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Pay ette Enterpri se VOL. VI. NO. 12 PAYETTE. CANYON COUNTY, IDAHO, THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1910. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR Many Improvements Contemplated— Streets to be Graded, Sidewalks Put in and Other General Work to be Done. - The city council held a busy ses sion last Thursday evening and ev ery councilman, the Mayor and City Clerk were in their places when the roil was called. the the Moss Mercantil company ware house in Gorrie addition and on mo Reading of minutes and approval of g>e_ same was the first in order af W' which the council took up proposition of closing the alley near ! the j tion of Rezac the same was ordered to be closed by city ordinance. In consideration of which A. B. Moss donates to the city some fractions of lots in the same addition. On motion of Equals the clerk and Mayor were authorized to order the Payette Avenue Lateral ditch com pany to lower their ditch at the point where it crosses Gorrie and King grade established on that street by the city engineer. This is in conformity with street to conform with the other improvements contemplated In the streets and alleys by the council, The clerk was also ordered to noti fy all panics where sidewalks had and the been ordered in last fall weather prevented their being built, to at once proceed within thirty days with the construction of cement large walks. amount of cement walk will be once put in. The City Marshal was to at once procure This means that a at instructed teams, scrapers and men and grade Front street in good shape from the railroad cross ing to the city limits. This improve this Mayor nent will probably be followed by he organization of an improvement district and the graveling of street. By unanimous action the and Gouncil decided to investigate the purchase of a road grading ma chine which will probably be taken up at the next regular meeting. 163. an ordinance granting to the People s Irrigation Company, a corporation, the right, privilege and authority to build, op erate and maintain water pipe lines and water pipe systems through Ordinance No. the streets and alleys of that part of the city of Payette lying between Commercial street and Payette av enue, came up for third reading and passed. Ordinance No. 15$. an ordinance providing for compensation for the sewer committee came up for third reading and on being brought to vote resulted in a tie vote. The May or will have thirty days in which to consider disposition of this ordi nance. After discussing other plans public improvement which are yet fully matured the council jourued at a late hour after one the busiest sessions of the year. j for j not ; ad of ; j j Y. M. C. A. NOTES. The meeting at the Y. M. C. A. next Sunday afternoon will be ad dressed by Rev. Geo. H. Turner. Our meetings have been very interesting P ful - come and bring a friend wnVjou. The "Big Four" Bible class met Tuesday and listened to some il» teepsting reports of the Boise Lay- j men's Convention given by Tom Dris- i coll and Banks Kinnison, who were the delegates sent by the class. The first game of the Sunday school basket ball league series was played last Saturday night. The Bap tists won from the Methodists with a score of 29 to 26. The Presbyteri an-Christian game resulted in a tie score the first half. The game was not finished because of the sudden diasppcarance of the lights, but the tie will be played off Friday af ternoon. The next regular double header Same will be played next Saturday night, March 26. Methodists Presbyterians, and Baptists vs Chris tians. Admission 10 cents. The Wilamette Glee Club will giv» an entertainment in the gymuasiun Monday April 4. under the auspices of the Methodist Sunday school. Ad mission 50 and 35 cents. A tennis club is being organized at the Y. M. C. A. at . $2.00 per mem ber. It will be necessary to havt 15 members before work on court can begin. Do It now. vr the SCHOOL BOARD CONTEMPLATES IMPROVEMENTS Bond Election to be Held Saturday, April 2—$12,000 Bonds Needed to Make Necessary Room and Im provement. A bond election for Independent School district No. 32 has been called by the board to be held on Saturday April 2nd for the purpose of voting bonds to the amount of $12.060 make some needed improvements in city, the two ward school buildings in this Everyone remembers the conditions school The rooms were crowd the hustling here, : there and everywhere to secure suit able rooms elsewhere than in