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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1920
Page
1
A Council meeting discussed bond issues to develop Ada County and improve the Welser Canyon road. The Portia Club founded in 1892 advocates civic improvement and immigrant education while welcoming new members Mrs. Pence and Mrs. Gruff.
The Royal Neighbors held a regular session Friday night and installed officers for the coming year. Officers named include Oracle Amatda Orcutt Vice Oracle Margaret Coblents Chancellor Loulea Rohlfing Recorder Kina G Lurber Receiver Minnie Shafer Marshal Alice Perry Inner Sentinel Emma Thompson Outer Sentinel Flora Babb Manager Anna V Perry ian t Woodyward. Janette Kirkendall received a cut glass bowl in appreciation for ten years as Recorder.
Mrs Wil Reilly arrives in Payette from Butte to visit at the Hoges home while they attend the Jobbers Convention in San Francisco. She will remain next week and help with upstairs duties. Charley Fulton shows off a new Nash car and declines offers to drive.
NL AL Jacobsen secures the contract to erect a one story brick building between the Thesipeot Restaurant and the Anson Hart Grocery. The 60 foot long structure aims to host a wholesale meat market boosting local supply for dressed meats. John Alden awarded the contract to quicken completion.
University of Idaho Glee Club presented a well received program at the Em main, featuring Dickinson on violin and a duet of Annie Laurie and Dusties in the Air. The crowd praised the performance as thoroughly entertaining.
The piece advocates establishing a permanent or temporary camping ground for auto tourists at Payette Valley, noting past temporary setups spurred real estate deals and local spending while stressing the area’s highway access as vital advertising. It warns residents to secure autos to deter thieves amid rising vehicle traffic and reports varied local notes including a fatal pneumonia death, weddings, and a billiard parlor opening.
Fruitland High School will present a two act operetta titled Little Almond Eyes directed by K. Neilson with Miss Esther Reed as accompanist. The program features cast and guest acts including Wem Ho, Ming Cathay, soon after screenings of Fatty Arbuckle and Constance Talmadge offerings along with additional skits and a Buster Keaton style tableau. The event unfolds across Thursday and Friday with a payette County Commercial Club meeting announced for February 3 at 7 30 pm at the Court House.
Monday night February 2 the Woman s Auxiliary of the American Legion will meet in the Library rooms of the town hall all mothers wives sisters and daughters of John Webster Rhoads Post members urged to attend and add their name to the roll if not already done
O H Musgrove visits Bole on business while J L Wells ships three cattle and hogs to Portland market last Friday. The Payette Schools suffer teacher shortages causing several grades to lack instruction. A stranger named Duffey is arrested for drunkenness and disorderly conduct. C E B Barnes buys a 29 acre ranch near Eagle and moves this spring. Arthur Arcutt undergoes appendectomy and is critically ill. Please Get Married at Emma Theatre February 19 20 offers $25 to the first couple publicly wed on stage.
Ice jam near Fruitiind bridge on the Payette River threatened the line with rising water until county officials, alerted by Audr ns Gerdner, removed the jam by evening. Water level dropped to a safe distance and no further trouble was expected.
Katarina Kosesan born in Wisesota Hungary on Nov 8 189¢ died Jan 27 1920 at age 23. A daughter born last week survived. mother died. Survived by husband Nikolaus Kosesan father and mother and a 2 year old son. Funeral conducted from home north of Payette by Rev F C Ruerzebere Evangelical Church.
The Methodst Church announces two morning sermon series in a character study on reading men of the New Testament with titles such as The Man Who Faced Toward the Dawn and The Man of Quickseed. An illuminated lecture on Christianity and World Democracy is set for next Sunday evening at 7 o'clock.
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