Payette Club Honors Col Muller at Big Stopper Smoker
Payette Commercial Club held a large smoker in honor of Col. Chas. F. Muller builder of the town's cold storage plant. M. F. Albert, club president, outlined the period of hardship and the rapid revival shaping Payette, praised Muller’s role, and noted the fruitful impact on real estate and local business. W. A. Coughanour lauded Muller’s plant and its economic promise, while remarks traced fruit industry progress and state inspection work.
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Payette Commercial Club
Payettle Commercal Cub
Ey Cot
F. Muller
Payette Cold Swrase Company
Leaionade
Golal Converse
M. FP
Albert
Haracer
Muller
Payette
of Cere
Tel Good
Col. Muller
Eery Citzen
Col
Muller Getig Batt
M. F. Albert
Eit
heYer
Convent
W. A. Coughanour
Luc
Mr. Coughanour
Kin Thyre
North
Commercial Club
Payette Citizens Back Progression Vote Sparks City Projects
Payette residents approved major bonds for a Snake River Bridge and a City Hall bonus in a special election. turnout reached 462 citywide with broad majority support though some wards saw campaign effort and carloads of voters. Local notices list unrelated minor items and social events, including legal matters and community updates.
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City Hall
Snake River Bridge
Snake River
Payette
Kuhn Loeb interests eye southern Idaho irrigation pumps
A visiting Kuhn Loeb party explored Payette valley with General Patch highlighting line land where gravity ditches cannot be secured and pumping schemes may develop. The group includes Kuhn, McWalters, Judge Hayes and engineers, with power projects already in Shoshone Falls and Salmon River area. Their activity signals broader investments by colonization offices in major cities and advertising campaigns across western papers to promote irrigation potential and publicity through Commercial Clubs.
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Payette
Kuhn-Loeb
L. V. Patel
Kuhn
Pittsburg
McWalters
Chicago
Judge Hayes
Boise
Idaho
Shoshone Falls
Salmon River Fall
Ilenns Ferry
Fansas City
Milwaukee
New York
Boston
Mark Bennett
Richards Pringte s Famous Georgia Minstrels at Elite Opera House
Richards and Pringte s Famous Georgia Minstrels promise a strong performance, boasting decades of prosperity and a policy of delivering value. The troupe is billed to appear at Elite Opera House on August 26 1911 with a noon parade band in the streets.
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Elite Opera House
Contemptible Trick On Doctor Woodward's Car
A malicious act damaged Dr. LR Woodward's automobile by cutting insulation wires. The car was taken to a garage for overhaul, delaying repairs. Lathrop & McComsey completed cement work around Central school square and will move their crew to the M. F. Albert blocks to proceed with paving.
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LR. Woodward
Sill Automobilists
Company Scores at Practice for Governor Trophy
An army company held a Sunday practice shoot to shape rifle bars for encampment at Lowe the Flat. Capt Fitch notes scores are satisfactory though ranges are challenging with 200 and 300 yard shots. Officers believe several men may win the Governor’s trophy if overall averages meet or exceed 38, while many privates are new to range work. The following score list shows 10 shots per range, out of 50.
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Lowe
Fitch
Amardaman
Goenor
Enthusiastic Temperance Meeting Draws Largest Fayette Crowd
Sunday evening drew what attendees claimed was the largest audience ever at the Emma Theatre for a temperance talk by Alarese True, organizer of the Abtoost Episcopal Temperance League of Chago. The speaker held the crowd’s attention for an hour and a half, with such zeal that applause paused. Edith Bundy and Eva Nicholson of Des Moines visited at M. W. Watts’s home. Bundy teaches at Drake University, while registrar Cora Hanna accompanied them and left for Des Moines last Wednesday.
