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! ? Payette Enterprise ONE DOLLAR A YEAR • V r OL. Vi. NO. 17 PAYETTE. CANYON COUNTY, IDAHO, THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1910. il' il !| Payette Pen Company New Industry Organized to Manufacture the Nev er Leak Fountain Pen in Payette— Machinery Ordered—Work to Start in Six Weeks. The incorporators of the new com panv are A. P. Sentchfic.ld^ Cashier or the Payette National bank. J_ F. Nesbit, a prominent ranchman; R. L. ; Maxfield. a prominent retired ranch-, A new manufacturing concern was organized in Payette last Saturday , composed entirely of local men. The concern will be known as the Pay ette rt i Company and it is organ ized f(V\rie purpose of manufacturing a fountain pen to be known as the ' Never Leak" fountain pen. I j f man of Payette; C. Hnrichsen. a re ranchman; nuu." and ban.ware dealer; E. E lluntei. of the bench, a prominent Iruit grower and Will Wells, a real;* estate dealer of the firm of Wells & Maule, and A J. Scritchfield, n broth er of A. P. Scritchfield, who came to Payette about a year ago and has since that time been connected with j pen the description and good points of which will be given to the public later in a big advertising campaign which the new company is contem^and plating just as soon as they have some of the new product ready for j the Payette National Bank. The offeiers of the new company J.j are: Will Wells, President; A. Scritchfield. Manager; A. P. Scritch field Secretary-Treasurer. The manager. A. J. has had prior to coming to Payette, fifteen years experience in the man ufacture of fountain pens and has in i his own right a patent on a certain Scritchfield e necessary machinery for the manufacture of the pens has been or dered and unless delay in getting it. not now anticipated, is experienced, the Payette Pen Company will be in six market. i v ti » A s The officers of the company an nounce that they will at once put four or five salesmen on the road sell ing tlioir pens just as soon as they have any for the market and will conduct an advertising campaign of great magnitude to get the article! before the retailers. Thc men composing the company; are all w. 11 known local men con nected with good business enterprises in the city and under their manage active operation in the next weeks. ment the future of the Payette Pen Company should be assured. FRUITLAND NURSERY HAS SUCCESSFUL YEAR - This spring has been the most successful one ever experienced by Williams* & Carnefix, proprietors of the Fruitiand nursery and they nursery anjl from the reports they have received from their shipments * Cou" 1 Valley. Weiser. Boise other* local points in southern a /.oosi for them next year as their ees gave universal satisfaction and -nssed first grading everywhere, They have budded "0.000 for next year and are preparing for even a greater increase next year than this BRETHREN CHURCH NOTES. - _ The Brethren Church has recently been papered and the seats and in side woodwork varnished, which adds much to the attractiveness. A new Sunday School library has re port that very early in the season they sold out completely every tree of every variety they had on hand disposing of 125,000 and making a complete clean up of their nursery stock for this year. This was the biggest year in the history of the e r and Idaho every shipment will be year was over last. been placed in the church, in which books a goodly cumber of good are found for reading. Next Sunday evening May 1st at S o'clock Mr. E. C. Arnold of Boise, representative of the Anti-Saioon Leauge. will occupy the pulpit of the Brethren Church, and present the work of the Ami-Saloon League. Ev eryone come out and hear him. The Lfague is just now waging an especially vigorous campaign arouse interest in the Anti-Saloon Congress of Reform Forces, to held in Boise May 18 and 19. us give our aid by our presence. S. J. KENEPP. a be to Let Lis.. COLO WAVE |N MIDDLE WEST Plays Havoc With Fruit and Other Crops—All of Corn Now In Will Have to Be Replanted. According to press reports the mid dle west was visited by a severe cold wave on last Saturday and Sun day which has done damage to all crops. The outlook now in Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Texas. Minnesota, and Missouri is for about 25 per cent of a fruit crop of apples and about ten to twenty per cent of a crop on cherries and other berries, According to the press reports a canvass of the situation shows greatest damage has resulted ln iowa Illinois, Indiana and Ohio where LfÜrïïT "epom ^ y °™ a ^ er "^ R rom lhe nortbwt indicée birtey oats rye and corn »ere badly dam aged by the cold snap. The soil considerable 1 * >■ - S» Sr rf T ed !" B g Kentucky ' ' 0 tecte d 1 18 expected that snow protect a tk e small fruits and apples some and lessened the loss in this respect. 