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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1923
Page
1
Kiwanis Club members and local professionals back a February 12 to 17 drive to boost prosperity by paying debts and circulating money. The plan calls for visible support through car tags and banners as Payott countywide participants repay old bills and encourage others to do likewise.
A paper notes a near halt in hard times as two local banks with capital stocks of 40 000 and 5000 report combined deposits approaching half a million dollars. The piece suggests prosperity has returned after previous land and farm-product depreciation and warns that stringent times and prosperity travel westward.
Senior and junior honor lists listed with names and grades. A bank reopening meeting is announced for January 27 at 2 PM at the Bancroft Hotel Commercial Club room, inviting all depositors to attend. Committeemen Ned McCue and A I McClanahan urge participation regardless of deposit size.
Geo F Nesbitt president of the Idaho State Cattle and Horse Growers Association headed to Boise to lead the eighth annual convention. A two day program runs Friday and Saturday with a welcome address by Boise mayor and Governor C C Moore giving an address Our State Lands.
The Cannon City Colorado high school staged its fifty fifth annual play with Wayman J Williams, a former Payette boy and current school faculty member, directing. He is noted for his career progress since leaving Payette and making good use of his education. The piece contrasts fashion trends as wool prices rise, prompting a witty editor’s remark about pants length.
A fragmented preview touts Strongheart style action with a love triangle set in snowland featuring a woman and a fierce fight against a wolf-pack. Presented at the Emma with show dates January 31 and February 1 and billed as mother love and surprising drama. The piece also briefly mentions Payette Equity Exchange events and stockholders meeting details with names like Harvey Roan and F McCarroll noted.
One hundred forty five Crusaders from third to sixth grades earned Squire certificates for completing fifty four or more health chores weekly over six weeks. A lively tournament by grade in each building crowned both sixth grades as winners in the Modern Health Crusaders program.
Neva Deeds six year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Deeds of Emmett and granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Young of Fruitland, had a needle discovered in her arm after years of unexplained wrist pain and repeated medical exams. An X ray showed a needle between two arm bones, removed with little difficulty. The incident remains a mystery to the family. ENCAMPMENT INSTALLATION Officers of Hoomerang Encampment No. 64 I O C F were installed by Grand Patriarch R. T. Owens and staff, including Geo. Cornelius and W. O. Wainwright, with follow-up visits planned. ANOTHER BOOZE JOINT ROUTED Sheriff John T. Jefferis and Washington county officers seized a well‑built still in Sand Hollow, near the county line, containing 24 gallons of whiskey, mash, rye, and sugar. The plant was moved to Welser. operators were absent but the setup indicates long-term bootlegging. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Farson returned from Burns, Oregon, noting Payette’s appeal.
Ed Forbes son of Mr and Mrs Frank Forbes of this city underwent a serious operation at St Alphonsus Hospital in Boise last Thursday The procedure removed a growth from his liver and he is reported to be recovering well though several weeks remain before full recovery.
Deputy Game Warden Geo Boors received a crate of Hungarian Partridge from Otto hes in an express shipment. Two hundred pairs from England arrived in the second shipment and were turned over to the Payette Gam Club for liberation east of Payette. Some birds remain on Pred Harper’s ranch and are being fed there.
Sam Raby and Sam Kennedy escaped drowning after their Ford slid into mud and water near the old logging Stough bridge south of town while blinded by an approaching car’s bright lights. They were rescued, their vehicle later towed to town, top and windshield demolished. The writer urges laws requiring dimmed headlights.
Mrs R A Crump chaired the Portia club public welfare committee gathering held last Thursday afternoon. Mr Crump drove a wagon two miles to transport the ladies to and from the Crump residence. A lavish home grown meal was served from Crump farm produce to committee members and guests including Mesdames Cole Fiorer Jacobs We M Lamot Wyman Murphy Pugh Lee Wells Young and others.
The piece highlights Benjamin Franklin as a unique national figure celebrated during Thrift Week. It notes admiration from American youth whose reading of his autobiography inspires, and a Seventh and Eighth grade program dramatizes Franklin from building the wharf to signing the Declaration.
Saturday January 20 Grand Chief Myrttt Mitchel visited Fleur Wells Temple No 5 and answered member questions after a fine speech. Refreshments followed and the evening ended in dancing at the Business Women's Club Dance at Payette Pavilion with music and special features. Admission was 1.10.
Two births announced at home of Nesbitt and Mowe? a boy born at 12 30 AM Sunday. Frank Brashears US Marshal was in Payette on official business. Prosecuting Attorney Haynes returned from Portland trip. Jim Davis of Dependable Grocers in Boise. Art Bulmer back from Huntington for family illness. Mrs Blanchard to Mayo Clinic Rochester for possible operation. Feb 2 and Feb 12 17 referenced in local promotions and events.
Local theater listings note Emma Theatre shows including The Prisoner of Zenda and Shattered Idols along with other features across January 25 to February 1. A separate Payette wedding announces the marriage of Lila Marie Kay and Steve L Fielder at South 12th Street with family witnesses and future plans.
Franklin Shelworth died January 23 1923 in Payette Idaho after a brief illness following an operation. Born July 16 1910 in Yakima Washington he was in sixth grade and a Sunday School member of the Christian church. He leaves his parents Ed and Mrs Shelworth one sister and many mourning friends. Funeral services will be conducted by Rev W E Hall at the Christian church Thursday at 2 PM with interment in Riverside cemetery.
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