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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1916
Page
3
Local notes recount attendance by Fruitland figures at the Statewide Warmers Conference in the Hall of Representatives on Feb 14 15 and 16. Frequent visits and moves include residents to Payette Boise New Plymouth Ontario and Dead Ox Flat along with hospital and school events and a hand injury requiring amputation of the index finger joint.
A brief item notes Mrs. R. G. Wilson imposing a fine while the subject remains confined to bed, with slow recovery implied. The fragment preserves a social or local court tone without detailing offenses or locations.
Local shipments report apples moved by Douney & Co from Tuswing and Rich packing houses with cars sent on Saturday and Tuesday. Road conditions hinder Mail Carrier Route 1. Arthur Orcutt covers for him. Social events include Freshmen gatherings at Burnett home with candy heart games and jee crésm. chaperones Sutton and McCormack. Various meetings, packing house updates, school activities, and community notices follow with names of families, clubs, and local farms.
Miss Cora Ehfe daughter of Mr and Mrs D Ehfe married Carl Duesen at Caldwell last Saturday. They will reside with her parents for the present. Duesen works on the Payette Orchard tract and owns a ten acre property bought from Mr Darnell. Well wishers extend their congratulations.
Local announcements cover the Edson Educational Art Exhibition to fund school art acquisitions on Thursday and Friday afternoons at the schoolhouse. The Better Babies Contest uses the school on March 9 and 10. Reverend Kanaar preached at the Baptist church. Missionary study class to present diploma after finishing Christian Heroism in Heathen Land with an exam Feb 26. Kensington club meets Feb 23. Army lecture by Mr Van Kirkpatrick Feb 21 at the Methodist church. Whitley Bottom wedding of Kate Harris and Joe Digish occurred Tuesday in Ontario with serenade that evening. Geo Boor and son Charles visit from Payette. County Agriculturist Mr McCall visited Friday.
Lower Payette Valley news roundup reports Miss M Carrier’s visit with a sister in Star, small Orchard Avenue Grange meeting, and next week’s Wrange gathering. Local clubs share social events, packing house activity at Wood Spur, and school valentines. Poultry show plans, Jupiter and Venus views, and visits to Boise, Winnemucca, and San Francisco are noted alongside church and family gatherings.
Little Willow reports Clyde Currin’s valuable horse was left with Dr R B Hurd after going lame on the way to Payette. Payette mail carrier W W Kay faces near drowning while fording Little Willow, prompting call for a sturdy upper valley bridge. Community activities include visits, snowshoe coyote hunting, and plans to consolidate mail routes pending a county road link.
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