1 Mississippi, Tennessee and Ar kansas reports show that consider | able damage was done by the ceid I est A P r 'l weather on record in these By the blessings of kind Providence and the care of our good neighbors and friends I am able to be out around again. We would express our profound gratitude for the kind ness and care shown us when we were both sick and one not able ; states. Information from Wisconsin and fruit Michigan indicates that the crops of these two states will not j ual size, be much more than one-half the us EXPRESSION OF GRATITUDE. were both sick and one not able wait upon the other and no one could be hired. The neighbors came nob ly to our rescue and cared for us and our interest both in-doors and ; out, even to the neglect of their own. The brothers of Payette Christian Church by their arrangements gath ere d from far and near to prepare the ground and set out seven acres 0 f orchard for me when no other be i p could be had. I believe our neighbors are an exception for gen erosity to those in need and Each can feel a brother s sigh. And with him bear a part. when sorrow flows from eye to eye. And joy from heart to heart. M r . and Mrs. L. Z. Taylor. CHRISTIAN CHURCH NOTES. - Mr. William J. Herwig. Superinten dent of the Anti-Saloon League of Idaho will occupy our pulpit next Sun day night. Every person who is at a n interested in the question of state-' w ;de prohibition for Idaho is earn estly invited to be present and hear the be bP id here. This is promising to be the rarest treat that has com* our way for a long time. Now is tbe best time to commence getting ready for that meeting. Lo^n Francis Shaw and Alta Ag nes Hiatt, two of the best and most favorably known among our young people, faithful and active in every good work, loved and respected by everyone because of their sterling worth, were united in marriage Wed nesday evening at eight o'clock at , b( , home of Brother and Sister Hiatt in the presence of a large number of intimate old-time friends of the two families, after w hich the guests sat together at a sumptuous wedding feast graciously provided by the mother the bride. The young people will go half j miles east of Fruitiand. and will heart a ! I Mr. Herwig. The minister will speak at ntorning service, giving the third in lbe series of "Reasons Why Ser mons." Keep in mind the anniversary meet-j jpg an d basket dinner May 15th. June 16-20 the state convention will I their I to house-keeping at once in new ranch home three and a Good greeting and kindly wishes carry with them the best wishes of the entire church and large number of other friends. The sick among us are all reported | to be improving, to all who read these notes. David Cary Peters. Minister. j ! I Fish and game license for sale at j Wood & Spaulding's. Don't run any Get them now.—Tim Driscoll, ! risk. Justice of Peace. U HOLDS MEETING Plan Outlined to Sell Stock ganize Payette Driving Club District Fair—Business Men of Pay-! ette Express Enthusiasm and Gen erally Pledge Good Support. to Or Into The committee appointed by the Payette Drii ing Club consisting of C. E. Dibble. F. M. Satoris and H. M. williams met on last Thursday even ing with the comm j ttee appointed byj the Commercial club consisting of E. w E q Ualg . M F. Albert and E. R. Sa | igbury to consider the proposition * a dtetri " fair in Payette the first annual event to be held next faI1 al a date to be decided later . The p ropog ition to dispose of 34" shares of stock of the Pa> - eUe Driv-j cl« .