Payette enterprise., January 23, 1919, Image 2

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WILL WELLS, Owner.
WILL WELL8.
Editor and Manager
Entered ea eecond-clatae matter Aug
wet si, 1*07, at the postoffice at Pay
ette. Idaho under the Act of Congress I
of March t. 317#
THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1919
Government Grades Wool.
The system the government has ad-M
opted in grading wool should be an!
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educator to the wool grower,
grower's wool is sorted in piles ac-i
cording to grade, and one look at the j
report sheet will clearly show thatj
there is a vast difference in breeds of j
• sheep as well as the care. As an ex-.
ample, out of several lots of wool ;
shipped by the Moss Mercantile Co. j
one rancher's wool amounting to 1193
different ^
pounds, there were nine
grades ranging in price from fifty !
and one-quarter cents to seventy-two
and one-fourth cents per pound. The
report shows the breed of sheep from j
which the wool was taken and should j
be a guidance to the grower as to the i
best breed to handle, as one breed will |
cost no more to raise than another. A
small band of sheep can be handled on
a ranch with more real profit than
any other stock, but the best breed
should be obtained.
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Idaho's Future.
Wé who know of the vast resources j
hidden within the state of Idaho's soil, I
or have seen the poor man come out
of the east and become independently
wealthy within a short time through
the fertility of its lands, have never
doubted but that the future would
find us citizens of the commanding
agricultural as well as mining state
of the union.
And these post-war days of recon
struction mean the realization of our
golden dreams. There is a deep sig
nificance in the statement of an army
officer who returned the other day to
his home when he says: "Hundreds
of men in our camp came to me when
they heard I was from Idaho. They !
wanted to locate here. They asked
me about the possibilities of the coun
try; its recources; its climate, and its
people. An Idaho booster and lover,
I told them the truth. They are com
ing thousands strong. Tr.ey will bring
brawn, brain, training and in some in
stances money. They will attract—as
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tàey accomplish things, eastern cap-|]
ital. Land already w r orked will in- ] <3
crease in valqe. Deeded land .will|
have a market and material wealth
j of
will be increased in the state with the
increase of production. Thousands
of acres of now idle land will be taken
Cities will grow and towns will
flourish. Factoi-ics will come, attracl
up.
ed by a market and power made by the
mighty streams of the state. It's a
rosy picture, but a true one.
Starry flag of liberty and right,
State Treasurer's Office.
This office is in receipt of a bien
niai report from the state treasurer's
office'which covers a period from Oc
tober 1, 1916, to September 30, 1918,
which we consider a splendid showing, j
under the management of John W. |
Eagleson, our present state treasurer,
.The business of the treasurer's office
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is certainly conducted in a compre
hensive and economical manner. The
work at the office bag greatly increas
ed during the last four years and yet
the work has been taken care of with
cut any extra employees. The saving [
made during the first two years |
amounts to about $95,000 over and j
above that of his predecessors, and
during the last two years an additional
of over $15,000, which would make a
net saving to the people of Idaho
during' the last four years of about
$110,000. Mr. Eagleson is making
recommendations to the legislature,
which U put into law, will increase the
earnings of the treasurer's office over
$30,000 per year and at the same time !
better the affairs of the state.
The Farmer and the Business Man.
Why make a distinction between the
farmer and the merchant by saying
the farmer and the business men?
Are we not all business men who are
engaged in any honest and legitifnatc
occupation ? Half of our merchants
a great many of the men who are to
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flay livir, cn farms.nave at some time
been me. ants or professional men.
The dead beet who seeks no occupa
tion, dodges the collector, stands
around and kicks because times are
hard and the cou/itry is dead, is the
only man v ho is not a business man.
Lot us forget our avocations in life,
When the br yc who stood side by side
in the* trenches, the millionaire's son
and the lad from the farm were shoul
der to shqulder, there was no distinc
tion shpwn. When the day of judg
ment comes, and we are called upon
to give an account of our deeds on
this earth we'are not going to be ask
ed if we were tillers of the soil or wore
j a white collar and stood behind the
counter. Feathers may make the
birds, but clothes won't make tho man.
