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VOL. VI. NO. 16
LAYETTE. CANYON COUNTY, IDAHO, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1910.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
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MEETS AWFUL DEATH
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Unknown Man Confined in City Jail
Sets Fire to Building and Is Burn
ed to Crisp Before Rescued.
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Wednesday morning about
o'clock an unknown man who
been placed in the city jail by Mar
shal Feldscher was burned to death
by fire which almost totally destroyed
the building and was evidently
by in an effort to burn his way
d escape.
man had been taken in charge
by the Night Marshal after ho haï
annoyed the proprietor of the Gilson
hotel for about two hours by ajowl
ing around the back yard, peeking in
windows and even walking into the
room of one of the roomers by the
name of Bert Dean." The body was
burned almost to a crisp and there
was nothing on the clothing
-wHIdli rtic man could be identified.
Coroner Lang was notified of the
four
had
set
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by
v
affair and came over from Parma on
the Pony and held an inquest
which it developed that at midnight
the Might marshal received a phone
call to come at once to the Gilson
hotel as a man was bothering them
by prowling around tiie back yard.
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On arriving at the hotel the larshal
testified that he met Mrs. Gilson
and Bert Dean and that the man
had then left. Dean and tho Marshal
search« d iln \ ic init> but t,m " Jl
find the party. The Marshal left
to make his rounds and in a short
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time the bell rang his signal and I»
again went to the hotel thinking the
call originated from that point,
again met Dean who told him
the man had again been
around the back yard and had even
entered his room where lie lay
the bed smoking, being unabio
sleep.
Ho
that
prowling
on
to
They waited a short time and
A the man again appeared when
the
. pAlarshal asked him what he wanted
and was informed that the
follow
V
hungry and wanted something
He was
was
to eat and a place to sleep,
taken by the Marshal to Dad s res
taurant on Boise street where a lunch
secured after which they
went
was
to the city hall where the man again
stated that he wanted a place
to
for
sleep and that he was looking
work and gave the name of
Mr. Feldscher advised him
-if n hint to a hotel and secure
but he stated it was tco late
Bill
Jackson,
to go
a room
at which Mr. Feldscher offered him
a bed in the jail and promised
to
let him out at six o,clock the same
The man seemed pleas- d
at securing a bed and went with
the marshal to the jail. This was
about 1:45 a. m. and he was locked
in by Feldscher who again visited
morning.
the jail about 2 a. m. and finding ev
erything quiet concluded tl at lh *
had gone to sleep and went
About 4 a. m. neighbors in that \ i
fran
man
about his usual rounds.
cinity were awakened by the
tic cries of the prisoner and
Lamme, Frank Golden and
Banks were some of the first to get
and discover the jail to be on fire.
Before the Night Marshal could be
located with the keys, the hose cart
secured and the fire put out the man
In fact after the ar
D. S.
John
♦
up
had perished,
rivr ' 4 on the scene of the parties men
tiiç'-li-. there were no further sounds
from within and the man evidently
suffocated before any help was near
, at hand.
* When the fire was put out
^Ahose present could enter the jail ttn
body of the unfortunate man
found lying face down on the floe;
quilt wrapped
and
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was
the
about
with a
The face and hands
head and face.
badly scorched and the clothing
At the bottom
a burned
were
burned in patches,
of the door near the sill
place deeper into the woodwork thnn
other parts of the front of the
building seemed to indicate
the fire originated at that point and
the inside of the building.
After hearing the testimony
coroner's jury consisting of Nova La
throp. L. D. Sturdevar.t. J. C. Chap
in. D. E. Wilcox. R. W. Jones and
returned a verdict that
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that
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on
from fire evidently originated by
T. J. Brown
the man. name unknown, came
result of suffocation
to
v
his death as a
while confined in the city jail of Pay
ette
himself.
After making every effort possl
ble to find out who the man was on
Thursday morning the remains were
Interred in the potter's field.
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Baled Hay for Sale.—Inquire
Moss Mercantile Co. store.
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CHRISTIAN CHURCH NOTES.
week.
These notes are brief this
Good reports come in from all sou re
All of the sick mentioned in the
notes las* week are reported to
es.
be
much improved, and there are no new
promises much for the future.
Owing to the County Sunday School
convention met ting in this church
building this week the Thursday nigtt
Training Class north of town
, Agt , s ri . ()0ric . d .
The attendance last Sunday reacli
ed high-water mark and the spirit is
fine. The good fellowship that ex
ists in all departments of the work
»' a
our state convention to be held with
us June 16-2«. Remember that this
convention
passed over until next week.