„I F.i, e Mr. pef 8hare Wa * Benerally di8CU88M * an " Wa * dec,ded to dl8 P° 8e of thaI an]ount 0 ( s tock at once. After the gtoek is BO ] d the association will be re-organized to hold an annual dis tr j ;t {air al Paye tte. The p i an wb ; cb tbe committee de- j C ided upon as a basis to dispose of ; tbf> stock v as on tbe tbr ee payment plan basis. One third of the amount ! subscribed by any person being pay able .June 1st. the next payment Aug ust 1st and the last October 1st. Thus 0°' it was decided to make further plans an d arrange for a general camgaign t0 sell stock to open on May 10. After some discussion as to plans and other details a motion that E. W. Equals act as chairman of the joint ; committee and C. E. Dibble as tojretary carried. if a person subscribed for one share of stock at $15 he would pay June 1st. $5 August 1st and $5 tober 1st. 95 -• - tojretary carried. The Payette Driving Club at pres ent owns its grounds with a good track, good stalls for racing horses and with an indebtedness of about $400. being in fine shape to start off with a good district The sale of 300 shares of stock would give the association $4500 to use getting started this year and the enthusiasm of Payette people over this scheme to hold annually a dis p i ay of the products of Payette Val ley would indicate there will not be much trouble in raising the funds by selling the stock. j a report of the treasurer of the driving club showed that 163 shares had been sold for $2.445. balance in treasury $7.555 worth of stock. The committee has decided to in the near future call a mass meeting of those interested in an annual fair and at this time to thoroughly oub This seems to be a proposition in inter- line the plan and arrange for sale of stock. which every one in Payette is ested and already there has been a large amount of stock taken up by parties who have expressed their a 3 fair come out when the meeting is committee get the fair going. It w ill be one of end of Payette Valley ever had. A com piete display annually of everything raised in Payette Valley would rival any fair in the northwest for quality and it is the general concensus of opinion that we can have one of the best district fairs in the northwest. if we al! get together and boost. - INJURED ON SEWER. - Wednesday afternoon one of the workmen employed on the sewer was injured by having the ditch cave in and bury him up td his shoulders. W. J. Porter is the man's name and be was engaged in taking out th* braces in a portion of the ditch in which of''the pipe had been laid for the P ur ': pose of removing the cribbing, most went dow n in the ditch and knocked out some of the lower braces and the pressure of dirt proved too much for the remaining braces and the wall caved in on him. willingness to see the movement If you are in favor of success. announced and help the the best advertisements this of which had been taken out. jured internally but after being taken to the Woodward hospital it was round that While badly injured he He thought at first to be seriously •> i in will probably recover. His were crushed by the pressure and i an artery torn loose and one of his lungs penetrated by the misplaced was ribs ribs. Thursday morning he better and has a chance to through. j . APPLE PACKING TO INSURE KEEPING How They Should be Picked, Packed and Also Handled to Insure Keep ing for the Longest Period—Inter esting Article by Originator of Di amond Pocket Pack Used Widely in Colorado. George Sykes an extensive grower of apples in Grand Valley, Colorado and the, originator of what is known in Grand Valley as the Diamond Pocket pack and which is universally used in that' section, has many points that will perhaps be interesting to our grow ers. Mr. Sykes is at present in Chi cago and the article we take from | the Grand Junction Daily News: - tha , ,, the place where all storage work begins. About 99 per cent of tbe farmers and growers do not pick apples when ripe, but pick when red ^atrne that (s the advice of the com «Sr «, in,»,. hi 8 h P ri <* for a PP>* Th<,n P lck ,he who,e cr °P at once causing three grades of apples lo become mixed; one grade is too ripe for storage, because they were («.ft on the tree too long and were showing soft when they were taken from the The following article by The second grade which is the storage grade, as they are al the right period for picking. and th e third grade are small and baV e no color owing to the crowded condition of the tree when the ap If the grower had picked his large t ripe ones when they were ripe b ' s second picking would have advanced agter> and he would have got a fair ly goo< , gra de of apples on his third picking. , Th( . y should pack in good boxes. with good st ifr sides so as to pro t(?ct , hPm f rom damage in the haul the tree. | eg are picked, ing In putting them in the boxes. be f hon'd pack so that the are prme cted as much as possible, put ,jng the apples in so that they:, wîn not push out on the sides of the of boxes because, if you do. you will to apples min them in hauling, yet you must a " ood biB bu,g<> ln bo ,Y S fr ? m top to bottom SO as to hold apples owing to their tia[ura l shrink ?J , e , u order lo do this you must have a sira j gbt a ii gn ment of your rows from top to bottom as that is wbcre all the pressure should come ! to hold then, into position. In )oa djng on cars cleat every layer of boxes. ^ fal , the growe r picked his a[e pk . s a „ at onv - e paek.