It is quite necessary that a man
should dress according to the work he
is engaged in, but after all, it is just
like "Tommy come out here, and
c-.me out here Tommy." There is no
We are just men.
difference,
'Vpuld Give Service Men One Year's
l'ay.
What is known as
"The Shafer
- an * * s *° soturc the passage of a
bl ^ through congress whereby eveij
, an cf the service, regulars, reserves,
c ' if, < shall receive 12 month extra pay,
whether they wen. abroad
ibose staying in the service will
cfc ' ve **■ as we " ^ tbose being d.s
charged,
At a public mass meeting held in
f be Armory hall, at Norfolk, it was
unanimously voted to ask congress
or not
re
to
cnac ^ a * aw in, accordance with thu
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quarters is at Norfolk, Va., where tho
following address to the people has
been prepared and is being given
b,oa< ^ circulation throughout
Suited States:
The "Shafer Plan" National Head
the
Dear Sir:—Do you know that the
majority of the men that joined the
service this year at Norfolk gave up
positions paying them around $150.00
per month and some as much as $300.
00 per month ? Compare that with
$30.00 per month.
"This is a moral issue. The men of
the service worked or fought night an<
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da.v for whatever the government
c j 10se to pay them; they did not strike,
neither did they get ten per cent plus.
They only obeyed orders. The only
record we have of a whole company
disobeying orders was when one of
our companies were charging the
Huns and the officer gave orders to
halt, but they captured several Ger
man dugouts before obeying him.
"Some people oppose the plan be
cause it will cost the government three
billion dollars, saying that we are not
able to stand it. Such statements are
an insult to the flag, for our experts
tell us that it would have cost over
twenty-five billion dollars per year to
have carried the war on several years
longer and they further state that
we could have financed it
for a number of years un
der our same liberty bond plan. Now,
taxes', don't faint, for our generation
could pay the three billion off by an
average increased tax of just one dol
a| . per year f or each person of the U.
Our g rea t country is not bank
riIpt . n0) far from it
A vast amount
the money we have borrowed has
b een invested in permanent improve
men ts and bonds of our allies anil
should we be disposed to do so we can
co ilect the balance from Germany. Our
government is better off financially
than any government or institution in
the world today.
"Others oppose it, saying that it
would put too much money in the
hands of the irresponsible. Well, when
you hear a man talking like that, he
either does not know what class of
men are in the service or he is one ot
those kind of men that asked every
son's exemption card while your boy
01 . brother was going to the front to
jvlefend humanity.
one of his friends to sign his or his
"There is no charity in this plan. It
will only give the men what they have
earned thrice and a very small portion
of what they deserve.
How much would we have had if it
had not been for the men of the
service ?
"Would it be giving our service men
a fair deal to only give them a one
(month's bonus when their commercial
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Hard to Reform Christmas,
Many people object to the use of the
abbreviation "Xmas" for "Christmas."
je. B. Cartwright, of Twin Falls, Ida
ho, writes saying: "The word 'Xmas'
ought to be taboo, verboten, and sunk
without a trace.' I wonder if Christ
ever thought the time would come
when life was too short and people too
lazy to write his name in full, but
would just call him 'X' and let it
Ch™.™, „ » Christian ftj
tival, mtended to commemorate the
competitors have saved a few thous
and dollars for a rainy day, while the
gates of our national treasury were
swung wide open from necessity?"—
Cascade News.
birth of Christ, and not the b.r.ii of
It matters not what the day was under
heathen rule; we are not heathen,
though it must be confessed that some
times we act like them."
Mr. Cartwright has put this matter
forcefully, though there is also some
thing to be said on the other side. The
people who employ the term "Xmas"
Ford Divides Profits.