Already plans are being laid
for
will be an o^er-Sunday
and air. ady promises to be the
convention held among us in Idaho.
besl
the anni -1
Keep your mind upon
versqry meeting to be held May 15.
Tiie ladies of the congregation gave |
a iveeplion in lienor ot the officers,
and teache rs of the Bible School at ^
the Miuist r's home Monday night |
following tin workers' conference. 1* i
was a very pleasant evening. An ts
peeial word of pra se is due the fac
ulty of this school
for faithfulness
At the meeting Mon
loped that for
and erf
■it:
day night it \
the past year not a teacher had l> een !
abs , n{ fr0!1) his dass except in case
^ si[ . kn(FS Kvcry tea cher is
roUe(J , n t] , tra i n ir,g ( hiss, and the
oxpgctg to ha ,e a diploma
from the Educational Department ot
^ Intern aUonal Sunday School
'Vi
en
As
jion of each
sociatlon in the posse
of its teachers by the end
one
this year.
Certainly the true Christian spirit
last Monday when a Hum-;
ber of the men of the church assem
an< *
was show
bled at tiie home of Bro. L. Z.
lor who has been seriously ill
been owing to the scarcity
£ et j
Wiho has
labor, unable to hire help to
work done, and spent the day in
setting trees and helped along othei
delayed spring work. In addition to
the members of the
who helped there
nearby neighbors who also lent
oncivgalion
some of the
were
a
The books for the Fruitlaud and
Little Willow training classes have
been distributed and the classes nr«'
hand.
,
now at work.
David Cary Peters,
Minister.
SECOND ANNUAL CONCERT.
GlrJg , and KoJ . s . Gk , e clubs of
p , 1>vue 1!ish school will he
Qn (h evening of Tuesday
jn thç Optra house,
The Second Annual Concert of the
lhe
given ;
April
On
(;l oe
this occasion the combined
c , ubg Qf th< . 8 , hool wil i g j V e a pro
gram consisting of twenty songs by
^ begt t0inp0Bers . Last year's
program was pronounced by critics to
bp , b ,, sf mus j ca i entertainment ev
er gi- it in Payette. This program
this year promises to be even better,
Both clubs have been putting in '
much time practicing faithfully nil
year and the very best in the way
of music is promised. The two clubs
of sixty voices
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lean an aggregation
all well trained. The prices of ad
mission will he '.'i. 35 and 50 cents..
Scats are on sale at Strothers Jewel
ry store.
OPENING NIGHT
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CRLA, SUCCESS
iIjte! ,- orni „ v :
The f ormal opening ot the Payette
:i< da oa las»
the
Tucstl;
mngt t;K . ,, gs f U i f
was one o'
'fairs of its
eve nn
kind
a ,
t n;loJ rn(1
eighty residents of Par-etie
at
were served vith as nice |
a a one could wish
uua? th( , i arf , 0 number
opening crowded the
p
ho 1 1 has be n thoroughly rc-n
ova; , .1 and jj,«. : banges made have
for.
nquet
a I
attending
office room ;
and tb- dining room considerably yeti,
nt took the consequent
do
lav o b- ing served, good naturedly
and greatly enjoyed th spread. Tbe
:
tended to make it have a very home
like appearance. A complete new j
electric lighting system has been in-j
stall d, th-^ »valla newly tinted and
As it ;
S { andg - oda y j{ | s oae of the neatest
-..gything brought up-to-daie.
little family hotels in iÿ.s section of ;
the stîUe
: - n g U - st present was given a
tarnation and the tables and
dining room wer - beautifully decorat
Falkenstein's or
musie
ed with flowers,
chestra furnished delightful
for the banquet.
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5,000 ACRES POT
Idaho-Orcgon Power Co., Contracts
to Pump Water for Large Num
ber of Acres of Land—Lack of
Time and Material Alone Prevent*
the Watering of Many Acres More
All Tributary to Payette.