-d his apples of [he thrw abovt . grades together mak ing a very poor condition for s»orage as tbe over r j pe oneg wou id rot. caus ing a d amp condition in boxes, there fore cauging tho others to become da[up an d sweat, therefore, causing (hem to r» also. Then he got pack ers to put them in the boxes woutd (ill just as many boxes as they could, and pul them in so they would press on the sides of the box and cause the sides to bulge when, who thp tid or botlom was nailed on. and ' the buyer put them in the cars, pih ing them on the sides without cleat iag causing them to become bruis ^ of course there was a shortage of labor, and a large crop to be hand Ipd and you uy tbat tbP commission man want ed his apples, and you gave them to him ag he wan ted them, and that hp did no t kick against them. so wby shoulh you care, lou see hp |g now complaining, and he says that you are lo b i ame and that you did no , pa (k ag contract called for. and that you will never get the price for ap pies that you got last year. These are some of the expressions j bear every day until I am beginning to f<H q | ikp j would like to put the b i alne where it belongs. About 18 years ago, Chicago com miggion men came to the state of Co i ora do. to show the people how | tbey wanted their apples packed. W( baV e been packing them for that per-1 jod un der the experts, with the re suit, that we do not know how to pack and pay no attention to men „ho have no experinece in packing whatever, but who are sent out there ghow . • s - ■ Our soda water will quench that thi „, at lhe Pa i ace pharmacy. Sale.—Inquire at ^rcLltte Co. store. i The Payette Valley bridge being ; repaired and a considerable amount j of work taken off our hands, we wish i to say that we are in shape to da all pall.kinds of work voir promptly and sat isfactorily.—Wash Hillmou. ^ . A SMALL SOLDIER NOW ON GUARD Orchard Heaters Set Ready for mcdiate u#e Should Qccaaion Im Oc mind and AH Gtowers Are Opto mistlc Regarding Conditions this Spring—Fruit Crop as Yet Practi eally Intact, Bu , comparatively little smudging Z ZU T Z not ^ as yPL But sbouId gud d*u, oetmakm arig< , at any bour on nl _ h . .... ar „ . I section north of the city and on the bench in and around Fruitiand reveals the fact that a small but mighty soldier is standing guard in most of the or chards ready at a moment's notice to rc-pell any invasion of Jack Frost. A drive in the orchard nllmKp . r nf ... lhig spnD g ™ g"e Jack F^ ^ SZ'.SZ £ money and most of them are confi dent that they can put him entirely to roiu There are some zrowers who haveî not installed orchard heaters at all and even they are very optomistic regarding the crop this year and are none Q f tbem losing much sleep worrying over a probable frost. But thoäM? growers who prepared are the oneg thal ^ m to fe<> , a deDC e i n wbat tbe be aters will do and on every hand as one drives through the different orchard sec t j 0 ns he will see either coal or oil heaters dotting the orchard all ready pr ;med for iosfant use. S( . veT pe rhape w ,, re lhe orchards |n thig g^-uoo in any b<,, t< . r g hape , ban this year and never did they carr> . any heavier löad of bud9 r ^ dy to develop into the far fara-d rosy rwi P a yette Valley apple if Jack Frost will but give them the oppor he bas . treate< j { he fruit hig va n ey tbis g pnng by his appearanC e jt wou id seem that tunity and the royal manner in which grower non tb<> fruit crop was destined to be the biggest and best the valley ever had. - PORTIA CLUB MEETING. _ T he Portia Club met at the dence of Mrs. Belle Satoris. April 25. , sl0 , he Historical committee having charge of the afternoon session RoI1 c »n was answered bv appropn ate quotations, that given by Mrs. Josephine Ervine being personal rec Elections of the earlv days in Idaho wag lutened to with the keenest in te rest. Mrs Baker, presiding officer, read an interesting article on Chinese His ! tory p | paging goi^. Mr*. W. Davis' piano' solo wa , very much enjoye d. A ca | dU et by Mesdames Hamilton and