the to existing this last year when first began. board ed to overflowing and it kept of education regular school buildings that all those desiring to attend might cared for. be the four room addition to the Westside ward school building and also for the pur pose of installing sanitary toilets in both school buildings. The advent of the sewer makes the latter im- ! The money raised by voting bonds will be usyd to build a certainlv provem nt possible and in both build ires the toilets will pe p!a?ed in the ' basements. The additional room is badly needed and it's a foregone con elusion that the election wiil carry without a dissenting vote. Good schools are a valuable asset to any her city and Payette is proud of schools and will do ali in her power to bring them up to the highest pos sible standard attainable. •ide swing to the the CHRISTIAN CHURCH NOTES. There is a full. circle of work carried on by church now: preaching, morning and evening on Sundays.'a live up-to-date Bible school doing things along mod grip, training. young people, and one of their num preparing for the foreign field, a missionary so era lines, an Endeavor society ping the fundamentals in her in Drake university ciety of unusual working zeal and cap acity. one advanced Training Service class, two First for Standard classes well along on the vear s work two more being organized Ind a Preparatory Training class being per fected. preaching every Tuesday night at Fruitland and on Thursdav night proceeding the third Sun lay in each mont^^he Eastside school house on Little Willow tivities to which you are invited these are the ae to lend your co-operation when you find - fellowship with us. After an absence of several months in Nebraska. Mrs. Sturdevant has returned to our midst, and was pres ent at the services Sunday, Mr. Sturdevant, for the benefit of whose health the trip east was made. Con tinues for awhile the sojourn i n Nebraska, and is be greatly improved by the change. The Payette District Sundav school convention held last week at Fruit land was well attended and proved to be of much value. Dr. X. B. Barnes, with- Mrs. Fames. of the doctor's wife and mother, Emmett, »'ere in Payette Tuesday and Wednesday, visiting the families of the minister and Dr. Polly. They report that the Emmett chtsrch is enjoying a splendid era of growth. The Easter program will be given next Sunday evening, and the morn ing sermon will be upon ''The Mes with Mrs. Ira White, sage of Easter." David Cary Peters. Minister. The W. C. T. V. met last Tuesday Temperance in urrent events is always an interest mg topic. Anti Narcotics was the subject for the day. Scientific leaf lets were read and the thought of jur individual responsibility for boys we are interested in. was left with is in closing. The new Anti-saloon W. C. T. U. NOTES. _eagne superintendent, Mr. Herwig, s »orking in hearty with the W. C. T. V.. and all the emperance forces will unite in a aightv effort to elect none but tern co-operation _. ,, The goodly com ... «iny were nevertheless glad to be , , , hero and after practicing a few ex ■rci8es in physical culture, parted •o meet next with Mrs. Ackerman, 'prance men in the coming general lection. Mrs. White fairly scandal zed the W. C. T. 1 sisterhood by serving an elegant two course lunch 'on, such a precedent never having leen established. Vpril 5. ■ the For the Purpose of Exploiting Famous Fruit Lands of Payette Valley Big Company Organized— Stockholders all Local Men of Good Operations Standing—Extensive Planned. The Payette Valley Land & Or chard Company is a new organiza tion formed in Payette for the pur pcse of improving and gelling on de sirable- terms bearing orchards in this valley. The personel of the company is such as to warrant their carying out of any plan they may con template and they are all well known in Fayette. O. H. Avey, president of the com pany is president of the Payette Na tional Bank and one of the residents of this city and valley whose close acquaintance with conditions war rants an understanding of all o" them General L. V. Patch, the Vice Pr-.si dent is heavily interested in Payette Valley. and his large ownings are of the Financial Secretary is Cashier of the Pavette National Bank and also has He proof of his faith in the future this valley. A. P. Scritchfield. many other property interests. this is a man of high standing In community and by his Investments has always shown great faith in the progress of the valley. A! the M. F. bert. Treasurer, is Cashier of First National Bank