Sinclair Mainland, of the Idaho-Ore
gon Light & Power Company, "as
a Payette visitor on Saturday of last
week looking after the interests of
the company here, being on his way
to y x jj ow where the big power plant
[ n process of construction,
stated
While here Mr. Mainland
that the company has just finished
signing up contracts to furnish water
f or fj ve thousand acres of land trib
ery c ff 0I -( possible to get
p] an { S installed in time to give water
t0 (jjjg number of acres of land, all
0 f k being tributary to Payette. Con
siderablc difficulty has been experi
PIlced in getting supplies here and
jr^tjpg {be power line run to these '
utary to Payette and is making ev
pumping
liliu ,
various pumping plants but at this ^
the company is feeling that it 1
w j jj be able to reach the pumping
plants that will irrigate five thous
aIld acre8 of ]and ,i iat heretofore has
and ig Ule fine st f ru j t ] an d in this
va „ and the irrigation of it except
by pumping is at the present time
All of this
not been under water.
practically impossible but with
the j
line
with a twenty-four hour service and.ami
advent of the electric power
of
at a reasonable rate the owners
{jjis land are able to bring it under
water and plant orchards,
j
Applications have been received by ;
the company for fully 4,000 acres
more of land to furnish power for
pumping purposes but it will be im- ;
possible to get at the work in time
for this before next seas- ;
nn but by that time fully five thous
and acres more of fine land
wl"
b ( . brought under water by the use
of electricity for pumping.
This means considerable for Pay
this
ette as all of the land lies in
immediate vicinity^ and its produc
tj V p lle88 an d fertility can not
questioned. In the place of
be
giving
jack
sustenance to sage brush and
rabbits it will now produce and sup
Payette
port families, consequently
benefits to a great extent.
Attention.
All Odd-Fellows and RebeUrt '.are
especially requested to meet at I. <>-,
O. F. Hall at 10:30 a. m. sharp. on
Sunday'Wril 24th to attend Special
Divine SerSces at M. E. church,
in
honor of the 91st Anniversary.
80 to attend Special Meeting
Apron and Necktie social.
°- tlall on the evening
April 26.
Al
and
At the I.
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Each lady to brln B b
for two - All sojourning memb. » •
cordially incited to attend on t i i
occasions.®
The Hon. Frank Martin, of Boise,
«'ll! be with us on the above occa-1
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of
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By order of the Committee.
NOTICE.
sealed bids •
a t
the
Notiee is hereby given that
undersigned will receive
until Thursday. May 5th. 1910,
o'clock p. m. for the sprinkling of
Ipcal i mproV( , ment sprinkling Dis
fj t ..
trict No. 1 from May 1st, until
tober 1st., 1910, the successful bid
d< . r ( 0 furnish team, and sprinkle 10
hours per day, six days in the week
be
Street
.jq «-hen not sprinkling shall
under the supervision of the
Commissioner,
The right to reject
etny and ail bids is reserved.
Dated this 18th day of April, 1910.
MARTIN O. HITHER.
City Clerk.
Tuesday of this week W. F. Look
cr, of Portland. Oregon visited Pay
^Hthe ,
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Edward Bell, of Portland, was
a
of
Payette visitor on Wednesday
this week.
.1. I. Case Threshing Machine Com
pany and bis call was for the
Mr. Bell represents the j
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pur- :
of presenting to tbe city conn
cil his prices on steam rollers such
as the council contemplates ptirchas- '
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Ing.
ette. Mr. Looker represents
Beall & Co., of that city who handle j
steam rollers and rock crushers such
as the city contemplates purchasing
for the purpose of improving the i
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reets.
LAFEAN BILL REJECTED.
Congress Committee Lays Measure
on the Table.
The House Committee on Agricul
ture on Wednesday April 13th (le
termined to lay upon the table the
t.afcan bill providing for a standard!
zation of apples and the packages.
boxes, or barrels in which they were
packed.
This measure has been discussed
quite thoroughly and was vigorously
urged at elaborate hearings for the
;. 0 , 1H nlttee as well as by Représenta
!iva Lafean himself.
It was feared by the committee
however that the effect of pushing
t j, e bill to passage, should that have
proved possible, would have bien to
so the bill
embarrass the producer,
wag practically reje ted by being laid
on tj, e table,
the
The greatest opposition fo
bill came from the northwest
py ihose who opposed it that
apple industry of this section
been built up and developed upon a
box of a certain size and that the
passage of the bill would mean
complete readjustment of the entire
fruit
growing sections, Idaho, Oregon and
Washington.
The claim being made
the
l.as
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system of fruit packing in the nortli
west. *
The bill was originally reported to
March
congress by Mr. Lafean in
„f last year,
Monday
NEXT MARKET SALE.
Mae 2nd has been decid
ed upon as the date for the
public market day sale in
all those having anything they
next
,
Payett
wish to dispose of are invited
S { ti„. ha me with Auctioneer J.
to
M.