Mrs. Riebeling gave two very Masonheimer was a pleasing feature of the occasion. An instrumental;^ duet by Mesdames Burns and Ham jii on completed the musical part tbe M erg of the appropriate colors p ort j a and presented a beautiful ap p,. aranc ,. At the np „ r^iar meeting of the May ,, at the Commercial club „jomg each member is requested earnestly- to be present. TONIGHT AT THE OPERA HOUSE _ The p OM comedy Compsny com raeocPg a three nights' engagement at thp opera bougp , on ight present ing a 8Pripg of ghort ragl faryp CO m edies. and up to date vaudeville. Post A Gibson are artists of the first c(aag typp _ having played ail the b(g c j ty vaudeville houses. If you ;ikp good clean comedy, monologues. good music, and singing see the Post company tonight. adults. 25 cents, children 15 cents, A noTp | guessing contest will be inaugurated the fir« night, go )d watch, warranted 20 ^ tbp pr i zp ^ given a card on which to write hig or hpr guess. _ ^ at j] o'clock, locked up and glv P n into the hands of some known loca ) „«.„on. program. The home was decorated with llow for Tbe prices are A fin* will will years Every attendant The watch will be well The idea is to guess when the watch will «op. On Saturday night the box containing the watch will be unlocked and the person guessing the neare« the time tf;'he w.tch stop, will t.ke the watch. Now begin to figure how long a watch will run. Every time you get a guess. come you For Sale— 1Ô. 20 or 30 acre tracts of fine land under the Payette Heights ditch. Inquire at this offlcs. LOCAL NEWS Col. James Barnard, of near Em melt, was a Payette visitor on Sat urday last. M. C. Sbrock of Nampa, visited over Sunday at the Ira White home Bert Pomeroy of near Emmett, was a Payette business visitor on Satnrday. last in ,hl * city ' St. Mathew. Guild met with Mr*.. chrU. Henrichen today and enjoy .. d a Tery posant afternoon George Godown of near visited in Payette the latter part of last week with friends. y Laner and family will move the first of next week to their ranch bom( . north of lbe d tr Weiser. Miss Cecile Compton visited from Friday of last until Monday of this week with friends in Boise. PveUe hotel serves meals at 35, Cent * ** ch Sp ^'* 1 Sunda> dinD ^ " ~~ »— * ** Mr. and Mrs. Frank Zellar. of Fniitland. visited over Sunday with cit F ! bis . Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Prestel. of A. T. Gormley, of Grand Junction, Colorado, was a Payette visitor the first of this week looking for invest [ ments. D ' chaffe * at ,hpir borne ° n Dead °* H* 1 The Methodist Ladies' Aid society will have a home-made candy sal«. at McDonald A Smith's grocery store April 3*. beginning at 2 o'clock. P „ „ _ . • *' «™ lnar « a business ' IS!tor lo '* *' 0re * on - on Monday of thlfi T7* k goiog orer to alu '" d C ?° n * blCh * "* *^** ° n 31 ,hat rvtce. Mr. and Mrs. O. R. Sellar* visit ed over Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cram arrived on No. 5 Tu e-s < ** a ^ tf>rnoon and ,efl 6 ,he i < ** jr a ^ tf>rnoon and ,efl on • vo - 6 ,he . same day for Hot Lake. Oregon, to . be with his mother who is sick at the hospital. The latter part of last week L. C. Moore traded his town property on ' the we « 8lde lo W ' T - St ^ eca of .Big Willow for a fine ranch on the ... . ., v , . . . resi-'ed out to take possession WiH We,Ia was a Boise visitor on 1381 ««ending a meeting of ' he Plea " n! V * ,lejr ,rri * a,ion pany of whicb he is a memb€t ' ot ,he * h 00 " 1 ot directore - i Mrs. Paulina Sands, who came to Payette two weeks ago to be pres !ent at the burial of her sister. Mrs. Bertha Lauer, will return to home in Salt Lake City next Satur- , P , h „ nhntoarr snher has ^ ^ ne w apparatus in his 1 her ; day. • take ? pâtures night or day and is etjuipp lo , akp nm fUgg picn^* of ,11 KortK of ««therines regardless studio which enables him to of the hour. 1 rented Property across the track j and will make Payette his home. His fa "''F aad household effects are on | the road and are «expected to arrive ! aext [ H A Beckwith who has * teaching school near Caldwell visited at the home place on the bench over | Sunday. His school will be out next Fridav after which time Mr. Beck with will return to his home on Route No. 1. A. F. Hopkins, who recently rived in Payette from Duluth ar has been C. C. Anderson, proprietor of the Golden Rule Store at Boise was a business visitor to Payette last Fri day. Mr. Anderson was much pleased with the outlook for