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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1919
Page
2
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The Payette county print bid scene turns partisan as The Sentinel condemns prevailing bids while The Enterprise earns favor with the county commissioners. The debate echoes Old Hickory Jacksons spoils view amid county official paper selection.
Idaho legislators push three house measures toward law as Clark county is carved from western Fremont. Other bills include a $75000 legislative expense fund codification effort and suffrage memorial revisions. Senate bills cover teacher exemptions, a state contributory, prison board overhaul, and road funding boosts. House bills address draft checks and mining provisions.
Committees push for a State bureau of mines and H B No 21 granting districts bond rights to cover indebtedness. H B No 53 enables a county division referendum. Munsen also proposes a four year term for village offices. Frost recedes from roads as Payette heights driver J C Bow key helps after axle disaster. Payette Modern garage crew later rescues with a tractor overnight.
The article urges strong support for the Victory Liberty Loan as the final call to fund postwar needs. It recalls the last hours before the armistice, noting American divisions advancing and prisoners taken, and stresses continued sacrifice by those at home to secure the victory won by the khaki-clad soldiers.
A former railroad brakeman who reached France arrives with a group of prisoners. When asked what he carried he replies in character that they are a string of empties, six. The remark appears in Frank G. Davis’s Cartoons.
A backwoods exchange notes a feud incident where a cousin killed a man but was not tried. The Kentucky native explains the shooter was fined six dollars for hunting without a house. The remark reflects local sentiment against the unnamed victim and the informal handling of the case.
A shower of several hundred small three inch fishes fell during a heavy thunderstorm at Hendon Wanbird near Sunderland. The event lasted about ten minutes and covered roughly a third of an acre near the seashore. Experts suggest a waterspout drew the fish from the southeast bay, then carried them inland by a northerly breeze.
A German captain of engineers recounts sending a green corporal and free men to disable a railway station to deny it to the Russians. The corporal returned quickly and claimed success, joking that the Russians would never use the station because he had carried away all the tickets, a large stick evident on his back.
A black mare branded GY has been taken up by H V Werner of New Plymouth Route 2. The owner may claim the horse by paying the advertising and tied bill.
The Payette Valley Cattle and Horse Growers Association announces its annual meeting to be held January 25 at 4 PM at the M. A. venue. Members are urged to attend and discuss association affairs.
An Italian boy refugee of twelve named Patriarca, born in San Daniele del Friuli, served in the army after Caporetto. He joined urditi, fought on Monte Tomba and Grappa, carried grenades, and reportedly charged a Prussian officer and three soldiers, saving his group and earning a decoration.
Mr. Greiner of the All-Way commission found Russians better behaved in public than Americans. In Petrograd lines form naturally for trolleys and goods, with orderly conduct, no crowding at stores, and people queuing patiently for cigarettes and food, including bread and milk, while maintaining cheer and sociability. Youth's Companion.
A cobalt chromium carbon steel alloy named cobalterom is claimed to harden best at temperatures not exceeding 1200 C. It reportedly cuts four days before needing regrinding, outperforming tungsten high speed steel by twice as long and carbon steel by half a day.
The article notes German and American war garden practices. German fields in reclaimed areas are large, suggesting soldiers rely on self grown produce and French laborers paid three sous an hour. Captures include thousands of acres of gardens, with harvests later in the season expected to be productive for resourceful noncommissioned officers.
A fragmentary quote reveals a woman rejecting a $50 Liberty bond purchase to please others and a young soldier urging others to buy bonds for a “roaring” celebration. The text is garbled with misspellings but centers on personal motives and wartime fundraising rhetoric.
Mr Stirm sold beef for market shifting to Oregon for finishing. Roads improved after two weeks of wear. Lester Nickland returned from England to visit family. Walter Shimp discharged from Camp Lewis and plans to work. Army armistice wait weighed on home folks. Local youths hosted by Jack Shimp with Victrola and Xmas records. Floyd Flnd’s safe arrival noted from New Jersey. Families moved from Morton ranch to Payette. Hazel Handman from Ontario visited Shimp ranch. Jack Syme wintered on Seattle beach.
Road District No 1 reports a meeting at the chapter house on Monday night January 27 1919 at 7 00 for selecting a road supervisor and to discuss a special road tax levy.
Mr and Mrs Jim Holbrook of Weiser spent several days in the valley last week visiting their parents Geo Scott and wife. Geo Smith and Seth Holbrook shipped rabbits to Spokane. Fred Root and Jim Irby drove through muddy roads Wednesday. Clyde Bena visited Payette and Will Gilmore drills a well at Jno Smith ranch. Eli Holbrook traded in Weiser. Margaret and Fred Scott stayed with Grace Ardus and Edna Lee. Clyde Bena lost a cow Monday night in a manger. El Bena from near Cambridge visited relatives.
Strayed items include a two year old Jersey cow branded on the left hip with contact for Sam Hill and a 75 pound black pig with red coots to Till Powell at Mose Mercantile Store. Taken up at Hurd ranch near Payette is a brindle yearling steer. A red two year old heifer with leg spots and ear crop is to notify James McGreevy. Also offered for sale is a span of mares aged 5 and 8, about 3500 pounds, in foal to Ton Percheron, at W R Gresham New Plymouth Idaho.
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