Swanson. The last sale was a great
success and the movement seems to
bo quite popular. Many things were '
brought in last time and listed which
were traded or sold before the auc
tlôneer got to them and this
is
.an lis; your stuff and should
you
find a neighbor who needs what you
have and wishes to trade,you some
thing for it or buy it at private sale
; you are at perfect liberty to dispose
0 f b ip any manner you see fit and
j notify the auctioneer.
Then 1 is notli
ing binding in listing your property,
Auctioneer Swanson already has
large amount listed for May 2nd but
a
can S {j|| handle considerable more
j so a n w ho have anything to dispose
of come to Payette on market day
I and list your property.
NOTICE.
; |g htrehy given that th( .
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a »a«tsignea win recoup staled outs
g
until Wednesday May 11th, at
o'clock p. m. at. his office in the City
of Payette, Idaho, for the purchase,
of tiie $28,000.00 bonds issued by
Local Sewerage Improvement District
No. 1 of said city, at a rate of inter*
08t not to exceed 8 per cent. A oer
, Jfled f . h eck for 5 p. r cent of the
amount bid must accompany all bids
Tbe rjg])t ^ r ^ ect any and a)) bid! .
is reserved. •
Dated this 18th day of April, 1910.
MARTIN O. LUTHER,
City Clerk of Payette. Idaho.
CO. I INSPECTED.
On Friday evening April 15th
curred the annual inspection by the
War Department, of Co. I, 2nd. In
oc
»ntry, the insp-«lng officer being
Captain Edson Lewis. 25th U. 8. In
fantry of Fort George Wright, Wash.
Co I was the next to the last com
s:ate
'pany to be Inspected in tho
and the way they went through the
inspection, manual of arms, and drill
«-as a most creditable showing to
a,iy company of National GuarJs or
even regulars for they drilled as well
of regular
and had the appearance
army soldiers who do nothing else
pany he had Inspected on this trip
which is indeed saying something
for Co. I.
Genera! A. M. Rowe, General L. V.
but soldier.
The officers and non-commissioned
officers of the company handled their
company and squads in a most able
and creditable manner.
The men w<-re li.spe ted with full
field equipment on And one would
not think them citizens of our town
bpt rpa | p.ady at any time
Inspecting officer Captain Lewis
states this was tin- best drilled com
for our country's call.
Patch, Major H. T. Lew-la and Com
missary Captain J. B. Burns accom
panied the inspecting officer in the
inspection.
,
JACK FROST
Fruit Growers of Grand Valley Colo
rado Forced to Fight All Night
With Orchard Heaters to Save
Crop—Smudge Pots Win Again.
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Brow '' rg »? this valley who have not
as vet been cailed U P° 11 to use the
It will be interesting to the fruit
orchard heaters extensively this spring
to learn that in the famous Grand
''alley, Colorado, the growers have
boon 8 mudging hard and constantly
<>!l ani ^ on sblce March 29th and that
011 tbe »iS 1 » of Friday, April 15th
,hoy w< * re foroc 4 10 the orchard
heaters at 9:15 in the evening and
from that time on by strenuous ef
forts and the assistance of a large
number of the citizens of the
ttrdaj the ltith says:
city
°* <:raml Junction the pots were kept
going all night long until early morn
•tig and the fruit crop was saved.
In speaking of the work done that
night the Daily News published
Grand Junction in its issue of Sat
in
"A long loud blast from a whistle
a, 9:15 last night announced to the
ranchers that a traitor was in camp
an<1 the warning went forth to put
him out. Within a half hours time
the "House of a Thousand Candles"
was no comparison to the
Valley of ten tens of thousands
Grand
of
smudge pots which by that time had
been lighted to combat Jack Frost.
Following the whistle
,bo G re bell rang a long warning and
hour
the traitor.
the battle was on.
AI this
the government thermometer regist
ered a point a degree or two above
G'eezing while other sections of the
a "'- v ,b( ' ranchers thermometers
varie< l Go in 28 to 30 degrees.
The Grand Valley from the upper
to the lower end was illumined with
myriads of tiny fires each contribut
ing its mite in making the
work a success. From 9:15 until
entire
bl * e lb ' s Iuorn * n S the warfare
waged and the smudging was
was
the
lb ' s ' a * b>y or In an >' fruit raising dis
trict. Facing great odds a prepond
erous task was accomplished
three years ago would not have been
dreamed of."
most thorough ever attempted
in
that
,bls sect ion, who while they have
been prepared and constantly watch
This.will interest fruit growers of
ing have not yet been called upon
to battle with Jack Frost as he has
not up to this time appeared in
dangerous form.
a
Two or three
alarms have been sen. out and one
or two growers have thought
best
to be on the safe side and smudge.
