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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1920
Page
2
Payette Enterprise argues labor should meet wartime needs without reducing hours, condemns six hour days as disobedience to divine sanction, and urges producers to raise productivity. It critiques coal mine wage increases as passed to utilities, hitting the public with higher gas and electricity costs.
Theodore Hardee of the Government Savings Organization cites federal prosecutions of New York promoters as a climax to a national campaign. He urges holding Liberty Bonds and investing in War Savings Stamps and Treasury Savings Certificates, warning that selling bonds for worthless stock hurts prices and harms savers. He urges consulting bankers before buying any stock.
The new water power bill, passed by Congress and signed by the President, promises faster passenger and freight trains for five transcontinental railroads and lower costs. It would spur factory construction across western states and stimulate regional economic growth.
The article links reduced lumber output to mill closures and camp shutdowns caused by weak Orient markets and Japan's financial strain. It notes that when lumber booms, Pacific business thrives, while any sustained inactivity affects related industries and local building activity, urging sustained economic measures.
Lieut. C. G Mergrith of Battle Creek Michigan landed in mud in an Everglades island after misplacing the Fort Myers route from Arcadia Florida. He endured six days of insect attacks and mud, finally rescued in a delirious condition.
In a Chicago divorce filing, Kathryn Schumacher Balmes accuses Patrick H Balmes of laziness and shifting farm labor onto her. She describes leaving the city after he persuaded her with stories of country life and states she was milking ten cows daily, cleans stables, cooks, and churns as part of her duties.
The Little Willow Irrigation District hosts its Second Annual Picnic on Saturday July 17 at the Dan Coates ranch. Citizens are invited with a day program including speaking singing reading and dancing. Families should bring baskets and enjoy shade good company and a baseball game plus tee water.
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