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Emma Theatre
Alarese TruewWhwon
Abtoost Episcopal Temperance League
Chago
Cerom
Messames
Fayette
Mise
Edith Bundy
Eva Nicholson
Des Moines
Iowa
M. W. Watts
Alies Bundy
Drake University
Cora Hanna
Drake Universty
Watts
Inspection Draws Thousands to Cold Storage Plant
A valley crowd visited the new ice storage facility last Saturday with about 3000 people touring the plant. Attendees learned how ice is produced and observed operations while enjoying a luncheon of ice cream and cake. Businessmen present praised the building as superior to any other in the state and northwest, though other storage sites may be larger.
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Lad
Weling
Local News From Payette and Caldwell Area
Reports from Caldwell note James Forbes seriously ill with appendicitis in hospital and scheduled surgery. Payette hosts races with Little Dan winning. a sheep tender Herman Tegier recovering after an attack. The Payette Cold Storage Co ships cantaloupes daily as new crops arrive. Washoe school district planning a two day exhibit and lecture courses to showcase local progress. Colonist rates go into effect August 20 encouraging fruit land buyers. Tom Jones Drug Store advertises Pineapple Sherbet and beverages for the weekend.
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Aasasus
Joe Lucas
Meadow
Payette
Lucas
Washoe
Payette Street
Ontario
Caldwell
Harriman
Portland
Council Adjourned Session Hears Power Plant Report
The council adjourned Monday evening after hearing an engineer report on Prestel Power Plant and an ordinance creating spread bearing Garat on. The engineer said 175 horsepower could power a municipal pumping plant with work on the rough site. A committee was formed to locate the old pumping huts on the Pay atte river and report findings. The full council will reconvene Friday to discuss the cement sidewalk widening on Eighth Street.
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Appear Nation
Atee
Coune
Pay
Eighth Street
Payette News Roundup Of Local Visits And Travels
Personal notes from Payette and nearby towns recount visits by Mrs E E Cox of New Plymouth to Payette, Mrs Kirk Johnson ill, Edna Gauer's Boise outing, and Louise Eggenstein returning from Yale nursing. Residents include Col Hubbard of Union Trust in Boise, C R B Mandarillo in Baker City, and several Caldwell visitors. A wedding-era lull in activity is noted with reflections on neighbors, vacations, funerals, and local business travel.
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Ewe
E. Cox
New Plymouth
Kirk Johnson
Emmett
Friente
Fayettt
CH. Bussey
Purtland
Idaho Point
W. J. Browner
Will Driscoll
Edna Gauer
Boise
Georg Kease
Caldwell
C. B. Compton
Boise Mountay
Justice Stewart
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Second Avenue South
Henry van Engelen
Saho
Edna Ellen Cole
Omaha
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Payette Valley Land and Orchard Co
Cole
Irwin Thurston
Ethel Venable
New Meadows
FE. C. Perce
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M. Fiteh
Bae An
A. Kaessner
Hartung
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Wm. Melcher
Ferg. A. White
Corp. McPherson
A. Anderson
Ia Melcher
J. Redington
Wilson
James Forbes
Frank Forbes
Tom Jones Drug Store
Union Young People’s Society
Y. MC. A
Little Dan
Wayne
Mangows
Herman Tegier
Herman Teger
J. W. Berry
Virginia
Ike
Payette Cold Storage Company
Hubert Wayne
J. B. Crouch
Bere
St. Lukes Hospital
Tom Jones
Otto Albert
Rebbeck
Lews
L. P. Dryden
Independence
Missouri
Payete
C. W. Greeter
Mr. Dryden
Weet
O. Forbes
North Coast
Judge Company
Baker City
North Powder
Nyssa
Snake Strret
Tom Jones’ Drug Store
Louise Eglesmne
Saterday
Yale
Col. Hubbard
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Union Troat and Savings Co
Dolee
A. Welle
Oty
M. & Wood
Simet
H. C. Smith
Welser
C. R B. Mandarillo
Baker City Busideme
C. H. Bussey
A. B. Moss
Éahe Point
Mr. Moss
Mr Bilaser
Wim.beton
California
L. V. Hardiman
Salt Lake
Andeo
John A. Harader
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