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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1920
Page
2
A Payette development firm promotes investments in oil and gas with a contract promising refund of every cent if a 28 percent annual dividend fails for fifteen years. Local observers note the campaign uses a national bank guarantee and promises high returns, while questions about feasibility and risk remain.
The piece argues that sugar shortages and price spikes have sparked unfounded reports and biased coverage. It cites the candy industry as unfairly blamed and notes confectioners’ associations urging the public and press to seek truth, urging the government to address price manipulation and protect consumers.
The notes discuss wage demands amid rising living costs and the push for better compensation to reflect increased efficiency. It argues that living standards cannot fall while wages stay high and hints at ongoing worker pressure for higher pay.
Thmief and stock enthusiasts across Payette Washington Idaho and Mather counties urged to join the Joint Livestock Improvement Tour. Starts 8:30 am at the Ontario Payette Fruitland road intersection with stops at Fruitland Payette Oregon Trail Welser Inter Mountain Institute Butterfield and other farms to view purebred cattle sheep and dairy operations. Lunch provided and discussions on silage hay and pasture use.
Visitors at the Royal Multicultural Hall in Westminster observed orchids kept in cages during a recent flower show. The organizer explained the caging prevented theft of powdery pollen by rival dealers, preserving the new orchid variety and ensuring cross fertilization remained controlled.
Presidents Alfredo Maquerlas Moreno of Eeondor and Pidel Sancex, joined by Beiter and Coloubin executives, greet each other at a frontier bridge. They mark a joint triumph and pledge a peaceful boundary accord as spectators cheer.
Improvements and investments drive Idaho prosperity with labor shortages in Washington and Idaho orchards. Wheat and alfalfa harvests progress as irrigated crops like fruits, sugar beets, corn and potatoes prosper. Northern Idaho eyes 7 million bushels of wheat. railroads improve rates and revenues. Several towns report new projects, mining activity, and infrastructure, with sugar supply and prices noted and a classifieds notice for a furnished room.
A former Leviathan officer reveals a shipboard mystery. Crewmen in a lower hold smoked, but a suction sampling system drew tobacco odor to the wheelhouse, exposing them. The officer traced the scent and disciplined the culprits, who assumed no link between holds and the wheelhouse. Translated from the New York Evening Post.
An Arab Times correspondent describes a lavish royal banquet hosted by King Hussein of Hedjaz for Lord Allenby in Jedidah. Bedouin calvary, an 18 by 70 foot table, barefoot waiters in Arab dress, and numerous dishes marked the feast, with musicians, scented hand washing, and coffee rooms. Remnants fed local residents and ship crews, illustrating opulent Arab hospitality.
The House Famine leader Morris Milquit warned in Albany that profiteering by New York landlords persists even as demand for housing soars. He cited tenants hearing bells rung many times daily by strangers asking about leaving soon, and recounted a newspaper office anecdote about advertising for a house with a yearly or three-year contract offer.
A Swedish inventor gears a windmill to hoist a two ton weight up a tower then releases it to drive a dynamo at the top. The setup includes a storage battery and switchboard in the tower base. Also a child’s playful mispronunciation in Indianapolis.
The M C A and local churches secured a simplex moving picture machine costing 175 dollars plus 16.93 dollars express, to educate and morally uplift the community. A canvass will seek funds, with exhibitions on Central School grounds or gymnasium, while Miss Broghild Olsby heads the girls and women’s department. The Ladies Auxiliary supports youth work. a fall membership drive rounds out a Western style roundup.
Community brief listing residents and visitors from the North Payette area. Names include Portner of Aladden Lamp Co, Allison and Roy Beeson, Mrs Clyde Currin, R G Thornton, Aleen Thornton, Mary Edna Etta Burt Christina Hutchinson, Vandenberg of Welsh Welch, Johnson, H Preeht, Paul Walker, Dwight Baker, Frank Harline, P G Marshall, Logan Bowman, Barbara Joyce, T J Jackson, Nichols, Katies Biagden, Mrs T J Jackson, Ruth Jackson, Nettie Luhr, Esther Armstrong, Ina Hiferman, Harry Stottler, Russell Cahill, a baby girl Mary Allen born August 22 to C W Jimerson, and Arley Fast visiting from Oregon.
The ad urges readers to buy a Brunswick Tire to prove its superiority. It touts the Brunswick name as proof of quality, appeals to historical use in rubber and long-standing reputation, promises value and a practical guarantee, and invites customers to start with one tire and expand to all Brunswicks.
Iva Stonner and Mrs Naylor return to Lake Side after a summer with the Jimerson home. Booster meeting of the Non-Partisan League at Frufitl discusses making Payette County notable. Various residents attend visits, family reunions, and garden or lawn gatherings. Church of Christ reports Bible School surprise and upcoming sermons on Christian Race and Abominations with midweek prayer and junior choir.
The Baptist Church will host a discussion on The Church's Origin Commission and Present Condition led by Pastor W. Buell. Topics include church existence and mission to save the world, with morning services starting at 10 a.m. and an evening program at 7 p.m. All welcome.
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