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Newspaper
Payette Enterprise
Location
Payette, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1916
Page
6
Weather report shows highest temperatures 94 on dates 22 3 24 and a low of 43 on date 1. Mean temperature 68.6 with no precipitation. Seven clear days, no partly cloudy days, no cloudy days. From the north and east winds, observer F Allen records the data.
A Lakeport water carnival offers a seven day excursion for seven fifty with five chances for an inexpensive week outing. The O L agent provides details and tickets. Card of thanks from Mr and Mrs Thomas Walker Verla Walker and Andrie Walker expresses gratitude for support and floral offerings after the loss of their son and brother.
A reflective remark on steamship smoke prompts a dialogue between a sympathetic man and a stylish young woman. The man cites coal shoveling as cost to sailors while the woman focuses on the picturesque smudge, highlighting class and industrial imagery.
A fourteen year old boy on a West Virginia farm routed water from a hillside spring to his home using hollow stalks of wild cow weed as pipes. The improvised system cost under a half dollar, with stalks five to six feet long, wrapped and painted, supported on forked sticks and laid beneath the ground for part of the route.
KR C Mackinnon reports Canyon Malheur Cow Testing association data for June. All cows tested averaged 28.6 lb butterfat and 783 lb milk with 8.65 percent fat. Best cow Holstein owned by H R Boomer produced 63.0 lb butterfat and 2100 lb milk. A Nyssa herd led by C G Hunt averaged 40.8 lb butterfat from 46 cows. Twelve herds averaged around 30 lb, with optimism rising as hay prices push better herd management and silos rise.
Sunday excursion rates offer half price on Sunday trips with sales every Sunday. Tickets are valid from Saturday to Monday at a small premium. Ask O. L. Agents for details.
A collection of early 20th century notices announces candidates for Canyon County offices including Senator, Prosecuting Attorney, Sheriff, County Attorney, and County Assessor. Names include John H. Norris Alfred F. Stone John A. Baker John J. Plowhead and W. B. Babcock with pledges of diligent lawful service and primary election participation.
Dr J B Burns announces his dental office will be open from 2 to 6 daily with an in charge person to handle outstanding bills. Also listed are rental and coal prices, a farmers society contact, music pupils wanted, and an address in North.
North Payette News reports Mrs. C Chatelle planning to live in Denver after Sunday departure, Mr. Chatelle to follow this week, visits by Collingeworth and Keeler families, church socials, a Chapter House dance and supper, and community updates from Payette, Parma, Moscow and Parma areas. Also notes about IAK farewell party for Chatelle, local auctions, and a government survey team on Wood Spur siding.
A citizen's call for youth conservation and national prohibition. Governor Hanna urges keeping liquor out of life for state and nation. Amid a report of Bessemer Brewing bankruptcy, critics question temperance rhetoric versus business reality. Sunday excursion rates and various classified notices fill the page.
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