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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1921
Page
2
Payette Enterprise is entered as second class matter at the Payette Idaho post office under the act of March 3 1879, with publication continuing as a local newspaper.
A Payette notice urges continued support for the Poverty Chamber of Commerce as dues delinquency threatens the group’s momentum. It promotes church attendance, church events, and a community feed to sustain cooperation amid hot weather and rising activity in the town along the Snake River.
The survey shows a surge in U S building activity with April contracts in 26 northeastern states totaling over a quarter of a billion dollars the largest April on record up 34 percent from March. Residential construction leads gains as the nation faces a shortage of 1.5 million homes due to war and cheaper lumber plus lower wages boost activity.
An opinion criticizes a meritorious act for including an unwarnted clause that exempts Federal Farm Loan Bonds from all taxes. It argues taxation would align bonds with other securities, prevent wealthier buyers from dodging taxes, and keep public funds available for farmers under the act.
The article argues cooperation between citizens, media, and municipal government drives local growth. It notes newspapers alone cannot do it all and calls for a constructive city government to aid civic and industrial efforts for the community’s benefit.
An editorial urges municipal government to be ready to serve the community and promote cooperation to strengthen local industries and a thriving commercial center. It argues that unity between private industry and city government is essential to prevent stagnation and decline. The piece then reviews the Emma Theatre showing of Kazan, praising the film adaptation and its memorable characters. It ends with a classified note: FOR SALE Good milk cow. Cheap. Inquire at this office.
H Wicks announces spray deadlines for the second brood of codling moth in Idaho apple regions. The plan lists district dates from Emmett to Twin Falls, urging growers to schedule spraying before damage occurs, with prospects for a good Northwest apple crop.
A builder spends six months and ten thousand dollars on a house then easily switches on electric light gas and telephone service. The piece argues that ready to serve utility networks require large investments and ongoing costs, even if the customer never uses the service, and the public is learning to accept these obligations.
Classifieds advertise a nurse position at Ledick Springs Sanitarium with exclusive training and steady income. Also offered is a Jersey cow for sale owned by L. M. Bowman, contact in Oregon in July 1508 era.
Worshipers attend despite heat as the Baptist church holds an evening service. The pastor delivers a fifteen minute talk on the Prodigal Son at the close of the B Y P S UV lesson and invites all to return next Sunday evening.
Payette Idaho woman Mrs. F Forbes reports backache relief after one box of Doan's Kidney Pills regulated her kidneys and stopped urinary troubles. She says she has had no need for a kidney remedy for years and endorses the product as permanent. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sells Doan's Kidney Pills for 60 cents.
The writer argues sustained utilities prevent chaos and hardship. Without electric lights water, gas, or transportation, citizens suffer and business halts. They claim public services justify taxes while politicians raise burdens.
The article traces William McDonald’s rise from a San Francisco forge to opera stages. Mrs. Leland Stanford spotted him at Palo Alto Stock Farm and urged his departure from the forge. She later won him training, leading to a career with the Bostonians and wide acclaim across the United States and Canada.
In a Detroit Free Press adaptation, Delilah toys with Samson using gold teeth and a lock of hair as a flood warning arrives from an old Paul Revere figure. Samson hides in the attic while delaying Delilah and saving a mortgage payment before the rising flood overtakes Mount Dingus.
A reflection quotes the Minneapolis Journal on freedom as not a gift but earned by mastering passions and desires. The piece contrasts this with a history of fashion galoshes first popular in America, noting their awkward design, care needs, and odors if neglected.
A Vancouver report notes fishers in British Columbia proposing drastic measures to kill hair seals at the Fraser River mouth. Earlier attempts used trapping with nets and hooks but supporters now seek aerial and high ground gunfire to reduce the seal population.
An improved method from the United States Bureau of Standards welds optic glass with minimal distortion. It enables joining lenses tubes and hollow prisms, producing precise flat ends. The shaped glass heats to annealing point in an electric furnace, then a flame welds the edges quickly.
President Wilson says he cannot pick a National Tree from the vast American forests. He wrote to the American Forestry Association which is organizing a national referendum to determine which tree best represents the nation.
A local school district announces the bond election originally slated for June 28 is postponed. The notice signals pending details on election authority, new date, and voting location upcoming in Fruitland area.
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