and is also a Valley, heavy investor in Payette He has resided here for a number of years-and is like the other 1 gentlemen mentioned, thoroughly y acquainted with the conditions thâY prevail. R.E . Haynes. Correspomÿng Sec retary is also an old resident here and a man who by his investments has and work along various lines shown a faith in this section. He is thoroughly acquainted with every inch of Payette Valley soil and his posi tion as attorney and secretary of sev eral ditch companies makes him a valuable member of the company re garding water rights and other legal poims. O. C. Miller, who will have super vision of the company's holdings is one °- the 1)981 P° ste<i horticultural ists in ,uis vall ey ar!d 'be fact that he will have charge of the company'« orchard tracts is evidence that the care and attention given to them and well will be of the best. J. ff, Roberts, the eastern repre sentative who will soon leave to rep Neb resent the company in Io»a. raska and other eastern states competent in every respect acquainted with this valley. and Plan of Operation. The company have already pur chased over 7700 hundred acres • of fine orchard land on the bench the plan of operation is from year to F ear '° se ' out 'bis ' and to 'bfec \ ariettes of apples that P roven to be of ,he greatest com mercial value in this valley namely, Jonathan. Rome Beauty and Winesap. The land so improved will be divided into tracts of five acres and sold on the have tbe payment plan. and thq balance covering « term of A payment down While the payments are five years. being made the company cares the land, plants the trees, improves for tbe ""act in such a manner that when tbe five years have passed the o»'n er comes into possession of a bear ing orchard. Full Water Right. Every tract of land sold by this company will have a full water right, The land upon which the improve ments will be made this spring will draw its water for irrigation purpos es from the Farmers' ditch and the water rights will be perpetual and ample in each and every case. And no tracts will be improved or sold ; upon which there is any possibility j that water can not be secured. | Mr. J.W . Roberts, who will re- j resent the company in the east leaves in a short time to introduce have heard of Payette Valley desire to invest here. It will able a man of moderate means work this plan to those easterners who and en -ast ., oany in tne meantime improving and t taking care of the tract. At the ** end of five years he can move to his bearing orchard and take pos session without any further payments than those the plan the company pre ing for a salary to invest in a five acre tract that from year to year will be increasing in value. He can still hold his position in the and make his payments, the com NARROW ESCAPE FROM DROWNING Stephen Clanton, Weil Known Citi zen of Payette Has Narrow Es cape From Drowning in Snake Rivei Boat Catches on Ferry Cab le. Overturns and Throws Him In to River—Rescued After Hanging to Cable in Ice Cold Water for _ _ _. .. . Forty Five Minutes. Hanging to the cable of the north ferry for fully forty-five minutes while two men who observed his plight from the Oregon shore rushed up and down the river searching for a boat with which to rescue him Tram his perilous position, was an experience which Stephen Clanton went through last Saturday morning and does not care to repeat soon again. Mr. Clanton, who is an old river man and can handle a boat to per feetion had started to cross the riv er above the ferry. The river was quite high and he did not give him self sufficient leeway to miss thei cable and the current despite his ef forts against it kept carrying him closer to the cabK When he saw he was sure to hit the big iron rope which was just barely clearing the water he shipped his oars and deavored to catch hold of the cable and passing it over his head clear it in safety But 'he strong current at once siezed the boa' an i overturn en ed it throwing Mr. Clanton out into. the lev waters of the big river, He went clear under and coming up was fortunately close enough to lav hold of the cable where he hung wrapping his arms around it, being by unable to hold on by his hands the icy waters soon numbed his fine ers. the Oregon side of the river as Messrs. Rice and Stew »er - witnessed the accident, began looking for a boat with which to rescue him and were fortunate in on. and They at once discovering one quite handy, at once put forth and after a hour of strenuous and perilous work soon had Mr. Clanton