Payette Enterprise Weekly Industrial Review 1923 Highlights
Payette Enterprise issue notes Idaho industrial shifts, highway and rail progress, and local business efforts. Reports Lewiston lettuce shipments, Idaho highway expansion, a Cheese factory opening, and Butterfat payouts. Mentions public buildings funding, Goats Creek oil, Camas Prairie turkeys, and northern Idaho road obligations with 1923 context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HoWe—State Game Department
Ute
Idaho
Forest Service Department
Smith
Blackfoot
Hatley
Federal
Pocatello
Oakley
Goats Creek Oil & Development Company
Coal Creek
Fairfield
Camas Prairie
Connecticut
Twin Falls Highway Board
Tolizabeth Boulevard
St. Marina
Hurley
Rupert
Paul Browers
Viola
Pot Faten
Owyhe Counte
Taxpayers Press For Value In Public Expenditures
Taxpayers demand officials invest public funds wisely and maximize dollar value. 1923 highway contracts totalled 800 million with total road programs around 1.25 billion, up over 125 million from 1922. Emphasizes durable, low-maintenance pavements and government accountability amid rising road costs. Also notes a Portia Club meeting on January 4 1924 and miscellaneous local notices and ads.
State taxes in Idaho fall to five-year low this year
Idaho's state tax rate drops to 4.77 mills from 7.83 in 1919, a five year low. Auditor BH G Gallet releases a comparative statement showing the year by year taxes from 1919 to 1923 with mills values and per thousand valuations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
BH. G. Gallet
Lectures on Religion and Home Christianity by Dr Burns
Dr Henry Black Lewis and Henry Tack Burns to lecture at the High School Auditorium on January 14. Burns, born on a Pennsylvania farm, is described as a candid speaker who denounces sham and speaks hard truths, aiming to stir belief through practical religion and home practice.
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Henry Black Lewis
Henry Tack Burns
Hurns
Burma
Pennsylvania
Burns
Governor Moore appoints director of the Bureau of Insurance
Governor Charles Moore selects Harry D. Smith of Halley as director after two months of screening. Smith brings seven years in the insurance field and prior experience as a U S Land Office clerk and a U S Civil Service examiner.
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Moore
Bureau OF Insurance
Bos
Idaho
Charles Moore
Harry D. Smith
Halley
Smith
U. S. Land Office
U. S. Civil Service
Tablets On Lebanon Cliff Link Ancient and Modern Conquests
A cliff at the mouth of the Tog river near Beirut bears inscribed panels recording historic victories from ancient Assyrian and Egyptian campaigns through Alexander the Great and the Napoleonic era to General Allenby’s 1918 victory. Carvings, four to five inches deep and up to nine feet high, mark the march of empires across the Lebanon pass, a corridor between Nile valley and Mesopotamia that shaped world history.
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Lebanon Hills
Egypt
Hig
Sine
Britiah
Eviound
G. O
Asta Mir
Tog River
Beirut
Syrit
Lebanons
Beypt
Valley of the Nile
Mesopotamia
Lebanon
Tutmesus II
Rennacherth
Jerusalem
Alexander the Great
Europe
Asia
Louis Napoleon
France
Syria
Allenby
Levant
Uncle Billy Milchesworth in a Corridor Clash at the Exchange
Impulsive Uncle Billy Milchesworth, founder of one of the Joading houses, clashes with Mike in the exchange corridor. A nervous, hot tempered moment leads to a tense confrontation, then a surprising reconciliation as they shake hands amid the crowd.
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Billy
Billy Milchesworth
Sike Bell
Mike
Car Ioose
Uncle Billy
Indiana
Humidifier sprays 60 perfumed mists with small pump unit
A compact humidifying and deodorizing device described for theaters hotels and similar venues uses an appliance about the size of a fountain. It emits 60 fine sprays of perfumed water directed into the air, powered by a one horsepower motor and regulated by a rheostat, weighing about 15 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popular Mechanics
Death Rate Falls in States and Cities Across Nation
Death rate figures show a nationwide decline after adjusted corrections. Montana records the lowest rate at 8.8 per 1000, Massachusetts the highest at 18.4. Among cities 100000 plus, Akron leads with 0.22 and Memphis posts 19. The Forgetting notes a saying on forgetting injuries and the risks of forgetting that you have forgotten.
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Montana
Massachusetts
Akron
Memphis
Dr Henry Black Burns Topics Criminology Lecture
Dr Henry Black Burns discusses criminology from a physician’s view in the noon lecture “Chords and Discords” at the High School Auditorium on Monday January 14 1924 under the Portia Club. The well known Lyceum speaker speaks plainly about crime its curse and its cure to engage local audiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portia Club
Lyceum
R. D. Bradshaw
Henry Black Burns
Middle West
Tor Burns
Momgent
Lyceum Tecturers
Nector Burns
Gooding stresses lower water charges for Idaho projects
In Washington Senator Gooding pressed the Fact Finding Commission on relief for Idaho irrigation regions. He argued most settlers paid their obligations, cited Minidoka and Bolsa projects, urged lowered construction charges and time extensions, and detailed high freight costs and ruined prune crops hurting farmers. He warned prewar prices for gear rose sharply, driving losses across the Southside Unit and foreclosures, while freight rates and labor costs squeezed irrigation farmers.
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Washington, D. C
Gooding
Fact Finding Commission
Boise-Payotte Water Users Associaten
Southside
Minidoka Irrigation Project
Idaho
Senator Gooding
Asar
Minidoka
Reclamation Service
Boise
Bolsa
Ntor Gooding
Reclamation Office
Chicago
Iie
Bevel
Loree
Union
Tdaho
Snake River
Government Ownership Debate Echoes From Europe
Charles M. Schwab cites European trials with government owned railways and other services to argue against government ownership. He recalls a Whitehall anecdote about Sir Eric Geddes studying a warning sentry who had posted a lifelong warning due to a painted wall incident years earlier.
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Charles M. Schwab
New York
Tussia
Eric Geddes
England
Whitehall
Detroit Free Press
Rembrandt Discovery Reported by Dutch Papers
A newly found Rembrandt alleged to be 59 cm tall shows a painting on wood of the marriage of Alexander the Great and Roxanna. Art critic Doctor Fell says the work, dated 1628, bears Rembrandt's signature and a Persian inscription. The piece reportedly surfaced in Prague after restoration.
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Rembrandt
Progue
Doctor Fell
Alexander the Great
Roxanna
Pulitter
The Old Job Again London Answers
Mike laments being sacked and Patt Pat asks what he will do next. He says he will return to his former job and seek work, explaining he is looking for employment as his next step.
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Mike
Begorra
London
A Million Victims In Sealers Stock Scam Recount
A reported figure of one million people fell victim to sealers using shoe-string stock in the past year, as per an estimate attributed to Investment bane.
Wanted Ads Stray Calves And Rentals In Oregon
Stray calves including a Jersey and a Holstein branded Mutolic A on right ribs are sought with a Mexican apple reward. Rentals listed for Payette, New Plymouth, and Oregon areas with multiple addresses and contact names. Also various sale items including dairy cows, cars, and living quarters advertised.
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Jersey
Band Hollow
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Arlose
Prof. Appich
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C. C Grimes
Beckman
Henry Ashcroft
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Legles Wegear
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Grn Central
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Jilly
New York Sun
Ubo Savings
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Horder
New Plymouth
Curfman
Pose
Oregon
Payvie
P. M. Mowe Dee
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Ars. Cochran
B. Chapman
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Dr. Baker
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First National Bank
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