At tho annual meeting of the direc
tors Dec. 31, the Ford Motor Co. de
clared a 200 per cent dividend, one
half to be paid in January and tho
other in February. The dividend which
represents the sum of $4,000,000 is
to be divided among seven stockhold
ers. It is the first of dividends to be
paid monthly throughout the year, it
is announced. *
The company gave out at the be
ginning of the year that its employees
throughout the country as well as
workers in the Ford tractor plant will
hereafter receive a minimum wage of
$6 a day beginning Jan. 1. This af
fects approximately 28,000 workers
for whom it means a flat increase of
$1 daily. Some 23,000 other omployeas
were already getting $6 or more a
(iay. The millionaire head of the con
cern explained that the wage increase
was "only a just reward to the men
who remained loyal to the company
during the war period."
It is announced that Mr. Ford has
formally resigned as president of the
ford Motor Co. in order that he may
iiave more time to devote to the trac
tor business. His son Edsel who is
only 24 years old has succeeded to the
presidency of the corporation in which
a total of something like$200,000,CO'l
is invested ami is to receive a salary
of $150,000 annually. The Cider Ford
will retain scat on the board of di
rectors in advisory capacity. *
Says He Killed Quentin Roosevelt.
Christian Donhauser, a young Ger
man aviator, claims to be the man
who killed Lieut, Quentin Roosevelt
in an air battle near Chamery. Don
hauser, who is an undersized fellow—
he weighs only 94 pounds—wears an
iron cross and other decorations and
is credited with having downed 12
planes in 11 consecutive days. Also
evidently he is possessed of unlimited
gall for he has indicated that he plans
visiting the United States, eventually
becoming naturalized and entering U.
S. military service as an aviator.
Cheer up; you've been having a harn
time of course, but things are now
taking a new turn. Owing to the ec
centricity of our system of time, the
mornings don't begin to grow longer
till the middle of January, though the
afternoons start lengthening about the
middle of December. We have now
passed the point in the year when the
daylight is increasing at both ends.
The seed advertisements have already
put in an appearance and the other
harborings of spring will soon be mul
tiplying. We can now begin to look
forward, instead of being absorbed al
together by the present and the past.
Let the dead bury their dead. There
are more things now awaiting to be
done in the world than ever before and
we must all spit on our hands—to use
a poetic expression—and get ready to
do our share. Don't use up your en
ergy complaining; get busy and keep
busy.
Notice of Publication.
Notice is hereby given that at 10
A. M... on the 8 th day of February,
1919, at Payette, County of Payette,
State of Idaho, before Robt. E. Haynes
proof will be submitted of the com
pletion of works for the diversion of
50 cubic feet per second of the waters,
of Little Willow Creek in accordance
with the terms and conditions of a
certain permit heretofore issued by
the State Engineer of the State of
Idaho.
1. The name of the person or cor
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poration holding said permit is Littlej
Willow Croek Irrigation District. i
2. The principal place of business |
of such corporation is Payette, Qounty j
of Payette, State of Idaho. '
3. The number of such permit is
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8966, and the date set for the comple- \
tion of such work is January 28, 1918^
and the holder will show that the]
works were fully completed on the 1
date specified. 1
4. Said water to be used for irri
gation and domestic purposes.
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5. Said works of diversion will be
fully completed on the date set for
such completion, and the amount of
water which said works are capable
of conducting to the place intended I
for use, in accordance with the plans
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accompanying the application for such
permit is 50 cubic feet per second.
6 . The amount of lands for which I
said water >B available » 4,000 acres, j
particularly described as follows: 4,
000 acres located on Little Willow!
Creek jn Twps 8 and 9 N > Ranges |
3 and 4 West, Boise Meridian. ]
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X| yQyyjy THRIVES ON TOURIST'
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Oban, Scottish Çummer Resort, Prac
tically Supported by Enthusiastic
Visitors Who Buy Souvenirs.