Yet taken as a whole there has been
110 B'' nera l smudging done as it has
not necessary. The demon
- slra *inii coming from Grand \ alley
is however of great benefit to our
Browers as they have demonstrated
that evel > wi "' P1 >'ir° night
dangerous weather with tho thermom
eter constantly threatening, that
of
a
fruit crop can be saved and while
(,ur growers will in all probabilities
not be called upon to smudge
long and constantly, yet to
who have installed the orchard heat
er it will be some satisfaction
know that if necessary they
equipped to successfully ward
lack Frost for an entire night.
those
to
are
off
CARD OF THANKS.
take this means of thanking
those friends and neighbors who as
sisted us so greatly by their acts of
sympathy and kindness during the
sickness and death of our husband
and father. Especially do we desire
to thank the members of the G. A.
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Post who were so considerate
in many ways and expressed their
tribute of respect for their departed
comrade.
dead letter office May 2nd, 1910 if;
not delivered before.
Parties inquiring for the above,
,lease say advertised.
ing April 16,1910.
Mrs. W. W. Foss and Family.
ADVERTISED LETTER LIST
Advertised letters for week end
LADIES
Mrs. F. C. Trefry.
GENTLEMEN
Bvrl Gass, E. N. McMillan, Wm.
Walker, C. Well, F. C. Wells,
These letters will be sent to the'
I
Burt Venable, Postmaster.
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For Rent—Good 2-room house. $5.00
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per month.— S. E. Chapman,
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FRUIT DAMAGED SERIOUSLY
IN GRAND VALLEY COLORADO
Today (Thursday) Manager H. E.
Smith of the Payette Fruit Packing
Company received a letter from J.
F. Moore Manager of the Grand Junc
tion Fruit Growers Association
which Mr. Moore states that on last
in
Thursday and Friday nights Grand
Valley was visited by a severe frost
and despite the fact that every ef
made to prevent injury
by the use of orchard h, aters it is
damage
fort was
believed that considerable
was done to the crop. The letter
was dated April 18th last Monday and
further Btated that four fruit experts
would go out in autos on Tuesday
the 19th to examine Into the exact
conditions and when it was ascertain
ed as to Just the extent of the dam
age he would advise Mr. Smith ns
he thought it to the interests of all
fruit growing sections to keep
in
close touch regarding the condition j
of the crops.
He asked for a statement as
re
garded the crop here and Manager
Smith advised him that up to
present time we were practically in
tiie
tact and every indication pointed to
a full bumper crop of apples.
I
George Sot liman, proprietor of the j
Payette Steam Laundry this
received some equipment iu the way
of a collar dampener which will fa
cilitate and Improve the work along
tliis line considerably. The new ma
chine provides for the dampening of
the collars when being finished which
prevents their breaking and the con
sequent wear. Mr Sothman is mak
ing every effort to keep the work
done by the laundry'- up to a
standard and has been making many J
improvements along various lines.
ADDS NEW EQUIPMENT.
w< ek
I high
CITY COUNCIL IN
ADJOURNED SESSION
The city council met in adjourned
and
session last Thursday evening
considered many things of importance
along the improvement line.
The
adjourned
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the formation of sewer district 2 and
3 across the tracks. No objections
principal Reason for the
session was to hear objections
were presented.
A release signed by Peter Pen.-.
and A. B. Moss was presented
to
of
the council conveying a tract
ground about 50x75 on the north side
of Tioga street for road purposes.
Ordinance No. 164 by E. W. Equals
providing for the creation of Local
improvement District No. 1 for the
purpose of grading and graveling the[
streets of the city came up for and
A motion by Equals seconded, by
Burns empowered the Mayor to pro-1
vide a stand pipe for filling
sprinkler when the People's Irriga
tion Company lay their new
passed first reading.
I In
Pipe
The clerk was authorize d to call
for bids for sprinkling the streets in
lines.
district No. 1.
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On motion of Equals the city
torney was instructed by the council
to serve notice on the Idaho-Oregon
Light & Power Company through
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their wires up to the height provided
for in the franchise.
A motion by Woodward that
their representatives to string
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Idaho-Oregon Light & Power Com-,
pany be served legal notice by the
City Attorney to at once within thirty
days move their poles on College
Street or Lovers Lane in accordance !
with the survey made by the City En-,
gineer. was carried. The company
to
have signified their willingness
move this line of poles providing theyi
have the assurance from the city that
this move will be permanent nnd that
the lines given are true.
