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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1920
Page
2
Payuie enterprise announces weekly Thursday activity with owner Will Wells repeated in the notice. The document references a historical date and location under the Act of Congress. It notes a public or civic event on the first Thursday of April 1020 at a local post office.
John W. Eagleson declares candidacy for Idaho governor as Republican, urging constitutional fidelity and cautious cabinet reforms. He criticizes centralized state control, promotes efficient public service, and vows pro-people, economical administration while backing land and timber policy for greater state revenue.
Director R G Cholmeley on of the Bureau of War Risk Insurance announces the insurance division is near normal operation after a surge in work from demobilization. Reinstatement for lapsed policies requires two monthly premiums and health statement. Receipts for premiums will reach insureds quickly and replies to insurance inquiries will be prompt.
A congressional appropriation funds a program to place former service members on addressograph plates to reduce copying errors from typewritten records. Veterans seeking reinstatement or conversion of War Risk Insurance should contact American Legion posts, Veterans of Foreign Wars, recruiting stations, state insurance officials, Red Cross, Salvation Army, Knights of Columbus, Jewish Welfare Board, YMCAs or other groups, or write to the Bureau of War Risk Insurance in Washington. Include full name and address, rank, service organization, policy number, Army serial number, and discharge date. Insurance lapsed or canceled men are urged to reinstate promptly to regain protection.
Idaho educators warn of a growing crisis as 354 teachers began in September 1919 across 26 counties and 32 districts, with 391 of 550 Southern Idaho positions filled by new hires. Despite 450 permits, 172 failed exams, and a projected severe shortage next year threaten public schools, prompting calls for higher salaries and better living conditions.
A weary editor notes rising prices, unpaid subscriptions, and scarce stock while listing his daily burdens. He attends church where songs reveal humor, satire, and social tensions among congregants, hinting the editor will return soon.
The Intermountain region plans Western Consumers Week in April with joint efforts by women, the Chamber of Commerce and state health and pure food department. In Boise a large pure food show with displays from Western manufacturers will be staged, plus health and child welfare programs and interior decorating talks. The Portia Club in Payette joins April 6 to 11 observations. For rent a furnished bedroom in Boise is available at 205 South 8th Street.
Home Demonstration Agent in Cochise County observes miners lunch habits and shafts. She endorses large hot coffee containers at shaft tops to provide a hot drink during noon. Rainbow sugar noted as harmless in the sugar shortage and approved for use in confections and retail markets.
For sale items include a seven year old gelding, several cows, a Danny Acre with a six room house, two acres in hay, and a bargain prospect. A 116 acre property near Cornell Idaho offers 63 plow acres, 30 cultivated, water rights, a four room house, fences and orchard. Also listed are a 1920 Buick and a 1920 Ford, plus a cooperative stock inquiry from Payette Valley Real Estate Agency. Box 274 Cornh Idaho.
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