Oban Is a Sfottish town thaï exists]
almost entirely for the benefit-of the
tourist. Every other house in Oban
Is a bonrdlng house or a hotel, 'and
buildings that have escaped this fate
are used as shops where the traveler is
enticed into buying n beautiful plaid
tartan for which he has no usé, or
Scotch pebbles which are guaranteed
to be highly ornamental in the parlor
cabinet.
If you have a Scotch ancestor Oban
is the place to resurrect him. All the
plaids of Scotland and a few besides
are in the Oban shops. If your ances
tors cannot be located in the Scotch
"Who's W'lio" of the past, any obliging
shopkeeper will unbllpkingly produce
a plaid which fits the name of your
kinsman and which matches your 11 -
brary carpet.
If you stroll through the quiet streets
to the top of a hill you can see Oban
at its best. The water of the bay is so
shiningly blue that you at once re
solve to take a trip to one of the tiny
Islands dotting the smooth expanse,
The roads that climb the Scotch hills
so easily are edged with close-trimmed
hedges, and the cottages ai^j cloaked in
glossy and picturesque ivy.
Off to one side is a great circular
edifice not unlike a Roman circus. This,
your hostess informs you on your re
turn, is "McCaig's Folly." If you are
still curious you will be told the story
af old eccentric McCaig, who had this
useless, antique-looking structure built
at great expeuse to hjmself and to the
vast amusement of his fellow citizens.
Winter is the in Oban,
quiet
Then there are no enthusiastic
strangers to buy expensive souvenirs
or to hire boats for trips around the
bay. The town is gloomy and desert
ed. The women are indoors weaving
plaids for the coming summer, and the
men are out on the bay hard at work
with the fishing fleet.—Chicago Daily
News.
iS NO LONGER "FOOL'S GOLD"
Pyrites, Source of Sulphuric Acid, Ha*
Been in Great Demand Sine«
Outbreak of War.
Tears and years ago, even before I
the interstate commerce commission,
the Stars and Stripes or Uncle Joe
Cannon were born, the early arrivals
of a southern colony dropped their
hoes and went to mining for gold.
"Why raise food when the mountains
were full of gold?" they asked as they
»haded a ship with the shining ore.
Alas! the metallurgists of England
said it was not gold. Visions of
wealth were dissipated. Worse yeL
The summer was over; the harvest
was past, and they had laid up no
food for winter. In bitterness of spir
it the shining ore was called "fool's
gold," and succeeding generations left
it undisturbed in the Southern hills.
Some centuries later the breath of
Mars blew over the land. America
wa* called for its every resource.
Steel, copper, ammunition and food
stuffs were required in enormous
quanities. Their production depend
upon the supply of sulphuric acid in
hitherto undreamed of quantities. The
ores from which it is extracted are
Imported from Spain, and there are no
ships to spare.
"What can I do?" asked a South
ern mun as he walked into Secretary
Lane's office.
"Find the pyrites in the Southern
hills," was the reply.
"Done," was the reply, and he found
them.
In a few weeks the five mines al
i ready opeped will produce 1,000 tong
j a day, and save the continuous em
ployment of 15 vessels, while the sup
ply of sulphuric acid is. assured.
"Fool's gold" will help begin winning
the war.
To Have House Painted.
It was a simple boyish letter writ
ten in London by a youth from Wor
tester, Mass., with a little bit of news,
n little bit of complaint, and a great ;
the Am°i 6 'I Wh t at H he t D< ! i
the Americans were going to do; but
the better part by far was: "I have
saved my pay for some time now, and |
.1 want to give dad a surprise by hav
in) , the oId house painted. Won't you
please let me know how much it will ;
cost? and I'll send you the money and i
leave the rest to you, but you mustn't |
Iet dad know who ts paying for it"
IF"" anI " e evel " Qfe on a train ' araon *
'the missing and reported as a prison
r read thn iame of the avlnt ' r who
wrote the letter—The Outlook.