The City Clerk was authorized to
at once correspond with various firms
and get literature regarding the price
of a steam roller and rock crusher
with a view of purchasing the same
to be used in' graveling the streets as
crushed rock will be necessary.
A motion by Woodward that the
Masons be allowed an extension
sixty days time for the putting
of their cement walk, along the side
of and in front of their lot on Boise
and Main streets, in view of their
contemplating building, was carried.
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Mrs. A. J. Boehmer and family
expect to leave by the first of May
for Enterprise, Oregon, where Mr.
Boehmer is located.
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The council adjourned at a
hour after a very busy session.
The Boehmer
home will be occupied by Supt. J. E.
Turner and family who take posses
sion the first of May.
REAL ESTATE
Many Homeseekers Visit Payette—
Payette Land Company Closes Four
Nice Deals.
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that a large number of people have
had their eye on Payette Valley as
1 a large number of homeseekers have
The past week has been witness
been in the city looking over this
end of the valley and as a result of
Uhls the Payette Land Company re
ports four nice sales of ranches and
young orchards,
The first sale was that of the Zim
merman place north of the city. This
Is a twenty acre tract with fourteen
acres In young orchard and was sold
to Gustave Martin, of Ontario,
j gon, for a consideration of $11,000.
The next was the purchase of the
Ore
A. J. Castle thirty acre alfalfa ranch
on the bench by D. P. Donovan at a
of the best properties on the bench
consideration of $5,000.
This is one
and is one of those tracts adaptable
to orchard.
Another good buy was the purchas
ing of the' tract adjoining the Zim
merman place north of Payette and
McCune, of North Bend, Nebraska.
This is a ten acre tract Bet tb year
old trees and the consideration was
$6,000.
Tlios Castles also sold his
thirty acre alfalfa ranch on tho bench
to D. P. Donovan for a consideration
of $8,000.
Land Company,
_
owned by Nick Broderson, by
J.
fine
The above sales aggregate $30,000
and were all made by 'he
Payette
Y. M. C. A. NOTES.
The address last Sunday at
Men's meeting by Rev. Thomas Joli
,,,, <subject "Sampson and DeU
the
: ■
j | a j," was very interesting to
j thirty eight men presenL Rev. Johns
the
! showed very plainly the extreme dan
: g er a f parleying with temptation.
i Sampson with his mighty power lost
p because he parleyed with tempta
! {| ou
The music rendered by the
Misses Rachel and Helen Thurston
Miss Ruby Landon waa much ap
predated by all. The meeting next
will be led by Mr. T. A.
Sunday
; \y ayne .
The second series of the checker
; tournament is now being
played.
There are but eight players remain
, j ng _ v | z; (j| e „ Darnall, A. E. Barra
de)I Wogs i> arna iL e. t. Bowman. A.
E Wright. Vern Maxfield. Jas. VV.
Motley and Claude Ensign. Only the
beat four of these will be allowed to
p| ay t b e third series. Who will
be the four?
Because of the warm weather the
! balance of the Sunday School bask
< i ball league games have been call
( . (t c ff The series closed with the
Me thodists taking first place.
Baptists second, the Christians third
Next
the
and the Presbyterians fourth.
the league will be organized
i
year
j par n er j n the season.
| We are to K | ad t o say that
! bathe are in shape for use again af
j tef being closed for five or six
our
weeks.
The Junior boys who expect to be
, n lbe con t e8 t that will take place
Thursday afternoon. May 5th at 4:30
q.^k had better get busy and prae
tlce Tbe oon { e8 t will be in the
tbree following events, viz:
va(J j t 8 pring-board jump and
bar
dive
for distance.
BRIDGE NOW REPAIRED
READY FOR TRAFFIC
After many delays caused by high
Payette
water in the Payette the
Valley R. R. bridge across the PayeUe
river is again ready for traffic. The
last piling were driven this evening
and by Friday morning the rails will
be lined up and everything ready for
the Payette Valley train to
more arrive and depart from
union depot. The bridge crew have
experienced considerable difficulty in
putting the bridge in this time. The
height of the water in the
and the swift current has made the
handling of piling not only difficult
but fery dangerous and consequently
the work has been much slower and
much more expensive.
once
the
river
A. Wells, who has been quite ill
for the past two weeks with
la
and
grippe is now able to be out
around the yard at his home enjoy
ing this exceptionally fine we;| her.