safely ashore. adventure They half none the worse for his other than being extremely cold. In speaking of the adventure Sat urday afternoon Mr. Clanton was in dined to treat it as a joke and said while Jie always liked to take an early spring bath he was not desir ous of taking it in the Snake river so far from shore. CA ro OfThanKS. I wish to thank my neighbors and w jf e And again and soiT °w for the many kind acts and friends of this city for the in. c • kindnesses bestowed upon my during her long illness. during my recent bereavemen. words of sympathy that were freely given. I also wish to thank the Idaho-Oregon Light Co. and Payette employees. The Ladies' Aid Society of the M. E. church my old neighbors on the west side, and my; Boise friends for the floral offerings, And again in behalf of my own and _ > The public services of the Eaptist church next Sunday will be in har mony with the Easter occasion, so the day or geason ._ M B Sherman, my wife's relatives. I thank you a!!. M. L. WATKINS. Wanted—Man for ranch work Independent phone. Payette. Idaho. In the morning the sermon will be pecially designed for the children of the congregation. - s __ sent to him calls for. : To those in this valley who acquainted with actual condition« and realize that the rancher why owns from eighty to one and sixty acres of land, is fast eutt-j ing it up and placing it on the mar ket in five and ten acre tracts, the phin will appeal The intense man ner of culture practiced here and the enornRms yield of fruit secured have made the small acreage tract desirable and the one who has five of orchard in cow hundred i | acres of bearing orchard in Payette Valley has a competence and an in dependent one at that. The personel of this company is such that they will have the confi dence of this community and their . .. . . . , , standing is such as to absolutely; ..... . V VJ, m ° " P n Th. m »'ork" • , ' ^ t pnnv contem-1 , ! f 'Vh ;' anS n ' f , V ?'i , 11 ' lrapt " ' ' and arrange for its occupancy with , . ■ in the period of five yers by men who have been used to working for a living as the plan will appeal to' this class of people and means the settling of a large number of acres j by a thrifty progressive element. THE NEW r,rw|jj i nw i iiii I HSRr AK I I AW I IIRiflll I Lilli _____ Campaign Under the New Law R. • > ,, _ Begins in June How to Get on a al Provisions Primary Ballot G en er " f'nder the new primary law. no can become a candidate for of £rd have his name placed upon official ticket of either of thd two >.* parties except he be nomin- ; at cd t.y a primary election. Vli-re are two nun IlCe the : I ways provided prospective office holders uay get their names on the ticket which is to be used at the primary elections, whirh are to be held «l-ereby upon the same day for all parties which is ii ■ last Tuesday in August, 1910. and * *° >,ars 'hereafter. . The Cash Me 'bod. m ' thod Provided is by 1 " r 8 to tbe secretary of a e ' for state and district offices and to the county clerk offices. This fee is fixed at tho lev ai sum of $2 for ail offices carrying a salary of ,esa lhan **»■ Wh« the fallary exce * ds 'bat amount an addi :ianal SUm of onc P* r «« on the for county amount above $300 per annum is re quired. By Petition. Tue other method provided is by petition. in which case no fee need bj paM For • tate office« the peti tion for a candidate must be signed by three per cent of the party votes must per cent of the party voters in the district and as determined by the vote for gov junior at the preceding election ; a district office the petition be signed by at least three if . ior if for a county office by five per j cent of the ! county. party voters in the The petitions for a state of fice may not all come from ty for the la»- requires that at least three per cent of the voters of four [ counties must be obtained. one coun For a the county office five per cent of )a,ty Voters of at Ieast one-fourth of %^ ,nCta must be a ^ d * Y* o petit on» may not sign „ iCI L l ° r more ^ han one can<ii ' . °^ h * "f* ° fflc * and must t£ candidate for'whom Before a candidates name m Z name may oe P ,ac ed on the official primary ballot he shall signify in writing, or some one in his behalf shall signify in writ-. * D *- at least 30 days and not more 'ban 60. before the primary election that 'be prospective candidate is a member of the party whose candi he proposes to become, naming d its:'be office and that he is legally qual i,ied '° fil1 'be office and represents cht ' principles