business in Southern Idaho this spring and was feeling very optomistic. A large number of people took ad vantage of the exceptional fine wcatfc e t l*»t Sunday and in autos and car and riages drove over the bench i through the district north of the city taking in the beautiful sights of the orchards in full bloom. The Order of Eastern Star is pre- paring to receive their Grand Ma- tro n of the state who will visit them officially on next Tuesday evening.».. May 3n j. All members are requested ^ at wh ich time several candidates will be initiated. real The first of this week the estate firm of Wells & Maule sold to John Pierce the E. J. Powell ten acre tract of land north of the city for a consideration of $5600. Part .of the tract is in bearing orchard and the balance in young stock. - C. A- Hard ha* accepted a position as clerk in Giesler Brothers store and entered upon bis new duties this wepk _ Mrs. ike Freudenthal, who called to Payette by the death ot her mother, Mrs. Bertha Laaer, will re torn to her home in White Fish, llon tana, Saturday next. Mr. Freudenthal wiill meet her in Spokane and company her the balance of the way to White Fish. was ac . . " f ° mi " t '° n T * ko *- Washington f Weir says thing, are looking One all through the northwest and the outlook is for bumper crops, Friday of this week at the home JSZw. H T„.£, £ w. will tender a farewell reception Mrs. A. J. Boehmer who The T art offering some specials that P , e a *e you and be worth yoar while, Don't fail to read Wood t Spauld ing's ad on last page of this paper. Rev. Thoe. Weir of New Plymouth, passed through Payette Tuesday en route home after attending the con ference of the Free Methodist de to will soon leave for Enterprise. Oregon, where Mr. Boehmer is located. Mrs. Boeh mer bas been a zealous worker in *he W. R, C. and will be greatly mis b T thi * organization. an orchard party. The guests were received and entertained in the fine P™ 0 " orchard. The orchard was in ' i;i ^*°° m aDd underfoot a carpet of -*' a, T grass made every arrangement d ^ al for a pleasant afternoon. Dain 'F refreshments brought to a delightful afternoon for those priv d^^d to be present, Mrs. Chas. Shontz entertained a large number of lady friends on last Thursday evening from 5 till T at close One of the ranchers on the bench who has an abundance of faith this valley is G. G. Wherry. Wherry is improving a fine tract of in Mr. land on the banks of the Snake river near the first ferry and is fast get ting it in ideal shape. He has been an awfully busy man this spring bnc is said to have made the statement that just as soon as he can bold of an eel for bait he will land one of the bis sturgeon that are " , blB ' ^ . n^7hi* ra^ ,, " ,t ^ received their class pins lhe of this week. The pin to a dainty »olid gold shield with the letters P. " a fine of i« welr T and «« by the class through C. O. Grime«, the jeweler, idence property on Park street. The Senior class of the High School first H. S. and 10 engraved thereon. It FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE. For good country property—My res- I will sell the entire three acre tract or parts of it to suit the purchaser. The property is all well improved. bath including modern bouse with room, brick cellar, barn, stables, store rooms. The house, cellar and barn are lighted by electric light. Fruit and berries of all kinds on the premises. The garden as weif as the home spot are well fenced against chickens. There ana plenty of shade trees, vines, and ornament al shrubbery about the bouse and a large well cared for lawn. This is desirable property and a al the priw j offer it. (>all office or write to ^ G rjeBEUNG " Pavp tte Idaho' Don't forget that when you want :ba( trash hauled out of your alley to call Hillmoc Transfer line. Head quarters at Giesler Bros, both phones, ADVERTISED LETTER LIST Advertised letter* for week end in* April 23. 1910. Miss Bert L. Giles. Mrs. Harria. Mrs. Nellie Murphy. LADIES Clara Miss Irene Taylor. Miss Mabel Thorp. Mrs. Mary F. Thorp. Mrs. Mary Wood. GENTLEMEN \Vm. F. Armstrong. Orville Chat field. W. C. Hardin. G. S. O. Hum bert. Cal. Myers, F. G. Redman. M. F. Salmon. Louis Vitam. W. R. Wil These letters will be sent to the dead letter office May 9. 1910. not delivered before, Parties inquiring for the above if please say advertised. Burt Venable. Postmaster. Are you looking for the comet* No. for a glass of that good ice cream soda at the Palace Pharmacy.