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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1910
Page
6
Local notes describe a community Ball and entertainments at the Woodmen venue. Several residents, including Mrs. Prong and others, are mentioned amid church and club activities. Attendees from Caldwell and nearby townships are noted at meetings and social gatherings.
Odd letters and garbled text describe a local market event at Fruitland with mentions of coal heaters, oil barrels, and an attempt to determine the best type. The fragment references Mihy gremers and arch and hosters but lacks clear names, dates, or outcomes.
A reflective fragment recalls a harsh winter in Mynorth Idaho with thawing nostalgia. The speaker notes mild winters elsewhere yet describes heavy snow and freezing pumps, horseshoe bendage, and the town laments as headlines echo across America.
An Oregon grower labeled apples with Cafe Martin New York using perforated paper stamps showing the cafe name, two stars, and a martin bird. About 400 prize specimens were processed, red initials left as the fruit colored, then shipped to Rae & Hatfield in New York for a surprise service to patrons. Also note January watch and jewelry repair sale and the Brainard family heading to Hot Lake Oregon for Miss Brainard’s stay.
The Vogue Millinery store owned by Mrs N Harris is undergoing major renovations. Walls are being tinted and a rear workroom created as stock and fixtures are updated. Harris plans to travel to Portland for spring stock and return with a larger,, more complete line. Miss Gardiner, formerly trimming for the Vogue, will be head trimmer next season. The Greenwood Avenue Ditch Company directors were elected: Levi Slinker Henry Asmussen J W Cartwright A L McClanahan H D Fickey. Asmussen named President, Slinker Vice President Fickey Secretary Scritchfield Treasurer. Advertised letters list for week ending Jan 1910 includes Nancy Granin Stella Kinnerson Ida B Mansell Mildred Thomas Howard Cole R L Gilbert Clarence Russell F A Slater Don Pauche Seto.
The Supreme Court ruled land owners along navigable and non navigable streams hold land to the thread of the stream subject to a public use easement. A patent to surveyed upland abutting a river conveys title to the island between meander line and channel center. The dispute in C P Lattig and Robert E Green vs John E B Scott involved Poole island and squatter rights surrounding riverbank land.
West Side Lateral Company Idaho directs an 85 cent per share assessment on capital stock, payable February, to J H Whitsell, secretary. Delinquent payments after February 5 will be advertised for public sale, with sale on March 1910 to cover the delinquent assessment and costs.
Two of the largest Mallet articulated locomotives ever built, weighing about 350 tons and 96 feet long with eight drive wheels, traveled through Payette late in the first week, destined for La Grande Oregon to be used by the O B N. Built by Baldwin in Philadelphia.
U S Signal Office reports for Payette Idaho week ending January 12. Maximum temperature 32 degrees on January 10. Minimum 21 below on January 6. Mean 11. Precipitation 38 with 27 in 24 hours. Snowfall 8 inches. Wind mainly from the north. Clear days 0, partly cloudy 1, cloudy days 6. A F Ates observes.
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