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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1914
Page
1
Payetteacity council overhauls water supply with gallery plan and new pumps. New municipal building with turbines and fire dept upgrades accompany street improvements and bicycle licensing. Dad Inman returns to run the Payette Hotel dining room as education and schooling are urged as vital community priorities.
Morning preaching service at 14. Sunday School at 10. Evening service at 7 30 opens with a short song service special music and sermon for the New Year. Come out and help make the first Sunday of 1914 a good start Epworth League a 630 location details implied.
Portia Club plans a benefit ball at Gorton Hall on Friday January 28 to aid the Portia Piano Fund. Tickets cost 15, with music promised and a good time urged. the note urges community support despite crowding in the school building and calls for better facilities.
Notice announces payment of warrants up to No 1 for the Little WitoW Irrigation District and warrants Nos 1 2 and 3 for the Maintenance Fund. Interest will cease on the publication date.
A Payette Valley editor interviews Desney & Company and growers Hogue and Prive. The piece highlights a decade of growth in fruit shipping, central packing, and cold storage, noting shift from Italian and Hungarian pears to improved varieties, stricter packing, and broader markets while emphasizing ongoing modernization and quality standards.
Payette sees a historic egg shipment after the first carload of eggs leaves for sale. Cold storage at Payette Cold Storage Company preserves eggs at 33 degrees, with experts noting improved freshness and potential price rise as the egg industry grows locally. Duying poultry supplies and grower Bow man comment on last year’s egg business reaching $15,000 in the region.
The pastor opens a series of evangelistic meetings at the Christian Church starting next Sunday. Mrs E. Rosenteg, Washoe Community School music director, will direct music and lead the song service each evening at TrBC. The public is invited to attend to give and receive help.
A December 18 2013 letter from David C Peters in Honolulu wishes Payette Idaho friends a merry Christmas and sends blessings to the Payette Valley. The message asks the Payette Enterprise to forward Christmas greetings to church members and others in the community.
Notice is given that the MEDEA stockholders meeting of Michigan Idaho Lumber Co will be held at Rickards & Haga in Fose Ida ho on the 16th day of January 1914 at a few o'clock P.M Vice President J S Crosby signs the notice. Mrs Carl Jacobsen entertained on Tuesday afternoon at a Kensington gathering with Mesdames Scale Wels Korup Woodward Prestel Wood ward Crump Foster Wells Wit bar Spottswood and Miss Wright of Albany Groton present. For Sale or Trade will sell or trade for smaller property near residence six room house on one acre with barn chicken house and fruit address B care Enterprise Printing Office.
Local brief reports a party planned by Odd Fellows and Rebekahs on January 2, 1914, inviting all members to attend. A rivalry among installing officers is noted, with a banquet to close the evening. A separate incident details Tom Ireton receiving a serious electric shock after a fall in the line due to a defective transformer. he was fortunate to escape more severe injury. The item urges caution to prevent such accidents by electricity users and mentions signs of transformer faults.
The sudden Christmas day death of C A Beading at the Dy stock ranch near Payette shocks many who knew him for ten years. A kind liberal man, he was beloved by all who met him. His widow and a California sister transported his remains to California for interment. Floral tributes from valley residents testified to the high esteem in which he was held.
In the jotal league two games were played Tuesday. St James Club defeated High School 25 to 17 as the St James bays showed improvement while the High School bays lagged. The second game saw T. H. and the Sunday Club 21 to 15 winners. the bays played hard and the game stayed tight but the crowd was very small, about ten cents admission. Nearby notes mention visitors Miss Wright of Albans, teachers at the convention, and local residents Mr and Mrs Lester Albert of Boise visiting over Christmas.
Finder plans to return outside satchel to owner I M Kauffman. Contained item tag bearing the name and a baby’s initials Satchal conttcing. Office holder advised to contact owner for reclaim.
Charles McCosh travels to Weiser on business. Many residents visit Payette and Boise on business or holiday trips. A baby girl arrived for Mr and Mrs John P Siegel. Several families spend Christmas with relatives in multiple towns. A wedding occurs at the home of the bride’s parents in Washoe.
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