Business Men Visit Payette Valley Orchard Tract on Special Train
Two hundred business men from Payette Fruitland and New Plymouth toured the Payette Valley Land and Orchard Company tract of 720 acres near New Plymouth. They viewed water supply pumping and irrigation systems, toured the power plant, and ended with a banquet and speeches praising the project and its future fruit production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Payette, Fruitland
New Plymouth
Payette
Payette Valley Land and Orchard Company
Fruitland
Payette Valley Railroad
Payetts
Buckingham
The
Bette
Baptist Church Sunday Service and Temperance Rally
The Baptist Church holds worship at 11 a.m. with a sermon titled The Need of Stability. Evening events include a temperance rally at the Rimma Theatre led by Rev. Henry Van Engelen. After a banquet the train returns to Payette arriving late with tired businessmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rimma Theatre
Henry van Engelen
Payette
Idaho fruit law aims stamps on all fruit sales
Deputy Inspector Newcomb warns Idaho growers to label every fruit package with variety grower name and address. The rule targets sale of infected fruit and bans sale of produce infested with San Jose scale or codling moth larvae, with fines up to 300 dollars or jail up to three months. F. E. Keith of Dallas visits Payette, praising local soils and roads but urging faster road development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Idaho
State of
Newcomb
San Jose
Rich valley prospects in Little Willow irrigation debate
Special correspondent notes Little Willow Valley near Payette as a fertile, largely undeveloped tributary with high grain yields under dry farming. Reports cite multiple ranches producing hundreds to over a thousand bushels of rye, barley, oats, and wheat on new ground, highlighting potential gains if irrigation is established to unlock fruit crops and valley-wide development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Willow
Payette
Solsoble
W. F. Stirm
Dan Coates
Bolton Ranch
B. D. Melntyre
Drinkwine
Scott
Gissell and
Roe
W. R. Shimp
L. H. Patton
Smith Ranch
Mr. Gordon
Mr. Kelfer
Skippen
McKinney and
Wilson
Paycette
Card of Thanks for Family Bereavement by Flora Chalfant
We thank friends for sympathy and kindness after the death of our husband and father. Mrs Flora Chalfant and daughter Maude express appreciation for support during this sorrow. John A Harader, Notary Public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora Chalfant
Maude
Payette Public Schools open for 1911 12 year
Payette Public Schools begin the 1911 12 academic year on Monday September 11 with a full staff of teachers led by Superintendent J E Turner. Names include Hazel Norris Berry K D Mathews Mabel L Dorey Laura Hill Griffin L C Hargrove J B Turner and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Payette
J. E. Turner
Hazel Norris Berry
K. D. Mathews
Mabel L, Dorey
Laura Hill Griffin
L. C. Hargrove
J.B. Turner
Misa Herry
Mathews
Hargrove
Cape Girardeau, Mo
Miss Dorsey
Earney
Nebr
State Normal
Marden School 3 Music and Elocution
Chicago
Santa Clara
California
Griffin
Oregon Agricultural College
Corvallis
Oregon
Payson area social notes and visitor list
A lengthy social column lists visits and trips around Payette including Mrs HJ Snyder and Mr and Mrs B Pratt hosting in Welser, Willems and Margaret Maule traveling, Miss Ruth Maule visiting Rathdrum, JH Barry and wife taking a coast excursion, the Ackerman family hosting, Mohlers visiting relatives, and trips by Venable and Russell, with mention of Washington duties and a Lynden, Washington paper delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell's
HJ. Snyder
B. Pratt
Welser
School Election Affects Vacancies in Payette District
A Payette Idaho local election is set for September to fill vacancies caused by term expirations of D. W. Alney and Dr. C. H. Avey. Notices posted, Rev. G. H. Turner and R. M. Jones chosen as judges, with Martin Luther as clerk, plus preparations for street lighting by Idaho Oregon Light and Power Co. The town also sees a dog incident, a trip for Mrs Compton to Portland for bonnet studies, an August 26 address by Rev T D Wadleigh, and Army Company I camping in Boise for Governor's trophy with several personnel named. Fruit inspector from Grant's Pass visiting Payette Valley considers relocation here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ehool
D. W. Alney
C. H. Avey
Deen
Rev
G. H. Turner
R. M. Jones
Martin Luther
Payette
C. Barnham
Grant's Pana
Oregon
Payette Valley
Fince
Hood River
Grast's Pass
Thia Valley
Payette notices hint at local travel and business plans
Local tidbits report Mrs Blackham leaving for Ogden Utah and A J McPharland of Falke Store visiting from Payette. George Verley of Weiser and Hartung plan trips, while Loyd Pence and family return from Meadows. Postal and telephone cooperative meetings loom as stockholders prepare at the Commercial Club rooms.
