Masonic Grand
Lodge. Mrs. Moore and Mrs. Holver
son accompanied the party.
on
of
GARAGE TO BE
BUILT
of
H. D. Buys Erecting Building—Two
Modern Bungalows.
Foundations are being put in for
a garage building to be erected on
Washington street, directly north of
the Citizen's Lumber company's of
fices. It is being built by H. D. Buys
of cement blocks, with cement brick
- . , ,
front, and will be 34x96 feet in dimen-.
.
_
Tyler & Walters have contracts for
two new modern bungalows. One of
them for Willard Knox on East Main
street just outside of town, is already
under way. The other will be started
soon and will be erected by C. W.
Cook on his South Slope fruit farm
4
The Larkin Auto Co. are improving
their garage building by replacing the
wooden planks in the floor of their
storage room with cement.
Emmett Young Folk
to Attend Colleges
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Each year finds more and more of
our Emmett young people enrolled in
the colleges and universities and near
ly every school on the coast has an
Emmett representative among its
students.
This year there will be 10 registered
from Emmett at the University of
Idaho, all of whom leave this week to
be ready for the opening of school on
Monday. They are: Jessie McAuley,
Viola Creswell, Mary VanDeusen,
Ruth and Janet Hawkins, Margaret
Knipe, Carol Davis, Forrest DeClark,
Gene Zackman and Ashley Cochran.
The College of Idaho opened Tues
day with three Emmett students en
rolled: Jeanette Motz, Edith Peterson
and Frances Kesgard.
Miss-Mary Keith left Wednesday
for Salem, Ore., to enter W'illamette
University, William Sargent is also
attending that institution. Harry Cres
well and John Hargus will leave Sun
day for Salt Lake, Utah, where they
will attend the University of Utah,
Dwight Shaw left last week for Tue
Albert Skinner will leave next week
for Eugene, Ore., to enter the state
Oliver
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Sept 11, to Mr. and Mrs. Edward;
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Sept. 12, to Mr. and Mrs. Sydney i
Pitman, a daughter. I
Sept 10, to Mr. and Mrs. Merl Hull, I
son. Ariz., to enroll in the University
of Arizonia. and Merle Almor. and
university there.
BIRTHS
Sept. 8, to Mr. and Mrs.
Hamilton, a daughter.
Burnham, a daughter.
a son.
Robert Parrish left Friday for~Des
Moines, Iowa, where he expects to I
enter the university. *
DANCES ARE BANNED
IN CITY SCHOOLS
Action Taken by New Board
Douglas Knox Re-elected
as Chairman.
The newly elected members of the
school board were sworn in Monday
night and the new board began to
function at once thereafter. Danc
ing in the school buildings were ban
I ned and the practice of breaking into
the school work by the teachers' in
i stitute was criticised.
j The board was organized by the
re-election of Douglas Knox as chair
i man, Mrs. Ella Reed as secretary, and
! R. B. Shaw as treasurer. Committees
were appointed as follows:
■ Building and grounds—Barnes,
Kinzer and Knox,
j Purchasing—Kinzer.
; Teachers and Library—Mrs. Reed
and Mrs. Young,
! Auditing
j Young,
derable discussion, but the
against permitting dances to be held
in school buildings was unanimous,
Barnes, Kiinzer and
The dance question aroused consi
vote
Dr. Barnes brought up the teach
ers' institute question. He criticised
the custom of breaking into the school
work at a time when the schools had
no vacation be given this year for
that purpose. The motion failed to
carry.
Poultry Excursion to
Weiser Monday
The Gem County Farm Bureau has
I arranged for an excursion of poultry
I raisers from Emmett to Weiser on
Monday, the 18th.
The trip will be made by auto and
those who desire to go are requested
j to meet at the Farm Bureau office at
8 ° clock supplied wtth lunch baskets,
The p ° u!try farm of Archle Larsen -
near Weiser ' ,s t0 be vlaited ' He is
one ° f . the L most exte " sive P ouItry
ralsers the s T tate and the moat P r °
mlne " t Whlte Le * h ° rn breeder ln the
Northwest. He has a model poultry
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plant. Pren Moore, state poultry
i specialist, and County Agent Williams
accompany the party.
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Buys Brother's Interest.
A. L. Hetherington closed a deal
this week whereby he will assume the
entire control of the stock of the
Electric Supply Shop, of which he has
been manager in this city for several
years. He has moved his stock from
the Carpenter building on Main street
to his former quarters on Commercial
street, back of the Corner Grocery,
and will maintain his business there.
The building he has just vacated will
be occupied by Mr. Floyd Smith of
the bench and Mr. Hazeltine of Ontar
j 0i w ho will open up a jewelry and
watch repair store,
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Father Dies.
j
Charles Killoran of this city left
Sunday for Pollock in response to a
message informing him of the death
of his fÄher that day.
He returned
,
yesterday after attending the funeral
on Tuesday.
y ears ol<i was an early settler of
Idaho. He lived many years in the
Mr. Killoran was 76
^slubria and Long valley sections.
W. B. C. Notice.
The Women's Betterment club will
hold its regular meeting Friday even
ing, Sept. 15. at the club house. All
ing, Sept. 15. at the club house. All
i members are urged to be present to
start out the new year with lots of
pep. Answer to roll call will be with
some current event or topic of inter
est.
Card of Thanks
We desire to express our sincere
appreciation of the kindness, sympa
th y and assistance of our neighbors
and friends during the illness of our
dear wife and m ither, and we fur
ther wish to thank those who by the
many offerings of beautiful flowers
contributed to the funeral, showed
their esteem and love for the departed.
And we wish to particularly express
lour sincerest thanks to the managers
and packing crews of the various fruit
packing houses, who turned out in a
body while the funcial procession
passed by, to do honor to the family
of a humble servant, showing their
respect and sympathy, and at a time
when the fruit rush is at its height,
and wben every minute of time that
is lost is so precious to grower and
packer alike. This evidence of sym
pathy and respect shall always make
Emmett and its people one of the
sweetest memories treasured in our
hearts in all the years to come. Sin
C erely,
FRED BAISCH