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WOODMEN GATHERSPUDS FOR NEEDYWelfare Association toStore Vegetablesand FruitBOISE CONTRACTORSBID LOW ON ROADThirty-Two Firms Bid Emn^\| | lyfnouthiwayEd. Larsen, chairman of the food committee for the Community Welfare Association and a group of Woodmen went to the Brady Far is ranch Saturday to get potatoes for storage Mr. Faris very generously gave them good field run potatoes. Those who helped Mr, Larsen were Ralph Si pie Frank Driscoll, Jim Moss, Lee Householder, Martin Platz and Ell Chadwick. Also Win. Moss, Woodrow and Nels Larsen and jjFelix Mastes helped the men.A special day will be set in about two weeks for collecting other vegetables and fruits for the association If you have any such food to give, please be ready to give it to the men who will be around to collect it. Five teams will be organized, one team working in each direction from town and one working in town. At the same time, Mrs. Ben Ackerman, chairman of the clothing committee, wishes old clothing collected by these teams.Quinn Bros, and Robbins of Boise made the low bu£\m grading, draining and surfacing Kvith crushed gravel 11 miles of the Emmett-New Plymouth highway. Their bid was $50,-915. The contract was not awarded. Payette county commissioners expect to go to Boise Friday for further consultation with highway officials in regard to the contract. The low bidders are several thousand dollars below the neatest competitors. Thirty-two contactors bid on the job.Woodmen PlanUnique CelebrationPayette county members of the 'Modern Woodmen of America plan a rather unique celebration for October 30th at Fruitland. The affair beginswith the adoption of a class of newmembers at 7:30 p. m , conducted byInterest C rowing inOil DevelopmentRumors were current today that Ohio Oil Company was ready to bring in their well near the Crystal Dome well at anytime Some gas and signs of oil and rumbling sounds were coming from the well according to the report.The Kiene-Reins well is down nearly 800 feet according to Henry Reins who was a business visitor in New Plymouth Wednesday. He said they were drilling in a lime formation and progressing carefully. Two pockets of gas have been encountered. They are drilling one shift a day.MOVE BIG CRUSHER TOMARY JANE MINE%Mary Jane Mining Company moved in an 8,000 pound crusher to the mine this week. The crusher has a cap-;n picked degree team and the New Plymouth drill team, headed by Ed Larsen, chief forester. Immediately following the stunts and other features of the initiation, the gathering will be addressed byJ W. Babcock, State Deputy for Idaho and Utah, of Boise, and Dr O. H. Parker, State Medical Director, also of Boise Mr Babcock is the highest resident official of this pioneer fraternal insurance society, in the two states and will he remembered by his many friends in j this section, for his many years in the , M. W. A. service. Dr. Parker, likewise, has served many years and is well known throughout the stateEvents of the evening will be climaxed by a Hard Time dance, music to be furnished by Lou’s Rythm King-; Boise, M, W. A. orchestra The public is cordially invited to attend and en-j'oy the festivities from seven-thirty P. M., until everyone is tired enough to go home. Local arrangements are in charge of District Manager, L J. Tus-ing of Boise, assisted by Field Deputy George Leland.
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New Plymouth Payette Valley Sentinel
New Plymouth, Idaho, US
Thu, Oct 29, 1931
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