Baby Narrow Escape: TwoYearOld Falls From Upstairs Window
Mrs H W Kastens and her two year old son Earl fell from an upstairs window after the screen gave way. The child grabbed the window sill and escaped serious injury, with only a bruise. a physician pronounced him sound after examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.W. Kastens
H. W. Kastens
Big Plant Construction Crew Arrives to Water Land
Large number of horses and scrapers arrive in Payette and cross the Snake River to Dead Ox Flat to begin building the big plant by the Snow Moody Development Company. The project will irrigation six thousand acres, bringing a fruitful spring yield of fruit grain and hay within three to four miles of Payette.
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Payette
Oregon Side
Snow— Moody Development Company
Dead Ox Flat
Payi Te
Snake River
Local Bank Visitors and Travel Notes From Town
M. P. Albert of the Flist National Bank and A. P. Schlehfeld of the Payette National Bank were town visitors on Thursday for Bull Lake. Miss Jnne Gordon, a bookkeeper at the Enterprise Printing Office, planned a Monday evening trip. The following people rode the special train Thursday evening to the coast. HL Hunter John Bowers Cary Prank Zellar Mr and Mrs A W were rejoicing since last Friday over the arrival at their home of a girl baby Ley Mother and 25 are doing well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barry
Hood River
Oregon
Mia
Martha Jaune
Middleton
James
WP. Ackerman
Earl Venable
Payette
Venables
Mra. Venable
Jnne Gordon
Enterprise Printing Office
Bull Lake
Fraith
HL Hunter
John Bowers
Cary Prank Zellar
A. W
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F. E. Keith
Dallas
Texas
E. C. Keith
Keith Ia
Shinkay
Fiat
Jotn A. Harader
Notary Public
Caldwell
Delta Tu
Thurston—Crighton
Crighton
Bam Lee
Uulhdying
Sam Lee
Express
Boston
Cold Storage Company
York
Nic, Broderson
Albert Wilson
HL. Willams
Margaret Maule
Jacob Geddis of
Holte
M. F. McDonald
Mra. B. EB. Carney
Tennessee
EB. W. Equals
Ruth Maule
Rathdrom
Maho
Tel
Allert Mohler
Barbar Mohler
Cushing
Oklahoma
Mr W. Mohler
Leyton
Missouri
M. T. Merely
Mondamin, Towa
Mondamin Bank
Mr. McBvoy
L. W. Russell
Bin
George M. Darnall
Enterprise
Lynden
Washington
Ennies
Payette, Idaho
Idaho-Oregon Light & Power Co
el Sig
First Avenue
Elk Founain
Idaho-Oregon Light & Power Company
F. E. Hurd
Doga
Mra
B. Compton
Portland
T. D. Wadleigh
Tinoie
Payette Gate
Unlay
Business Men's and Voters’ League
Canyon County
Eighth
Center Streets
Boise
Eants
Scott Brainard
George O McPherson
Frank Herline
Baird
Allen Anderson
Roas McClanahan
Arthur Pilmer
Nelson Sheldon
Richard Smith
Edward L. Brown
BL. Biackham
Ogden
Utah
Indiee
Ruewil'e
A. J. McPharland
Falke Store
George Verley
Weiser
Hartung
Long Valley
J. M. Coffee
Letha
Payette Valley Road
A. D. Looney
W. H. Morse
Minnesota
Mildred Chapman
Hazel White
Charles R. Silih
Iren
Loyd Pence
Fasily
Capt
Mrs. Irwin
Astoria
Bean Brothers
Newext
Plymouth
Payette Vis'tora Thurk G
Clu
Merting
Payette Mutual ‘Telephone Company
Mutual Company
T. D. Landon
Landon
Leavtin
M. P. Albert
Flist National Bank
A. P. Schlehfeld
Payette National Bank
Payette Launder
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