of that party. Tho petitions filed asking for the "amination must be accompanied by an affidavit that each person whose name is attached actually signed the petition, that they reside at the ad dr ss given, that they signed it on the date given in connection with their names and that they belong to S3m « Political party as the candi date, but no petition may be received which was signed before June 10 immediately preceding the primary election. This give« about 45 days in which to secure petitions for a nomination. Within ten days for state and dis trict offices and within five days for ; 0ant5r offSc ** there *ball be filed » formal written acceptance of the nomination by the candidate, in de fault of which his name shall not be _ . , ubiicrty Provided. fc At ' eS8t îo daya ^ fore the tor 1 \ primary * secretary of 8 a " c * r 'ifi r all nominations for 3 " " al ' i»'ritt office« to the coun placed on the official ballot. ty clerk, giving the name, postoffiee address and party designation of each candidate entitled to appear on the officiai ballot together with the office for which each is a candidate and the ' ount> c er • Published der proper party designation the list . , J" . us ' of state, district and county candi . J dates of each party, giving the date un of primaries, the time of opening and clo8ta * of tbe P®»*- 'by name« of the candidates appearing in alphabetical order under the office and party des ignatiqn. This notice shall be pub tished at least once a week for two w successive weeks in two ne»-snsD >rs . , P* p r * representing the two Darties iveeiv w . ... *V ' * n ^ * hum r at ;he last election, if any such papers. (Continued on Page 3.) . LOCAL NEWS W. F. Breckon, of Kimberly. rire4 in p *retie Wednesday morn l "* f ° r * 8h ° rt b "* ines * ' rl8it - H u Reimers and wife have been rejoicing since last Thursday the arrival in their home of a baby son - ar over A.P .Seritchfieldleft , Tuesday even *** of 'bis week for Wendall. Idaho on a business trip to look after his interests there. Mr. and Mrs. L D. Sturdevant have returned from a visit of five months at Fulerton. Nebraska, and agatn make their home In Payette, will Regular meeting of W. R. C. urday March 26th. en meeting promptly on time, there is considerable business hand. Sat '■V ill op Come. as on for Portland where she will Mrs. Norwood expects to leave Payette the latter part of this week spend tbe summer in the hopes of benefit ing her health. The Ladies Guild will meet at the home of Mrs. McGIincney March 31 at 2:30 p. m. for the purpose of elect ing officers. present at this meeting. All are requested to be b ~ n receiving the congratulations of :helr friends since Tuesday evening of thi « because of the fine young 300 'bat arT ived at their horn" that Mr. and Mrs. Joe Creswell have evening. J. A. Bowers and family returned last Thursday from a ten months vis it in the east. Mr. Bowers was glad to get back again and extremely well pleased with the outlook for fruit this year. of Boise came over Saturday and visit *** at the home of their d *"Sbter. M . r8 ' B ' Catron over Sunday. Mr. " ickum returned home Monday mom ing and Mrs. Wickum remained for a longer visit. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Wickum. passed through Payette the part of last week on his way Dr A. Skippen of Sweet. Idaho. latter ' > The Dr. spent a pleasant Portland. half day in Payette shaking hands with many friends he knew when he " as 8 Pricing P^^n here. There are three extraordinary of fers on the last page of this paper. You cannot afford to miss reading Th * G ° M * n 8U>r * ad * ar * ' ' **" prtc * a " U ' >Ud thig wee i[ [ n ad should certain ,, . ... ' *' '° the read,fr f W •' ,rs - *■" "''Hiams returned last SuDda >' from a five months visit in the east and H - "F* *»« is "ù«bty glad to get 'b* Mrs - back a S»in as five months batching is just a little moro 'ban he cares for. Prof. Swidenski who two years ago had charge of the Payette band going from here to Vale where he bas had charge of a band. Payette visitor Monday evening_ met with the b«nd at their regular practice The band engaged him for thirty davs and if satisfactory ,, «a and arrangements can be made he will have charge of it this season. Swidenski is a musician of more than ordinary ability and while he had charge of the band here Mr. all »ili were proud of it« progress. »ui be glad to learn that he direct It the coming Many season. DEATH OF J. J. TOOLE. Saturday afternoon the word was received in Payette of the death of