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Portable Houses Form Hospitals,
The United Stutes navy, with knock
down houses contributed by the Amer
'T „ Re ? Cr °"' has * ee " abIe to erect
n hase hospital of 250 beds on an old
PStnt0 on the Irish eoa8t . These port .
nhle houses, ready to bolt together,
solved the problem of lumber short
ll v r - The hospital lias a staff of 123
Physicians and attendants and raain
taIas lta ow " vegetable garden, dairy
And poultry farm,
recently for tralnlng decorated the rail
ron(1 oars In which they traveled with
all sorts of mottoes and Inscriptions. ,
When they got there they were re
qulred to wash them off. However, !
one car got away from camp In some
unexplained fashion, while these words ;
still adorned Its stdps:
" Thls ls the bunch that ' s *olng to 1
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Draft men coming to Camp Kearny
In Vaudeville.
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EVERYBODY KNOWS
Y&EVX'IN'HEAI) MEANS BLOCK
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Revised Prices
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The assurance of material for quantity
production of Buick cars enables the
Buick Motor Company to establish the
following prices on the various Buick
models, effective January first, 1919.
These prices will not be changed during
our present dealers' selling agreements.
$1495
Three Passenger Open Model H-Six-44
Five Passenger Open Model H-Six-45
Four Passenger Closed Model H-Six-46
Five Passenger Closed Model H-Six-47 -
Seven Passenger Open Model H-Six-49
Seven Passenger Closed Model H-Six-50
1495
1985
2195
1785
2585
Buick Motor Company, Flint, Michigan
Pioneer Builders of Valve-in-Head Motor Cars
We invite your Inspection
F. M. MOSS & BRO.
Payette, Idaho
, EVANGELICAL CHURCH.
No preaching service Sunday.
Sunday school meets at 10:30. Par
ents are urgently requested to send
their children to the Sunday school
session.
The Annenian-Syrian Relief Drive
is on. Let us give until we feel
that we have touched our heart and
sq touch the «arts q£ those we aim
to help.
F. CARL RUÏHTGEBERG,
Minister.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Next Sunday morning we will hold
communion wiifh our Lord and one
another. We usa the element» He
prescribed for His own memorial,
We will try to realize the Bpirit the
^ mont£ intended to symbolize,
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L th * j 7 Q cl0ck) we wlU
a D°P u l ax ^ orum « with the
tbere * ' The Selective Draft, good
f ° r future needs as well as past."
® Ur Sunday schon! at 10 a. m., in
vîtes ail who wish to study God'«
word to
It last Sunday. Ia future, however,
all services ^ th* Evangelien! Luth!
church will be conducted In English.
mao.
TAKEN UP: Black Mare branded
STSIL'S.'SLS V.
Weaker, New Plymouth, Rte. 2, t5
AN EXPLANATION.
I deslrp hereby to make it gener
ally known that my having preached
a sermon in the German tongue on
"Comfort and Consolation," based
upon Isaiah 66-13 has caused adverse
criticism frqm some brother in
Christ; and that I have personally
appeared before the Chairman of the
Defence Council of this city and
have acquainted him with the con
tents of the serman In question. I
was ant aware that the Council, and
public opinion generally were under
thq Impression that the German tan
ue had ceased to ho used in our
Divine Service and hence my use of
Signed:
F. CARL RUEJGGEIBERG,
Minister to Ev. Luth. Church.
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Electrical Expert
For Electric trouble, of any kind
of car see our
Electrical Expert, H. E. VAN
VALKENBURG, Foreman, has
had 8 years experience in Electri
cal work .
Electric trouble shooting
is easy remedied when you know ho
Van Valkenburg can fix it.
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Overland Service Man
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When your Overland doesn't
to suit you, see
Assistant Foreman.
worfft
W. A. McKroskey ,
He has spe
cial knowledge of the Overland and
can make it run like new
PAYETTE MODERN GARAGE
J. A. Latter & Brother
UNDERTAKERS and EM3ALVÎER
GLENN C. LAN3DN, F aaeral Oiracbr and License
embalmer. Lady Assistant When Desired
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