HHH _ J- J- Toole in Palm Spring». Cahfora ia - where he had gone for the ben <?fit of his health. For many years Mr. Toole had been a constant suffer er from 3right's disease and fall when he left Payette was in very serious conditjon although oped t e c ange Ov " ot er £ oa t î° a * wou d r - * n * re ent last a climate ben- fit it oi Payette Valley for twentyy ears or more and was one of this sec tions most prominent citizens, w "s engaged in tbe nursery ae8S and bad heavy property inter eats in this section. The remains He busi were taken from California to Roeh _ _ - ester, New York, his old home, for i, __* interment. While he has suffered from what *• «enerally supposed to be an tu curable malady his death came as a "bock to his many friends in Payette as the reports from Califor __ .. h _ "la were to the efrect that he ,, getting better. - . T Puyetfu residents win miss J. was A large number of vo J. Toole from their midst and sympathL of many friends will the ont to Mr*. Toole In her sad bereu ve ment. ' ACTUAL REALITY m Steel Artery of Commerce to Tra verse Payette Valley—Payette Val ley R-viiroad Company Advertises for 8ids On Construction Work— President C. W. Nibley Furnished a Bond for $25,000 at Emmett Fri day Guaranteeing the Extension from New Plymouth tc Emmett. Construction of F rida y at a meeting in Emmett be tween the Commercial Club of that ' ii y and the officers of the Payette Valley railroad C. W. Nibley, president of the road signed a bond* the *i-''-d00 guaranteeing the construc ,ion the extension of the Payette 'wlley railroad from New Ply month to Emmett. The advertisement call ir-g for bids on construction is published this week and Just as socn as the contracts are let which will be sometime the first of work next month actual work on grading the dump for the new line of rails will heg:D. *-*1* new extension will be to *'try between New Plymouth and Emmett. There is a vast amount of food land between these two towns I' -is hard to estimate the benefit the mat has never been thickly settled ng no doubt to lack of railroad fa cilities. When the new extension is " oulpieted there ia QO «•*•0« but Wbat thU Und wUI ** rapidl5r 8et * led aud the * reatest froU on earth will be travresed by a line Ml DM of railroad directly through the heart of its moat productive territory. The new extension means more people liv ing on the land between New mouth and Emmett ruon stock ranches and consequently more prosperity for Paytte Valley, PlT more orchards. In speaking of the construction of 'be r ° ad the first of this week Gen " r> l Manager Dunn said. "Supplies ar now being purchased in the mar " ot such as ties, rails and fastenings and we anticipate no trouble in . ______ ™nng all we will need for this ex fusion. When the contracts are let „Y / n Ytui l Y* . 7 , ***" , , ' .. ^ **** /.? /"Y'!, 7 thl extension means a great deal to the country in and around Falks Store. . _ _ _ between New Plymouth and Emmett. There is a great deal of good land m that section and with the advent of the railroad it will soon be settled." first built to New Plymouth are many who have looked forward at W'e Since the Payette Valley road was there bond by the president the road means that u wUl be bul,t 3nd the word bas gone forth erery effort P°s sib Ie be put forth to the day when it would trarerae the entire valley and terminate Emmett and those who hare always at conridered that this would eventual ly be done are now to see dreams realized. The signing of the their of that to have It completed in time to hand le this year's beet and sugar crop. For Sali •Residence Lots. Forty choice residence lots Iocat ed on Ada Avenue and Main street. Terms reasonable. Will sell monthly payment plan if desired. These lots are in sewer district. Dr. I. R. Woodward. on INTER CLASS CONTEST. The inter class contest mentioned time and held this The in iast week's paper at which tbe contest for the Rowe cup the Woodward medal will be w m o^ur Friday evening of in the Elite Opera house, following is the program: Helen Driscoll. "Claudius and Cyn thia." Allen Anderson. "The Chariot Race." Myrtle Bell. "The Wonderful Tar Baby." Scott Brainard. 'Jean Valjean. the Convict." Laurence Brainard. "Cuba Must Be Tom Driscoll. "The Murderer." Pauline Ainey. "Naughty Zell." Music—Glee Club Alma Long. "The Sioux Daughter." Chiefs Free." Music—Glee Club. Program will begin at S:15 o'clock. R -se.-.ed seat tickets may be had at Stroth-'r's Jewelry store. Reserved seats. 35 cents, générai admission. 25 cents.